I gave a presentation 2 weeks ago at a local networking event called WESOS. It is an amazing group of women that meets every other Friday from 11 – 1. If you have your own business, I highly recommend checking it out. It is a great authentic group of women who are dedicated in supporting one another and each others’ businesses. The focus of the presentation was on Connecting the Dots in your Relationships.
“WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP?”
Webster defines a Relationship as ” A connection between two people, objects or concepts”. I spoke about undestanding the 3 different types of relationships. When we hear the term relationship we normally think about 2 people, but this talk went much deeper to understand not only the physical and energetic connections with people, but also about what it means to have a relationship with objects or concepts.
So what does it mean to have a relationship with a concept? you ask. We talked about things like our relationship with money, sexuality, career and body, just to name a few. If we don’t cultivate and nurture these relationships, then our minds will continue using the same thought patterns and limiting beliefs that were programmed in our mindsets years ago.
To dive deeper we completed an activity called the Circle of Life to create new awareness to these other relationships in our lives that we might not have realized existed. We all long for deeper connections and intimacy in our relationships and if we focus on both the physical and the energetic connections, amazing things can happen in our lives. The lack of nurturing these relationships could be holding us back from moving forward on some of the dreams and desires that we have for both our business as well as our professional lives.
PRAYER INTENTION INSTRUCTIONS
After completing the Circle of Life, I shared that I usually create what I like to call a “Prayer Intention Sheet” to begin taking one powerful step forward in nurturing those relatiosnhips. Here are the instructions for how to use the information from Your Circle of Life to create your Prayer Intention Sheet.
1) Prioritize Your Relationships – After reviewing your analysis, outline which ones are a higher priority that you would like to focus on first. There is no right or wrong, its just what the priority is for you.
2) Set an Intention – Write out the intention you have for that relationship. Many of us daydream or think about things we want, but there is power in writing down an intention.
3) Visualize the Outcome – This is the fun part where we get to reflect and create what we really and truly want the outcome to look like. If I could really make a difference in a particular category, what would it look like to me? How would I feel?
4) Outline Positive Affirmations – Outline “I AM” statements to support your intention. In the book “I DECLARE by Joel Osteen”, he refers to identifying positive I AM statements. When we begin to say things like ” I AM a size 6, I AM a successful business woman, I AM a good cook, I AM a loving and compassionate spouse etc… There is power in the confidence and boldness of our statements. We are in essence declaring that we are, rather than saying I WANT TO, or I AM GOING TO,
5) Leave it up to God – The intent here is not to create a formal work-plan and outline all of the ways that you are going to make something happen. This is about having faith in the Divine (God, The Universe, A Higher Power), that when you set an intention from the heart and ask God for your deepest desires, he will answer your prayers . “If you believe you will get anything you ask for in prayer “Matthew 21:22.
In a future blog I will share how I use the prayer intention sheet on a regular basis, and some specific examples of amazing things that have happened both in my life as well as the lives of other happy clients who love using this amazing tool. If you haven’t already signed up for my website, you can click on the step icon to the right to stay tuned for additional information you can reference to invest in the health of yourself and your family.
If you didn’t get the chance to complete the Circle of Life Activity, but this artcile has peaked your interest, please let me know. I am also creating a 4 part video series from the video footage taken at the WESOS event, so that you will have access to this info as reference in the future. I will let everyone know when the video is available.
If you know of someone, or another group that would love to hear about this presentation, please reach out! I would love to keep spreading the word of how important it truly is to Connect the Dots in all of our relationships.