Empowerment Articles

The Rolling Stones say it best, "you can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you might find, you get what you need". And I would add: and then some. Last Friday my daughter experienced this lesson firsthand. She had been saving for months for an iPod video. Mowing lawns, ...

You yearn to achieve the peace and wellbeing that comes with reconnecting with your true Self, but this connection remains mysterious and elusive. When you’re connected you feel energized, at ease with life’s challenges, and secure in what you do. You operate from a place of love, which generates balance and good health.

I have to admit, on some level it's actually funny! If you've ever been in this situation (and I would guess you have), you probably didn't find it so humorous. And still here I was laughing at myself! I would have to believe that I'm probably right when I say that there are things in your ...

Self-love and compassion are things I have intermittently blogged about for three years now. I typically include the disclaimer that I’m not referring to “narcissism” or “conceit” because, believe it or not, that’s the way it is defined in some reference dictionaries! Finally, some research for the skeptics who are unwittingly killing themselves with all of their self-rejection and “logic-only” thinking.

Did you know that most people who hate their job have been programmed to unconsciously choose a job they hate? This is because they believe and have been programmed to believe that their choices are fallen, as they make these choices unconsciously. Many people, who find themselves stuck in a job with countless fears to leave, are the cause of the internal pain. What are the unconscious drivers that cause someone to stay dependent on a job which they hate? And what can you do

Ahhh...the confusion about Law of Attraction, affirmations, ask/don’t ask...these things do swirl around in our minds. Can you really get the hang of using this Law so it works for you, and release doubts and fears? Of course. What are some of the things we need to know or remember in ...

Core confidence, coming from an inner place of authenticity by default will cultivate a healthy sense of self-esteem. Let’s get clear here: self-esteem as I define it is not narcissism and is essential to personal power and a secure self-image. If you buy into the idea that putting yourself down is “humble” or that what others say about you defines who you are and determines your level of confidence, you cannot live an empowered life.

Each day is a new day to make a commitment to your goals. Whatever change you’re looking to make, whatever behavior you’re looking to modify, is a choice you make daily. You cannot make future commitments any more than you can alter past moments. The past is now just a memory and the future is mental activity also. The only moment you can choose your behavior is this one. There is only this moment. If you’ve made mistakes, if you’ve geared off your cho

TOP TEN WAYS TO GET OVER YOURSELFnnn1. Surround yourself with inspiration. – Quotes, colors, pictures, books. Keep your inspiration visible. In those moments when you are thinking, what’s the point and who am I trying to kid, spend time with the things and ideas that will pull you out of your slump. They will remind you that there is a larger picture and you are an important part of it.nn2. Don’t hide from what you are feeling. Acknowledge it, feel it, then move on. We

Let's get a couple of definitions out of the way first: 1. Vision -– the big picture dream about your business 2. Purpose -– why you exist 3. Mission –- the task you set out to achieve 4. Goal –- what you will do to achieve that task Creating a clear vision for your business takes some thought, big thought, because this is the one time where you can think larger than you normally would, and the opportunity to think in terms of what you hope to ultimately see if you accomplished all your related objectives.

If you’re battling a creeping sense of burnout in the face of your struggling business for the first time, it’s certainly an unsettling experience. Your gut reaction may be to throw in the towel; however, bear in mind that low-points for entrepreneurs don’t necessarily last forever. Rather than do anything drastic, consider the following five tips for discovering some much-needed motivation as a struggling business owner. Innovate, Don’t Reinvent the Wheel Most busine

PURPOSE – our goals, aims and determinations, the reason we exist. Living life on purpose is living a life with purpose. The focus of the week is to embrace the purpose of your life and live on purpose by being the best you can be.

Yesterday, I rearranged the furniture in my favorite room. I wanted to open the space so I moved my couch to the other wall. Periodically I enjoy changing the look of a room as it shifts the energy and everything feels fresh. Sitting on the couch with my coffee this morning and looking out ...

Imagine you're watching one of those TV infomercials. You know the ones. They talk about how you can have anything you want. The perfect body, the perfect life, the dream relationship. And it's all as easy as 1-2-3! Let's be frank here. It doesn't work that way! If you're like most of us, you ...

It's empowering to know that I can change my reality based on my perception. Perception is subjective of course, so therefore reality is also subjective. I have truly found that my reality may often not be my friend's reality. Interesting. "To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds" ~William James

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Who Is Responsible for Your Success? / Online Marketing This article is focused on the subject of Responsibility, which has complete application to the role as the owner of your company and the relationships you have started with your choice of companies to work with online. The article has a lot of online business ideas that can help your daily pace and the handling of the many resources available to you, as you organize your way forward.

Everyday day is a seed, it comes with opportunity enough to solve problems, meet needs and improve self. A society is only as developed as its inhabitants are informed and developed. It is like a system, where one person's improvement can influence that of the whole. In the strive to meet daily challenges, amidst much commitments, commitments are miss committed. You position yourself to solve problems when you begin to see what others don't see. Like in a football game, a tea

Are You the Leader Others Follow? / Online Marketing Or do they follow you because they have to? The ete al question is, “Are Leaders born or made?” We will be developing this interesting topic and offer you online business ideas and personal growth and development information that can help with your personal development.

Happiness and peace of mind seems to be on many people's minds. After all, happiness and peace of mind are two elements that make for a life well lived. The challenge though is being clear enough to stay focused on principles that allow us to avoid getting pulled into the trap of "common knowledge". Common knowledge is often simply hand-me-down opinions that have been accepted as "just the way life is". There is not a way life is that is universally true. What determines how you see life is the filter that you see the facts around you through, known as perception.

When you speak, do others hear you? Do they ‘listen’ to you? Are you listening to them? Listening and hearing are different actions. Hearing is the physical act of the ear picking out sounds from another’s voice. It simply happens. Listening is what you consciously choose to do. Listening requires concentration so your brain can create meaning from words and sentences. Listening leads to learning.

Intuition is helpful in business success on several levels, not to mention its usefulness in everyday living. It can help you with innovation, hiring, and even choosing your ideal clients or whom you should take on as a client. It is being studied more in science and this is a great idea – finally progress! I notice that some people prefer the term “gut instinct” and this is fine, whatever suits you. Language can often get in the way of innovation when people have to be “right” as much of how we communicate is really quite subjective and based on our own perceptions.

We all know the feeling. You have just set an exciting, compelling goal for yourself. Maybe the goal is to climb Machupichu or to create a new career or to begin dating again or to finally tell that less-than-supportive friend how she has hurt you. Whatever the goal is, it is something you know ...

If you’e like most Wellness pros, you have always seen yourself as a practitioner. Not as a business owner. After all, you didn’t get into private practice because you love business. You got into health and wellness because you have overcome something and you want to help others do the same. Or you have a gift and passion for understanding the body in a way that you simply had to make a career out of it. The result is you’re a wiz when it comes to working with clients,

You’ve had your eye on that promotion for some time now. You’re bound and determined to get out of your office worker status into a supervisory position you’re certain you’re well suited for-- but apparently no one else is convinced. You watch others from your work group move on, out and up, and ...

There probably aren't many people on the planet who don't know about the upcoming nuptials of one of the most famous bachelors in the world. Getting married is a pretty big step in life for anyone, and doing it before the eyes of millions is thankfully not what the rest of us have to take on! Still, William and Kate are going to be in "business" a long time, and we can already see they are determined to color a little outside the lines and run their own show despite all the trappings of tradition around them.

Do you know who you really are? Okay, I hear you say an emphatic, "Yes!" But do you really really know who you are? Many of us identify with being our physical bodies - I'm tall, I'm short, I'm beautiful, I'm fat, I'm black, I'm white, I'm Indian, I'm American, I'm Canadian, I'm a doctor, I'm a writer - and the list goes on and on. But these exte als do not identify our true nature. We identify with these exte als because of misplaced identity and hence the reason for many of our inferiority complexes, fears and insecurities. Let's do a short exercise

Self-love gets a bum rap. Why? It’s because of the way we define it as a culture, and since “perception is reality,” we start to believe that this is “just the way life is.” I looked up the definition of “self-love” on Dictionary.com, and it is defined as: 1. the instinct by which one’s actions are directed to the promotion of one’s own welfare or well being, especially an excessive regard for one’s own advantage. 2. conceit; vanity. 3. narcissism

Knowing when to say no is a major first step in getting to yes. How? Psychologically, when people hear no their immediate reaction is how they can turn that ‘no’ into a yes. For instance, when you tell the car salesperson not today, they begin to figure out ways to make the deal even sweeter – to your advantage. Another example is when you say no to your kids having 20 kids for a sleepover. Then they will begin negotiating to the manageable 6 friends.

Action is the glue that binds a pursuit of greater success. Action is inspiring, builds momentum, and keeps you moving in the right direction! Unfortunately, action also falls into that ‘easier said than done’ category and is the biggest hurdle faced by most people who desire success. We’re all ...

Have you ever had a conversation, disagreement, or conflict escalate over email? Do you sometimes find yourself engaging in difficult or emotional conversations electronically because it seems "easier," only to regret it later on? If you're anything like me and most of the people I know and work with, you can probably answer "yes" to both of these questions.

In order to effectively use visualization, you need to have the correct mindset for it to be beneficial for your life. So then, what is the correct mindset you should adopt for effective visualization? What are you focused on? Shift your attention to what it is you want. By focusing on the things you desire you're creating the attractant you need to draw these things, circumstances, events and people into your life. Use your imagination

Halloween is in a few days and many of us are searching for that perfect costume. I am always fascinated to see the trends in Halloween costumes. I view them as a commentary on what is relevant in today's society. This year, there is no question we are going to see our fair share of Trumps and Clintons (or the Saturday Night Live version of them) out trick-or-treating. From Star Wars to Pokemon to the cast of the TV show "Empire," what's "hot" in pop culture will most likely

Exercises To Help You Create Love In Your Lifer Valentine’s Day can be a lonely time if you’re single, widowed, divorced or unhappy with your love life. It’s difficult to be truly happy for others who find joy in their relationships and you feel yourself falling further and further from your friends. Before you sink into the abyss, understand that you cannot reach the high point of your love life without first experiencing the low. Perhaps you know that creating love and abundance in your life starts with you… but how do you do it? Here are some exercises to help you get started…r

Do you realize that you have all the power you need, within yourself, to lead your life in the way that you choose?

We tend to think of time wasters as too much TV viewing, daydreaming, or anything that isn’t a productive use of minutes and hours. Here are a few you may not have considered. Gossip. What’s the point, really? Conveying needed information to the appropriate person or people is okay, but ...

When it comes to running a business, there is so much to think about. Organizing and keeping on top of daily operations, marketing, bookkeeping, customer service, employees, vendors, etc. It all pretty much takes up a business owner's time. These are definitely important areas to focus on but when have you (or have you ever) made a point of literally stepping outside of your business and into the shoes of your customer to see how your business is perceived?

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I saw a statistic recently that startled and saddened me. It stated that more than 25% of Americans feel lonely. When I saw this, I thought to myself,n"No wonder there are so many feelings of sadness, hopelessness and depression in the world!"nnWhen we don't have friends with whom to share our joys, our woes, our hopes and dreams, we tend to isolate ourselves in shells of deep oppression and withdrawal.n We begin to feel useless, unworthy and unneeded. Having no friends to ta

You're already experiencing the Law of Attraction in your life - whether you believe in it or not.nnHave you ever noticed that sometimes what you need just falls into place or comes to you from 'out-of-the-blue'? Serendipity! Or, you've bumped into someone on the street that you've been thinking about? Coincidence? Have you ever just been at the right place at the right time? Fate? All of these experiences are evidence of the Law of Attraction in your life.nnHave you ever hea

Do you know your life’s purpose? Most people, at some point, wonder what theirs is. We search for meaning and hope that our lives carry special meaning. We sense, at a deep level, there is MORE to life. We can feel it. Discovering your life’s purpose is more like putting together a big puzzle ...

Regrets? I have none. Like yourself, I came to earth to live life to the fullest, to learn, to grow, to share, and to enjoy the adventure. Do you remember that you did the same? What happened? When did you stop living life to the fullest? That must be the time you started with regrets. What you have done in the past is gone, and how you view it changes as you change. Sure, I have already done some things you might think I should regret. Well, I may be sorry, I might wish I hadn't done them; but I also know I learned from them, and they were of value.

In the past, people have asked me how to deal with ‘sweating over small stuff’. After talking to them, I decided to share what with you, the insights that I shared with them. You see, in this day and age, it is so easy to get carried away by the little things that seem to bother us so much - other people's negative opinions, traffic jam, computer problems, unfriendly customer service. I used to be the king when it came to ‘sweating over small stuff.’ In fact, I took it to another level, and I used to ‘sweat, stress and scream over small stuff’.

By now, you probably know that creating a solid Action Plan and Blueprint are key to envisioning and following through on any BIG project, from building your business to publishing your book to reaching your health or fitness goals. If you plan correctly, you will have not only a juicy vision of your BIG project; you will also end up with a thorough and easy to execute day-by-day and week-by-week plan of how you will get from point A to point B, while still having plenty of time left over to enjoy your life. But did you know that if you create the details of your plan before being clear