To be empowered means to become stronger and more confident. This is especially relevant in terms of having control over your own life and it’s outcomes.

Being empowered can have different meanings for different people. It can involve daily activities around work, relationships, and learning new skills. It can also involve having a bigger view of your life where you feel empowered to take on bold new challenges and fulfill lifelong dreams.

Empowerment can manifest in many ways, however, the overall result is that you feel in control of your own life and the choices you can make.

Empowerment may bring visions of having the power the achieve goals and take on difficult challenges. However, before the outcomes of being empowered can be experienced, we need to undertake some initial steps within our transformation. We must develop an awareness of our current situation and take stock of our personal strengths and weaknesses. Understanding these areas will provide us with necessary insight so that we can authentically move forward in our quest to become empowered.

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Below are a number of ways we can become more empowered in our lives:

• Identify our strengths and weaknesses. These are areas we an improve and also areas that will help us achieve our goals
• Identify the areas in our life we would like to change
• Eliminate the negative and toxic influences in our life. If this is not possible, we should seek to reduce these influences
• Implement a daily mindfulness practice to remain in the present moment and not get caught up in past hurts or future worries
• Find support
• Practice self-compassion and patience with your progress
• Develop skills in resilience
• Embrace self-care activities that care for your physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing
• Engage in creative thought experiment to encourage creativity and a sense of possibility and optimism in your life

You can also take some important tips from the article: E.M.P.O.W.E.R. Yourself Today! 

The word EMPOWER contains some tips on ways to empower yourself:

• E – exercise
• M – meditate
• P – positivity
• O – outdoors
• W – work
• E – enlighten
• R – relationships

Reiki can help you with developing a sense of empowerment over your life. Some of the reported benefits of receiving Reiki that will help you feel more empowered include:

• Reduction in tension and stress
• Developing a sense of joy and enthusiasm for life
• Encouraging creativity
• Improved body acceptance
• Increased vitality and energy
• Increased confidence
• Increased mental clarity
• Increased self-awareness
• Developing sense of compassion and empathy
• Connections with the universal energy of life and other people

The 5 principles of Reiki can also help develop an attitude of empowerment by providing a set of guidelines for us to approach each day. The 5 principles are below:

• Today I will not worry
• Today I will not be angry
• Today I will work honestly
• Today I will be grateful
• Today I will be kind to all living things

Using Reiki can bring an initial sense of peace and ease. This feeling can help us develop other important aspects of empowerment that will affect the way we approach other situations and experiences in our lives.

When we can develop a foundation of peace and ease in our life, we have the confidence to handle other challenging moments in our life.