Your Monthly Intentions

Define Intention: a thing intended; an aim or plan.

Monthly Intentions is a new phrasing that many health professionals are working on this year. Instead of hard goals or non negotiables, we are giving you the space to figure out what it is you want and what the steps towards that might look like in the short term.

You long-term health is an investment. It will take time, energy and financial output; but consistently making positive changes will be impactful over the course of your life. We find that individuals who don’t look after their health early in their lives, will spend the last 20-30 years of their lives with the inability to complete many of their previous activities of daily living. We don’t want this life for you.

To work out what your Monthly Intentions should be, take a review of your 2022. What were the really good health habits you picked up? Was there anything good for your health that you maintained from previous years? Is there anything that had a negative impact on your health? Can you foresee anything that may create barriers from improving your health moving forward?

From this, take one positive health habit to maintain, and one habit that needs work. With the habit that needs work – what can you specifically action? What do you need to do for this to turn into a positive health habit. This will create your second monthly intention. 

Now write all this somewhere you’ll check often. If you start to feel frustrated or overwhelmed, take a step back and remind yourself of why it was important to create this habit. If you’re unsure of the why, this may not be the right intention to focus on for this time of your life. 

You always need to go back to your why. Why is it important to be healthier? Why is it important to change these particular habits?

You have the capacity to make incredible investments into your health this year. Small investments can make a great difference in the long time. Use this moment to start making the small investments.

The best investment you will ever make is in yourself. That I can guarantee. The best day to start will always be today.