The Vision Board Book by Joyce Schwarz

THE VISION BOARD Book Reading & Signing at Mystic Journey Bookstore Venice, CA on August 27, 7-10 pm

Please mark your calendars for a book reading and signing with best-selling author Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life at Mystic Journey Bookstore in Venice, CA on Thursday, August 27 from 7 -10 pm  We wll be featuring VIP's and celebrities who are featured in the book telling their true storeis of how a vision board changed their life for the better!

To preview a chapter of THE VISION BOARD book go to: http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook.

The event is FREE and open to the public but space is extremely limited. To RSVP, please email: thevisionboard@aol.com

More information and list of special guests to follow!

To find out more about the bookstore and claim your 15 percent off coupon go to: http://www.mysticjourneybookstore.com

The Vision Board Booksigning @ LA YES NETWORK June 30 event Mahalo Conference Center, Santa Monica

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 30, Mahalo Conf. Center 902 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401, for the LA YES NETWORK:Business & Social Networking Event when author Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life (www.ihaveavision.org) will be featured at a book signing for her book that is featured in the new movie "BEYOND THE SECRET".

 yes, the event made the headlines in Google News today!

LA Yes Group will dedicate the June event to business networking. All participants will get to know one another, network, pass out cards and make a short presentation about their business.

 For more information about the event go to:LA YES RSVP  or call Joyce Schwarz, 310-822-3119.

Left, Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD book: the secret to an extraordinary life will be conducting a book signing on Tuesday, June 30 at the Santa Monica Mahalo Conference Center for the LA YES group. For a free chapter of the book go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook.

THE VISION BOARD BOOK by Joyce Schwarz featured in Canadian News Column

 To see a full copy of this article which appeared in the Canadian news today, go to http://tinyurl.com/joycecanada

 GET A FREE CHAPTER OF THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz @ http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook!  

Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life would love to share with you a free chapter from her bestselling book (now once again the #1 spiritual and mystical bestseller on Amazon.com Go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook for a free chapter of the book. To buy the book go to http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

It's time to Re-vision 2009 Do a new Vision Statement & Vision Board!

Re-Visioning 2009: Make a new vision statement & vision board NOW
by Joyce A. Schwarz, www.ihaveavision.org and www.visionboard.info  

At this time of the year, many of us are looking forward to a great summer and we may also be looking at what we've accomplished so far in 2009.

That's why I recommend that you do a quarterly check up on your Vision Statement and Vision Board. I do mine at the start of each season: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring etc.

The most important tools to guide you through the transitions of each year are a Vision Statement and a Vision Board.

What am I talking about? A vision statement is a vivid, idealized description of the outcome that you want. Something that inspires ... energizes you, and helps you create a mental image of your target.

My personal vision statement is short and sweet “TO LIVE THE POSSIBLE DREAM”, a positive spin on Don Quixote’s famous “Live the Impossible Dream”.

Some of you may be familiar with corporate mission statements or company mantras but all too often those come from the Ivory towers and are issued via memo.

Vision statements are much more personal – the concept started from the grass roots and spread across the world by people who want to realize their own personal talents and ensure that their life matches their values.

USE TO ENHANCE YOUR LIFE...and visualize the future: A vision statement can be used to enhance any part of your life, like family or career. It could also be created to visualize a new home or a specific project.

Here are some tips for creating your own vision statement:

*Summarize your vision in a powerful statement (1-4 sentences)

*Make sure it stands the test of time (think ballpark vs. small details)

*Suspend disbelief—anything is possible!

*Follow up with ‘inspired action’ (specific steps toward your vision)

*Post it somewhere you can see it daily (and update it quarterly)

*Consider starting with a wish list or bucket list of your dreams.

*Start with a sentence or two and pare it down to a short phrase

*Pick a power word like freedom and craft your vision around that word.

Where to get your inspiration for your vision?

Give a new spin to a classic song you love.

Rearrange an advertising phrase to inspire you.

See a favorite movie one more time.

Refer to a favorite quotation

Recite your favorite poem, it may offer a hint or two

Once you craft your vision statement here are some ways to use it to inspire you to create your create your best possible holiday season and lead into a new year to remember.

Post it where you can see it daily.

Carry a copy of it in your wallet or handbag.

Add it to your vision board.

Print it on the back of your business cards.

Use the power words in your new vision statement to update our current vision board or create a new vision board just for this upcoming season ie Summertime!

 Joyce Schwarz: Author's Bio
Joyce Schwarz is the best-selling author of THE VISION BOARD the secret to an extraordinary life which has a preface by Bob Proctor and an afterword by Jack Canfield. The book has been featured in TV GUIDE, on Television networks ABC, NBC, CBS, CW in 52 different cities.

 Schwarz is also the founder of THE VISION BOARD Institute and has launched the world's first accreditation program for Certied Vision Board Counselors which you can find out more about by going to www.visionboard.info

SAY YES TO LIFE WITH A VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, author The Vision Board book

SAY YES TO LIFE WITH A VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD book

In these days of economic downturn, you may hear lots of comments of doom and gloom. What we all need at this time is to say YES, to the great things and people in our lives!.

By creating a SAY YES TO LIFE Vision Board you can do 'just' that!

MAKE A YES TO LIFE VISION BOARD!

Some days it seems that everyone around you is in a negative mood. All you hear is "NO", "NO" or "NO WAY"!

So what can you do --well, JUST SAY YES!

*SCROLL DOWN TO SEE 5 NO COST TIPS TO SAY YES TO LIFE TODAY!

Here are 5 NO COST WAYS TO SAY AND "SHOW" YES to the world even before you make your vision board:

1) Go to the park and take a ride on a swing -- go ahead act the age of your shoe size? Ever heard that before --my shoe size is 8 -- so I get to be an 8 year old anytime I want!

2)Eat dessert first! I just found out that October 28 --the launch date of The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life is NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY! Ymmm so I'm taking this opportunity to remind you to eat your dessert first that day -- it's only 19 days away! A little bit of dark chocolate is full of anioxidents so go ahead splurge every day with a bite or two of the most decadent chocolate you can find!

3) Put on your happy cap if you're having a bad hair day. I always keep a few of my favorite baseball caps with fun logos hanging as decorations in one of my closets! When I'm feeling a bit down -- I ALWAYS wear my sequineed black and silver baseball cap and I take it on trips around the world-- even on a ride on an Arabian horse in Petra, Jordan!

NO MORE BAD HAIR DAYS! Okay -- we'll have to get some SHARE THE VISION baseball caps to tie in with our website www.ihaveavision.org! More on that later.

4) Share a compliment-- say something nice today to someone you DON'T KNOW -- if life is a little cloudy-- I always make sure that I give a compliment or two to someone I see in a store or even in a parking lot.

It's easy --and yes, you can be sincere -- after all -- most people love to be told that their car is a beautiful color or that their T shirt is so much fun or that you love that gorgeous Olive green handbag that the senior you see at the post office is carrying.

You'll be amazed how much it perks you up!

5) CALL A PAL you haven't talked to in a few months or even a few years. Ask them the questions about their life and family -- be a good listener, don't spoil the moment by dragging them down with your own doldrums! Remind them of a couple of fun things you did together.

That's a great way to open the call --start by saying "remember the time we did....."

Now make a list of all of the great things you appreciate in your life and all of the great people and take some pictures of them or go through a magazine and begin to place them on a vision board.

What's a vision board? Most of you know a vision board is a visual map or depiction of how you'd like to live your best life possible and a way to pay tribute to the wonderful things you have and are creating in your life.

Take a poster board or a blank journal and paste some of these YES images in your journal or on your board. And add affirmations that remind you that you are grateful for what IS yes in you life and what will add more YES to your life in the future. Speak in the present tense (not the future) I am grateful for the wonderful home I have on a hill in the forest! YES I have that home now! See it experience it.

ADD MORE YES TO YOUR LIFE TODAY!

Author's Bio
Joyce A. Schwarz is the author of THE VISION BOARD, th secret to an extraordinary life. For a free chapter of the book go to http:/tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

www.hollywood2020.net interview by Joyce Schwarz with Jsu Garcia Producer & Actor: SPIRITUAL WARRIORS,inspirational film

By Joyce Schwarz, Hollywood2020.net, wanted to get this posted as soon as possible will be adding pictures to the post and more information about the upcoming screening in Beverly Hills on Saturday, June 20 see more at: www.spiritualwarriors.com

 

 Plus, there is a premiere preview of the sequel to SPIRITUAL WARRIORS that will be seen at that screening on Saturday.

 

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 Picture of the DVD cover of the film SPIRITUAL WARRIORS and the poster www.spiritualwarriors.com

 

 Pictures from the inspirational movie SPIRITUAL WARRIORS www.spiritualwarriors.com

 

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This blog post is written by Joyce Schwarz,author of THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life by Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design, fall, 2008, to see a free chapter of the book at http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

 

or go to www.visonboard.infoto sign up for the free newseltter on vision boad creation.

 

What is a Vision Board? Can it help my boomerang son or daughter? Tune Into The Diva Success Network, on Thurs May 28 at 1pm EST to hear The Vision Board book author Joyce Schwarz at 1pm interview!

 Listen to Author of THE VISION BOARD: Joyce Schwarz and Gina McNew host of The Diva Success Network, the station is Radio Sandy Springs on Thursday, May 28 at 1 pm EST

Pictured above is Joyce Schwarz, author, THE VISION BOARD book (www.ihaveavision.org) who is an expert career strategist. One of the hot topics Joyce will be addressing in her interview with talk show host Gina McNew in Atlanta on Thursday, May 28 @ 1 pm EST is how can a vision board or a vision for life help me deal with my 'boomerang' son or daughter who is back living at home and not working.! The show will be on The Diva Success Network, the station is Radio Sandy Springs

TO WATCH THE SHOW STREAMING LIVE FROM ATLANTA go to http://www.radiosandysprings.com  @ 1 pm EST, May 28, 2009

To get a free chapter of THE VISION BOARD book in advance go to: http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon 

 To get your free visionboard creation tips newsletter -- email: thevisionboard@aol.com OR go to www.visionboard.info and SIGN UP NOW!

To find out more about becoming a CVBC (Certified Vision Board Counselor) email: thevisionboard@aol.com or call Joyce Schwarz at 310-822-3119.

 

How to create a Mother's Day Vision Board: Special hints for Nursing Homes or Assisted Living from Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD BOOK

 Mother's Day: How to create a Mother's Day Vision Board!

by Joyce Schwarz at 2:04 PM PDT, May 10, 2009

  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life 

Would you like to honor your mom or grandma or even your greatgrandmother today or this week or anytime of the year!

Then follow these 5 steps from best-selling author Joyce Schwarz,  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life    from Harper Collins Publishing, Collins Design.

 

 

FIVE STEPS TO CREATING A MOTHER'S DAY VISION BOARD!

 

1) Gather together some pictures of you and your mom together throughout the years either real photographs from old albums that are falling apart or scan some photos that you may have framed already.

 

  You can use the inside top lid of a gift box as a 'shadow box' to make your Mother's Day Vision Board says Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD the secret to an extraordinary life, www.visionboard.info for free newsletter.

 

2) Make sure you have the following on hand -- a) a posterboard -- if you don't have one you can use a bulletin board or a corkboard or the inside lid of a box that may have held the robe you game mom for Mother's day! The inside lid of a nice box -- becomes almost like a Shadow Box for the Vision Board creation. You can also use an old shadow box you may have on hand.

 

 

3) You can do this with mom or grandma and your kids too. Sit down with some colored markers or crayons and do it together. Brainstorm some of the fun times you've had together with mom --here are some ideas a) going out to dinner on mother's day -- if you're going out today be sure to take a picture of mom with your family or you! Mom out gardening, mom doing some of her favorite things -- playng the piano, holding you as a baby or even finishing running her first marathon.

 

4) Paste the pictures on some colorful paper you line the inside of the box with -- maybe the colored tissue paper (pink or green or yellow that you wrapped that robe with. You can use tape or glue to hold the paper in place. If you want double up the adhesive tape so that it sticks without seeing the bits of tape. OR if you don't have tape make some glue. OR if you don't have either mix a tiny bit of flour and water together and it will form some glue for you just be careful to use just a dot of it so that it doesn't show through. BUT If it does -- don't worry you can cover that with a sticker or a little design from your kids or you. Or another picture.

 

 

You can use any box -- see the wine box at the left it would make a nice Mother's Day Shadow box once the wine is consumed at dinner or put on a shelf or wine cellar. See the HGTV box -- that is symbolic -- you can cut out pictures and put in flowers from the day or ribbons or whatever. And whatif you don't have any pix of mom -- well, consider doing a real nature-themed Mother's Day Vision Board with pictures of wild animals and their children like these Polar Bears and elephants. So much fun!

 

5) Pick a theme for your Mother's Day Vision Board: here are some possibilities: a) gratitude-- what are you thanking your mom for a) her guidance b) her support c) her understanding or d) just being there when no one else was.

 

a) But what if you and your mom don't get along perfectly -- don't worry most moms and daughters or sons aren't like the LEAVE IT TO BEAVER TV families of the 20th century.

 

b) If you feel more comfortable just honor your mom's heritage and her life -- include pictures of her mother and grandmother. a copy of a map of the country where her family is from such as Mexico or France or Hungary. And include pictures of your mom throughout the years -- a picture (or copy of one when she was a kid) or a copy of a wedding picutre or a copy of a picture of her holding her first grandchild etc.

 

PERFECT FOR NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING:

This kind of remembrance Vision Board is ideal for moms who are in the hospital or a rest home or in assisted living where her roommates and visitors and nurses and attendants can see mom in her prime.

 

20 PAGES FROM THE VISION BOARD BOOK -- free Mother's Day Gift:

To see 20 pages free from the book   The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life go to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook

or see an additional free chapter at http://tinyurl.com/visionboardamazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For questions or comments about creating vision boards for special occasions like Mother's Day please contact author Joyce Schwarz directly at thevisionboard@aol.com or joyceschwarz(at)gmail.com

 

For more free instructions and sample vision boards sign up for the free newsletter at www.visionboard.info.

 

To see the official website for THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz go to http://www.ihaveavision.org

Comedian Maria Bamford on Why Vision Boards Work by Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD

 For more info on THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz and the upcoming first in the world certification for vision board counselors CVBC classes, email: Joyceschwarz@gmail.com

See above: partial pix of one of comedian Maria Bamford's vision boards which were photographed by Annie Kaycora for THE VISION BOARD book by Joyce Schwarz.

Some of you have asked what happened with Maria Bamford and her Vision Boards? Are they working? Here is a quick update and an autographed picture that Maria Bamford sent author Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD book, www.ihaveavision.org.

  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life 

See below the autographed headshot that stand-up comedian Maria Bamford sent to author Joyce Schwarz to congratulate her on THE VISION BOARD book! Thanks Maria for our support!

BLOG from Hollywood2020.net on Maria Bamford and her vision boards & recent appearances is listed below.

PSSSSSt....we have some news...at Hollywood2020.net and at www.visionboard.fm. Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford is sharing one of her Vision Boards in my upcoming book "THE VISION BOARD" Unlock the Secret to An Extraordinary Life, Harper Collins Publishing Collins Design, by Joyce Schwarz.

click on jpeg to see partial view of one of Maria Bamford's Vision and Prosperity boards she shares in the upcoming book "THE VISION BOARD" by Joyce Schwarz, fall, 2008-- thank you to you Maria!

MARIA'S IN THE PINK:

So we went online to see what Maria's been up to lately and guess what-- lots of great stuff. And we even caught her with PINK HAIR --really PINK HAIR -- look?

In the Pink -- stand-up comedian Maria Bamford shares one of her "Vision Boards" in Joyce Schwarz new book "THE VISION BOARD" set for publication, fall, 2008, by Harper Collins -- THANKS MARIA!

HERE ARE JUST SOME OR THE HEADLINES WE SAW ABOUT MARIA and where she is and what she's up to and yada yada yada. And if we're lucky the censors will be as kind to us at this blogging service as they were for the Minnesota paper who got her to talk about the wonder of her new PROSPERITY VISION BOARDS!

here's the link to that complete article:

Maria Bamford Manifests Her Destiny
Minneapolis City Pages, MN - Jul 15, 2008

Excerpt from article on Maria Bamford in the Minneapolis City pages.

In that article Maria explains she has:

"doing a lot prosperity consciousness. I have five prosperity boards going. Have you heard of that? CP: No, what's a prosperity board?

MB: Oh, my gosh! Oprah does it. Ok, let's say you want to have more trees in your life. You find a picture of a tree and put it on a poster board and put it in a place where you can see it a lot. You then manifest that tree, or maybe you just start noticing trees more.

MARIA MANIFESTS A  MICROWAVE.....

Maria goes on to explain in the Minneapolis City Pages article (note she's from Duluth originally) "So, here's an example of me manifesting something: I put a microwave on my first vision board. My sister walked by my vision board and said, “You want a fucking microwave?! That's ridiculous. I'll give you a fucking microwave!" Boom! Manifested!

Maybe the important part is showing people your vision boards. (YES MARIA AND THANKS FOR SHARING ONE OF YOUR BOARDS IN MY UPCOMING BOOK, joyce)

Maria goes on to say outrageously:

I went to a vision board weekend up an old nunnery in Montecito, and one old guy was cutting out pictures of hot ladies and guns and stacks of cash. I hope it's working out for him. If you want more pot, why not put a pot plant on a piece of paper? Maybe you'll get more.

 GO GIRL!

Vocationvacations.com Promos THE VISION BOARD book & vision boards to help 'test-drive' new career

  Our valued colleague over at www.vocationsvacations.com , Brian Kurth promoted THE VISION BOARD by Joyce Schwarz and vision boards as a one of the valuable tools to 'test drive' your next career in a recent blog.  Thanks Brian!

If you are considering a second career or just want to test drive a first career after college or a life transition like a divorce or separation then check out Brian's amazing service which enables you to immerse yourself in a 'living vision' of what you are creating in your life.

  Are you a city slicker who is visioning being a guest ranch owner...well, trot on over to www.vocationvacations.com and you'll be able to literally test-drive this picture you can post on your vision board of saddling up on your own horse ranch! Be sure to create a vision board prior to your Vocation Vacation and after so that you can 'catch' the vision & dream and truly immerse yourself in the next stage of your life! After all as Joyce Schwarz writes in her book "THE VISION BOARD" you do 'co-create your reality" .

Get Out Of Town! « Brian Kurth, founder VocationVacations.com

13 Feb 2009 by info@vocationvacations.com   Brian Kurth - Career Expert, Author, Speaker & Founder of VocationVacations. February 13, 2009 ...  When you get home, lay-out your favorite pictures, quotes, etc into your vision board (For a great book on creating your vision board, see Joyce Schwartz’s The Vision Board ). Ladies, I know you get this. I don’t want to come off being sexist but women just do. Us guys? Well, many of us think such things may come off looking silly…or, God forbid, a bit sissy. Brian Kurth - http://briankurth.wordpress.com/ - To keep your vision board with you -- be sure to add duplicates of some of the pix or even a digital pix of your whole vision board to your mobile device/phone etc and even a few favorite affirmations for your wallpaper too, tip:courtesy of Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD: the secret to an extraordinary life, www.visionboard.info to sign up for a free newsletter. To see 20 pages for free head over to http://tinyurl.com/seeinsidebook.