The Summer of Intention Challenge
Hi ladies,
We are back with another challenge! This time we are so excited to bring you the Expecting and Empowered: Summer of Intention Challenge! We are doing a little bit longer challenge this time around. This challenge will be a 6 week accountability challenge to help all of our mamas-to-be and mamas be intentional about their workouts this summer.
The pregnancy and postpartum guides CAN be SO beneficial, but this does hinge on the fact that you DO them consistently. We know personally how hard it can be to prioritize your own health during motherhood but, we firmly believe in the power of doing so. You are only able to truly take care of those that mean the most to you when you are truly taking care of yourself!
This challenge we want to help you set an intention - this could be a word or phrase that holds a special meaning to you. It could be patience, endurance, strength, compassion, etc. Our hope is this intention will help you stay motivated and committed to yourself and this challenge!
The Rules:
Start date: The challenge begins on June 1. Put the start date of your challenge along with your name at the top of your accountability sheet (linked below).
End date: 6 weeks after the start date takes us to July 13th. All entries will be due no later than 11:59 PM CST on July 13th. The winners will be announced on our Instagram story, and they will be emailed or direct messaged.
Challenge Sheet: Make sure you have the accountability challenge sheet printed or saved on your computer or phone. Over the next 6 weeks you will need to keep track of your workouts and put the date that you completed each one in the box. You will keep track of your 3 Expecting and Empowered Workouts, 1 cardio workout, and 1 self care activity each week. You can miss one box and still be entered to win the prizes.
As always, this works on the honor system (because we cannot be there to check, although we wish we could give each of you a squeeze and encouragement).
Self Care: This is a reminder to take time for YOURSELF to recharge and take care of yourself. This is something aside from your workouts. We’d suggest the self care activity takes at least 15 minutes. Anything from meditation, to heading to the coffee shop with a book by yourself, to a pedicure, to walking while listening to a podcast, to a prenatal massage, to a bath. Whatever refreshes or improves life for YOU!
Cardio Box: Whatever type of cardio you enjoy best, its totally up to you.
Social Shares: At the beginning and end of the challenge, you have to share that you are participating with your friends, families, followers on social media. This will 1) help you ladies find each other 2) help us to get the Expecting and Empowered word out. This can be on either Facebook or Instagram and you have to tag our business and use the hashtags #eandeaccountability #eandemama #summerofintention. We cannot wait to see your posts and cheer you on. The devil is in the details ladies, so to be clear you need to post 2 photos during the challenge to be entered: one at the beginning and one at the end. These photos have to be ones that remain in your feed, it doesn’t count to have them in Instagram stories (although we’d love to be mentioned there too) or posted just inside the Mama Community. If you have a situation in which you are not comfortable sharing on social, you can email expectingandempowered@gmail.com and just let us know. You can 100% still participate!
Entry: Email us the completed sheet (scan or take a picture and email) to expectingandempowered@gmail.com. Along with the completed sheet, you have to send proof of your social posts. This means screenshots or links. This really helps us to keep track of all the posts. To be entered to win the prizes, you have to send the challenge sheet and two social shares by July 13th.
Prizes: We will be randomly picking two winners at the end of this challenge for larger prizes. Each winner will receive a $150 gift card of their choice (ex. Lululemon, Visa, Bao Bei, Target, etc). We will also be giving away a few other smaller prizes throughout the challenge!
To Review:
Complete the challenge sheet, complete your two social shares with proper tags and hashtags AND attach all of that to your email entry by July 13th. Send this email to expectingandempowered@gmail.com. Winner will be announced the week afterward on our Instagram. We will be randomly selecting from the finishers 2 winners who will each win $150 gift cards. We will also be giving away a few smaller prizes along the way.
Yay! Cheering for you! We are SO excited to complete this challenge right alongside each of you incredible women.
Xo. Amy and Krystle