Meet Your Future Self

Visualization

I’m going to let you in on a priceless secret. I learned this practice from Tara Mohr of Playing Big and it changed my life and so many other women’s lives that I teach this to in my coaching practice.

It’s a visualization about connecting with your “future self”. When I originally completed this meditation, I did all the mediation prep. Dimmed the lights, closed my eyes, crossed my legs with my chosen mudra (thumbs and index fingers), and took some slow deep breaths. I was going to meet my future self. How exciting!

For twenty minutes, we zoomed off into an elevator towards the blue sky twenty years into the future. It plopped down (gently thank goodness) in front of a home. My future self home. You were asked, what kind of place did she live in? What was her presence like? Who was the woman who greeted us at the door?

They suggested that you enter the home and have a seat with your future self and have a chat. Ask them “What do I need to know to get from where I am now to where you are?” and “What has been most important about the past twenty years?” You could ask them anything. Maybe you have a specific dilemma you need some guidance on right now.

Your future self gives you a gift before you go. What is it? How does it make you feel? Is there significance to the gift?

It’s now time to end your time with your future self. Wave goodbye and head back to your elevator. The elevator takes you back to your meditation spot and you open your eyes.

It’s a great time to journal what you saw, thought, and felt in this visualization. I’d had women break down in tears and remark how “life-changing” this experience was for them. When I visited my future self, I felt a deep sense of calm. She was chill, confident, and strong.

These future selves weren’t just your older selves, but more authentic, fully expressed versions of yourself. All of your best qualities and gifts shine brightly with her! She is your Inner Mentor.

My Inner Mentor

When I traveled to visit my Inner Mentor she lived in a modern stunning oceanfront home (probably Pacific Northwest). Her home was filled with gigantic windows with plants everywhere. She even had a tree growing up through her house with a glassed-in garden in the center of the home. In the foyer, she had a large clear quartz crystal with lighting behind it with a dark painted wall to make it pop. How dramatic!

In the weeks and months that followed my visualization, I started to look around my home and think, “Would this be in my Inner Mentor house?” I donated furniture, pictures, and even clothing. I started buying plants and other pieces of artwork that connected me to her. My choices in who I wanted to hang around with and decisions about work engagements changed as I was in the process of becoming her. I even started to look at beach property around Seattle. With every choice, I thought, “What choice would bring me closer to living her life?”

My inner and outer worlds have changed for the better ever since. My vision to be authentic, fully expressed, free-from-fear me is growing stronger every day.

I hope you enjoy meeting your Inner Mentor and embrace the process of becoming your future self! I believe in you!