January 14
Intentions Over Goals: The Key to Fulfillment
As we welcome the new of year, it’s natural to reflect on where we’ve been and where we want to go. At Latitude Wellness, I believe that true transformation begins with acknowledging the past, embracing the lessons, and setting intentions for the energy we wish to embody moving forward. This practice is more than just setting goals; it’s about aligning your mind, body, and spirit with the energy that will drive your actions in 2025.
The Power of Reflection: Honoring the Journey
Reflection is a key aspect of growth. Before we can set intentions for the new year, it’s essential to honor the path we’ve traveled. Take a moment to consider the following:
• Celebrations and Wins: What moments made you feel proud, grateful, or fulfilled in 2024? These are the victories, big and small, that deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated.
• Challenges and Learnings: What obstacles did you face? How did you grow from these experiences? Challenges are powerful teachers that often reveal hidden strengths, grit, and resilience, not to mention a big dopamine hit after you moved through it.
• Falling Down and Getting Back Up: Where did you fall on your face? How did you find the courage to rise up in the arena? Acknowledging resilience is a vital part of the reflection process. It is also worth noting when you didn’t rise up and getting curious what was standing in your way.
• What You Won’t Bring Into 2025: What habits, beliefs, or energies no longer serve you? Letting go creates space for possibilities, opportunities, and perspectives – because let’s be real, for those of you on the path of continual change and growth, this is an ever-changing and evolving target.
The Latitude Wellness Intuitive life coaching and mindset work encourages clients to engage in reflective practices to help to bring clarity and awareness to your experiences, ensuring that your reflection is both deep and compassionate.
Why Setting Intentions is More Powerful Than Setting Goals
Our hustle culture prioritizes productivity (and it’s something that I have been working on letting go of), setting goals can feel like the default way to approach a new year. As I do not believe in setting new year’s resolutions – which I have written about many times (read more here) where resolutions focus on external outcomes, while intentions focus on your internal state and energy. Energy is everything! It’s the foundation of our physical world, drives physical processes, and is the essence of our lifeforce!
When you set an intention, you’re creating your internal GPS for how you want to show up in the world. For example:
• Goal: “I want to go to the gym and lift weights five days a week.”
• Intention: “I want to feel strong, healthy, and energized in my body.”
Intentions are more flexible and forgiving than goals. They allow room for growth, adaptation, and alignment. Goals can follow naturally, but intentions are the energetic foundation upon which those goals are built. Create the intention, then set your goal around the energy you want to embody. Using this method will help your mind create more possibilities and ideas for how to step into the energy. We get so wrapped up in the how, we lose sight because it’s overwhelming and end up derailing our effort.
Intentions: The Key to Fulfillment
When you set intentions, you’re focusing on who you want to become, not just what you want to achieve. This shift creates a deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment. Goals then become milestones that support your journey rather than rigid endpoints.
As you move into 2025, ask yourself:
• What energy do I want to bring into the new year?
• How can I embody this energy in my daily life?
• What practices will help me stay aligned with my intentions?
At Latitude Wellness, I believe that aligning mind, body, and spirit is the most powerful way to create lasting change. As you reflect on 2024 and set your Intentions for 2025, remember that you are the creator of your reality. Let your intentions guide you toward a year filled with purpose, balance, and joy.
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