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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.

Intentional living means you choose to be in a specific state or frame of mind that serves your purpose in 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.

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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.

How well do you know yourself? Make your journey of self-discovery easier and more rewarding by employing these three elements of self-worth.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.

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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.

When you know how to exercise awe and curiosity, you open your mind to greater appreciation for life and develop better problem-solving skills.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.

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

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Transform Your Life.

The Inner Fitness Challenge Tool #3 helps in building inner strength.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.  

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Mindfulness and Self-Awareness: #1Tool for Improving Quality of Life

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

the Inner Fitness Challenge Tool #1 — Mindfulness and Self-Awareness.When you begin any fitness routine, you first work on your mobility so you can execute each exercise properly. If your mobility is limited, you can injure yourself. How do you strengthen your Inner Fitness mobility? By practicing the Inner Fitness Challenge Tool #1 — Mindfulness and Self-Awareness!

Our brain likes to give us shortcuts, so it saves energy. As a result, we do so many things automatically… from tying our shoes to conversing with our loved ones. And often those automatic responses can get us into trouble. We eat things we shouldn’t. We say things we regret. We react in hurtful ways. To turn this around use mindfulness and self-awareness.

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