Intentionality

Intention.

Intentionality is huge.

and intention and the why for each of the specific actions that are going to move the needle for you.

It's a good, it's a good filter.

Okay, so that's focus.

Intentionality combined with focus is I'm gonna eat eight servings of fruits and vegetables per day.

I'm gonna have, I'm gonna cut out all my eating by 7:00 at night, and I'm gonna fast three times a week.

Uh, see the-

Yeah.

Intentionality is such an awesome word.

Yeah.

And when you put, uh, an emotional quotient as part of that, where just the thought gives a physical reaction from that intentionality-

I just gave a speech yesterday about this exact topic, and our job in the communication world like that, like this, is to bring people into an experience, because you never forget an experience.

People will get value from this podcast, this interview, this conversation, if they've experienced something that we've talked about.

If we're just spewing information and making our audience an observer of this content, they'll go, "Huh," you know? Is it gonna stick though? What if we took an experience and Velcroed the content? Intentionality is, is a great word that you brought up a few times.

And we've int- they've internalized that with an experience of what they had in this, uh, then it's unforgettable.

I asked you to create a vision of the caregiver you want to be.

And that exercise is important because Intentionality matters.

It's so difficult to move towards something you haven't taken the time to define, right? It's a moving target.

When you describe the caregiver you want to be, how you want to respond, how you want to feel, how you want your child to experience you, you've created something that you can actually recognize.

So I talk about the intentional ecosystem.

I love the word intention and intentionality.

Intentionality means taking the time, outside of the moment when nothing's on fire, to decide who you actually wanna be for your teen in this season, right? I want you to think of it as qualities.

What are the qualities that you want to animate, activate, bring to life in your relationship with your teenager? Not who you think you should be, or who your mom was or wasn't.

Three qualities that if you could embody them, would make you the parent that your teen needs in this season right now.

Yeah, absolutely.

Intentionality is a concept that's come, uh, across here all the time, and we talk about not just tech for tech's sake, but, you know, what is the end you have in mind? What is the purpose, the goal, the place we're trying to get to? And, and bringing it all together, uh, with this human flourishing is a fantastic framework in which to operate.

What else would you say, uh, Jenna? The time's escaping us.

It's going by so fast.