We’ve all been there. At the store, park, or other public location when our little one has a full blown meltdown or our older one is just refusing to comply with our requests. Your heart is racing, you’re doing the best you can, but you’re frustrated and you’re starting to feel the not-so-subtle glances of strangers who you just know are judging you and your parenting capabilities. Your tone changes as your jaw tightens and all of a sudden, just like your little one, you’ve lost it.

No judgement here—it happens to us all!

It was amazing to see how much my mindset, mood, and even my body transformed as I was less focused on a specific goal and more focused on being intentional in what I was able to do at this moment in time. If you’ve ever wondered about why setting intentions are so great or how they’re different from setting a goal, I invite you to read on!