I’ve helped many clients do this.
We sit together, often near the end of their therapy journey. The hard work has been done — the pain explored, the trauma named, the patterns understood.
Then comes the moment I love most:
Mapping out the future.
Not the one shaped by fear, duty, or survival…
But the one rooted in freedom, possibility, and choice.
And now — it’s my turn.
🧠 What is Goal Mapping?
Goal Mapping is more than just setting goals.
It’s a holistic, therapeutic process of:
- Visioning who you want to become
- Identifying what truly matters
- Building practical, soul-aligned steps to get there
- Uncovering the subconscious beliefs that might try to get in the way
It’s part psychology, part neuroscience, part soul-work.
And when done with intention, it becomes a bridge — from the past we’ve survived to the future we’re ready to create.
🔄 From Therapist to Self-Client
After years of supporting others in finding their clarity, voice, and vision, I now stand in that sacred space myself.
Therapy has helped me heal old wounds.
Now, goal mapping helps me build new dreams.
The questions I’ve asked others, I now ask myself:
- What does my ideal day look like?
- Who am I becoming now that I’m free?
- What do I want more of — peace, purpose, play, connection?
- Where do I feel called to serve?
- What needs to be let go so I can rise?
✨ Why Goal Mapping Works (Psychologically Speaking)
Goal mapping engages both sides of the brain — the logical and the imaginative.
It taps into:
- The reticular activating system, helping your brain start filtering for what you’ve declared important
- Neuroplasticity, training your mind to create and believe in new possibilities
- Self-agency, reminding you that you are not what happened to you — you are who you choose to become
It’s powerful for trauma survivors because it reconnects us with our sense of direction — often lost in the fog of survival.
🌿 My Personal Mapping Focuses On:
✔ Rebuilding financial independence
✔ Creating safe, joyful connections
✔ Supporting other survivors through lived experience
✔ Exploring the world and the places I once only dreamed of
✔ Continuing to learn — from neuroscience to soul wisdom
✔ Living with peace, simplicity, and no more walking on eggshells
✔ And most importantly: Feeling deeply me again
💬 A Message to Fellow Survivors
You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin.
You just need a vision — a seed.
And then you map it.
You name it.
You break it into steps.
And you walk yourself there, one brave moment at a time.
If you’ve done the healing, the processing, the heavy emotional lifting — this is your permission slip to dream again.
Not in a vague, fluffy way.
But in a structured, soul-guided, therapeutic way.
Because surviving was just the beginning.
Thriving has a roadmap. And goal mapping helps you find it.
Final Thought:
It feels strange and beautiful to say:
I am now the client.
I am now the visionary.
And I’m mapping the life I want — one goal at a time.
