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Start Your Day With Intention and Gratitude<\/h2>\n
For Val, building an intentional mindset starts in the morning.\u00a0 She believes that you have to have a ritual of practice in the morning because a lot of people open their eyes, and right away get flooded with a list of tasks.\u00a0 This may include what errands you need to run to what your kids are going to eat.\u00a0 We have to fix that.\u00a0\u00a0 There has to some time in the morning, when you start the day with some time to focus on you.\u00a0 She\u2019ll go into her office, light a candle and list three things that she\u2019s grateful for.\u00a0 Gratitude may be as simple as the fact that your parents are healthy, that you had a good night\u2019s sleep or that you have a work interview that you are excited about.<\/p>\n
Naming three things that she is grateful for is the minimum that Val requires to be intentional.\u00a0 It creates a mindset by sending a message of something positive to yourself and sets your energy for the day. It establishes that you are someone that stops in their tracks, takes a moment, looks around and is grateful.\u00a0 Don\u2019t think that it needs to be complicated or a big ordeal.\u00a0 Find small ways to infuse your daily routine with a bit more intention whether it\u2019s through mindful breathing, lighting a candle or naming the three things that you are grateful for.\u00a0 Then get ready to tackle your day.<\/p>\n
Make An Intentional Mindset A Habit<\/h2>\n
It takes approximately 21 days to make something simple a habit. Val tells her clients that what you do most of the time matters \u2013 what you do occasionally does not.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same thing from nutrition or exercise or anything else that you are trying to make a habit.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if you didn\u2019t write down what your are grateful for one morning, for example, as long as most of the time you do.\u00a0 For Val, it\u2019s getting people to feel more relaxed about intentional mindset versus the rigidity that has been imposed in the past from follow this diet to you must meditate for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Just relax \u2013 it\u2019s not about perfection.\u00a0 People have other things going on in their lives.<\/p>\n
Be More Realistic<\/h2>\n
Each person has to customize a specific, individual approach.\u00a0 What works for you is what is important.\u00a0 If lighting a candle just is not going to happen, then look for something that is doable for you.\u00a0 It can be something simple like when you are driving,\u00a0 just try for one-minute sit in your car before going to work or running those errands.\u00a0 Play a special song and just stop and do your gratitude.\u00a0 Some clients need it to be written in their notes on their phone or as a reminder in their calendar to do their gratitude.\u00a0 Have an environment that supports and keeps you accountable for your own routine instead of relying on having the will-power to do your best everyday \u2013 because it\u2019s not that easy.<\/p>\n
The goal of an intentional mindset is not to create additional stress in your life \u2013 it\u2019s to add something positive into it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"