3 Ways To Set Daily Intentions In A Hectic Workplace

We have all heard or read that setting daily intentions will improve the way our day will flow. It sounds so very easy.

Wake up. Stretch. Set your intention for the day. Get out of bed. Continue with your day with ease and grace.

Easy.

Right?

Wrong.

I have found that unless I stay home, my intentions will get shot down almost as soon as I get to work. No matter how solidly I set my intentions, the energies at work will skew my intentions. They won't be totally demolished, but just pushed off center just enough to throw me off kilter.

I really do like where I work and the people that I deal with on a daily basis. The big problem that I have is that there is such a hectic jumble of energy flowing around from all the people and objects. It can feel so energetically chaotic that I just want to hide in a hole or sit by a river.

I cannot hide from the world. I have a duties and responsibilities that I cannot ignore. So it can get very frustrating to set a wonderful intention for the day and watch it get diluted by the hour.

So I've learned a few tricks to help me keep my intentions clear throughout the day. Let me share three of my favorite ways.

1) Use Action Words in a Simple Phrase

I got this idea when I was making my "to do" list in my planner. I am more likely to get tasks done if I write my "to do's" with simple action words if I am doing them at that moment. 

For example:

• Finish blog post.
• Wash car.
• Clean Alice's cage.

The idea does take some getting used to, I will admit.

Some daily intentions I have used are: 

• Live happy.
• Share your smiles.
• Love easily.
• Listen with your heart.

2) Drink in Your Intentions

The reason that I use simple phrases for intentions is that I am constantly reminding myself of what they are by literally drinking them in.

Every time I get a cup of coffee or a glass of water I will take a few seconds to whisper my intention into the liquid and then I drink it in. I am constantly reaffirming my intention every time I whisper it and I am anchoring the intention into myself ever time I take a drink.

Today's call to Universe and a quote.

3) Write It Down Where You Will See It

I am using a paper planner again. I find it easier to keep myself organized and on track. There is a section on the daily inserts titled "phone calls" that I use as my "phone call to Universe".

This is where I write down my intention and to cement it I also add a quote. Every time I open my planner I see my intention and I repeat it.

Before my planner, I would write it on a post-it note and place it on the bathroom mirror. I have even typed them on the welcome screen on my phone.

Writing it down helps to ingrain the intention into my mind and repeatedly seeing it helps to remind and reinforce it.

These are just three of the ways that I set my daily intentions into a hectic workplace so that they remain clearer throughout the day.

It is a matter of reminding your self throughout the day of your intentions and finding ways to cement them into your mind so that they don't dissipate.

Fear, Part of The Darkness-Within

Friend, foe, teacher, adviser, companion. Fear is all these and more.

Trust it or hate it, either way Fear will always be a factor in your every day life. It is a part of your make-up. An integral part of the inner workings of the mind, part the Darkness-Within.

Fears that we face daily are innumerable. Fear of failure. Fear of accomplishment. Fear of change. Fear of stagnation. Fear of letting go. Fear of holding on. Fear of loss. Fear of gain. Etc...

We fear and we fear Fear for a myriad of personal reasons, yet Fear will always be with us. Fear is such a constant in our lives that we should learn to live with it, to stop ignoring or shutting it away, and to truly listen to Fear.

Yes,  we need to learn to be with Fear. Be open, honest and present with Fear.

Develop an understanding, if not a friendship with your inner Fear. Get to really know your Fear.

Who is your Fear? Why does your Fear do or say what It/She/He does?

Let me give you a glimpse of who my Fear is.

My Fear is a petulant teenager full of anger and sometimes hate. She doesn't mean to be that angry but She has had a lot of promises broken and She has felt a lot of hurt. She is really just a scared little girl. A little girl that doesn't want to be hurt. A little girl who has a lot of scars.

She can screech like a banshee. She can whisper tearfully. She can beg and whine. She can be loud, obnoxious, and very rude.

She doesn't mean to stop me. She really just wants to warn me. If I don't acknowledge Her, She can and will get louder than my Intuition. She will get louder in order to get attention, just like a teenager will. She just wants to be heard, just like a teenager. She will say very nasty things to get my attention, just like a teenager.
She can learn to trust me as I can learn to trust her. She can learn if I am gentle with Her and acknowledge what She has to say. I have to treat this part of my Darkness-Within as I treat my own children.

I will not stifle Her nor shut Her away. She is the part of me that helps to me stop and analyze the next step I am about to take in my life and why I am doing, saying what I do. She is the reminder that  I should be very aware. That I need to be present in my life.

Learn who your Fear is. Talk to your Fear. Do not fear your Fear any longer.

I can help you find out who your Fear is and why He/She/It does what it does or says.

Are you ready to look into this part of your Darkness-Within? Are you willing to know your Fear?

Blessings and Love,
Andrea Faye

2014: I Claim My Life Purpose!

That is one heck of a bold statement to make!

How can I make such a bold claim?

When I have gifts that I am not utilizing to their fullest extent. I am an empathic and certified intuitive, but I have a tendency to shy away from attention.

When I have been blessed by some beautiful teachers and yet haven't honored their teachings by sharing their knowledge with enough people.

My Life itself has presented me with some of the hardest lessons and blessed me with some of the sweetest gifts.

As a mother, I have experienced the truth of patience and understanding. As a woman, I have found the healing powers of love and inner strength. As a human, I have learned that compassion and forgiveness can change my world.

I have re-discovered my connection to Source and I know that I can help others find and feel that connection.

I know I can help others to heal, forgive, and find their own connection to Source. That Is My Life Purpose!

This is the year that I step out into the open, be present with who I am, and embrace who I am ment to be.

I Claim My Life Purpose!

Are you ready to claim your's?

2014: New Year, New Beginning

A New Year is upon us.

The excitement of a new beginning is spreading around the globe.

People are eagerly preparing for parties. Possibly starting up resolutions that a few will follow through on and too many will, unfortunately, lose interest in quickly.  

Take a few moments to look back on the last year. Face the hurts. Celebrate every ecstatic moment. Give thanks for every blessing and every lesson.

Did you live, love, experience?

Our did you just watch, wish, wait?

Celebrate the passing of the old year and welcome in the new year.

Be safe and have fun.

Wishing you all a wonderful New Year!

Blessings and Love,
Andrea Faye

Feeding Your Soul

What do you do that feeds your soul? What makes your soul feel happy? Peaceful? Full? What brings out the song in your heart? Makes your feet dance?

It's very easy to answer those two questions for me.

For me its the following: quiet moments cuddled with my husband and kiddos, drives in the mountains, stepping into cold steams, meditating, rock hunting with my family, picnics by a river, camping, hiking, reading, writing, blogging, photographing, having a (some what) clean organized home, swimming, gardening, playing with the dogs, helping others, meditating, dancing, singing, talking to the Moon, sitting in the backyard and a few other miscellaneous activities.

That is a good example of what fulfills me. Some of the things that I do that feed my soul. Some of those are more important than others. Spending time with my kiddos is more important than cleaning house. I would rather be outside in Mama Nature then cooped up in a building. I'm happy walking in the mountains with my family, visiting old graves and ghost towns in the area.

Humans will remember to feed their bodies but will forget to feed their souls. Many people will forget to care for that unseen, important part of themselves the parts of our daily lives that make us smile, relax, breathe.

We are so used to living in such a hectic world, that we forget that we need those precious moments to download. We need to ground ourselves with those all too few moments that bring a smile to our lips, and a relaxation to our shoulders. We need to relax, just be, and just breathe.

Take the time to think about what you would do if you just had the time to do it. Realize those moments that calm you. Know what grounds your energies. Become aware of what recharges your batteries.

Now go do it!

It is that simple.

Make the choice to do it, and do it!

Let the dishes pile up for one night and go for walk in your neighborhood. Get the family to help with the dishes, then have a family movie night with everyone sprawled and cuddled on the floor.

I'll cut this blog short since my oldest has a sports banquet in an hour, and spending time with my family always feeds my soul!

Many Blessings and Much Love,

Andrea Faye

Breathing Harmony Intro

Have you been looking for ways to change your life? Make everything run perfectly as you think it should!

Dammit!

Inevitably you will come across hundreds (if not thousands, possibly millions!) of books, CDs, websites, blogs, articles, etc. on balance. So many titles and different ways to bring into or find balance in your life.

Balance

That elusive wherewithal to conquer your world and your life. To live in full control of every aspect of who you want the world to see you as! To conquer every little detail of everyday and make it all perfect!

Balance can work for some...for a certain time. Balance is very hard to maintain, but any lifestyle changes require some motivation, restraint and a lot of work on your part.

I struggled for years (dare I say decades?!) to balance out work, children, home, spirituality, weight... sanity... dreams! Trying desperately to catagorize and organize every little detailed minute. Trying to bring the June Cleaver, super suburbanite, perfect soccer mom reality into my home!

Repeatedly I found that balance. Those perfect Stepfordish moments when every aspect of my imagined life would seem to meld into a perfectly balanced lie. Like any falsehood, it could only last so long.

I failed repeatedly.

I would fall into a melancholic, deep, dark, depressive funk.

I would freeze up in adject horror as every perfectly balanced, selected part of my life began to crumble around me.

The housework would pile up, bills would go unpaid, my children would act out, my work was smothering me, I would lose my sense of self. My life would become a sad fragmented jumble of a mess!

Eventually some TV show, article or book would come my way and the spark would be lit again.

I would become a "Supermom"! Everything would balance out. Life would become rosie and perfect. All the pieces would start to fall into place...

Until...

One small upheaval...

One small chunk would fall askew and my teetering house of cards would tumble around my ears.

And I would start the sad cycle all over again!

It never lasted because I would select only certain parts of my existence to balance and I would always sacrifice bits and pieces of the most important part of the equation...

...My Self!

Breathing Harmony

I am learning (Yes, I am still my own student!) not to fight the ebb and flow of life.  I don't have the "perfect" formula for finding that "perfectly balanced" life, but I don't want to. Better yet, I don't NEED to!

Life isn't about living perfect moments with perfect schedules and perfectly organized homes!

Life is messy. Life can and will get chaotic. Life can and will throw an unexpected something into your perfect path to make you stumble and get your attention. Life is about being able to step out of your comfort zone and know that it is ok!

It is ok!

Harmony is happiness and living authentically.

Harmony is knowing, truly knowing that you can bounce back from any upheavals. Harmony is smoothly moving through the ebb and flow of reality with grace and gratitude.

You can work with the flow of life, instead of trying to fight the currents. To dance to the complicated, ever changing rhythm of life's music and surpass your expectations.

You can learn to Breathe Harmony into your life! To live, learn, and compromise to attain that imperfectly perfect life!

Blessings and Love to All!
~AF~