[Life Intended] You don’t need a wake-up call to wake up

Hi Reader,

I’ve been thinking a lot about time.

How we spend it. How we protect it. How easy it is to fill it without meaning to.

Last week, I shared that we lost my brother-in-law, Mark. In the time since, I’ve witnessed the incredible ripple effect of a life lived with presence and intention. Mark knew what mattered. He poured into his people. And the love that came back to him in those final days was a reflection of that.

It has me looking closely at how I’m living, too.

Where am I spending time out of habit rather than purpose?
What am I rushing through that deserves more of me?
And who gets the best of me...not just what's left of me?

I’ve always said you shouldn’t need a tragedy to make you look at your life.

But too often, that’s what finally gets our attention. Loss has a way of waking us up and shaking us out of auto-pilot and into clarity.

And while I’m in the thick of it right now, I also know this is where intention begins.

Not in the perfectly curated morning routine or the vision board, but in the raw, real moments when you’re reminded of what you can’t get back. When you realize just how precious your presence is, and the presence of those that you love.

Time is our most precious resource. We say it all the time. But when you realize just how short our time is, you're face to face with what you're saying vs. what you're doing.

So if you’re reading this and you’ve been feeling disconnected or on the edge of burnout, I hope this is your invitation to come back to yourself.

To pause.
To pay attention.
To ask what matters most and then let your life start to reflect it.

That’s what we’re building inside Life Intended. Not just conversations, but community. Not just self-help, but self-honoring. A space to reset, realign, and take the next small step toward a life that actually feels like yours. And I personally invite you to do this before a tragedy shakes up your life too.

We’d love to walk alongside you. Reply if you're looking for more of this in your life and we'll get the conversation started on the right program for you.

With you,
Kelly & Sadie