The Empowered You
Feeling empowered starts with recognizing your worth and treating yourself accordingly. While many of us are quick to show up for others, caring for ourselves with the same energy and intention can feel unfamiliar, even indulgent. But true empowerment means making space for yourself, too. From boosting confidence to improving mental and emotional well-being, embracing self-care is one of the most powerful things you can do. Not sure where to start? Just Us Chix has thoughtfully crafted, natural-ingredient self-care products that can get you on the right path. Treating yourself to quality time and high-quality products isn’t selfish—it’s essential. And it’s a beautiful way to start putting yourself first! Consider these other tips for feeling more empowered.
Keep helplessness at bay and find true confidence with these simple tips.
With large, global stressors continuing to make their energy-draining presence known, many of us might be struggling with feelings of helplessness. Positive, resilience-based psychology offers resources to face this feeling and nudge us toward empowerment. Which of these tips can reorient and uplift you today?
1) Use Your Body
Experts in trauma recommend “embodied practices” as part of the healing process. Moving in intentional ways, whether through cardiovascular exercise or mindful practices like yoga, empowers people by grounding them in their bodies rather than leaving them feeling trapped in overactive minds.
When you are feeling disconnected and helpless, try taking some deep, focused breaths. Do a “body scan” in which you pay attention to each part of your body and notice how it feels or do some other movement that can help empower you by doing what trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk calls “befriending the sensations in your body.”
2) Focus on Inner Strengths and Resources
“We all have resources within us, such as memories of comfort and safety, experiences of being powerful and courageous,” writes Laurel Parnell, a trauma specialist and the author of Tapping In.
“These memories, qualities and images are stored in our body-mind network and can be accessed, activated and strengthened.” Take a moment to identify some of your strengths and inner resources. Focus on them next time you are feeling stressed or helpless.
3) Start and Finish Something (Anything)
At certain moments during the coronavirus closure, I have confronted a sense of helplessness by finding something very small to do—and then doing it. It is important that the task be small, like emptying the sink of a few dishes, sorting through one stack of t-shirts or reading one short chapter of a book. It isn’t important what the “accomplishment” is, the goal is to experience any amount of the positive, empowering feeling of having completed a task.
4) Be Decisive
Personal empowerment is sometimes a matter of decisiveness. Positive people are generally thoughtful and methodical in considering different choices at any given moment, but Lucy Hone, the author of Resilient Grieving, recently told The New York Times that it is empowering to focus on one simple question with each decision we make: “Is this helping me or harming me?” Narrowing the field of decision-making can transform helpless passivity into positive, active empowerment.
Empowerment is a lifestyle rooted in how you show up for yourself every day. When you prioritize your well-being, set healthy boundaries, and pour into your own cup, you radiate the kind of strength that uplifts every area of your life. Just Us Chix is here to support that journey with natural, high-quality self-care products crafted with the same love and intention you deserve to give yourself. So go ahead—claim your time, reclaim your power, and choose yourself unapologetically.
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Reference: [ https://guideposts.org/positive-living/health-and-wellness/life-advice/4-easy-ways-to-feel-more-empowered/ ]
