Living a self-empowered life has been a goal of many women on a spiritual path. It has been my goal since venturing onto my spiritual path several years ago. Women’s empowerment represents being free but in a different sense of the word. Most people define freedom as a democracy; I describe it as being free of fears, unworthiness, unhappiness, disappointments, demands, and expectations. How do you define an empowered life?

Often, we don’t realize how disempowered we live. Do you live your life on the premise that you can control your happiness?  And that it’s not dictated by what others do or say, or how the world reacts.

We live a life disconnected from what we truly want. Becoming self-empowered and living in balance with physical and spiritual wellbeing can change that. When you live empowered day to day routines are met with a positive appreciation rather than a rushed aggravation. Imagine not feeling selfish to take time for yourself by taking a yoga class or sitting quietly for 20 minutes to meditate.

Imagine eating meals from a mindful place instead of being rushed and finding joy in the preparation of meals. Sitting down with family every night and eating together and turning off the phones, and the TV, and engaging in productive conversation. Or interacting with children, spouses, and co-workers in respectful and mindful ways.

Self-empowerment in its purest form means taking charge of your own life: health, wealth, and happiness. So often, women are influenced by the external forces of the world, and generously give away their power to everyone except themselves.

Live Self-Empowered

How would your life be different if you were empowered? What would it feel like if you could control your happiness?  Would you no longer feel held back by what society has told you that you can and can’t do? Would you be more motivated to accomplish your goals and grab life by the horns rather than watch from the sidelines? Imagine picking up a beauty magazine and not allowing it to tell you what defines beauty in your life.

Living a life empowered means you live on your terms. Not out of anger or frustration though, out of a genuine appreciation, inner peace, and clarity.  As women, we are taught to pamper ourselves and be girly girls, yet everything from the outside world denies us that right. We are not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough and one negative outweighs the positives. We put ourselves down and diminish our beauty and talents. We build up defenses and walls that affect our relationships. We shut down and start to believe this behavior is where we need to be. We are so quick to believe the negative and easily hold onto anger, bitterness, insecurities and anxieties. Why do we do this?

Challenge Your-Self and take on your old beliefs. Embrace the strength of your feminine right now. Imagine how it would feel to stand in your strength, not defined by magazines, friends, and others. You have the power!