Visualizing Victory: How I’m Training My Mind to Build My Mission

I want growth.

Growth in my business.
Growth in my family relationships.
Growth in my education
Growth in my ability to help women apply the science—how muscles function, how the body burns fat, and what truly supports mental wellness.

At the heart of it all? A growth mindset.

This week, while studying The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I realized that the first step toward any real transformation begins with how I think. My mindset is the starting line. For years, I’ve tiptoed around the grander possibilities for NutriThrive Fitness—afraid to dream too big, afraid to disappoint myself, afraid to fail publicly. 

But I am reminded that I was blessed to have a face-to-face conversation with Sister Elaine S. Dalton, one time, where she reminded me that "Fear and Faith cannot dwell in the same place."

Of all the 7 habits, Habit 1: Be Proactive kindled a fire.

It's pretty wild that we, as humans, are the only creatures capable of reflecting on our own thoughts. We have the ability to react to life, and even more profound is that we have the capacity to choose our response. That space between stimulus and response is where our power lies.

We’ve been given incredible gifts:

  • Self-awareness—the ability to notice and guide our own thinking.

  • Imagination—the capacity to create new realities in our minds before we see them in the world.

  • Conscience—an inner compass that whispers what’s right.

  • Independent will—the drive to act on what we know is good and true.

These faculties are divine.

They remind me of Gordon B. Hinckley’s beautiful insight:
“Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly.” Why? Because virtuous thoughts lead to virtuous actions. And when we intentionally guard our thoughts, we gain access to heaven’s help. We receive divine direction. We stand with confidence. 

If I want NutriThrive to succeed in the way I believe God intends, I must sanctify my thoughts. That’s where the clarity will come. That’s how I’ll receive promptings. That’s how I’ll know what next step to take.

Taking initiative now looks like this: no more waiting around for the perfect timing or a magical sign. NutriThrive Fitness is my pain-to-purpose passion project. If I want it to expand its impact—to help people heal through movement and thrive through nourishment—I have to use every tool in the toolbox. And one of the most powerful tools I've overlooked is visualization.

George Leonard talks about intentionality in Mastery. That concept stuck with me—hard. The best athletes don’t just train their bodies. They train their minds. Jack Nicklaus, the legendary golfer, once said he never hit a single shot without first seeing the perfect arc of the ball, mentally rehearsing it from swing to landing. He broke it down: 50% visualization, 40% setup, 10% swing. That blew me away.

That’s the kind of mental discipline I want to bring to NutriThrive.

Arnold Schwarzenegger used to say he didn’t just lift weights—he visualized success so vividly that it was already real before it ever happened. 

So here’s my proactive, faith-fueled commitment:

I will visualize the success I want to create. Not vaguely. Vividly. I will mentally rehearse every win—clients becoming the success story, group programs filling up, courses impacting hundreds, me behind a microphone with thousands of podcast episodes in the archives, and standing on stages as the keynote speaker, lighting a fire in hearts across the room.

I want what I focus on to expand. I want my thoughts to become my reality in the best way possible. Because I believe that when I choose thoughts that are virtuous, faith-filled, and visionary—I align myself with divine guidance and eternal power. My Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Ghost becomes my business partners. The Lord magnifies my efforts.

From here on out, being proactive means managing my thoughts with as much discipline as I manage my schedule. It means becoming fiercely intentional about what I allow into my mind and heart—because those thoughts are building something. And I want them to build something holy, healing, and powerful.

This week was a wake-up call. I refuse to live on autopilot.
NutriThrive Fitness will not grow by chance.
It will grow because I see it clearly.
Because I believe in it deeply.
Because I build it deliberately—with heaven’s help.

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