Archive for the 'Empowering Insights' Category

Faith vs. Fear

Anyone who has had to deal with infertility, or knows someone who has, knows what a rollercoaster ride it is. One day you are up. The next you are down. Raging hormones - often manipulated to the extreme - exacerbate the situation.
When I was trying to get pregnant, it was not uncommon [...]

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On Balance, It’s Time to Focus

The thing about being a blogger is it keeps you honest. If you write in a journal and keep it hidden in your desk drawer, no one sees it or reads it but you. If you blog, you are saying “Hello World! Here is what I am thinking, doing, hoping, feeling.” Maybe [...]

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Yoga Calms

by Elizabeth Potter, Guest Blogger

I used to have panic attacks. I was completely incapable of any form of relaxation at the time – I couldn’t sit to read a book, watch a movie, and was barely able to fall asleep at night. The second I felt my breath quiet and heartbeat slow, my [...]

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Smart Choices

Last weekend, I took my 15 year-old daughters to see the movie Food, Inc. The film is a documentary explaining, and exposing, how food in America gets from the farm to the fridge. If you have read any of the many books on the market today exploring what has happened to the American [...]

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Balance Check - A Resolution Review with Resources

It seems like just a few weeks ago I wrote a blog post on New Year’s resolutions and my word for 2009: balance.
In December, in addition to admitting I am a workaholic, I wrote: “I want more balance in my life. Not perfect harmony. Just more exercise, more time for reading, more time with the [...]

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Swing into Balance

by Lynn Jaffee, Guest Blogger
Our relationship with balance is much like moving back and forth on a swing in the back yard. If you think of balance as that point in which the swing is closest to the ground, you will realize that you pass through that place only momentarily.
The higher you swing, the [...]

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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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See It Your Way

The difference between a sign and symbol is opinion. We all agree on what signs look like. Say “stop sign” and everyone thinks of a red sign with eight sides. Symbols, however, mean different things to different people. Think about the Empoword symbols. What do they look like to you?
We have [...]

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What’s with the Symbols?

Ever wonder why Empoword pairs each of its’ words with a graphic symbol?
Empoword is a company that is all about setting intentions and manifesting meaningful outcomes. The symbols aren’t just a fun design element. The symbols serve an important function. They turbo-charge our products and make them super potent inspirational and motivational [...]

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Ageless Throughout the Ages

We asked women of all ages to tell us what ageless meant to them.
Here is what they had to say:
“Something classic, something that can effortlessly stand the test of time.”
Jessica, 20-something
“Ageless means learning how to be gentle and more secure with who you are in the body that you have. Age is only a [...]

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