I discovered something today working with a client that I’d never thought about before. I always thought imagination meant picturing something – a vision, an idea, a scene. Turns out you can imagine a *feeling state*. And when you do, you actually start feeling it.
For those of us who are educated and love to think, it’s so easy to get stuck in your head. But feeling is always there – often driving your logic without you realizing it. If we want a better experience of life, it’s about moving up the emotional tone scale. From shame and guilt toward courage and love.
I’ve always struggled with how to actually do that.
⚡️ At 4:00, I tackle the objection you’re probably already having: “But that’s fake. That’s not real.” What is a fake emotion anyway? An emotion is just an emotion. Your intellectual mind calls imagined feelings “fake” because it wants you back in familiar negative states.
At 8:00, I share how I once channeled a successful copywriter. Not voodoo – I just imagined what I would feel like if I were that person. More confident, clearer. My writing immediately improved. Feeling states drive better thinking and action.
Maybe “fake it till you make it” isn’t about fakery. Maybe it’s imagining a feeling you wouldn’t have if you were just reacting. Is that fake? Or conscious creation instead of unconscious reaction?
I don’t know if this will be practical in the end, but I’m curious what you think.
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