Mastering Intention Setting
A master of setting intentions to drive meaningful action, Michelle Thames is a leading content creator using meditation to achieve success for herself and her clients.
Michelle Thames
I remember meeting Michelle for the first time. A local Chicago influencer, she agreed to participate in my first collaboration with Lululemon. From the moment we said hello, I was captivated by her warm, grounded energy. As a part of attendance, she graciously shared a little about me (and my first brand partner sound bath) with her already large and growing Instagram audience.
As entrepreneurs, we immediately connected around taking the leap from a steady paycheck in corporate America to chart our own paths. What started as a side hustle for Michelle—a blog with her husband about hair and styling—begat a following, along with building her confidence to expand her expertise. Then she realized that what she had gained in expertise during her initial career journey (digital marketing) could be combined with her real-time experience building an influential platform—and it could all be shared with other entrepreneurs. Thus, Media Decoded became her next focus. Along the way, she cultivated her own self-care practices to maintain balance in the ebb and flow of entrepreneurship, which she began to extend to her followers too.
Self-Care Leads to Big Success
Since our session, Michelle has continued to gain traction with her following, offering new ways to work with her. As a featured speaker hosting one-of-a-kind webinars, co-leading virtual summits, and launching retreats, she is at the forefront of leading entrepreneurs through the ever-changing digital web. Additionally, if you give her Instagram a scroll, you’ll find some of my favorite takeaways around meditation and self-care practices that she uses daily to build and leverage her roadmap for success.
“Intention setting is more than just a morning routine; it’s aligning your heart and mind with your deepest desires.”
Michelle’s Top 3 Tips for Mastering Intention Setting:
Set intentions for your day through meditation and journaling with prompts like: How do I want my day to go? What am I looking forward to? What am I grateful for?
Consider how you're feeling and meditate around that need.
Schedule boundaries in your day to keep your operating fuel high.
A few of my favorite insights from Michelle
0:00 - Introduction
4:36 - Meditation and achieving goals
8:00 - Benefits of meditation for entrepreneurs
10:20 - How to start a meditation practice
11:58 - Many ways to meditate
12:46 - Why setting boundaries is essential
14:23 - How to schedule boundaries
17:03 - Selecting the right clients
18:39 - How to feel into the right clients
19:45 - Creating a new client questionnaire
21:56 - How to bring it back to your purpose
22:43 - Seeking messages in self-help books
23:21 - On being a mother & creating generational wealth
25:09 - How to work with Michelle
25:50 - The beauty of your uniqueness
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About Michelle
Michelle Thames, CEO and Social Media Strategist at Thames Media Solutions, shares her belief that there's no one right way to meditate and that both meditation and self-care can be whatever you need them to be.
Michelle is a top-rated social media expert, strategist, speaker, content creator, and entrepreneur. She has worked with one of the fastest-growing beauty brands, creating and implementing social media strategies that garnered sales in the millions. Her platform, Thames Media Solutions, inspires women to be confident, courageous, and unique in every way. During her career as a content creator, she has partnered with brands such as Toyota, Olay, Subway, True Value, and many more.
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