Life with Heather: Infuse Your Life With Action

Set your Intentions for the new year by writing down your intentions and placing them in a place you can see them daily or creating a vision board with your intentions for the year and being grateful for all that you already have. Place your vision board in a special prayer or meditation location and pray or meditate on your intentions daily. By being grateful for all you have and focusing on your gratitude, more will be added unto you. Focusing on the positive things in your life will bring in more of what you want. By focusing on the intentions for your life and what you want to create, you will manifest those things, if they are for your highest good. If they aren't for your highest good they most likely will fade away as your intentions and you will not be able to focus on them clearly and with purpose.

Make it Happen...

Infuse your life with action.
Don't wait for it to happen.
Make it happen.
Make your own future.
Make your own hope.
Make your own love.
And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen...yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Bradley Whitford (actor)

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Here are more tips I received from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition~

Setting Intentions

Two friends are chatting about their diets. The first one says, “I want to be healthy and feel great.” The second one says, “I intend to be healthy and feel great.”

Which one do you think is going to get healthy and feel great? Yep—the one who intends it.

Wanting is simply wishing you can have or do a particular thing it. Intending means you’re committed to achieving something by making a plan for success—and sticking to it!

The Fuel for Desired Results

The key to intention is action – try this to build your intention muscle:

Get clear on what you want. Create a vision board by gathering images and words that pertain to your goal, and gluing them onto a large piece of construction paper. Hang the collage in a spot where you’ll see it often. (Or, you can use an online service like Pinterest to create a digital vision board.)
Do something to make your desire happen. Let’s say you want to eat four servings of vegetables a day. Your first action may be to go to a farmers’ market and purchase a few veggies you can cook for dinner.
Celebrate your achievement! Don’t forget to congratulate yourself for meeting your goal.

How to Have a Great Day… Every Day!

Did you know that you can even set an intention to have a great day?

Rather than diving into your morning and hoping you’ll achieve your day’s big goal, why not take a moment and set yourself up for success?

Try this “Setting An Intention to Succeed” exercise used by professional athletes, speakers, politicians, and performers:

Upon waking, lie in bed and think about what you have planned for your day (or, find a quiet spot to sit and contemplate).
Think about your desired outcome. Take a deep breath and visualize yourself succeeding.
Replay your success several times in your mind.
Next, add other senses, including sounds, smells, and touch. For instance, as you replay your success, you now also hear the director offering you the gig, or you feel the physical sensation of your finger hitting the “send” button on your latest assignment.
Lastly, replay the scene again, adding emotions. Feel your elation at getting the part, or your pride at finally finishing your work.

You can perform An Intention to Succeed, throughout the day as desired.

GET EVEN HEALTHIER!

Do you intend to lose weight, eat healthily, and feel fantastic? Set your intentions! Find an accountability partner and check in with each other weekly for 4-8 weeks (mark your calendar and set times to meet up for a walk or in person). Or you can join this Facebook group page I have created and find an accountability partner. Let us know how you are making your health and happiness a priority. Real health is a sustainable and realistic practice that we strive for every day.

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The Circle of Life

We gain energy by eating nurturing foods and drinking vibrant beverages that support our physical health. Even more critical to energy are the relationships we choose to engage in, career satisfaction, physical exercise, and fulfilling spiritual practice.

Look at this chart and mark a dot for each category. The closer you place your dot to the outside of the circle, the more fulfilled you are in that area. The closer to the center, the more dissatisfied you are. Connect your dots and see which areas of your life are creating energy and which areas may be draining energy.

I intend that you feel and believe in your dreams! You can co-create your existence with your higher power. Make it happen by setting your intentions today and taking action. Wake up every day and focus all of your energy on one aspect of your life on the Circle of Life. It is best to get that one aspect as close to in balance as you can before moving onto another area so you can maintain that lifestyle change. Make it sustainable and fun! I recommend printing out the circle and hanging it in your meditation spot, in your kitchen or placing it on your prayer altar. By making small incremental changes, you will look back on 2019 as one of the best years of your life.