The Women's Empowerment Group

I had an epiphany today regarding the little girl that lies in all of us. Once the little girl was afraid and lonely and was curled up in a corner, just as she was 30 years ago.  But today when I  experience the little girl she is laughing and skipping and playing inside. Imagery is an amazing tool in healing the little girl inside. If we only can get to her and tell her that all that we have gone through has been to bring us together as one.  I now imagine her walking with me and me holding her and telling her that we are OK and that we are safe.  And that what happened to us so many years ago is a thing of the past. And that we can walk together now because I now know that GOD is protecting us.  He has covered us and joined us together as one. And that I am now strong enough to protect us and take us on to our destiny. We both now know that FEAR is not real and that we can face things together, free from false evidence appearing real. Getting in touch with o...

Sometimes we have to speak our mind, whether right or wrong, it is what we feel. I tend to see the positive in everyone and sometimes neglect to even acknowledge the negative. There is something in me that sees what's wrong but I choose to see only whats right in YOU. But I have learned that by only acknowledging the good in people; is unfair to them. It is the cowardly way of not confronting the bad in people and this allows them to continue to perpetuate bad behavior. This keeps me continuing to accept your bad behavior and YOU or I never really learns anything. This keeps you from being honest with me. And it keeps me on your good side so that you don't criticize me. I was recently on a team that I had to assess my peers and although I saw things that needed to be changed, I still only saw the good in their skills. I now know that I did not have the courage to say anything bad about their performance because it was safer to see only the good things. I no longer need to fe...

When we separate ourselves from the issues of our lives we can see them clearer. When we stand back and view the people and situations in our lives they become familiar to us. We see little pieces of our journey right before our eyes. We are screaming inside no don't take that road, because I know what it looks like,what it feels like, what the ending will be. But when I really think about the road that I so desperately want to stop you from taking ,I remember that for me, that same road taught me unbelievable lessons about myself. That road freed me in a sense,it allowed me to decide what I did not want. Although painful at times to me it taught me some hard lessons. It taught me that what I was searching for was already inside of me and that all I needed to do was to tap into it. It taught me that acceptance come first from me accepting me right where I was and that what people thought of me was not more important that what GOD and me thought.It taught me to be free in my hea...

When we allow ourselves to open up, sometimes unbelievable clarity comes to us.We see parts of ourselves that we may not like or understand but they are there.They are inside of us awaiting their ascension to the light. They are pieces of who we are emerging and slowly appearing right before our eyes.  Once they emerge into the light they can be closely analyzed and viewed through new paradigms. New paradigms that we have formed through our experiences. Experiences that we have meticulously collected on our journey. We can then ask ourselves the hard questions of ..is this really my true feelings? or are they merely old thoughts that no longer fit into my new paradigms. Thoughts are a product of our internal senses coupled with our thinking filters. Some thoughts need time to simmer and stand in a holding place until they can make better sense. And some can be discarded; while others must be examined closer. The examination of thought requires testing their validity and as in sci...

Pauline Respress,BAS, M.Ed The more I live.. the more I have learned.. that everything does not work out as planned. We can have the most gleaming plans and follow them to the nine. But sometimes they are just not what GOD has planned for us. I used to get upset and worry and stress about those things that didn't seem to work out. But I now get a sense of peace in my belly that tells me that it was just not for me. And what's for me will be for me. I now know that the universe will open up at times and appear to be preparing you for one thing, but GOD has plans for you to do something totally different. So I wait..and continue to do the work necessary to strengthen MY wholeness. Because I know that my inner wholeness will attract those things that are truly for me. My authenticity in WHO I am in HIM will guide me to WHO HE wants me to be. WHAT HE would have me to do And.. WHERE I should be doing ...that in which... HE is preparing me to do. Sometimes our human eye cannot...

Pauline Respress, BAS,M.Ed We spend most of our adult life building a sparkling and magnificent career resume. We commit to our jobs all of our time and effort. We spend many hours problem solving,putting out fires and dealing with interpersonal relationship issues. Then one day we look up and realize how much time we have placed into a job. How much of the quality of our life we have forfeited for a job. We all must work to put food on the table and to give ourselves a sense purpose. But we all also neglect to add as much fervor to our life resume. Our life resume contains those things that bring us joy and purpose, those things that serve to connect us to the greater good. On my journey I have realized that at some point we must step off of the perpetual wheel of success and achievement and simply exhale and look around to see if our roads are leading to true fulfillment, true wholeness in our selves. We must take the time daily to commune with GOD as to replenish our spiri...