181: Self Empowerment: Power Leaks, Sovereignty & Embodying Our Pure Power (#4 of 4 in Self Love Series)

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Self Empowerment.... Be Empowered... Own your Power ... Stand in your power ... these are words that we see and hear alot more these days, but what does embodying our power really mean? What is self-empowerment? What does sovereignty have to do with all of this?</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">How do you know if you are coming from your pure power rooted in wholeness or distorted power rooted in woundedness? How do you reveal where you are giving your power away - leaking power - in subtle but signifcant ways?</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">I've been exploring, researching and teaching self-empowerment as one of the 10 branches of self-love for over a decade. I first heard the word sovereignty in 2006 and it rang through my body like a deep truth I knew in my bones, but didn't have a mental understanding of. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Being the wordsmith and wisdom student I am, of course I looked up the current definitions of both - unsatifactory. I started studying power and realized pretty quickly how distorted our cultural concepts and expressions of power are. And I dove deep into where we as humans, especially women and girls, give away our power in unconscious ways. Or express power in distorted ways that actually diminish our influence.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Over the years I have created new defintions of power and sovereignty, practices to strengthen both, and ways to reveal where our leaks and strengths lie.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">For starters - here's the definition of self-empowerment</span></p> <blockquote> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Self-empowerment is choosing to take care of and responsiblity for your life by acting to create the life you really desire, without apology or requiring approval from others. </span></p> </blockquote> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">In this episode of Feminine Power Time, #4 of 4 in our Self Love Series, we'll dive into the top branch of the Tree of Self Love, <