Tag: practice

Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Spirituality

Embracing Intentional Living in Spirituality

Corie Muldoon

In spirituality, being intentional means living with conscious awareness and directing your energy, thoughts, and actions toward a specific sacred purpose rather than moving through life on autopilot.

I just added a spiritualty row to my life map and intentional is what I choose for the ‘who I have to be column’ – really loving this!

current Life Map as of 5/27/26

Core Pillars on Intentional Living

Conscious Presence: From mindless habits to actively aware

Chosen Meaning: Assigning sacred significance to everyday routines

Energy Alignment: Matching daily behaviors with inner soul values

How It Looks in Practice

Ritual vs. Routine: Transforming a coffee into a gratitude ritual

Mindful Communication: Choosing words that heal rather than reactively venting (wow this one is eye opening!)

Sacred Boundaries: Saying no to things that drain your spiritual peace

Focused Meditation: Sitting with a specific goal, like forgiveness

My Life Map for Spirituality

Yearly Goal: Personal Inventory

Monthly Goal: Soul Audit
What do I actually believe right now? What am I avoiding? Where am I out of alignment with my values? What needs to be released? What am I most grateful for at a soul level?

Weekly Goal: Frequency Tones
listen to frequency tones radio for a one hour minimum meditation as a form of sound therapy

Daily Goal: Sit in Silence

Lifestyle, Mindfulness

Daily Life of the Modern Monk

Corie Muldoon
Daily Life of the Modern Monk

Real growth comes from sitting down and thinking about life.

Starting from our inner world (thoughts, feelings, behavior)…

Working toward our outer world (living situation, job, hobbies, relationships, daily routine)

To start, I asked myself: what fulfills me?

  • SAVERS morning routine
  • Gardening and plant care
  • Cozy coffee/tea time
  • Yoga flows and strength training
  • Family walks with Joe + Champ
  • Sunbathing
  • Playing guitar
  • Photography (taking + editing)
  • Posting on Instagram and blog
  • Cooking, fruits and vegetables
  • Boho home decorating
  • Cleaning (I actually enjoy this!)
  • BBI shifts (tolerable, pays the bills)

I have a dream to live with monks in Thailand later in life. To share my stories with travelers and explore parts of me I’ve never discovered before. While I’m on the journey to get there, I’m thinking: what should I focus on?

✓ SAVERS morning routine

✓ Connection to nature (gardening, sunbathing, walks)

✓ Creative expression (guitar, photography, blog)

✓ Physical practice (yoga, strength training)

✓ Mindful living (tea time, cooking, healthy eating, upkeep temple)

✓ Sharing seeds with others (Instagram, blog – inspiring w/o pressure)

✓ Simple work that pays the bills without consuming me (BBI)

✓ Financial freedom building (real estate, investments)

I am the elder monk living her stories out in real time. It’s magical and intentional.

As I continue protecting my peace, I’m feeling way less stressed, with more focus, clarity, calmness, and happiness. Connecting more with things that bring me peace, and disconnecting from things that drain my energy.

Thanks for reading! Keep on stepping

General, Relationships

Reevaluate Life Prompts for Personal Growth: Couples Edition

Corie Muldoon

Ever feel like you and your partner are running on autopilot? When life gets busy, it’s easy to lose sight of your growth as a couple.

Joe and I set aside time once a year for a life check-in using thoughtful prompts. These prompts are meant to help us discover blind spots, celebrate progress, and realign our priorities together.

Thoughtful prompts aren’t just questions, they’re conversation starters. Try some out during your next quiet evening together and see what insights emerge.

Reevaluate Life Prompts

Below are some example questions:

  1. Looking at our current path: our jobs, our living situation, and how we spend our time – what parts feel really aligned with who we are and what we want? What parts might need tweaking to better match our values or goals?

  2. When we feel most content and ‘in flow’ together in our daily life, what exactly are we doing? Are we creating enough space for those moments, or should we reorganize some things to have more of what makes us thrive?

  3. What’s one thing we each feel a little nervous or uncertain about in our current plans? It could be something small or big – and then let’s brainstorm how we could address that uncertainty together.

These prompts aren’t meant to be answered once and forgotten. Keep responses in a shared google doc and revisit them every few months to see how you’ve grown. Jot down notes, write out any needed fixes, assign action items, keep on growing.

What’s beautiful about this practice is that there are no wrong answers. There’s only opportunities to understand each other more deeply and create a more intentional future together.

Remember, the goal isn’t to have perfect responses but to create space for honest conversation about what matters most.

Quick Tips for Success

  • Set aside distractions

  • Approach each prompt with curiosity rather than judgment

  • Be open to what you discover about yourselves as individuals and as partners

✨ Getting 1% better, together ✨

General

Staying Centered: How Healthy Reminders Keep Good Vibes Flowing Daily

Corie Muldoon

If you’re looking to create a more positive mindset, there’s a practice in the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale that I love and use on the regular. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes each day.


The Process

  1. Write down some healthy reminders on index cards
  2. Flip through them everyday until you memorize them
  3. Repeat your healthy reminders daily

This practice helps to create a more positive mindset for ourselves.

Like a farmer, we must sow good seeds or weeds will start to grow.


Staying Centered

When I’m happy, healthy reminders keep the good vibes flowing.

And when I’m upset, healthy reminders help clear things up.

Up or down, healthy reminders work to keep us centered.

Repeating our healthy reminders daily is the key to lasting results.


Below are some of my favorite reminders that keep my mind feeling happy, healthy, and fit:


Healthy Reminder Examples

Keep on stepping

You are loved

Be unafraid

Yes you can

You can do all things

Be free

Hang loose

Believe

You matter

You are brave

Relax and release

You are beautiful

Any sayings come to mind that make you feel happy, safe, strong, empowered?


Faith-Based Reminders

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

According to your faith be it unto you

If ye have faith nothing shall be impossible unto you

Be ye transformed by the renewal of the mind

If god be for me, who can be against me

Faith power works wonders

I believe God gives me power to attain whatever I really want

I expect the best and with God’s help will attain the best

Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel

Be unafraid of what you do not know
Give me Thy healing peace in my nervous system as well as in my soul

May the love of Christ fill my soul; may the love of Christ for __ fill my soul

The Lord is the strength in my life… in this I will be confident

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength


Wrapping Up

This week’s healthy homework is to create your own list of healthy reminders.

Write them out on index cards, your mirror, your phone – wherever you can to keep these good thoughts top of mind.

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