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How to Define Your Personal Empowerment Goals
Personal empowerment is about taking control over your life. There could be many areas of your life that you want to improve or feel more control over – for example, your finances, your career, your health and maybe even your love life. Instead of feeling like a victim or like circumstances control you, you can become empowered. The first step to empowerment is to begin to identify goals. Your empowerment goals help you take action and direct your life to where you want it to be. Identifying those goals can feel confusing and overwhelming. Your answers to the following questions will help you define and prioritize your personal empowerment goals.…
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Of Hospitals and Housekeepers: A Tribute to Healthcare Workers
As we’ve been spending time lately honoring and praying for the healthcare workers on the front lines against the coronavirus, I’ve been thinking about the members of my own family who were involved in healthcare in some way. My paternal grandmother was a nurse. I don’t remember much about her because she died when I was in kindergarten, but here’s what I remember. She had shockingly white hair, she loved to play the piano, and she never stopped smoking. I can still remember staring in fascination at the ash hanging off the end of a cigarette held firmly in her mouth as she played away on her giant (to me!)…
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How is your financial health?
Are you overdue for a financial health checkup? Do you dream about being financially independent, but struggle to believe that it’s actually possible for you? Are the bills piling up in your household? Are you afraid of the financial obligations that come with the next thing to go wrong in your life? Thankfully, there is hope. According to USA Today, nearly 2/3 of Americans are in debt. Of those, nearly half have stopped paying one or more of their credit cards. I don’t doubt the numbers are similar in Canada and around the world. If this is you, you might feel like your situation is hopeless. But there is always…
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The Components of Self-Empowerment
What do you think of when you think about self-empowerment? Many imagine a person that speaks up for themselves; others see a person who sets both personal and professional goals and works toward achieving them. Both of those definitions would be correct, yet they’re only part of the story. Self-empowerment is a broader concept that encompasses all areas of a person’s life, from the physical to the spiritual. Here are some of the components of self-empowerment. Physical Empowerment How do you feel about your physical self? Do you like the way you look and feel? Do you have the energy, vitality, and wellbeing that you desire or is something missing?…
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Personal Empowerment – Live The Life You Want To Live
Is your life what you imagined it would be? For many the answer is no. Life gets in the way, circumstances change, and you have responsibilities. Life doesn’t work like that. You just haven’t had your lucky break yet. Or maybe you’re waiting for the right moment. And so it goes on. Did you know that nothing changes unless you change it? If you want to live the life you imagine that you can live, should live, or want to live, then you have to be the one in control. It’s not always easy. If you don’t feel empowered to direct and control your life, it can get away from…
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How Your Feelings Affect Your Habits
Have you ever noticed now your feelings can affect your daily habits? For example if you grew up in a home where your parents always argued, you may develop a fear of relationships. You may think it is perfectly normal for adults to constantly argue. Or, if you were surrounded by money issues as a child, then talking about finances can tend to make you feel fearful or angry. I’ve been working on cultivating good habits for as long as I can remember, with varying degrees of success. I really believe that good habits can provide a foundation for living your best life. A habit is just a set of…
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How to Rev Up Your Metabolism
There are many little things you can do during the day to increase your metabolism – from being more fidgety to ensuring that you stay hydrated. The following suggestions can help you rev up your metabolism, making it easier to lose weight and get healthy.
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Make Your Life Better Today
Take courage! Remember that every day, if only in some small way, you can make some part of your life better. -Norma Esler What will you do today to make your life better?
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Did You Make Your Bed Today?
“The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.” – Ogden Nash I was talking recently with a crazy-busy homeschooling mom of three that I know. Her young children keep her moving from dawn till dusk. Her home is full of fun and games and creativity. It’s the place where all the neighborhood kids, and even their parents, want to hang out. We got talking about habits. When I mentioned the habit of making your bed every morning…
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Steps to Confidence
Building confidence is a necessary exercise for many of us. If self-confidence does not come naturally, building it up takes deliberate, conscious effort. While no step-by-step program is perfect, following are some steps to confidence that may help. Goals Write them down. Make a list of your goals, long and short term, and then below each goal write the steps it will take to get there. For example, if one of your goals is to launch a website to earn money, your list might look like this: Launch Website a. Reserve domain b. Set up hosting c. Contact web designer and discuss layout d. Write a short ebook as a…
