The picture card set is a tool that helps communicate, and organise thoughts into a story of how we would like a situation to progress. A clear picture of how a situation ought to unfold makes taking action on a decision less frustrating and of course less ambiguous. It can be quite tricky at first, venturing into your minds eye but once you make that first connection between the picture and your thoughts the story will emerge.

Our researchers found that as they developed strategies that deal with decision-making there was a internal sense of calm developing even before the decision results had become reality. Shifts in your internal can be tracked with the picture cards, and used as prompts for journal entries.

Ways of using the picture cards.

Envisioning

1. Think about a decision you want to make.
2. Spread out the picture cards.
3. Pick five cards that express how you would like the outcome to feel.
4. Write down words that you associate with each card.
5. Use the words and the cards to help you articulate what your expectations of the outcome should be. You can do this step in conversation or in prose.

Developing Pathways

1. Think about a decision you want to make.
2. Spread out the picture cards.
3. Pick five cards that express how you would like the outcome to feel.
4. Pick five cards that represent how you feel now about the situation.
5. Consider what might need to happen to shift from your present to the future.

Tracking Felt Progress

1. Select cards that represent your current feelings about a situation.
2. Determine some intervals to repeat step one.
3. Note how you feel at each sitting.
4. Reflect on what has moved in you at each stage.

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