Let start with the definition of empowered that I found and resonated with me:
“To make someone stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights”.
Why EmpoweredU? I have been fortunate to have had plenty of experiences in life personally and professionally that have created opportunity for me step into the space of being empowered but it took work and awareness. In addition, I have had the privilege to supported others in their own path of empowerment. Big and small.
EmpoweredU is not about me ‘making’ others stronger, but about setting an example and support others in moving towards their best life.
It’s about YOU choosing YOU, that’s self-empowerment. Only you can take control of your life, no one can do it for you.
Why is it so hard to choose ourselves every day?
There are many experiences that happen to us and/or for us that can derail us from coping in life; AND it’s called LIFE. Things like:
- Money issues
- Health issues, self or loved ones
- Toxic relationships
- Feeling empty and lost
- Putting others first
- Having no real meaningful relationships
- Feel you don’t fit in
- Face discrimination due to gender, culture, race or other
- Surrounded by victims
- Surrounded by highly opinionated people
- Conforming to expectations
- Trauma from past experiences
- Mental Health issues
And the list can go on and on!
These things can all affect us in ways that make it hard to remain focused, centred and connected within. And sometimes that’s ok. Sometimes we need to experience that to grow. But how do you get back on track if LIFE happens in these kinds of ways?
Believe me I have had more than my fair share these and more, and they are still happening right now in this moment as I am writing. The key is to find a way to get back on track without falling to pieces every time and there is a way.
Note I didn’t say how to stay on track, sure working towards staying on track is great, but I believe it’s not possible for every ‘tough’ situation that life throws at you to be able to ‘stay’ on track. Sometimes its when we are off the track that we find the nuggets of gold we need.
So where do you start?
The initial stages of choosing you and to begin living an empowered life are as follows:
- Become a student in your own life
- Practice seeing the beauty around you
- Open yourself to all possibilities
- Engage in the things you love more
- Embrace any healing you need to do
- Trust yourself
They are just a few things that can get you started and the things that I started doing when I decided to take control and make it mine.
I like to live by example and feel that’s the most powerful part of my life that I am now kickstarting.
Small steps every day, start will doing something you have always wanted to do. Document it, take photos, journal, share on social media, etc. This is your blank canvas, express yourself in every way possible.
Empowering You ~ Melanie
