Happy Sacred Sunday!
It’s my favorite time of the month … the time to set an intention/theme for November.
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How This Practice Began
It all started in 2019 at the Summit of Greatness conference. We were invited to choose an intention for the conference, and they had a company making bracelets on site with the word you chose to wear throughout the conference.
I fell in-love with that process and began choosing a word of the year to wear on my wrist all year long.
(My friend, Laura, made me my first word of the year bracelet, and to pay it forward, I’ve been making bracelets for my clients and loved ones ever since.)
Every time I’d look at my wrist, I’d remember the word, and I realized how much more intentional I was being in my daily life.
How This Practice Evolved
As time went by, I felt compelled to repeat this practice for each season, and then for each month — and now I even set intentions on birthdays, before events, and even during each of my coaching sessions each week.
It has become a deeply ingrained habit to be intentional in how I show up in the world — and that has made a huge difference in my life.
My word of the year has become the overarching umbrella covering me and all my other intentions along the way.
To give you a tangible example: my word for 2024 is LISTEN.
Then each month I create my theme for the month (Forward February, Interrupt July, Simply Soulful September are a few examples.)
As I’ve gone through each month in 2024, I’ve listened and paid attention to the areas in my life I was moving forward in, patterns I wanted to interrupt or break, or simply soulful moments that were saving my life.
I remind myself to listen to my family, friends, and clients.
I remind myself to listen for the sparks of bliss (the act of blisstening!)
I remind myself to listen to my intuition and trust the process.
Why This Practice Matters
Each month, season, and year brings a new energy and flavor.
When circumstances change or life comes at us fast, these practices help us balance between staying grounded and going with the flow. (We don’t want to get stuck in one place nor drift away without noticing.) They help us connect the dots, look for the meaning, and find lessons in all the moments.
Because even when we have the best of intentions, sometimes we fail to live with intention.
And often we’ll feel called to set an intention that means one thing in our head — only to discover that it had a completely different meaning than what we thought.
This practice invites synchronicities and magic to work their way into the picture.
Since I’ve been sharing this intentional practice with you every month on the podcast, I’ve uncovered the framework I’d been using all along. So that leads us to this episode. I’m sharing the framework and the theme I chose for November.
I sure hope it serves you well.
Sending you so much love this fall season.
