What Is An Empowered Mindset?

There has been a lot of talk lately about developing an empowered mindset and empowering women more within the world. I watched this clip recently by yoga teacher Krystal Aranyani and I thought that she had a pretty powerful message to share about empowerment, mindset shifts, and shame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5tn4MPJV4 

Often we can  find ourselves trapped in negative thought processes like “Will these people like me?”, “Am I smart enough?” and “What If I fail”, when we should be asking ourselves the opposite “Will I like them”, “What do they have to offer me” and “Is this worthy of my time”. When we are empowered; we love ourselves and feel confident enough within ourselves to let any negative beliefs about ourselves go.

We are all carrying around large amounts of shame due to past mistakes and this impacts how we view ourselves in the world. Shame could also be what is contributing to that victim mindset. 

We need to learn to be kind to ourselves, let go of perfection, open ourselves to others and allow ourselves to be vulnerable and the only thing to repair shame is empathy.

So check some techniques below:

Move your energy

How do you see yourself? You can’t change anything in your life until you see yourself as the person that you want to become. Change how you view yourself first, change at the identity level, and then all of your behaviors will be sure to change following that because now the way that you view yourself within the world is completely different.

Change your identity from someone who sees themselves as a victim of their external environment to someone who has power, choice, and control over their lives. Don’t view yourself as a victim. With energy comes power. Take back control of your choices and decision-making. Don’t people please or say ‘yes’ when you really mean ‘no’. Get really clear on your identity, beliefs, and values.

Daily Incantations / Affirmations

 the main way that we learn new things is repetition. By repeating something over and over again until we create a habit from it. The act of repetition gives us confidence and it becomes part of our new mindset. Speaking incantations and affirmations can be one way to create this super empowered sense of self. 

Drifting off Meditation

Our subconscious mind is more easily changed when we are in a theta brain state. That is when we are waking up or going to sleep. When you are drifting off to sleep can be a great time to try and ‘rewrite’ some of those limiting beliefs about your worth or worthiness and develop more of an empowered mindset.

Don´t ask for permission. Just inform the world you are coming

Many of us spend our lives waiting for things outside of ourselves to change before we give ourselves permission to change. We were often brought up in environments where we were not taught to take action but to ask permission and then wait. Give yourself permission to change, grow, learn, and develop yourself. Your growth as a person is not fixed but constantly evolving.

Don’t Dwell On Failure

Failure is a fact of life. There is nothing wrong or bad about failing at something. It is how we grow and learn and continue to make better more evolved choices for ourselves.  Our soul/inner guidance/intuition is always guiding us in the way that we need to go.

When we choose to listen our life gets better, brighter, and bigger because we are surrendering ourselves to the flow of energy. When you don’t listen you will keep making mistakes over and over again or your life will get harder until you finally listen and learn from your experience.

Give to others

We can get confused when we think that our lives are all about ourselves. Our lives should really be about giving. When we give to others we invest a piece of ourselves into others and it magnifies and enlarges our own existence. It is this investment that we make of ourselves into other peoples lives that helps to empower us and gives us our purpose for being.