Empowerment...What is it? How can I get it?.

Lately, I've been asked where did my power go? Or, how can I get my power back, after I've given it away?

Two very important questions and the answers are pretty simple.

First of all, we never really lose our power, we just seem to give it away. We seem to lose ourselves in relationships of all kinds, ie, professional, personal, family, etc. We feel strong in the beginning, but, then over time, something happens and we seem to lose it somewhere and then wonder where in the world did we leave it or how did we lose it?

Its important to know that as women, we always have the power. We have the power to say no, the power to say yes, even the prerogative to change our minds when we want. We are empowered and we are powerful. Its when we start believing the false information that has been "kindly" handed down to us by those unassuming or even consciously aware individuals, who aren't feeling all that powerful themselves, that we buy into their stuff and we begin to feel as if we have nothing or we need to fix or take care of them and we lose our power, we've given it to them.

In your assertiveness you get to take it back. You are allowed to stand up for yourself and take back all that you have given away. Your prize possessions are your BODY, MIND and SOUL. If we allow others to harm us in anyway and our body, mind and soul are wounded, harmed or even destroyed, we can heal ourselves, we have that power to do so. We don't have to stay the victim and we don't have to continually re-victimize ourselves or continually run the same pattern over and over. You are strong, you have the strength to stand up for yourself, to love yourself, and even nurture yourself.

Girl! The power is in them shoes!