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Morning Intentions
We created our Morning Intentions podcast because, as coaches and mentors, we know that being intentional in every aspect of life is the key to becoming the best version of ourselves. Each episode is your daily dose of positivity, practical advice, and encouragement to help you embrace life with open arms and a hopeful heart. This is your time to set intentions, create meaningful change, and step into the possibilities of a brighter, more empowered you. Tune in and join us as we start each…
Episodes
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Pride Over the Inferior
Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection Question: Do you have pride over someone you consider inferior? Who would you be without that thought? How would you show…
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Drink Your Water!
Today’s Intention: I will take care of myself and intentionally drink my water.
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External Processors DO Care
Today’s Intention: I will accept my own way of processing.
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Internal Processors
Today’s Intention: I will have consideration for the way other people process.
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Annette's First Back-to-School
Today’s Curiosity Question: Are you an internal or external processor?
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Back to School!
Today's and This Weekend's Practice: Where do I need to go back to school? Where do I need to focus my time, energy, and effort so I can be that best version…
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Reflecting on The Anatomy of Peace
Today's Intention: As I go about my day, I will remember everything I learned through The Anatomy of Peace.
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Lesson 2
Today’s Intention is Another Curiousity Question: Do I spend the majority of my time focusing on the attempted solution, or do I spend the majority of my time…
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Where Does Our Time Go?
Today’s Intention is a Curiousity Question: Do I spend the majority of my time helping things go right? Or, do I spend the majority of my time dealing with…
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More About the Influence Pyramid
Today’s Intention: In every situation, before I act and before I speak, I will ask myself, “How can I help things go right?”
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Reflection Friday! 😊
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Agents of Peace
Today’s Intention: I will celebrate all the healing work I've done and all that I will continue to do.
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Keeping the Peace with a Heart at War
Today’s Intention: I will have integrity. My words and my actions will match.
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Heartfelt Apologies
Today’s Intention: I will view everyone I see today as a person with their own hopes, fears, and value equal to my own.
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Reflecting on Self-Betrayal
Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection: What are you all reflecting on this week? It could be about what we talked about just this week. It could be anything…
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It Takes Intention and Attention
Today’s Intention: I will be the best version of myself for myself.
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A Powerful Letter
For Today: Please reflect on the letter from The Anatomy of Peace.
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The Box
Today’s Intention: I will do my best not to betray myself, and I will see myself and others as people, not objects.
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Self-Justifying
Today's Curiosity Question: Does self-justifying show up in my life?
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More About Collusion + Reflection
Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection: Of everything that we talked about this week, what stood out the most and what had the most impact?
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Collusion
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: How have I colluded with other hearts at war?
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I-It, I-Thou
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: Am I willing to consider other people's feelings and needs?
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Environment Matters
Today's Curiosity Question: Does the environment I'm in allow me or others to heal, change, and grow?
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Hearts of Peace
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: Where in your life has someone shown up with a heart of peace and changed the situation?
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Our Whys
Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection Question: Do I spend more of my days, more of my time being FOR the positive parts of life, such as peace? Or, do I spend…
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What Stories Do We Tell?
Today’s Curiosity Question: What character, role, story, or identity have I assigned to myself or to others?
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The Anatomy of Peace
Today’s Curiosity Question: As I go about my day with all the different people I see or that I meet, what am I looking for? Am I looking for separation, or am…
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June's Monthly Reflection
Today’s Intention: I will engage in life with a sense of wonder and appreciation.
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Going Over Our Core Concepts of Play
Today’s and This Weekend’s Intention is some Reflection Questions: How am I doing with each of these core concepts of play?
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It's Important to be Real
Today’s Intention: I will not hide, minimize, or deny my pain.
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Being the Presence of Love
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: When I look back on my life, can I see now that different people were in my life for a reason, a season, or a…
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A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime
Today’s Intention: I will be present in my relationships today.
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An Announcement
Today's and This Week's Intention: I'll plan for tomorrow, but I'll live today.
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How Did You Play as a Child?
For Today’s and this Weekend’s Reflection, take some time to journal and/or reflect on how you played as a child.
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Even 5 Minutes Will Do! 😊
Today’s Intention: I will not sacrifice my personal development for any reason.
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Opening and Closing Your Gatherings
Today’s Intention: I will open and close the different gatherings in my day.
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Play and Laughter Reduce Stress
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is your relationship with laughter?
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Play Leads to Gratitude
Today’s Intention: I will regulate my nervous system with play.
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Finding the Flow of Play
Today's and This Weekend's Intention: I will approach my day with a sense of play.
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Play and Performance
Today's Intention is a Reflection Question: Where in my life does it feel like I am performing?
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Play is a Mindset
Today’s Intention: I will remind myself that play is a mindset, not an activity.
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What is Play?
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is my relationship with “play”? Our Website Our Latest Newsletter Your 100 Gratitudes Summer Challenge
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Play and Gratitude
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is my first gratitude on my list of 100 gratitudes? Our Website Our Latest Newsletter Your 100 Gratitudes…
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Reflecting on Our Month of Friendship
Our Reflection Question for Today and This Weekend: What stood out for your in our working definition of friendship? Friendship is a bond built on mutual…
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Celebrating Each Other's Joys
Today’s Intention: I will help my friends - or anybody that I care about - celebrate their joys.
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Support Without Fixing
Today’s Intention: I will walk beside my friends, offering support, not solutions.
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Consistency is the Key
Today’s Intention: I will be a steady presence - someone my friends can count on.
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Being Honest with Kindness
Today’s Intention: I will be honest in a way that heals, not harms.
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Be Present for Your Friends
Today’s Intention: I will be present for my friends with my attention, my heart, and my care.
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Reflecting on Friendship Math
Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: How do I or the people in my life add or subtract to our friendships?
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Follow the Wisdom of Your Inner Ugh
Today's Intention is a Reflection Question: Do I tend my friendships like I'd tend a garden and allow them to evolve over time?
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Friendship Math
Today’s Intention: As I go throughout my day in the different situations in which I find myself, I will ask, “What would love do in this moment?”
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Mutual Care and Reciprocity
Today’s Intention: I will live with integrity - my words and my actions match.
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Giving and Receiving in Friendship
Today’s Intention is Two Reflection Questions: Do my friends drain me or help me grow? Do I drain my friends or help them grow?
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This Week's Weekly Reflection
Today and This Weekend’s Intention: I am my own friend. I'm kind, honest, respectful, and encouraging to myself.
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Self-Care
Today’s Intention: I take care of my body, my mind, and my spirit because I matter.