How to be your own best solution

I’m staring at an empty screen the day after the election, feeling for words that might be useful. Listening for words that might be useful to say. Listening deep.

And I keep hearing a woman’s voice from a recent workshop I gave that said (and paraphrased) “in the end it’s up to us.”

And there’s truth in that.

But the truth is it’s always been “up to us” to embody the thing we wish to see standing before us when the fog parts.

And right on top of that a related truism comes to mind… “we are who we’ve been waiting for.”

See where this is going…

As you sit in the midst of uncertainty at every level: personal, political and social, what is it you most long to experience? Who do you wish were just now being announced, or arriving at your doorstep (masked of course) or lifting you up by their example and actions?

In this moment of uncertainty, who do you most long to meet?

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There’s something tremendously empowering about being one’s own solution.

Owning one’s solution means the solution becomes yours to give. You, not some biased institution or disinterested representative, are the gatekeeper of “the fix.”

But the power of this equation works only if you know how to actually make good on your solution, to take actions that bring your solution to life.

And so we come to a body of study I call Right Action. I call it a body of study because Right Action is not as simple as just up and doing something.

Right action is about taking actions that align with your authentic self, are truly responsive to the moment you’re in, and not only lead to success, but consistently build the follow-on attributes of: more confidence, clarity, vitality, ease, meaning, joy and impact.

Right Action is foundational to personal power and the exercise of that power to live a life of meaning.

And as mentioned, right action is an extension of your truth, of who you are and what matters to you. And intimately connected to that truth, right action depends on the authentic relationship you have with yourself.

Where are you when it comes to knowing who you are?

Does the way you live your life reflect who you really are and wish to be? And if not, how can you hope to take right action and live into the promise of personal power?

I ask these questions not to upend you, but to get at the fundamental elements required to be “one’s own solution” as we noted above. To be a reliable answer to your own wishes and needs. To be “the one you’ve been waiting for.”

It’s worth taking time to explore these questions, to sit with yourself and “get real.”

And since I want to leave you with something actionable to get you started on this path to more authenticity and personal power, I’ve put together two mini-workshops to give you a taste of the foundational concepts and skill-building required for personal power. A skill-building that’s fully laid out in the Via Dae Nova, The School of Dae Nova’s signature program of building personal power for women.

You can access both workshops here.

And while we’re talking workshops, I’ll be joining some very interesting women as a panelist for the Being an Empowered Woman conference next week. You can access details for that conference here.

Being who you wish to see. Let’s be it. Together.

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