Women: for change

Empower You | How to Make a Vision Board & The Purpose

Hey all, i thought this would be helpful to everyone who is trying to manifest great things in their life.
I have always used a vision board as a way to concentrate on the things that i want, without making it to serious and being overwhelmed.

There are sites online that will help you create a vision board (that you have to pay for). I normally use the method of cutting the desired things out of a magazine and then sticking it to a bright card. The vision board can be as big or as small as you like....no guidelines, its all about you!!

Another method that you can you is using publisher, word or any other application and inserting the desired pictures on the page like a collage.

Check out a guide to making a vision board and also the link to making a vision book.

INSPIRATION NOTE | Your thoughts, Your reality

I create my reality with my thoughts.

You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.

Empowerment x Real Definition of Change

Some definitions of change in the dictionary are;

• To make radically different

• to give a different position, course, or direction to

The definition of change that i like , is that given as a quote by Gandhi;

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world".
You may think that the quite is not a definition but if you live by that quote then you then become the definition of change, you become the physical example.

Two of my other favorite quotes by Gandhi are about Ability & Belief, check them out after the click

Dawn Richards of Danity Kane Speaks Up x Essence.com Interview

I posted this and i like this because it show's Dawn's maturity, respect and positivity. What do you think?

ESSENCE.COM: Last night’s finale of “Making The Band 4” was sort of subdued drama with a pretty ambiguous ending. Diddy has left the ladies of Danity Kane to decide what the group’s future will be. What is your hope for the group?
DAWN RICHARD: We talked about it and there’s a fear we have of losing our fan base. But at the end of the day, Diddy made his choice to let us decide and we would like to continue with the name and the group. This is our lives and you can’t just say no to your dreams. I love working with the group. However, it’s so hard to say what will happen. I would prefer that the original group members remain. It’s hard enough for fans to follow as is.

More after the click.

Deepak Chopra on 'Obama and the Palin effect'

Deepak Chopra is a spiritual guru who is a best selling author and an international speaker. He recently posted a blog about Obama and the Palin Effect, in this part he explains more.

Obama and the Palin Effect (Part 2)

     

My post a few weeks ago on Sarah Palin acting as Barack Obama’s psychological shadow triggered a lot of people. I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about how one deals with the shadow once it breaks out and begins to disrupt things. But first a short recap: The emergence of Gov. Palin wasn’t simply startling — it was inexplicable. How could 20% of women voters suddenly turn toward her when Palin stands for erasing forty years of feminism? How could the mentality of a small-town mayor morph into a potential President making global decisions? To explain her meteoric rise, I offered the idea that each of us harbors a shadow, a place where our hidden impulses live. By appealing to fear, resentment, hostility to change, suspicion of “the other,” and similar dark impulses, the Republicans have been the shadow’s party for a long time. Sarah Palin put a smiling face on feelings that normally we feel ashamed of.

The shadow is irrational; it thrives on gut emotions. (A recent Fox News poll ran with the headline, “In their gut, independents choose McCain.”) Bringing the 2008 campaign down to the gut level means bringing it down to the level of the shadow. Instead of listening to an intelligent, persuasive, charismatic man with one African-American parent, people get to say, “I just don’t like blacks. They’re scary; they’re not like me. It’s a gut thing.” Only it’s not. It’s a shadow thing that each of us, not just the right wing, must deal with. Reacting to Palin with fear, confusion, panic, and lashing out also comes from the shadow.

People who were shocked and dismayed by the Palin effect generally don’t know how to handle shadow energies. Here are a few salient points:

1. Don’t panic — The shadow is built into your psyche, and when it brings fear, hostility, and resentment to the surface, those feelings want to get out. They cause disruption, but your panic only makes them stick around longer.

How choosing the right thoughts can change your life

“If you can change your thinking, you can change your life” ~ Louise Hay

The great thing is that we can all change the way we think. Sometimes we get disheartened because we think our situation is out of our control but no matter what the scenario we all have control over the way think and feel. So this is the starting point, let’s change the way we think and feel to change our lives.

The first step is awareness - Becoming aware that you do have the abililty to change your thoughts to change your life.

Then it is to state what your desire is, i.e. what you want to achieve, whether it is to change something or to gain / create something new in your life.

You must then really feel that the new desires / intentions/ thoughts/ wishes that you have really can become a reality (some liken it to having a child like faith).