It’s the first Monday of the year, and everywhere you look people are talking about vision boards, intentions, and resolutions.

But what if the reason your vision hasn’t fully landed before isn’t a lack of discipline — it’s a mismatch in how you’re trying to create change?

In this episode, I pull from my hypnosis training to explore how your primary sensory modality — visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory, or auditory-digital — plays a powerful role in making vision work feel real, embodied, and sustainable.

We’ll talk about how to write and “try on” a vision, how vision boards can go far beyond images, and how to build tiny micro-habits that speak directly to how you process the world. When your vision aligns with your natural wiring, momentum stops being forced — and starts feeling inevitable.

This episode is an invitation to stop copying how everyone else does vision work and start creating in a way that actually supports the life you want to live.

Find episode resources here: https://bemorebusiness.com/episodes/building-positive-habits-for-momentum

This is the Be More Business podcast where wisdom and innovation merge to create a business that supports the life you want to live.

Here's your host, entrepreneurial, wise woman and cyber sorceress, Kimberly Beer.

It is the first Monday of January and it is vision writing, Vision boarding.

Today, I want to offer you a little bit of interesting support from my hypnosis education for helping you be able to really focus in on that vision building the vision boarding, all of the intention and all of the new habit setting that you're looking forward to.

So this is going to be an episode that will help you support making those things that you are visioning really real.

Now, if you've never written a vision before, I really encourage you to do that.

I also encourage you to do a vision board.

I'm actually doing mine tomorrow in my friend Jen Dubois workshop.

I'm so excited.

And I'm super excited about getting my hands in there and visually creating my vision board.

And I will, at some point in the next couple of days, sit down and write a new vision.

Visions are evolving.

You don't write just one and then you're there.

But let me give you a couple of qualifiers because before I dive into what I really want to talk about today.

1.

If you've never written a vision, please do so.

If you've never created a vision board, please do so.

Creating a vision board can be a process.

I recommend finding a practitioner.

My friend Jen is a great one to work with if you have that opportunity.

If you don't, you know, work with a practitioner if you can.

If you can't find one or you can't find a YouTube video, there's probably a bunch of those as well.

Basically, it is taking in images what you want to bring into your life and think energetically bring into your life.

So the image doesn't have to be the actual thing.

It can be a representation that holds the energy of that.

Some people do like a really thick board.

Other people do one with just a few images on it.

It's really up to you.

This is your vision and it should hold the energy that you want it to hold right in writing a vision.

My mentor, Melissa Pierce is the one who taught me how to write visions.

And I'll just share a quick rundown of what I personally do now.

So I sit down and I imagine a day about three years in the future.

I like to work three years out because it takes a while for the gears to turn right, to be able to arrive at the space that I want to be at.

And I start with when I wake up in the morning and write the entire day of when I go to bed at night.

And I concentrate, concentrate on the feelings that I have from the things around me.

And in that day, I will remember and recognize the milestones over the previous three years that it took me to get to this point.

And I take a look at how I feel.

It's a great way to try on the changes that you want to create in your world and see how they feel and if they need any modification, because that's part of vision writing, right?

It's not just the wish out into the universe that I would like to create this.

It's you stepping into that and seeing, trying it on and seeing, wow, does this feel good or does this feel overwhelming?

So it's a great practice.

So once you have your vision board set up, or you have your vision written, or you have your intentions or resolutions, kind of however you want to go about proceeding, looking at how you want to shape the next year, What I want to help you with today is refining how you approach that through using your primary sensory channels that you have for processing information.

So all of us have our sensory channels that we prefer.

And in hypnosis, what we do is we learn that as practitioners, we learn that our clients have a primary way in which they really like to interact with the world.

So there's visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, which is scent, I mean, sorry, olfactory, which is scent, and gustatory, which is taste.

And then there is a sixth channel, not a sixth sense, but a sixth channel that is auditory, digital.

And there is a growing population of the world that fits into that one.

But basically, it's the way we want to orient ourselves to the world around us.

Some of us like to be oriented through images.

As a matter of fact, a lot of us are visual.

Other people, the things that we really take in deeply are things that we hear.

And we use hearing type words to describe things.

And then kinesthetic people, they feel the world around them, and they'll use feeling language and feeling representations to interact with the world.

Your primary sensory modality is really important, not just in hypnosis, but understanding it as how you approach anything that you are wanting to do and especially change work because your primary modality will make the experience deeper and richer.

That's why as a hypnotherapist, I'm very interested in observing and finding out what your primary sensory modality is, especially around whatever topic it is that you're in to see me as a hypnotherapist for.

So I'm very interested in knowing those things because that means that I can modify how I work with you and the suggestions I give you that feel more comfortable and that you can slip into easier because they're your primary way of sensing the world around you.

So let's take a look at each of those six and what they mean.

So visual is a very common one.

People who are visual are oriented through images, colors and spatial layout.

Vision feels very real to them and they can see it and they'll use language around that.

They'll say, I see this.

It has a red feeling to it.

You know what I mean?

So it's got this very colorful language, very visually oriented.

Then there's auditory.

So auditory people are oriented through sounds, words, tone and rhythm.

Their vision lands when it sounds, right?

So sound is incredibly important.

Kinesthetic folks are oriented through body sensation, movement and emotion.

Vision sticks for you if you're kinesthetic, when it feels embodied, when you can really just feel it from head to toe.

Olfactory is oriented through scent and memory.

And I bet you when I listed that first list off, if you've never thought about this before, you thought, my gosh, who is olfactory?

Who's who's like orients their world around scent.

But scent and memory go together, right?

There are people who really connect through atmosphere and emotional recall associated with the scents of a certain area.

So olfactory then gustatory is associated through taste and sensory pleasure.

So their vision anchors through enjoyment and savoring.

So how many of you have that?

Like that is true?

That is true for a lot of the population.

And again, it was probably one.

When I listed out this interesting word that I tend to mispronounce a lot, gustatory.

It's like, who would be that?

How would you orient the world that way?

And then finally, auditory digital, which is only become more recognized recently, there are people who are auditory digital are oriented through internal self talk analysis and logical processing.

And their vision anchors through coherence and meaning.

So when you look at your primary sensory modality, and let me tell you, we all have all of these, by the way, everybody fits in every category from time to time.

But we do have ones that we prefer and that we lean into.

And sometimes certain situations or certain problems, like in your business, you may be more one way, where in your personal life you may be in another, or in your love life, yet another.

We do have our primary modality that we kind of go to.

It's kind of our go to one, and then we'll have ones that are situation specific and in.

Think about it in your vision, if you've written a vision or if you've set a vision board.

Now, vision board is visual, yes, but it can include all of the other things because, remember I said those images can embody feelings.

So somebody that's kinesthetics, vision board will look like a lot of feelings.

Right.

Somebody who is olfactory may choose a lot of things that have to do around memory.

Or they may have things that promote scent, like lavender, your ability to smell lavender.

If that's something that, if you're an olfactory processor, you probably can bring up that scent right now.

Rosemary is a big, strong one for me.

I love rosemary perfume, love the smell of rosemary.

It really ties me into something spiritual.

So I don't know where that came from, but it's.

It's an important part.

And recognizing that means that when I want to really connect with my higher self, I have rosemary around.

That's kind of what we're thinking here.

It's part of how a lot of the.

The things that feel coincidental in our world and almost like deja vu, this is one of the modalities or one of the perceptions that really feeds into that for us.

So when you make your vision board or when you write your vision, if you're very clear on your primary sensory modality, make sure you include it in your vision.

So if you've written a vision, go back and take a look and see if you can find it.

Let's say you are a visual person.

When you go back through your vision, look and see if you have created places where you are envisioning.

So actually seeing the image of your future.

So vision kind of makes that sort of very easy, an easy leap from one to the next.

If you're kinesthetic, let's say, let's pick one that's a little harder.

If you're a kinesthetic, you would want to really note how whatever is going on in your vision feels inside your body.

And if you are gustatory, you might look at how it brings you pleasure.

So all of these have a way to tie in to when we write our vision to make it more powerful.

This is where we're injecting a little bit of extra magic into this process of vision boarding and vision writing.

So once you get your vision written or you get your vision board up, the next thing that you want to do is you want to work it.

So that comes from my friend, Jen Dubois.

She is big on you working your board, so she does the vision boarding workshops.

I'm big if you write a vision on you working the vision part of the vision boarding process is making sure that that vision board is somewhere where you interact with it on a daily basis.

Mine lives where I get dressed in the morning, so I can't help.

It's right next to the mirror where I check to make sure that I don't have cat hair all over me.

And so I have my, my vision check in and then I have my am I ready to be presented to the world check in.

And I honestly, I have cat hair on me no matter where I go.

And probably a little horse hair and goat hair along with it.

But I digress.

Let's get back at it.

So the next thing you want to do in working it is also honor those modalities that you learned about, especially your primary one, by building some microhabits into your life that support whatever your particular primary sensory modality is.

So let's cover what that actually means for each of those modalities.

So if you are visual, here's some microhabits that you can have have one visual clue per day, like a post it or an image or a color that is around you so that you stay concentrated on your vision.

That visually interacting with your vision board, that's one of them.

Also, rearranging your workspace to match the state of your vision would be really key.

And then also having a glance ritual where you glance at something.

I'm going to tell you how I do this as part of my visual world.

I have a manifestation board on my my office closet door.

And it has on it the actual things that I want to manifest here on the ranch and in my business.

And it has little thank you notes on it for all of the things that actually have manifested.

And it's fun because I made it about two years ago and there's a lot of little thank you notes on there now.

But it is a glance.

I glance and I see it.

I don't need to go over there and stare at it.

Just the fact that it is in my peripheral vision on a regular basis helps me, my subconscious in particular, stay connected with what I'm building here.

So that's some microhabits that you can build in if you are a visual person or if you want to incorporate visual microhabits into your vision and vision board.

Building auditory microhabits.

So these are where they get a little bit more interesting because visual is really kind of spot on.

Right.

We can figure that one out.

So auditory, I mean, one spoken sentence, intention each morning.

So when you're standing in front of your vision board, maybe speak out an intention sentence.

You could even put it on your vision board and say it out loud.

I actually have one on my vision board.

About teaching from a.

From somebody who I deeply admire in the photography industry who says, why keep your knowledge to yourself?

Share it to the world.

Her name is Barbara Vankleep.

So she's a.

She is a.

Was a pioneer in my industry.

So it's a connection to a memory which hooks us back into the olfactory part.

But also it's hearing.

And I love spoken word.

That's why I'm a podcaster.

Right.

And chances are you like spoken word because you're listening to me.

So it's important, say an intention listening to a specific song or sound.

When you transition into your work mode, it's another thing having a theme song.

I.

We did.

I did.

I spoke at a summit for Touched by a Horse, which is where I got my gestalt training at.

And the woman who did, her name is Santana.

The woman who did the music for the event, she gave everybody a theme song when they walked on the stage, which I thought was so awesome because that gave you your energy for whatever talk it was that you were giving.

So an amazing way for auditory people to connect is through music and then recording short voice reflections that you can listen back to.

Or doing reflected listening meditations also would work for kinesthetic people.

Embodied check ins before you begin work.

Concentrate like glance at your vision board and then close your eyes and embody one part of the vision board.

Or read over a paragraph of your vision, if it's written, and really feel into the sensations of how that particular thing feels.

And also just become really aware of how you're feeling throughout your day and recognize when you're embodying the things that you're embodying for your vision.

Stretching, grounding, walking while thinking is another really common kinesthetic microhabit.

So if you need to work something out, go for a walk.

Micro movements tied to decision making.

So if you need to make a decision, maybe make the same walk around your neighborhood or here Like, I have a tendency to walk up and get the mail.

We have a third of a mile driveway, so our mailbox is a third of a mile from our house.

So I walk up, I get the mail, and I walk back.

If I am feeling anxiety, that will help me get back in my body.

So that is a kinesthetic move.

So see what I mean?

We all have all of these, but we have primary ones that we like better than other ones.

Olfactory microhabits would be maybe lighting some incense when you are working.

Incense that would tie you to your vision.

So that is one thing.

I want to put a thread through all of these.

What you're doing is you're using these little microhabits that tie into your primary sensory modality to build on your vision work and on attaining that vision by tying to whatever that is in the future.

So look at what the scent would be of success, let's say, and then burn that scent in your office.

Wear it as perfume.

It's a subtle subconscious reminder in how your primary modality would show up for you.

A scent aligned with where you're wanting to go.

Seasonal scent anchors are also really nice for folks that are a factory, especially if you have seasons in your work.

And then scent is a state switch.

So that little incense ritual or the scented candle ritual to come into work and then also to leave work.

My friend, your vision does not just exist in your office and your business.

Your vision should extend to your entire life and being able to switch states for an olfactory, primary, sensory individual, or actually for anyone.

It's a way that you can train your subconscious and your conscious to go, okay, we've moved, we've moved into a different state now, Gustatory folks, having a specific drink or flavor paired with your focused work or with what that taste of success might mean for you, and then also savoring the winds, taking a moment to just drink it in.

So see that language makes a difference.

The language that you use really ties into what your primary sensory modality is.

So take a moment and actually say, I'm going to drink this in.

And then use taste as a reward, not a bribe.

So I, you know, have some of your favorite candies on your desk and when you or whatever treat you like that's healthy, grab it when you want to again taste that success or tie into a certain feeling.

So all of these are great ways for you to do those things.

All right?

Auditory digital microhabits.

So having a written principle or rule that is visible for the day.

So for example, clarity over urgency or simple scales or that's not my business.

So anything that is going to clue you in, that last one is for me personally.

I need to put it over here on my little board.

I will say I do keep this little board.

Again, glancing.

I'm a glancer, so glancing is important to me.

And I have another one that's in my peripheral vision over here.

And one of it, one of them came from a friend of mine, it says be weird, be random, be who you are.

And that's an auditory digital reminder.

So when I look at it, I know what that says and I don't even have to read it.

I just have to glance over there and those words mean something to me.

And then also a coherence.

Coherence is really important to people who are in the auditory digital sensory category.

So having a sentence that you say at the end of the day that what I did today made sense because and putting it out.

Another auditory digital microhabit is that little gratitude spot in your journal or in your daily practice.

That is another way to connect to auditory digital and then recognizing that language check ins, maybe even having a little bit of a conversation with yourself.

If you're an introvert, that probably goes on in your head.

If you're an extrovert, it may be out loud.

So you can check in with yourself and ask yourself questions internally or externally.

That would also fit in the auditory digital microhabit category.

I hope you've had fun.

This stuff really makes me happy in my life.

I love talking about it because it's the magical undercurrent in the way that people interact with their environment and they interact with their future and their vision as well.

And understanding it, I think unlocks a little bit of more of the magic so that you can start to mindfully create in a way that really feels fits you personally.

Because again, I feel like we should all be creating a business that supports the life we want to live.

And the life we want to live includes our preferences and how we want to show up.

And this is one of the ways that we'll support that.

Thanks for hanging out with me today.

I appreciate your time and I'll see you in the next episode.

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