Creating a Vibrant You: Intentional Choices for Mothers

 Creating a Vibrant You: Intentional Motherhood and Thriving

Many women move through motherhood on autopilot – responding to daily demands, expectations and exhaustion without pausing to ask what they actually want their life to look like. Taking time to reflect on your vision, values and priorities helps you reconnect with the version of yourself that feels vibrant, grounded and aligned. The questions below are designed to help you start defining that future self so you can begin making decisions that move you toward it.

Answering these questions will help you clarify what the vibrant you looks like. It is different for everyone. As you get crystal clear on your vision, values, priorities, beliefs and what you want for your future, making decisions based on this future vibrant you will help move you toward this being your reality.

Start making decisions based on what this future vibrant you wants, needs and does instead of based on the current burnt out, exhausted and overwhelmed you. As we progress through this book, we will delve deeper into these questions but start getting clear now. The clearer we are initially the smoother the journey will be.

This idea of stepping into your future thriving self is explored further in my book, The Motherhood Reset.

Reflective Questions to Define Your Vibrant Future Self and Intentional Motherhood

Are you living your life with intention or on default?
Are you living your life based on perceived expectations of others or by your own agenda?
Are you living by beliefs that were useful in your past but are not serving you now? What are they?

What are your key values?
What are your top priorities?
What are your key values within these key areas of your life?

What sort of mom do you want to be?
What sort of wife, friend, business owner, employee and daughter do you want to be?

Get more clear and specific here than you did in the previous sessions for the following questions. Also, answer these from the view of your future thriving self.

What would a typical day look like to you that will set you up to thrive?
What would a typical week look like to you that will set you up to thrive?
What would your life overall look like to you that will set you up to thrive?

What will your life look like (and various aspects of your life) look like in 6 months or 1 year if you keep doing what you are currently doing?

Make decisions based on your future self. What does your future self need to thrive?

We need to do things before we are ready or desperately need it to move ourselves out of burnout to thriving.

These ideas around intentional choices and creating a vibrant life for yourself are also explored in conversations on the Wild and Well podcast.

If you would like to go deeper into this work of clarifying your values, vision and priorities, you can explore it further in my book The Motherhood Reset.