From What If to What Next 91 - What if we could train our imagination to reimagine change?
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Jan 14, 2024 Jonathan Rhodes and Joanna Grover, authors of 'The Choice Point' and imagery coaching experts, discuss the power of imagination and functional imagery training. They explore imagining a future world focused on sustainable lifestyles, the role of multi-sensory imagery in motivation and change, addressing avoidance for personal growth, starting small for environmental change, and embracing imagination and expressing gratitude.
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Imagination Is Multisensory And Motivational
- Imagery is multisensory, combining five senses plus emotion and motion to drive action.
- Multisensory imagery activates wider brain networks and motivates urgency toward goals.
Stress Shrinks The Imagination
- Stress and survival-mode narrow imagination and shrink creative capacity.
- Chronic box-checking and threat vigilance prevent people from thinking bigger or long-term.
Use Cues To Switch Mental Channels
- Use imagery intentionally as a cue-driven tool to replace automatic negative thoughts.
- Practice a chosen sensory cue repeatedly so the image reliably triggers the preferred response.