Mallory's Journal

Blog posts about Mallory's personal lessons in Yoga, Human Design, Meditation, & Mala Making

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2023 is just around the corner, are you designed to set goals or intentions?

2023 is just around the corner...

this is the time that many of us have been conditioned to start thinking about the coming year and set "goals" for what we want to achieve and do.

Here's the thing traditional goal setting only work for ~1/3 of the population,

those with a defined Heart/Ego center. Now, why do I say 'maybe'? because even if you have a defined Heart Center, where you have consistent access to willpower, if you're not in true alignment and functioning in a healthy space in that center the goals you create may not truly be in alignment for you and you won't be using that energy you have correctly.

When you have a defined Heart center and you're operating in a healthy and aligned way, traditional goal setting can be super powerful for you because you have the will power to see those goals through as long as those goals are in alignment and initiated from your Strategy and Authority.

Now, what about the rest of us with an undefined Heart Center?

Well, I suggest first contemplating if traditional goal setting has ever really worked for you. Does it resonate? Does it keep you motivated? Or has it done more harm than good? Does it stress you out? Have you wondered why, year after year you can't stick to your goals?

With an undefined Heart Center you do not have consistent access to operating from pure willpower, you are not designed to make promises to yourself, or anyone else for that matter. That's conditioning that will just set you up for failure.

So instead of taking the route of setting traditional goals this year, take a breath, release the pressure, and try setting an intention for 2023. Reframe those goals into intentions then surrender to your Strategy and Authority, take inspired action, and see where the year takes you.

If you'd like to see if you're Heart Center is defined, undefined, or open you can head to my website and run your Human Design Chart:

Get my Human Design Chart

If you'd like to learn more about the operating in alignment within each of your energy centers and de-conditioning you can snag the "Beginners Guide to Aligned Energy Centers" and I'll walk you through the Not-Self themes of each energy center to watch out for and contemplations to help you work through your conditioning so you can live with more ease, flow, and trust in life.

Beginners Guide to Aligned Energy Centers

I'm so excited to see what you release in 2023 so you can step into the person you are designed to be.

To you're freedom,

Mallory Riess

HI THERE FRIEND, I'M MALLORY!

Thanks so much for stoping by my little space here on the web and listening to my story! I can't wait to teach you everything I've learned over the years.

My biggest lesson has definitely been being a mom and it's still something I learn to navigate every day. As it turns out these little humans have a mind of their own, know what they want, and aren't afraid to whine at you until they get it, do ya feel me? In Ashtanga Yoga we call parenting 7th series because it is the hardest practice of them all. Now, I don't have a whole lot of parenting answers for you (still figuring all that out myself), but I can help with keeping your kids healthy! We want healthy kids because healthy kids are just happier kids and mama I know you want your kid to be happy just like I do.

When we first brought our son Eero home, I just felt lost. He was colicky, gassy, had a serve case of torticollis, and was just an all around unhappy baby. Being a first time mom and confronted with all of this was HARD and compounded by my own emotional issues lead to my PPD. The first 6 months of Eero's life was full of a lot of tears from both of us.

Then his first REAL cold hit and fever hit. I didn't feel prepared and didn't know what to do to help him. Everyone just kept telling me, oh just use Infant Tylenol and Ibuprofen, this just didn't sit right with me. I knew all I was doing was masking the symptoms and not actually helping his body to heal. My baby was in pain and I wanted to do everything I could to help his body be strong and fight. This lead me down a path of diving into natural remedies, learning how the body works, and ultimately empowered me as a mother to care for my babies.

Now I know what to do keep my babies healthy and I also have an abundance of tools to turn to when they are under the weather. I know longer have that panicked feeling when Eero or Emma spike a fever, I know exactly what to and it is my mission to help every mama feel confident in taking care of their families. There is truly so much we can do when we understand how the body works, even in simple terms and I can't wait to share it all with you!

I'm here for you, through the up and downs, tears and smiles, I will be here to help uplift and encourage you. Know you are not alone, in fact there is a whole community of mamas waiting for you to join us and go against the status quo. Our bodies are meant for health and our lives are meant for abundance.

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