Posts Tagged ‘empowerment’
Cool Links to Help You Get Galvanized
Friday, January 28th, 2011
These are links I want to remember but I'm not sure where else to put them. Feel free to post replies of your favorite links.
National Women's Hall of Fame
Inspiring Thousands to Feel Like a Kid Again
Betty Hoops Dance Therapy
www.bettyhoops.com
www.somethingfishy.org a website for information about eating disorders. They also have a message board.
www.bodypositive.com Boosting body image at any weight.
www.mediaandwomen.org
http://www.realwomenproject.org/
About Face
http://www.about-face.org/
Don't Fall For the Media Circus!
Judgment of Paris - Commentary about eating disorders, modeling, fashion industry, plus-size beauty etc.
http://www.judgmentofparis.com
Did you know there is a campaign to establish a U.S. Department of Peace? Check it out:
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/
NIA Classes in Orange County
http://www.niaharmony.com/default.htm
Allow Yourself to be a Natural Resource
Friday, January 21st, 2011
I saw this PSA on cable about women being the world's most valuable, untapped resource. It's very powerful. Check it out. After watching this, I had a strong desire to make CARE my official charity of choice. In fact, when you purchase the Donate Your Weight program, 5% of the profits go to CARE.
Empowering Women and Girls through Roller Derby
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
In sales trainings and motivational presentations, we often hear about the importance of teamwork and how athletics help to shape leaders.
Movies like Coach Carter tell a story of how strong leadership can change the course of a young person's life. But it seems that girls and women are rarely encouraged to participate in competitive sports.
In my opinion, the video below is a good demonstration of the lessons learned in roller derby. San Diego Derby Doll, Bonnie D. Stoir, breaks down the mechanics of a powerslide in clear, concise terms. She assumes the attitude that anyone who repeatedly practices the steps of a successful powerslide will eventually master it. This empowering message is a good demonstration of how we create our results based on our actions and how skills are acquired one step at a time. It also reinforces how our attitude determines our outcome.
Learning lessons of persistence, patience and dedication in a sporty, fun and physical way is abundantly more interesting to me than sitting on an exercise bike or zoning out to T.V. on a treadmill. Sometimes I respond better to physically assaultive forms of communication like punk rock and roller derby.
If you know a spunky, rambunctious, vivacious young girl who you want to help develop individuality and leadership skills, you might want to send her to Jr. Derby camp. This camp teaches teamwork and empowerment for girls 9-17 through the use of roller derby training and is hosted by the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. Camp is in session July 21-25th at the Doll Factory: 1910 W. Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90026
For details about the Jr. Derby Camp, visit the Derby Dolls on the web at: http://derbydolls.com/la/derbydollcamp/ Raise Strong and Spunky Girls – Send ‘em to Roller Derby Camp
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
If you have an energetic, independent, fiesty daughter, cousin, grandaughter or niece between the ages of 9 and 17, you'll be doing them a big favor by sending them to Roller Derby camp. Roller Derby camp with the L.A. Derby Dolls is all about empowering girls and teaching teamwork. I can tell you from first hand experience that roller derby is a great place to overcome fears and push past self-imposed limitations.
The goal of L.A. Derby Doll Roller Derby Camp is to create a positive and safe environment for girls to develop athletic abilities, build self-confidence, leadership skills, teamwork and improve overall fitness while playing the sport of roller derby.
Roller derby camp is in session July 21-25 at The Doll Factory 1910 W. Temple St., Los Angeles CA 90026 in the Echo Park/Historic Philipino Town area of Los Angeles. For more info, send an e-mail to jrderbydolls {at} derbydolls.com or visit www.derbydolls.com. Rave Reviews from The Ray Part IV
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Let's put this in perspective, I am on my forth (and final) blog about one magazine and I'm only on page 17 of 23. The magazine is The Ray and you can subscribe on-line at www.theray.org.
In Vaishali's article, How Spiritually Healthy Are You? I found two quotes that were a little lengthy but too powerful to keep to myself:
"You can take all the vitamins you want, eat healthy, fresh foods, exercise regularly, drink plenty of water, sleep eight hours nightly, but if you go through your day criticising yourself and others, finding fault and blame in yourself and others, intimidating, disrepecting or bullying yourself or others gossiping from a mean spirited heart, or witholding help and compassion from yourself and others, then you are deeply Spiritually unhealthy. Disenfranchising God consciousness is a Spiritual illness, and the primary symptom of this malady is unhappiness."
The other quote was, "Take a step back and objectively look at your life. How often are you recreating your old issues? You know the old, outdated sources of suffering you love so much to indulge in: worrying, telling yourself you will never be happy or truly loved, building a monument with your awareness to how there is never going to be enough time, love, money or opportunity. Ask yourself how often are you recreateing these perceptions? How often do you reach for the worry drug of choice and justify the addiction?"
I think the two above quotes are eloquently stated and need no elaboration.
Turn the page and you'll find the article Making Sense of Men. Vivian L. Geffen interviews Alison Armstrong, creator of PAX Programs and author of Making Sense of Men - A Woman's Guide to a Lifetime of Love, Care and Attention from All Men. Visit www.understandingmen.com for more.
Here are a few quotes from Alison Armstrong:
"If a woman asks herself "What would I do if he were my friend?" she'll get the most honest, straightforward, authentic partnership oriented answer to the question."
When Vivian Geffen asked if "women project their insecurities onto men's behaviors," Armstrong responds, "(Women) project everything. We project our motivations on to them as if they are their motivations. Rarely do men do things for the same reasons as women."
"Women don't know that men absolutely love women. As a starting point, they LOVE us. They think we're beautiful and fascinating and magical and possess mysterious abilities that are beyond their understanding. They need women. They need women's attention and our care...They know they need us and they don't try to resist it. They are empowered by our happiness."
The final article is about The Benefits of Basil. I already love Basil. I don't have to be convinced to eat it. In fact, just this week I ate an awesome beef/basil Thai dish at May's Thai Kitchen in Long Beach. About 16 people from the Your Next Victory team were in attendance. May treated us all like kings and queens. If you have a chance, you should stop by for a meal. Tell May Sheri sent you ;)
In Vaishali's article, How Spiritually Healthy Are You? I found two quotes that were a little lengthy but too powerful to keep to myself:
"You can take all the vitamins you want, eat healthy, fresh foods, exercise regularly, drink plenty of water, sleep eight hours nightly, but if you go through your day criticising yourself and others, finding fault and blame in yourself and others, intimidating, disrepecting or bullying yourself or others gossiping from a mean spirited heart, or witholding help and compassion from yourself and others, then you are deeply Spiritually unhealthy. Disenfranchising God consciousness is a Spiritual illness, and the primary symptom of this malady is unhappiness."
The other quote was, "Take a step back and objectively look at your life. How often are you recreating your old issues? You know the old, outdated sources of suffering you love so much to indulge in: worrying, telling yourself you will never be happy or truly loved, building a monument with your awareness to how there is never going to be enough time, love, money or opportunity. Ask yourself how often are you recreateing these perceptions? How often do you reach for the worry drug of choice and justify the addiction?"
I think the two above quotes are eloquently stated and need no elaboration.
Turn the page and you'll find the article Making Sense of Men. Vivian L. Geffen interviews Alison Armstrong, creator of PAX Programs and author of Making Sense of Men - A Woman's Guide to a Lifetime of Love, Care and Attention from All Men. Visit www.understandingmen.com for more.
Here are a few quotes from Alison Armstrong:
"If a woman asks herself "What would I do if he were my friend?" she'll get the most honest, straightforward, authentic partnership oriented answer to the question."
When Vivian Geffen asked if "women project their insecurities onto men's behaviors," Armstrong responds, "(Women) project everything. We project our motivations on to them as if they are their motivations. Rarely do men do things for the same reasons as women."
"Women don't know that men absolutely love women. As a starting point, they LOVE us. They think we're beautiful and fascinating and magical and possess mysterious abilities that are beyond their understanding. They need women. They need women's attention and our care...They know they need us and they don't try to resist it. They are empowered by our happiness."
The final article is about The Benefits of Basil. I already love Basil. I don't have to be convinced to eat it. In fact, just this week I ate an awesome beef/basil Thai dish at May's Thai Kitchen in Long Beach. About 16 people from the Your Next Victory team were in attendance. May treated us all like kings and queens. If you have a chance, you should stop by for a meal. Tell May Sheri sent you ;)
Rave Reviews of The Ray – Part III
Monday, May 26th, 2008
This is part three of my review of The Ray and I'm only up to page 16. Only 16 pages of reading and I've already written two blogs about it. I can't help it. When I find something this good, I gotta share about it.
The article "Falling in Love With You" by Dr. Meg Haworth was a real eye-opener. Here are some of the quotes:
"Paying attention to the regular flow of the self-deprecating voices in your head is one way to begin your commitment to loving you....If you put yourself down throughout the day, others will reflect back to you exactly what you are telling yourself. What you think and feel about you is what gets produced in the world around you."
(Side note: I call my self-depricating voice "Jeb." Jeb is an overweight, mysogynist, conservative republican with a Southern accent. He has a beer belly and he wears blue jeans, a white T-shirt, suspenders and a John Deere baseball cap. I might unfurl Jeb to the public on the Get Gal VanIZed blog sometime in the near future).
Dr. Meg Haworth admits to denying and degrading her own talents and accomplishments in life. Even though she is highly educated and creative, (after all, she draws, sings, dances, writes poetry, songs, books, and regular articles and teaches at the Doctoral level...(phew, that's a lot to do). Nonetheless she admits, "My commitment to hiding those talents had become a way of fufilling my beliefs around being small. I did not feel I had anything of value to offer the world."
Boy, can I relate to that one. It seems like every client I see shares a similar sentiment. I have been around some amazing men and women in my life and I have seen a very strong tendency for people to downplay their successes, talents and accomplishments as "not good enough." I think this is partially a side effect of a perfectionistic mindset. We are bombarded with images of perfection at every turn. Your mind believes that perfect is "normal." Of course perfection is entirely abnormal. There literally is No Such Thing.
Dr. Meg Haworth had a worksheet titled The Path to Self-Love. She poses 6 questions for readers to reflect on. Rather than copy them from the magazine and risk copyright violation, I will share questions from worksheets in my book, From Saboatage to Success that can also help you create self-love.
Dr. Meg Haworth had a worksheet titled The Path to Self-Love. She poses 6 questions for readers to reflect on. Rather than copy them from the magazine and risk copyright violation, I will share questions from worksheets in my book, From Saboatage to Success that can also help you create self-love.
- Write your current concept of success. Where did you learn it from? Is there anything you'd like to change about it?
- Write about the heroes or heroines you admired as a child look for clues as to what you value and admire.
- Consider your favorite hobbies or books you read as a child. Do you find any common themes?
- What brings you joy?
- Through the years, what has been a consistent quality or attirbute that other people have appreciated in you?
- Think of three people who know you well. What would each of them say is unique or special about you?
