Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Feb/Mar 2020 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 42

The ART of Self-Nurturing The Art of Self-Nurturing: How to Keep Your Self-Nurturing Intentions in the New Year BY KELLEY GRIMES, MSW D id you set intentions for the New Year to be more nurturing and loving to yourself? Did you start the year off highly motivated and are starting to feel your resolve wain? Well if so you are not alone. Our best intentions often need to be nurtured. Any time we make a change in our lives we need tools to support the new habit to take root and become part of our new normal. I have found that at the heart of cultivating sustainable change is choice. Every time we choose to give our attention to our intentions, we further our commitment to growth in our lives. Motivation is sparked by the possibilities embodied in choice and commitment is sustained by inspired action through our everyday choices. Keeping your self-nurturing intentions for the New Year is rooted in your everyday choices. 42 www.AspireMAG.net | February / March 2020