The Women's Empowerment Group

Sometimes a stranger's words can resonate with us on a deep level. As I was going through my day I ran into a stranger that said to me in a random conversation that " Only you can make you happy" This resonated with me on a lot of levels, it stopped me in my tracks and forced me to become present in the spirit of his words. Sometimes we can become so entrenched in attempting to make others happy that we neglect to tap into what makes us happy.And forget that we are only capable of finding our own happiness. Sometimes our happiness can become lost in serving others. And sometimes we can find that same happiness in the act of serving. This paradox allows us to not become too self-serving. When we can find the balance between serving ourselves and others, we can find the essence of  truly being happy. Happiness is a state that is only designed by YOU. When we can see happiness in the smallest/largest thing ie., the treees' blooming, the sun shining, having food an...

There has been a few times in my life that I have become fully in tuned with the universe. In the moments of being in tuned with the universe, amazing things become crystal clear to us. When we can quiet our hearts and minds enough, we can hear and see what the universe is saying to us. The universe is made up of many forms of energy. We can derive energy from the smallest piece of the universe. In our hurried and frazzled lives it is extremely important that we stop and listen to the small whispers that the universe occasionally lends us. The fluttering of a butterfly--or the gentle spirit of an innocent lady bug that appears out of nowhere. These anomalies can heal us on a deep level, they show us that our deepest needs are seen and heard by the universe. And the universe has simple remedies to heal us, if we can become open enough to its quiet solutions. The more I live the more I learn that the universe is full of solutions, we just need to be able to hear...

There is a time in everyone's life that we must turn the page- so that we can move on to new things in our lives. Turning the page merely entails accepting things right where they are-- while taking steps in a new direction. Turning the page is deeply rooted in acceptance, acceptance of who we are and where we stand right now. When we can strip off all of the "could haves" and "should haves", we are left with "what is"--and "what is" --is the present moment. The present moment is a place that allows us to stop and take in all that is..it is a place that is free from the past and the future. It is a place that allows us to feel our own breath and our own heartbeat. It is a place that allows us to see and feel the rain and all of the beauty that it beholds. It allows us to feel the kiss of the sun on our faces. And most importantly it allows us to see all of God's magnificence in its entirety. In these moments we are one with all..and...

Fear is an amazing emotion it can fuel us or fight us. When used effectively it can be the spark that pushes us to a new level. I choose to reject people or things that use fear tactics to stop us. I have come to a point in my life that I am willing to take the risk of losing everything to preserve the core of who I am. At my core, lies a fearless source that knows the power that lies in and through standing up to those things that fear us. When we address the core of fear, we find that it is merely old tapes that we have created ourselves, some have some real aspects to them, but most are our own pre-conceived notions. Fear mongers are real, they are normally people who have no power in themselves. And they choose to attempt to fear others to gain power in themselves. At the core of fear-mongers are people that are lacking in their lives and have chosen to take the focus off of their  own lives as not to resolve what ails them. The remedy for fear-mongers..is...

Passion is an amazing tool that lives inside of all of us. It is our passion that drives us into most of the things that we endeavor on this journey. Passion is that thing inside of us that attaches to our thoughts and gives them the fuel to turn mere ideas into reality.It is the silent urge that screams "oh so loudly" in our actions. I am convinced that our passions are at the root of our pain as well as our pleasures. We can be passionately in pain or passionately in pleasure. Pain passion comes from a place of hurt..it at times can force us to act..(good or badly) just to soothe the pain. Pleasure passion is derived from a need place-- a place that needs something to feel good. When we can come to know what type of passion is driving us..we can begin to channel our passions and filter them through God's plan for our lives. It merely takes operating from a place of " how may I serve " and then allowing your passion to take that idea and expand it into som...

Pauline Respress, BBA, M.Ed., I woke today with a quote from Marianne Williamson resonating in my head..." Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us." Thoughout the years I have many accounts that I can remember that when I began to shine my light of possibilities from within, I shrunk due to what I perceived others would think of my light. We all come to this planet coded with a divine gift.and it is our fears that stop us from shining our divine light. Our fear of how powerful our light could be.--our fear of the possibilities. Possibilities are tuck safely in our imagination, they lie dormant until we tap into them,by tapping into our source and asking HIM to download them into our earthly realm. But if we are holding onto fear of the unknown, resentment or pain of the past-- we can't receive God's magnificent plan for our lives. Fe...

As I venture on to this new phase in my life, I realize how important it is to have HOPE. Hope is the thing that we perch our wings on, it is the anchor that allows us to soar into new territory. Hope is necessary to allow us to continue dreaming--- it stabilizes our soul, and allows the spirit to take charge, as to take the mind, to places we can only imagine. Hope merely requires lying down all of our preconceived notions and believing in our heart and minds that, what we desire and dream are in our reach. Hope without action is futile, hope is an action word it must have words and behaviors connected to it, in order for it to metamorphosize before you. Every step we take toward that in which we hope, gets us one step closer, to that in which we envision. Each step teaches us how to manage the next. However, the key is to embrace each step and allow them to teach and mold us into our new self. Life is a series of releasing the skin of our old selves as to make way f...