I finally understood the deep sense of what I am offering.
It’s coming from my past but I was unable to see it before a conversation I had yesterday.
I wrote my life coaching thesis about self empowerment, totally missing the point of what it really is, and why I felt so drawn to that concept.
Most people see self empowerment as a way to unlock our inner potential, become high achievers and reach big goals – that is definitely part of it – but this can’t happen without a solid foundation, which is developing self empowerment in order to fight our inner battles.
In my late teens, I started to face self sabotage and back then, I had no empowering weapons to deal with it – in time though, I went on a quest for those weapons and now, though self sabotage is still present on occasion, I usually notice it and have resources to handle it.
That said – inner battles are different for everyone – I am not claiming to have a magic wand that brings you victory over yourself each time.
All I can do, is sharing my experience and the huge amount of knowledge I gathered over the years.
Moreover, I am also realising how self empowerment is deeply connected with mindfulness.
Both serve each other.
Often mindfulness is challenging precisely because the battle is raging inside. At times, it can be thoughts like “there’s too much noise around, I can’t meditate like that!” I started meditating in a flat under which there was a noisy restaurant, so that could happen quite often! On occasion, we may just renounce our session. In that situation self empowerment can help us by acknowledging our frustration and either choosing noise as our meditation object or simply finding another way to practice a more dynamic form of mindfulness – such as walking or even mindful house chores, gardening… whatever works for you.
The important part is finding that inner power to say NO to our self sabotage, and that, requires so much strength indeed, over and over again.
It’s a quest unique for each person, that never stops, but which can also be very rewarding.
It’s hard, it’s challenging, because such is life, but we don’t have to face this alone.
I believe that inspiration works in a fascinating way… as a part of a charity association, I dress in costumes to visit children with special needs and on occasions, we have photoshoots to showcase costumes.
Last week, I was Belle – and I thought that inside each and everyone of us, there is the Beast but there is also Belle.
When you find balance and harmony between those two aspects, they start to work together.
It is a lifetime journey but this is precisely what allows us to understand our incredible potential and inner resources.
In fact, mindfulness is also the foundation to the journey of self empowerment. The first week of my program “Unlock the Superhero within You” is all about mindfulness.
It’s the starting point of our quest!
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