Archive for June, 2009

Empoword Sponsors Croixathlon

Next Saturday June 27th, Empoword is proud to be sponsoring our first fundraising event - the 4th annual Croixathlon - a sprint distance triathlon held on the beautiful grounds of YMCA Camp St. Croix in Hudson, Wisconsin. The proceeds from the race provide scholarships to send children to summer camp.
This is a well-organized, chip-timed [...]

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Assessing the Why Factor?

by Renée Barnow, Guest Blogger
Why questions seem to offer a primary opening for learning. Do they? Action Based Communication™ says that rather than offering a primary opening, why questions disrupt and potentially close off learning.
People often ask why questions about external events such as the dramatic change in the financial environment as a way to [...]

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Get Empowered and Empoword at Electric Fetus

A few weeks ago, we blogged about this great sign in the window of Empoword Store #33: the Electric Fetus - a Twin Cities music and gift store.

The next day the Electric Fetus called us. Did we know about their MinnEconomy program? Well, not really, we said, but we love the sign in [...]

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Bliss - June Word of the Month

Summer’s here and with it a bunch of “P” words: playtime, popsicle, swimming pool, picnic, pleasure reading, priorities. Huh? Yes, we said priorities. What are your priorities for the summer? Time in the garden? A week away? Bike rides to get ice cream? A pile of books and a comfy lounge chair?
Bliss is [...]

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Letter Game

Remember those summer vacation car trips we took as kids. No DVD players or ipods to amuse us. Just magnetic tic-tac-toe boards and the license plate game to keep us occupied.
Here is a variation of a game my mother made up to keep us amused as we drove for miles. Use it to [...]

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Follow Your Bliss

When you follow your bliss…doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.
This wonderful quote from mythology expert and writer Joseph Campbell is tossed around a bunch. In fact, you will find it inside Empoword’s bliss greeting card. It’s [...]

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Bliss-Full Summer Download

Motivational speaker, Napoleon Hill said, “A goal isn’t a goal unless it is written down.” When you write something down you give it an extra dose of intention.
Empoword’s Bliss Filled Summer Download is designed to help you set intentions, achieve goals and manifest dreams with greater ease. And, of course, help you have bliss-full [...]

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