The Power of Vision: A steadier way forward
Life happens in the transitions.
We all experience change. It can be divorce, disease, death of a spouse, loss of a child, a move, a job loss. It can be a promotion, a romance, an engagement, a health scare that turns out to be nothing, a financial windfall. Every life shift, positive or negative, creates transition.
We all have a choice. How will we walk through the transition? Will we spit ball it or pause and take some time to craft a vision? Most of us do the former. We rush forward without a plan because we think that moving fast is our only option.
Vision and Values Comes First
When people are in transition, especially divorce, my goal is to support them to pause and re-orient themselves. This is the space where vision work begins. Your vision becomes your decision making anchor.
A co-created vision is about clarifying what matters, and allowing decisions to flow from that clarity rather than from fear or reactivity. It is not about predicting the future or forcing optimism. It is about articulating your values. We assume we know our values, but until we are challenged to articulate them, they are floating, fluffy ideas. Speaking them aloud and writing them down allows us to build our narrative around our past, present and future. It gives us words, goals and direction that come from our center.
In a concrete way, vision work helps clients:
Reduce overwhelm by creating a sense of direction
Replace self-judgment with curiosity and self-trust
Feel ownership of their choices, rather than feeling pushed or cornered
Stay grounded when emotions run high or conversations become difficult
Vision becomes an internal anchor, one that clients can return to over and over as the process unfolds.
How Vision Supports Your Divorce Plan
Work that is grounded in a vision-centered, team-based model, helps people move through divorce and other life transitions with clarity, stability, and intention. Further, it helps them reduce overwhelm, which can diminish conflict and long-term regret.
To activate their vision, which can involve a mindset shift, my clients develop a step by step action-oriented divorce blueprint. It’s like a mission statement, framed around behaviors they will begin to practice. Small changes lead to big impact. This is especially helpful when building a future focused financial plan. We look at where you are now, explore where you have been in the past, and guide you toward your best future opportunities.
Clients move forward with a sense of authorship over their next chapter. A key takeaway is that my clients learn how to ask questions. And I challenge them to answer questions they may not have considered. Often our fear of looking dumb or “not knowing” holds us back from asking our most significant questions. We judge our lack of knowledge. My goal is to give my clients permission to get curious and ask questions. I ask you big questions and together we create a variety of scenarios so my clients feel confident they are designing the best plan for their future.
The mission is not aspirational—it is practical.
It is a guide for what the client will do to move forward with integrity and clarity.
A Closing Thought
Transitions shake up your life. You can’t have all the answers before you begin or when the trauma strikes. We don’t expect you to. And you don’t need to expect that of yourself.
To learn more, reach out to me at lisa@lzlcoaching.com or book a complementary discovery call at www.LZLcoaching .com
