My daughter and I recently watched Girl Rising, which is a movie about nine girls from nine different developing countries sharing personal stories of poverty, discrimination, and suffering while trying to find a way through education to rise above the constraints imposed by their culture and environment. Although somewhat intense, the film is really beautifully made. These are true stories…
Category: Empowerment
Choosing Between Victimhood and Personal Empowerment
There is a choice before us all, whether we are aware of it or not. As the old world structures continue to collapse, the battle for the dominion of our energy is becoming more intensely obvious. It’s time to make a conscious choice regarding the direction of your life: will you maintain the old fear-based beliefs and emotional wounds or…
Life Is a Powerful Meditation
If you have ever attempted to meditate, you know how challenging it can be. Your mind rushes from one thought to the next, taking you from past to future events and back, in a relentless chatter; your body feels all sorts of discomforts, and even the slightest external noise grabs your attention. Before you know it, you are so distracted…
The Power of Affirmation
On New Year’s day, instead of “New Year’s resolutions,” I choose ONE word to impregnate the whole year. Why? Because it seems that when you give the mind too many choices or things to do, it always finds an excuse not to. Yep, those long lists about going to the gym, finding the perfect job, and emptying a cluttered basement…