Notes From My First Vision Board Workshop of 2026
This weekend I ran my first vision board workshop for 2026, an evolution of a project I started three years ago in my local community.
Back then, newly arrived to our fairly small town by Sydney standards, I wanted to meet other women and share something that had quietly helped me rebuild my life: the simple, nourishing magic of cutting and pasting your dreams onto paper.
Even as a child, I’d sit for hours on the floor with magazines and sheets of A4 paper from my dad’s printer, “designing” houses and lives. I’d start with the home, then add the people, the cars, the gardens, creating a life on paper.
I think about that often as an adult, laying out the scissors and magazines for each vision board workshop. Something about the simplicity of it — hands busy, mind freer — feels like a direct line back to a part of myself that I’ve always been.
Settling In
This weekend, eight women came together to meditate, create a vision board and do some yoga. Most were mothers of school‑aged children. It was the final weekend before school returned — that liminal moment when the mental load of summer holidays meets the possibility of a clean slate. It felt like the right time to mark the transition, to honour ourselves after six weeks of family time, and to put a stake in the ground for what we want in the year ahead.
We began with a meditation to settle in, then journalling to capture the ideas, wishes, and directions rising to the surface.
I wrote everyone in the room a little “permission card” - a short note encouraging them to really step into the few hours of silence, calm and creativity and try to dream.
What I Saw in the Room
Some women sat around the table, others on the floor and throughout the afternoon the whole house hummed with both quiet chatter mixed and gentle silence. There is also something profoundly soothing about the sound of scissors on paper.
Themes floated across the room:
gardens and ocean views
new houses
health goals
yoga poses
words like ease, clarity, renewal, strength
One woman told me: “I feel like I want to call in an internal transformation this year, so the words appeal to me most.”
Her board became a collage of language, intention speaking itself into form - something I’ve done myself many times.
Another board bloomed with greens and blues, coastal homes, light, and space.
Others were ordered and precise. Some more instinctive, without a clear pattern.
What I love most about this work is how differently the same process lands for each woman. There is no theme beyond making space for yourself. No pressure. No “right” way. Just intuition, creativity, and trust.
Plus, plenty of tea and cake for good measure 😀
Why I Still Love Vision Boarding
Vision boarding came into my life at a time when I desperately needed a reminder of who I was. Getting in touch with how I wanted to feel and cutting out the words and images that reflected that feeling helped me piece myself back together.
As the year unfolded, I’d hear someone say a particular word, and it would pull me straight back to the board I’d created. It reminded me of the direction I’d chosen.
Now, I notice it takes me longer to settle in. Maybe it’s age, or motherhood, or the pace of life. But that slowing down, the synthesis of hands, paper, images, is what I love most.
Unlike so much of my everyday life, this type of connection is not digital or rushed - it’s tactile, grounded, human.
A Circle of Women
This year’s workshop was special: a collaboration with a friend who teaches yoga and meditation locally. Together, we held space for eight women through a beautiful three‑and‑a‑half‑hour session.
What they shared afterwards was heart‑warming:
“I’ve always wanted to do this.”
“I feel visibly different — more relaxed, more calm.”
“I tapped into my intuition more than I expected.”
“I’m surprised by what came out.”
“The process inspired me just by allowing me to go with the flow.”
They walked away with completed boards, softer shoulders, clearer minds, and that glowy, grounded feeling that comes from being seen and supported.
One woman said:
“Manifestation is happening all the time. Look at your life — the people, the houses, the children, the work. All of it was once imagined.”
And she’s right. The power is not in the glue stick or the magazine cutouts, it’s in the act of pausing long enough to ask yourself: What do I want to call into my life next?
Here’s what I know
Vision boarding isn’t about creating a perfect picture of your future.
It’s about: Remembering who you are, giving yourself permission to dream, aligning with what you’re drawn to and slowing down long enough to hear your intuition.
And doing it in the company of other women makes the experience even richer. We carry so much, often silently and these workshops are a gentle reclaiming of our time, our space and ourselves.
I’m excited to keep offering these sessions through 2026 and to see what emerges for the women who join me.