Choosing a word or intention to guide my year

Do you choose a word or an intention to carry throughout the year?

This is something I have been doing for just over a decade now. I've carried words like inspirational, expand, balance, truth, create, heal, effortless, fearless, whole and trust

I also wonder if one day it may not land and what might I do after this year walking with trust as my guide I would hope I would trust my journey and surrender to the flow in that moment

It has seen many evolutions - I've walked alone with my word(s), I've meet others monthly to explore my word and I participated in Ali Edwards "One Little Word" course several times, I have created artwork and vision boards which support my creative and visual personality. I have carried words that were very supportive and others that didn't end up resonating for the whole year. I have carried a single word and I have walked with a main word and different amounts of supporting words and or themes.

Last year I walk with the intention to trust..

To trust my path

To trust my healing

To trust my experiences and most importantly to trust myself and my bodies wisdom.

Over the years I have been exploring the feeling self, allowing and acknowledging the bodies reaction to language and experiences along with the opportunities, activations or invitations to expand myself. in my clients and friends I notice subtle body movements and energetic changes - this is one reason why I love live video calls and in person experiences these subtle responses have stories and transformation wisdom to offer if your willing to listen and travel deeper.

I noticed that society often asks us to not trust ourselves in one way or another, to conform and to stay small a not rocking the boat of sorts, so 2022 was about walking with this curiosity to remember and reclaim what trust is for me.

At times I felt lost, defiantly challenged and pushed deeply out of my comfort zone, I had moments to advocate for myself, to say hey this is my experience and I am going to respect what unfolds which surprisingly found me experiencing joy and grief on so many different levels and sometimes at the sometime. I found a few women online who held me through the hard times and celebrated with me when I had wins, this shared intimate celebration was something I had craved but not experienced until 2022 and I am calling more of these relationships in for myself and for women who crave this too. I was surprised that the word trust kept showing up for me and I take it with me into the new year and beyond as a supportive, encouraging friend.

2023 brings a new word to play with, I considered words like reclaim, rebirth, cultivate, embodiment, impact, confidence, light. Part of my process starts in the last quarter of the year I open my heart to reflecting on the word or intention I have walked with thus far, there is an energy to release it making space for a new word or intention to build, I sometimes gather many words as inspiration but when the word or intention lands for me it comes with a little bit of resistance and that is exactly how my 2023 word landed I was in a meditation the theme was inviting in the expanding energy in to my space I wasn't intentionally seeking my word or intention that day but my word landed my heart felt it land with lots of joy but my brain argued this is an unusual and to out of the box.

I sat with the feelings that were rising, and after some resistance the word started to feel like an adventure I definitely can get curious with this word and it has many meanings so I am starting to feel excited to walk with the word METAMORPHOSIS - to live with this word, focus on what it means for me in each moment and investigate through its energy as I go about my journey of continuing to reclaim me and grow my creative business.

I also had five support words land they are connected to themes, elements and archetypes I am not quite sure how they relate to and support my main word just yet but I am going to surrender and allow the magic unfold

I would love to know if you have ever chosen a word?

Do you have word(s) or intention for 2023?