Stress Reduction with Vision Mapping

Stress seems to be surrounding us from every angle these days and even thinking about and being aware of our stress, seems to stress us out. What is the answer? Well, there are all kinds of tools that we can learn to do to diminish the stress in our life. It is also nice to know that a certain amount of stress is good, it helps us to get and stay motivated and stimulated and it also helps us to face challenges and solve problems and it can help keep us alert.

The trick is not to get over stressed and to have stress work for us, not against us; to do this we need to be in touch with how we feel and if there seems to be tension with the stress. Stress is a natural and important part of our life; however, we need to pay attention to when it becomes a liability instead of an asset.

Usually if you create a daily ritual of stress reduction practices that you start and end your day with, that will take care of moderating how you are feeling and give you control over your overall balance of inner peace. A great tool for this is to watch a motivational video every morning prior to starting your activities of the day and then again right before going to bed. This will set the tone for your day and also for a restful sleep.

While we are talking about going to bed and sleep patterns, this is a perfect time to go over your procedures you do prior to going to sleep, I always suggest that you start monitoring the time just prior to going to bed and create a slow down and calming ritual for bedtime, this will give your body a signal that it is time for bed. Watch and or listen to programs that create a calming effect, so that means no news or action programs; eliminate caffeine about 4 hours prior to bedtime; laugh and avoid challenging conversations prior to bedtime; the main idea is to take actions to make your bedtime one of peace and tranquility. Remember to watch your stress reduction video right before going to bed.

As we know stress is everywhere around us and it is what we do with it that either makes us feel in a better balanced state or makes us feel worse. Another great stress balancer is gratitude and this is something you can practice anywhere, anytime and the results are almost immediate and especially when practiced on a regular basis. We can find almost anything to be grateful for as long as we don’t dwell on what we don’t want, but to pay attention to what we do like.

Shifting into gratitude, your mind, body and spirit move into the state of joy and you feel better. If your situation is very intense, try just laughing, a big belly laugh, you don’t even have to think of anything funny, you just start laughing and you feel the shift right away. Once you feel better, the things that were stressing you out will seem to diminish and then you will be able to deal with them better.
If you find it difficult to remember things you are grateful for, start a gratitude journal and make a list of all the things you are grateful for and then carry it with you so that you will have it handy, you can also put your stress reduction video on your computer and/or handheld devises to watch at a moment’s notice; also get a gratitude stone and keep it in your purse and/or pocket to rub and remind yourself to be grateful.

So when those big stress issues like lose of a job, being laid off from a job, divorce, physical and mental challenges of a family member, floods, tornadoes, wildfires…the list can go on. This is when we need all the tools that we can get to smooth over these rough patches in our life; getting the stress under control so it doesn’t run our life is very important during these times. Stress reduction tools like vision mapping and your gratitude list are very useful and important, so keep them handy and readily available.

Is Stress at Work Only If You Lose Your Job?

Stress isn’t only if you are laid off or are let go, stress is in the work place no matter what. Getting laid off and/or your job being eliminated just adds to the stress of it all; sort of like waiting for the other shoe to drop syndrome.

Stress just seems to be everywhere in the world today, it is just sort of a fact of life. It is a fact that job related stress has increased significantly in the last decade due to the fast changing business and economic cycles with demanding workloads and job insecurity. It is now encouraged to have a backup profession you can go into just in case, which means some other kind of training and schooling; and that has an eliminate of stress involved with it also.

When we talk about work related stress we aren’t talking about the kind that is sort of healthy, like a small about of stress is sometimes to our benefit to help us perform good. We are talking about the kind of stress where the challenges are overwhelming and the work requirements are unrealistic; this type of stress is where it is damaging to the body and emotional state of the employee.

The real true story of this kind of stress is that the employee becomes less productive and then that turns into a vicious cycle of attempting to do a great job and overworking and stressing out and then becoming less productive and then back to stressing about that.

Taking a looking at stress, we can see that not all stress is bad; a good example of this is when you have a new baby, the adjustment to dealing with all the issues of the new baby in the household is stressful and also very exciting and wonderful at the same time. Dealing with stress will fluctuate from person to person; each person handles their life situations differently and the key is to pay attention to your stress levels and find tools to balance them out.

Visualization is a great tool to use for any kind of life situation you want to modify, manifest, or attract; it has been used for years now and even large corporations are starting to include this practice into their business plans and programs. Successful millionaires have used the practice for years and sort of kept it a secret, but now that this secret is out and more and more of us are using this technique to manifest what we want in our life; we are using this tool to our advantage.

To learn how to visualize there are many techniques and tools, I recommend Vision Map Videos as they are simple, easy and very productive; you can also put them on all of your electronic devises and carry them everywhere with you. You can also use meditation and master mind groups to accomplish and maintain your visualizations.

Stress does not need to destroy your life, the key is to recognize it and then find a tool to get balance with it so it isn’t controlling your life; it is about seeing your life the way you want it to look, not seeing it the way it is looking and dwelling on that. Many people call this positive thinking, but I like to call it vision mapping and planning your life visually the way you want it to be.

When you find yourself in events that seem to cause stress in your life like getting laid off from work, traffic congestion, family events that just seem to not stop, fight with the kids, fight with your spouse, and the list can go on and on, stop and take the time to quiet yourself and visualize all of these situations the way you want them to be and keep doing that until you get an essence of relief.

Keeping your stress under control is very important to your physical and mental health, stress can cause all kinds of dis-ease in your body, like high blood pressure, headaches, fatigue, high cholesterol , overweight, depression and many others; so pay attention to your stress levels and keep them in balance and your life will be so much more enjoyable.

Learn 5 Important Reasons to Use Video Marketing

Effective advertising on the web requires taking advertising out of the so called traditional box and creating something truly effective that can produce results. The new and unique attracts attention and that is what video advertising is all about.

Marketing on the web requires the same strategic thinking as marketing in all of the other arenas of advertising, something to grab the attention of the public. Think the way they advertise on TV….think Super Bowl advertising, only it is for the internet. Effective marketing on the web starts with unique marketing, and video marketing is the new cutting edge way to advertise on the internet.

We want our advertising strategies to be something that is unique, different and very effective. Videos are the very thing that could create this interest in a business, website or email advertising campaign, as they don't require a large budget and they are in a format that can be spread all over the web in creative ways.

1. Social Media Marketing is one of the hottest markets for advertising on the internet today, and it is important to grab the interest of prospective customers through this modality, videos are the way to attract this attention. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Forums, Member Websites, YouTube, are all video friendly and you don’t want to miss out on this advertising opportunity.

2. Contact Prior Customers for Return Business we all know that it is important to keep customers coming back, and sometimes they need a little nudge to keep coming back; videos are a perfect opportunity to send them a notice and reminder, they are fun, non-threatening and can deliver any kind of message you want.

3. Thank Customers for Continued Business this is your perfect opportunity to show your customers how important they are, sending them a personalized video which is entertaining and informative is a perfect way to keep in touch and to let them know how special they are to you and your business.

4. Introduce New Products and/or Services you want to introduce a new product or service and you don’t want it just to be another auto responder email, you can send a video and make it special and personal, they can even have a message of empowerment with affirmations or powerful quotes; also, you can give them an opportunity to a special pricing included in the video.

5. Develop and Improve Traffic to Website/Blog videos can be used to attract more traffic to your website/blog just like writing articles can, you can send them to all your social media sites and use keywords in the titles and tags; you can also use videos for advertising on CraigsList and Backpage which also are Google friendly.

Marketing and advertising on the web offers a worldwide art festival at our fingertips and videos are one of the forms of art that is very appealing to the general public. We are a visual society and love visual action to entertain us and a video is a perfect advertising agent which also satisfies this entertaining part of us.

Vision Map Videos produced by Darlene Siddons http://www.spiritedboutique.com 760-760-8390 visionmapvideo@gmail.com http://visionmapvideo.blogspot.com/

A Tool Every Personal Coach Would Want, a Vision Board

Everyone has heard of vision boards at one time or another in their wanderings thru life. They have been used in classrooms for elementary students; and churches for bible school studies, for years, as a fun and productive craft exercise.

Vision boards have been around for years. The spiritual and holistic community found that it was a great manifestation tool and they worked wonders in attracting the law of abundance. The popularity of vision boards sort of comes and goes, along with who supports them and/or mentions them, as when Oprah has guests and they encourage them or famous authors write about them in their personal growth books. Then they take off again. Oh yes, let's not forget the movie The Secret, mentioning Vision Boards and their effectiveness.

In the past, we created vision boards with poster board, glue, scissors and stacks of magazines. Now they have officially grown up and gone HI-TECH with, Vision Map Videos, which are far more powerful that the paper and glue variety. This is because images, text and music have a more powerful effect on goal setting then a board. Also we have become a visual computer society and almost all of us relate easier and quicker to something animated on the computer screen. So the visual focus on your intentions, empower you with personalized goal imagery.

Vision Map Videos provide you with a platform to assist in attaining your goals. These videos serve the same purpose, to help dreams come true through the power of visualization. They are like a wheel of fortune with you as the designer and producer of your exact dreams and visions.

These videos are both beautiful and functional; they are very helpful in your life and/or business, assisting you to achieve your dreams and goals and to encourage clients to do the same. So now you can even be on a tropical island where magazines are scarce and all of those other supplies it tales to make a board, all you need is a computer connection and they are now worldwide.

Each Vision Map Video is made personally for each individual and/or business, made specifically for your wants and needs. A tool that every coach will want in their office for their clients and for promoting their business, retreats and newly published books.

Here is a link to view a sample of a Vision Map Video:
http://www.spiritedboutique.com/?page_id=233

Darlene Siddons, Author/Producer
Spirited Boutique
info@spiritedboutique.com

Promote a New Book with Vision Map Video

Advertising at it’s best, be in the now, with cutting edge technology. Video advertising is the hot new way to advertise all of your products including your new book.

If you have been paying attention to what the business coaches have been writing in their blogs, articles and emails; you will know that video advertising is exploding all over the web.

You just don’t have the time to make videos and/or the know how; well no worry Vision Map Video can make them for you. Customized for your particular product these videos will be youtube ready and then ready for your website, autoresponder, email, blogging and on computers or handhelds.

These are even great to manifest your hearts desire for your business and/or personal life, the possibilities are endless, order yours today and don’t be left behind in the new technology of web advertising.

Here is a sample of a book promotion I did for a true celebrity, Arielle Ford on her new book “The Soulmate Secret”; it is a great idea and has proved to be very successful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6CBmnF4TE

Contact me to order:
Darlene Siddons
760-726-8390
visionmapvideo@gmail.com
Vision Map Videos
http://www.spiritedboutique.com/

Vision Board for Advertising On The Web

When we start thinking about our advertising budget and strategies for the new coming year our thoughts are going into, what can I do that is unique, different and could be very effective. Vision map videos are the very thing that could create this interest in a business, website or email advertising campaign.

The new and unique attracts attention and that is what advertising is all about, marketing on the web requires the same strategic thinking as marketing in all of the other arenas of advertising. Something to grab the publics attention.

Vision map videos are perfect for advertising as they don't require you to spend a fortune and they are a format that can be spread all over the web in all kinds of ways. They can go on your website and be updated on a regular basis, the can be put on social bookmarking sites which are world wide, the can be uploaded to Facebook, MySpace and all of the others and once again updated on a regular basis.

Marketing and advertising on the web offers a world wide art festival at our fingertips and vision map videos is one of the forms of art that is so appealing to the general public. We are a visual society and love visual action to entertain us and a video is a perfect advertising agent to satisfy this entertaining part of society.

Also effective marketing on the web starts with the unique marketing, and video marketing is a new cutting edge to be seen and fount on the web. Vision map videos can be of any design and format depending on the message the advertising is attempting to draw attention to. Search Engine Optimization is the top science of advertising on the web and videos fit right into the strategy as you can use keywords and all of the same tools you use in article writing.

Video advertising is also much less expensive than television advertising and just as effective as once again it is the in action that attracts the public in general these days, the more interesting, unique and action packed the advertising is, the better the general public like it.

So remember for the new year effective advertising on the web requires taking advertising out of the so called traditional box and creating something truly effective that can produces results. It is just as simple as this, allow the internet to take advertising to the next level with vision map videos.

Vision Board For Teens Self Esteem Issues and Challenges

Self-esteem and confidence can go a long way during your teenage years and beyond. The question is how can this be accomplished? The answer is many faceted and it starts with the family/teachers/roll models, as these are the areas that are most active in a child’s life during the formative years. So this is where self-esteem gets its basis and roots for the teenager and beyond years.

Teen self-esteem is quite fragile; just having a feeling of being left out, or seeing themselves as weird, or to have feelings they can't seem to make or keep friends, or they feel like they aren’t much of an athlete, or could have some learning problems, or just feels significantly different from their peers; whatever the situation they feel they have, it is real to them and contributes to how they see themselves and then this is how they view and feel their self-esteem.

Visualization has been around for years and been very active in the adult population and now it is being introduced into the teen and adolescent community as a powerful tool to assist them through their years of transition into adulthood.

Sometimes it is difficult to get the teens attention and get them to do productive habits to better their lives and perspective on life. One thing that grabs their attention is action formats; hence, Vision Map Videos, which have the action, the pictures, the positive affirmations and the music. These can be made to the persons individual wants, needs, music, images that they can individually relate to, and they will find them empowering and entertaining at the same time.

Vision boards have been around forever, and they are also a great tool, however, there is a real process to cutting out the images etc.; and then getting a teenager to visualize and concentrate on the board everyday, it takes a very motivated teenager to do and want to do this on a regular basis. But with the Vision Map Video the music can be their favorite kind, it can be pictures that interest them and affirmations that motivate them, so they will find it fun to watch this on a regular basis and when they find how good it makes them feel, it will be a fun task. Also they can watch it on any of their electronic devises and in privacy, only their eyes to see; not a board that is out for everyone to see.

There are so many in the teen population that have challenging issues, who could have been abused, teased and put down, mentally, emotionally, physically hurt; they deserve the chance to believe in themselves and to develop a sense of self confidence; self respect and self worth. It is so great that a tool has been made available that can break through all those attitudes, fears, barriers, resistance and help them to tell and feel a new story to build their self-esteem.

It is our responsibility as parents/teachers/religious sectors/roll models to assist the teens to be all they can be and to use all the powerful tools that are out there to assist them to change the way they think, feel and behave. It is a challenge growing up and with all the peer pressure, possible self-doubt, feelings of low self worth and humiliation that can dominate our teens' thoughts it is our job to give them all the tools we can to assist an easier transition into adulthood.

Some teens spend the majority of their day trying to be accepted. What if there were a way you could help your teen improve self-esteem and feel good about who they are, and the best part accomplish this in a fun and entertaining way, find and research these fun and effective ways to better a teens life.