Why setting intentions changes everything

Have you ever felt like your day slipped by in a total blur and that you got to the end of it feeling like you spent the entire day reacting to everything coming at you?

Or like you are doing all the “right” things but still feel a bit disconnected, unclear or even lost?

I’ve been there… many times!

I used to just blame my chaotic energy on being a Libra (they are known to be poor decision makers!) but now I am wiser and know that the key thing I was missing in my life was not more organization or lengthening my to-do list… it was having clarity on why I was doing it all in the first place.

For years now I have taught on the beauty and magic that is setting intentions and I’m sharing more about this sacred practice with you here.

What Is an Intention?

Intention is so much more than your why because ultimately for your intention to be rooted in your truth it must be something that feels aligned and inspired by your intuition - by your soul.

I like to hold this vision in my mind every time I set an intention that everything around me in energy form starts to reorganize itself to align my external world with the internal world that I just created with my intention and then this clear, gorgeous, golden path appears before me leading me in the right direction - I just have to take a step. Because this is actually what is happening when you set an intention!

An intention is a declaration to the world of frequency that anchors your energy. Once you set an intention, it begins to reorganize the people, places, things and events of the present and future in your life to bring to you that which you are intending.

This does not have to be about chasing achievement of any kind! Intention can simply act as a prayer, a wish, a tone that you want to bring into an experience.

For example - I used to hate blogging because I often found it challenging to get my thoughts and feelings out onto paper. Naturally, I would go to blog and the entire experience would be annoying and uncomfortable and eventually I ended up with all kinds of half written blogs that lived in a big ol’ blog graveyard. I chose to change my intention around this from dislike and discomfort to be one of love and creating content that connects from the heart for my potential readers and students. Now? I love writing my weekly blog posts and Substack posts (I alternate) and I look forward to it so much!

When you set an intention with presence and devotion, you begin weaving your life into alignment with your soul’s path—one breath, one choice, one sacred moment at a time.

The Energy Behind Your Words

The power of intention lies in the energy it carries.

For example:
“I should meditate more” feels heavy and shame-filled.
“I choose to create space for peace” feels nourishing and true.

Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “words are spells” before… that’s because they actually are in a sense. Your words hold a vibrational signature to them and when you think them, feel them and speak them out into the world, the natural law of like-attracts-like brings more to you that matches that energetic frequency.

When your words are rooted in love, clarity, and soul-knowing, you begin shifting the energy around you. What you speak, you begin to embody.

But the good news is this: if words are spells then… Your intention is the wand.

A Simple Practice to Set Your Intention

Intentional medicine is very easy to integrate. You don’t need anything fancy, just your presence and your willingness.

Here’s a gentle practice to try:

1. Create space within by taking three deep breaths, and come into stillness.
2. Place your hand on your heart and ask: “What do I most need to align with right now?” and let any thoughts, feelings, visions and so on arise.
3. Speak your intention aloud. Let it be simple. “I choose clarity.” “I open to healing.” “I devote myself to joy.” 
4. Anchor it by saying it several times. Breathe it in. FEEL it. Come back to it daily.

This one practice, done with devotion, can change your inner landscape, and that is what changes everything.

Common Missteps

Some people have remarked to me in the past that intention setting hasn’t been impactful or helpful to them and that they saw no results. I also understand this, having been there myself before many times.

No matter how good my perceived intentions were, I just couldn’t improve anything.

There are a few reasons this could happen and I don’t want you to fret because we can gently and lovingly change these.

It most commonly happens because of fear. You are setting the intention from a place of fear instead of setting it from your soul. Fear is the voice of your ego which has its place in trying to keep you safe, but it isn’t serving us in this scenario. Let your soul take the wheel again and be sure to set your intentions in alignment with what you DO want rather than what you DON’T want.

The second reason people trip up on intention setting is attempting to control the outcome instead of trusting it to unfold organically. Intention setting is just the foundation to the co-creation process. You must learn to trust God in delivering.

Lastly, if intention setting didn’t work for you then you likely didn’t anchor it enough, as in you forgot about it, you let your negative thoughts creep in or Sally the shift manager just kept getting you down and you didn’t take a moment to recollect yourself. (But seriously—silence that Sally!)

There’s no shame in this at all— we’ve all been there and done that.

Your power is found once more in choosing again. Choose to harvest your intention from your soul and from an even deeper place of meaning to you. Make it count.

A Living, Breathing Path

Setting intentions is a part of The Intuitive Path. It’s how you return to yourself again and again, no matter how far you’ve wandered.

I cover all of this and much more soul medicine inside The Intuitive Path, my 8-week course designed to guide you home to your own heart. We begin with intention because your healing journey is sacred—and it deserves to be held with clarity, reverence, and soul-rooted commitment.

If your spirit is whispering, It’s time... then I invite you to walk the path with me 

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