The Power of Alignment: Set Your Intention for 2025
The Power of Alignment: Set Your Intention for 2025
4 Steps to Embody Your Intention Word
Hello Awakening Souls,
As the new year unfolds, many are setting resolutions. But here’s the truth: resolutions often fail because they’re rooted in external expectations rather than inner truth. Instead, I choose a guiding intention word—a single word that serves as a compass for my decisions, actions, and reflections throughout the year.
This practice began for me years ago while training with John Maxwell. He introduced me to the concept of Intentional Living and setting an annual intention word. The idea stuck, and over the years, this practice has guided me through profound challenges and growth.
During a particularly difficult time, I leaned heavily on this practice. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, I found myself lost and questioning my identity. My word that year was Freedom, and it became a beacon, reminding me to find liberation from the expectations I had placed on myself.
Each year since, my word has been a mirror reflecting who I aspire to become:
Surrender taught me to let go.
Humility reminded me to embrace vulnerability.
Benevolence helped me focus on kindness and grace.
This year, my word is Alignment. It reflects living in harmony with my values, honoring my authentic self, and making choices that resonate with my inner wisdom. Every day, I ask myself, “Who do I choose to be today?”
How to Choose and Embody Your Word for 2025
1. Reflect on the Past Year
What brought you joy and fulfillment in 2024?
Where did you feel out of sync with yourself?
Which moments felt aligned and true to your core values?
Take time to journal your answers. These reflections will reveal patterns and areas where you desire growth.
2. Let Your Word Emerge
Your word might represent a value (like trust), an energy (like ease), or a state of being (like alignment). Sit quietly, meditate, and feel into the energy of the word that resonates most with your soul.
3. Anchor Your Word into Daily Life
Visual Reminders: Write your word on sticky notes or create a vision board.
Intentional Practices: Start each day with a mantra, like, “Today, I align with my highest truth.”
Aligned Choices: Use your word as a filter. Before making a decision, ask yourself, “Does this align with my intention?”
4. Reflect and Recalibrate Monthly
At the end of each month, revisit your word and ask:
How has this word shaped my actions and mindset?
What lessons has it revealed?
What adjustments can I make to live more intentionally?
Alignment is not about perfection. It’s about living with intention, moment by moment, and embracing your authentic self along the way.
Take It Deeper: Join The Awakening Circle
What’s your word for 2025? Share it with me and like-minded souls in The Awakening Circle, my private Facebook community where we support and inspire one another to live with purpose and connection.
Together, we’ll explore how to embody your word and align your life with your highest truth. Join us here and begin your journey of intentional transformation today.
I see the light in you, and it is brilliant!
Brightest of blessings,
Dawn xo
The Awakening Light
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