A Minute of Mala – Paying Attention to Intention
"Can I ask what your intention is in bringing this up?" Mala Moonbeam on pausing instead of apologising, and choosing the energy you bring to your conversations.
Mala Moonbeam · · 2 min read
Paying attention to intention…
Last week, someone Mala was with kept bringing up an event she’d attended, one Mala hadn’t been invited to. It wasn’t a big deal, but she kept returning to it and asking whether Mala hoped to go to the next one.
Years ago, apologetic Mala might have rushed to explain herself. This Mala 📿 paused and asked, “Can I ask what your intention is in bringing this up?” She didn’t know what was behind the questions, but she did know how they were making her feel, and she didn’t have to keep the conversation going without naming that.
So this week, she’s bringing the energy she wants into her conversations: a little more curiosity, a proper listen, maybe a laugh. What’s one intention you’d like to bring to your conversations this week?
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Mala Moonbeam is a midlife beauty mentor, motivational speaker and confidence coach. Through her Makeup Your Face, Makeup Your Mind™ method, she helps women reconnect to themselves so they can stop overriding what they feel and start choosing spaces, people and experiences that actually support them.
