I love pairing words together in stimulating new ways. New pairings always provide insights.
This morning I’ve found that Empowered Compassion™ really sparks my interest and imagination. Here’s why…
Have you experienced how delicious it feels to experience inner balance AND feel motivated to move forward?
You’re energized, empowered and quietly confident. From your place of balance and groundedness, you truly support yourself. You are giving yourself what you need and you are nourished.
That’s because genuine self-empowerment is rooted in compassion.
We thrive by being human, not by trying to be superhuman.
Empowered Compassion™
So, what images come to mind for you when you speak those words?
Allow your inner pictures to come into clearer focus and brighten as you continue to read this article. Let your own insights and associations rise and blossom. The more you envision ways that Empowered Compassion™ can work in your life, the more you activate its potential and help it to germinate.
Empowered Compassion™ can be thought of
There’s a dynamic rhythm here; can you feel it?
Here’s the Yang:
Empowerment is the forceful yang, or masculine, component. When you empower yourself, your core strengths hold you upright and yet are flexible, like well-toned core muscles. Empowering yourself, you:
- Take pleasure in creating goals, large or small.
- Embrace challenges, knowing that solving problems supports your evolution.
- Are realistic and alert to life’s constant changes.
- Are defined and focused as you tend your boundaries. These boundaries protect the hours of your day as a force field of intentionality.
And Here’s the Yin:
Compassion is the feminine, receptive yin. The measure of its strength isn’t so much in what it does as in what it holds.
- Because compassion holds everything without judgment, it helps you befriend and learn from mistakes. So you approach challenges with more curiosity and less fear.
- Your empathy towards yourself and others generates a healthy perspective – broad, deep and forgiving.
- Compassion is a powerful antidote to perfectionism. Your self-acceptance counters a host of perfectionist pests like fearful procrastination, over-polishing work, and people-pleasing. Think of how much time that frees up.
Empowered Compassion™ is a central component of
And here’s more help for you…
Do you ever feel like you’re running on empty and there are no gas stations anywhere to be found? That’s what it’s like when you aren’t taking care of yourself.
It’s an awful feeling, and one that’s all too familiar for many of us. In fact, if I had to guess, I’d say that finding time for self-care is one of the biggest challenges going. And I’ve created an E-Guide that addresses this challenge and offers you a path to creating your own, rejuvenating self-care routines and rituals. It’s titled “Self-Criticism or Self-Care? How Your Choices Define You, Your Time, and Your Life.”
This E-Guide gets right down to business as it offers questions, insights and exercises aimed at helping you come to a deeper understanding of:
- What gets in your way when it comes to taking care of yourself.
- How your capacity for compassion is connected to self-care.
- The activities that are most nurturing for you, and how to include them in your schedule, EVERY day.
To begin your self-care journey and claim your copy of “Self-Criticism or Self-Care? How Your Choices Define You, Your Time, and Your Life” click below:
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