Segment Intending

What it is

Segment Intending is process #11 from Abraham-Hicks' "Ask and It Is Given." The day is treated as a series of distinct segments separated by transitions (waking up, leaving the house, entering a meeting), and before each one you briefly name 2-3 qualities you want to experience — such as ease, focus, or calm — rather than scripting specific outcomes. The pause typically takes 30 seconds to 5 minutes. The practice is designed to shift you from reacting to events after they happen into deliberately setting an emotional tone before they unfold.

How to do it

1. Divide your day mentally into segments: natural transition points such as waking up, the commute, the start of a work block, lunch, a meeting, the evening.
2. About 30 seconds before each transition, pause and name what is coming next ('This is my commute', 'This is my team check-in').
3. Choose 2-3 feeling-qualities — not outcomes — that you want to characterize this segment (examples: ease, focus, connection, calm, clarity).
4. Close your eyes briefly if possible and let yourself feel those qualities for a few seconds.
5. Open your eyes and move into the segment without monitoring or evaluating whether it is going 'right'.
6. At the next transition, repeat the process with fresh intentions for the new segment.
7. Optional: at day's end, briefly review which intentions held and which felt out of reach, to refine tomorrow's practice.

What people use it for

• general daily wellbeing
• reducing anxiety before meetings or difficult conversations
• morning routine
• productivity and focus
• manifestation / law of attraction practice
• mindset reset throughout the day

Where it comes from

Originated with Esther and Jerry Hicks through the Abraham-Hicks body of work, formally documented as one of the 22 processes in their 2004 book "Ask and It Is Given" (Hay House). The concept of "pre-paving" a vibrational state before an activity is a recurring theme in Abraham-Hicks workshops from the 1990s onward.