Blog

Intentional Living: How to Choose Greater Joy and Happiness Every Day

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Life Skills, Transform Your Life.

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it’s easy to find ourselves caught up in the routine, often losing sight of our deeper goals and desires. The key to unlocking a life of purpose and fulfillment is intentional living, which the Inner Fitness Challenge Tool #6 – Setting Intentions targets.

But how do we shift from merely going through the motions to living each day with intention?

Let’s explore this transformation through the lens of a fitness journey—a familiar and relatable process that beautifully mirrors the steps toward intentional living.

How Well Do You Know Yourself? The 3-Pronged Approach to Loving Yourself More

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Transform Your Life.

To want to get to know yourself — from the inside, not through other’s expectations — is a radical act of love. How well do you know yourself?

Begin the most beautiful journey you will ever take…the journey to self-discovery It starts with cultivating genuine curiosity about YOU, what you like, love, prefer, aspire to.

Let’s explore the three elements of the Inner Fitness Challenge tool — Self-Love, Self-Respect & Self-Compassion — and how we weave them together to enjoy our journey fully.

How to Exercise Awe and Curiosity for Greater Inner Fitness Every Day

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Transform Your Life.

What happens if you only do one exercise, say… squats, every time you work out? Year after year, every day, never trying something new. Would you be bored? Would you be living up to your full potential? Wouldn’t you develop weaknesses in other areas? Likewise, the Inner Fitness Challenge tool #4 – How to Exercise Awe and Curiosity is essential to help you to keep your motivation high and your heart and mind open to new experiences and opportunities.

Awe and Curiosity pull you outside of yourself and into this amazing planet we call home.

Building Inner Strength to be the Real YOU! Inner Compass & Core Values — Tool 3

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Transform Your Life.

Strong core muscles are essential for good health because weak core muscles can lead to more fatigue, less endurance and injuries. Stability, balance, ease of movement, and even improved physical appearance depend on us maintaining a strong core. This also applies to building inner strength — our mental power or endurance, such as willpower, courage, self-confidence, or self-discipline:. Hence, the third tool of the Inner Fitness Challenge is our Inner Compass Calibrated by Core Values.

Somatic Awareness of Body Sensations Empowers You to Manage Your Emotions

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Emotional Intelligence, Somatic Embodiment.

Your body often knows things long before your mind catches up. It remembers today’s experiences AND all of your past experiences. The Inner Fitness Challenge Tool #2 — Somatic awareness of Body Sensations — lets you listen to and learn to trust your body’s wisdom once again.

One of my clients said to me,“I know how to do it; I just don’t know how to do it!” For example, you know that losing weight involves eating nutritiously, exercising, and getting restorative sleep, but you just haven’t figured out how to practice those things in your own life to create real transformation.

Blog

Continually grow as a person and find your work/life balance

Intentional Living: How to Choose Greater Joy and Happiness Every Day

How Well Do You Know Yourself? The 3-Pronged Approach to Loving Yourself More

How to Exercise Awe and Curiosity for Greater Inner Fitness Every Day

Building Inner Strength to be the Real YOU! Inner Compass & Core Values — Tool 3

Somatic Awareness of Body Sensations Empowers You to Manage Your Emotions

Let's get started with 30 free minutes

How to Step Forward to a Future You've Created

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE INTRO TO STEPPING FORWARD TODAY!