Do you know how to use your imagination to change your life?

Here are five steps to use your imagination to change your life.

Step 1 - Specifically define a problem that you are committed to solving. It's important to be as specific as you can be. The more specific you are at this step the easier it will be to get the changes you desire.

Step 2 - In your imagination, create three pictures of yourself in the following three situations:

How the problem got started. This does not have to be an exact date, just your emotional sense of how this problem began for you.

How it is now, including what is painful and uncomfortable.

How you would like it to be, in the near future, when this problem is solved and behind you.

Step 3 - Pretend we can set up a conference call between these three versions of you.

Step 4 - Create a conversation between you now and the you when the problem started. What have you learned since then? What do you wish you had known back then?

Step 5 - Create a conversation between you now and the you in the near future. What does the person in the future know that you do not know yet? How can you use that information now?

Jeff Herring

Jeff is a marriage and family therapist, singles and relationship coach, mentor coach, speaker, syndicated relationship columnist and author.

Jeff has a full time private practice in Tallahassee in which he specializes in couples, teen and parent counseling. He also is a relationship coach specializing in working with couples and singles. Some of his professional activities include:

==> Internationally syndicated relationship columnist through Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, with a weekly readership of over 10 million worldwide

==> Sought after speaker for organizations, associations, churches, and corporations

==>Twice weekly appearances on The Steve and Sara Show on Magic 107.1

==> Author of "Keep the Changes: 52 Tools for Successful Living" a collection of his best columns, as well as several e-books including "How to Create a Passionate and Loving Relationship.........Forever," "How to Beat the BOZOs: Dealing with difficult people without becoming one," and "Tame Your Teen: THE survival guide for parenting your teenager.

==> Founder and CEO of TheArticleGuy.com

==> Founder and CEO of SecretsofGreatRelationships.com

==> Founder and CEO of ParentingYourTeeanger.com

==> Founder and CEO of ToolsforSuccessfulLiving.com

==> President of BuildingYourIdealPractice.com

==> President of ConsciousDatingTallahassee.com