I'm new to blogging, but I'm excited about the possibilities to link with others and to have forum to post thoughts and ideas.
My blog is called a more powerful you because I am in the process of learning how to be more powerful in my own life.
Life is a journey, and I think many times we get sidetracked into thinking it's about the destination. I think we also can easily get lost in the busy-ness of our everyday lives, and forget who we are, why we're here, and what is our source of power.
Personal power is not about achievement, prestige, or social status. Being a powerful person is about being able to wake up each day and look in the mirror and be HAPPY with what you see in the mirror. This is not something I was able to experience for a lot of my life. In fact, no matter my age, weight, hair situation, or profession (or lack thereof) seemed to have any real effect on my own sense of being powerful, of being at home in my own skin. It was decidedly a very unhappy way to perceive myself, and my relationship to the world. Through a serious of life events, I am becoming more powerful, more peaceful, and more content in my skin. I feel that the things I have experienced and how they have helped me to grow-even the most painful and difficult things-can be of help to other people who may be at different stages of their own journeys. I also know from my training as a therpist that writing things down is a very cathartic and empowering practice, so I am ultimately hoping to continue to gain insight into myself, and hopefully be able to connect with others who share a desire to feel more powerful and peaceful in their minds and in their bodies.
I am now the mom of a young daughter. It is my most heartfelt wish that she will not have to experience in her life the kind of self doubt and even self hatred that I have. I want to be a good example of how to be a happy healthy woman, and how to not get caught in the trap of perceiving one's self through the eyes of others. The best way I can do that is to live it. Since last year, I have become consciously aware of my thoughts and how they affect my feelings. I was shocked to discover that, with all my education and training, I had a very mean voice inside my head that seemed intent on focusing exclusively on my faults. Although I had had a vague awareness of this voice, or tape, for many years, I never really paid enough attention to my thought process to realize what it was doing to me. Once I identified it and realized I could make conscious and deliberate choices to think kind thoughts to myself, I was amazed to see how that shift radiated out into my life and the world.
I'm still on my journey, and learning to relax into it and enjoy. I hope that this blog will be a helpful part of that journey.