Use Nordstrom Wish List as Your Intention List

Nordstrom's Summer Fashions are soooo pretty. I was browsing through the "New Items" section when the idea of using the Wish List feature as an Intention List came to me.

It's easy and fun and such good feng shui.

All you do is browse your favorite store site, mine is Nordy's obviously, and use their Wish List feature to save photos of the clothes you intend to look great in.

It's best for your Slim Intentions to select clothes with waists, and not elastic waists, either. The more the clothes show off your newly sensuous, shapely, fit self the stronger the intention they are.

Here are some of mine:

I'm not exactly sure where I'm likely to wear these clothes. Perhaps, subconsciously, I chose them to fulfill another intention, a romantic life!

Interestingly, actually owning such garments is not a good idea until they fit you comfortably. When you actually own them when they don't yet fit, they nag you, which delays the accomplishment of feeling good wearing them.

While it is preferable that they be clothes you intend to own when they do feel good and look great, they can merely represent the clothes you'd enjoy seeing yourself in. It is best if they match your intended or current lifestyle and your intended or current pocketbook.

It's perfectly okay, though, to choose haute couture clothes even if you never intend to actually purchase them. Just think how lush your lifestyle can be when you use the money you've attracted to acquire this Slim Wardrobe. You could take a cruise! What a celebration for Slim You!

The Wish List can represent Slim Intentions, Wealth Intentions, Generosity (to self or from others), and Lifestyle Intentions (more social, more romantic, more travel).

So have fun visiting your favorite stores and start your Intention List, now!

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Can your home be TOO slim?

Recently, one of my feng shui design coaching clients called with a "feng shui emergency." She couldn't seem to quit munching! This intrigued me as our most recent (a month or so previous) design coaching session had, I thought, addressed her intention to become and be slimmer.

We got together that afternoon. Feng Shui EMT!

What I discovered at Carol's (not her real name) home was fascinating.

Carol didn't realize we had already slimmed her house down during our coaching session. After she read my book, Slim House Slim Body, and she faithfully followed the suggestions to slim down her house -- which didn't need it!

Her living room end tables and cocktail tables felt bare. She had deleted a lazyboy type chair and two end tables in the Family Room.

Not only that, there were no family photos in the Living Room and an overabundance in the Family Room. As a result, her Living Room felt impersonal and her Family Room felt a tad overwhelming with family connections.

Carol's house was too slim. At a subconscious level, Carol's munching was her spirit trying to fill her up.

Luckily, it was very easy to fix. We moved some of the family photos from the Family Room to the Living Room. This reduced the "burden" of family in one area and added family warmth to the Living Room. We replaced the end tables in the Family Room and added back flower arrangements Carol had put away.

A phone follow up call two days later and then two weeks later both confirmed Carol is no longer at the mercy of compulsive munching.

The very cool thing from my point of view is that Carol knew her munchies were connected to her home environment - she had no idea how and immediately called for help. What a lovely model of self care.

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Daily Slim Plan

One practice that really helps me stick to my Slim Plan is using the Daily Slim Plan form to

• keep track of my intake and carb count (you can count POINTS, carbs, whatever works for you)
  
• note my activity plans and mark them off after doing them
• note my water consumption (bottles)
• note my supplements consumption (also reminds me to take them)
  
• note any Slim Actions I intend to do and mark them off when done

My favorite part of the Daily Slim Plan is the "Plan to Overcome Today's Obstacles."

At the start of each day, as I note breakfast, mark off the AM vitamins, and plan the day's activities, when I come to the "Plan to Overcome Today's Obstacles" I think about the day's agenda.

If I'm planning on doing errands, meeting with clients, checking on job sites, that section will note the "e food" that is "emergency food" I plan to take with me. This time of year, it includes a note to remind myself to use the cool bag.

Other times, that section might say "Go to Albertsons to get more yummy, slim treats."

Since it is part of the form, this section helps me anticipate where or when I may go "off my program," and create a plan to avert that self-defeating circumstance and the self recriminations that often attend such acts.

I like using this form to self-monitor. Sure, there are days I don't use it. Sure, there are days I start to use it and then stop making notes after lunch. By that time, though, I've already done the "Plan to Overcome Today's Obstacles," so I'm good.

Email me at kathleen@elemenza.com to receive the form as a pdf file ready to print!

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