The Empowerment Blog

 
If there is no rest and digest, there is no originality empowerment Nov 17, 2023

If there’s no rest and digest, there’s no originality

Our autonomic nervous system has this Fight, Flight, Freeze, rest and digest. So if we’re constantly in doing mode, there is no rest and digest. So if there’s no rest and digest, there’s no process. If...

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Ego Strengthening...Strengthens Your Difference empowerment Aug 01, 2023

When we're in intensity, there's a negativity bias and there's a "what's wrong attention", which means that our senses - what we see, hear and touch, our thoughts, our images, our emotions - can lean towards morethe side that feels uncomfortable.

And in many ways, we have been educated to...

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What is empowerment? empowerment Aug 01, 2023

Organic Intelligence® work brings us back to a more authentic way of being with ourselves and the world around us. It involves embracing our bodies in connection to our environment and the people we engage with in the present moment.

Accessing the here and now primarily relies on our senses...

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Sinead O Connor: A Tribute to an Extraordinary Woman empowerment Jul 29, 2023

This woman was an extraordinary woman.

Her songs, what she stood for, her honesty that cost her so so very much.

I’m sorry you're gone.

I’m sorry so much pain surrounded your beliefs and that somehow if you were born now how different your life could have been …..

We may...

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Allow it be your journey acting empowerment Nov 08, 2022

Actors, you are inspired creatively individually, ancestrally and collectively which is why it makes no sense to take anything personally.

When you believe in the co-creative process, you are believing for the ancestors before you, the collective around you and the celebration of your individual...

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Celebration time! empowerment resiliency Sep 19, 2022

I am delighted to be joining this team as a mentor on the NeuroSystemics™ CARE Training @neurosystemics_care ! It feels inspiring, invigorating, evolutionary and deeply hopeful to be part of this team. A group of people who are working towards a world for sustainable communities of...

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What to do if the body is feeling overwhelmed empowerment resiliency Sep 15, 2022

If the body is feeling overwhelmed then the only way through that, like the bear hunt, is with the body. The mind is not going to get you out of that rabbit hole.

So the first thing is, you want to be able to breathe more easily.

How do you breathe more easily? You need to feel safe and secure

How...

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How to find your voice in a place of conflict boundary empowerment public speaking voice May 12, 2022

In our industry we are encouraged not to have boundaries, that being an actor means being open and available but this is often misinterpreted and misguided.

There can be no availability and openness without coherent boundaries within yourself and in the environment you are asked to be vulnerable...

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Empowering Vulnerability acting empowerment expression inspirational quote vulnerability Apr 19, 2022

If we embrace our own vulnerability then it is easier to notice others. Why ask our vulnerability what is wrong ? When vulnerability is neither wrong nor right it just is. It is the dialect of the human heart, a micro moment expressed through a micro movement. The heart needs a more sophisticated...

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What if falling apart is really you becoming more whole acting empowerment expression inspirational quote Apr 19, 2022

What if falling apart is really coming back together.  What if what the mind perceived as you falling apart is in fact you becoming more whole, more alive to a whole part of you, you were taught was wrong.  That all along these feelings you have been experiencing were just the...

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Fight for your peace of mind acting coaching empowerment spoken word Sep 30, 2021


When your thoughts ambush you like a bunch of hyenas because you are too tired to notice their approach , rest in the embrace of the environments you love, the people you feel easy and soft with. Rest in places the eyes feel beauty, the eyes feel nourished, the eyes feel kissed. Rest in the...

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Your job is not to know... acting coaching empowerment inspirational quote Aug 05, 2021

Your job is not to know,
your job is not to look for
who you already are
in the character
you are playing
but to discover more
of who you could be.

This too applies to life.
Your engagement with the unknown
through the intention
of exploration and curiosity
is very different to your intention
to look to...

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To be an empowered speaker empowerment inspirational quote Jun 28, 2021

To be an empowered speaker, we wish to speak from experience but if I am an academic and steeped in analysis, I don't really need to speak from experience. I am speaking from what I already know. However if I wish to make my content inspiring for others to listen to or to change their perception...

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