Charting a Course: Setting Goals with Intention Presented by

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Charting a CourseSetting Goals with Intention

• Presented by Sharon Kuehn
• Wellness Recovery Educator
• Contra Costa County Office for Consumer
  Empowerment

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Wellness is unique to every individual!
How do you define wellness?
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Wellness includes

• Physical Health
• Relationships
• Friendships/Community
• Family/Supporters
• Significant Other
• Communication Skills
• Self-Expression/Creativity
• Spirituality/Purpose
• Self-Mastery
• Self-Esteem/Self-Love
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Care
• Career/Financial Security
• Education
• Housing/Environment

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Make a Choice,Commit to the Course...

• Listen to your hearts desire and choose one
  area of your life in which you will set a goal
  during our process today
• An area which is very important to you
• An area that has been neglected
• An area in which you know you need support

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Wellness Goal Areas
1. Where will you start your journey?

• Physical Health
• Relationships
• Friendships/Community
• Family/Supporters
• Significant Other
• Communication Skills
• Self-Expression/Creativity
• Spirituality/Purpose
• Self-Mastery
• Self-Esteem/Self-Love
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Care
• Career/Financial Security
• Education
• Housing/Environment

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Dream, then Choose

• 2. Allow yourself to dream
• Forget about barriers and imagine what you want
• Let your intuition guide you
• State a specific goal to yourself.
• If you feel you can put your full intention on
  meeting this goal, you are ready to refine it.
• 3. Repeat this step until you are satisfied
  with your idea.

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Envision this goal with all the details you can
imagine.

• What you think, you become. -Mohandas Gandhi

• 4. Get a clear mental picture of the goal already
  accomplished.
• Include details!

• Make the mental image crystal clear, vivid in
  your mind's eye. Play that picture over and over
  in your mind.

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The Law of Mind-Action

• After choosing your
• goal, state the goal in
• positive terms!

• Affirm what you wish to attract
• Leave dont and wont out of this process!
• For example, I will do 45 minutes of yoga or
  take a walk every evening instead of Watch less
  TV and stop being a couch potato.

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5. Write the goal!
The difference between a goal and a dream is the
written word. -Gene Donohue

• Once it goes into
• writing it becomes
• substantial and
• starts etching itself into your subconscious.

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Exploring the Territory

• Have I clearly and decisively set my intention on
  
• manifesting this goal?
• What skills do I need to achieve this?
• What information and knowledge do
• I need?
• What help, assistance, or collaboration
• do I need?
• What resources do I need?
• Am I making any assumptions?
• What can block my progress?
• How can I address that?

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Charting the Course Objectives

• 6. Identify the steps or markers along the path
• Where you are now in relation to the goal?
• Create 3 8 objectives or signposts to indicate
  that you are moving toward your goal
• Write these steps on your worksheet

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While defining the steps, Remember the Serenity
Prayer!

• Base your objectives on what you can do to move
  toward your goal
• Recognize and accept factors that you cannot
  control

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Use Deadlines to Stay On Track

• How long will you need
• to complete the goal?
• Create a timeframe
• What can you achieve in
• one afternoon?
• one week?
• one month?
• one year?
• 7. Set timelines on your objectives.

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Gather Assistance, Bypass Resistance

• 8. Share your goals with select supporters
• You do not need to discuss your personal goals
  with those who will disempower you with negative
  attitudes

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9. Use a Daily Planning ToolWellness Recovery
Action Plan


Using the WRAP allows me to notice how well I am
taking care of myself and to consciously change
my routines and activities so that I am creating
the lifestyle of my choice. Im no longer passive
in situations that I dont want or choose I can
respond instead of reacting. -Sharon
Kuehn
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Celebrate Intention!

• 10. Back your plan with PERSISTENCE and resolve.
  Never give up, even when you hit setbacks.
• Use setbacks as reminders to review and revise
  your objectives!
• Reward yourself for the completion of each step!
• Create an affirmation which states your intention
  and expresses gratitude as if your desired
  outcome is already present.

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Goal Setting Review

• Choose the general area.
• Dream, let your intuition lead.
• Make the goal specific.
• Envision the goal with all the details.
• Write the goal.
• Identify objectives, stepping stones toward the
  larger goal.
• Set a time frame.
• Gather support and assistance.
• Build the goals into your daily plan.
• Persist! Be well! Celebrate your successes!

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Contact Information

• Sharon Kuehn
• Wellness Recovery Educator
• Contra Costa County Office
• for Consumer Empowerment
• [phone]
• sharonkuehn_at_sbcglobal.net