The Keys to Living an Abundant and Empowered Life 

Most people would agree that they want to live an abundant and empowered life. It's the HOW that most people struggle with. This page seeks to take some of the mystery out of the process. It is actually quite simple and what is most powerful is that all you need to live and abundant, empowered life is YOU!

The items below describe my thoughts on the process for attaining and maintaining an abundant and empowered life. One note--I wrote "my thoughts" for a reason--they are just that. While the elements within each of these may look very different, overall, they contain the keys for living a blissful life.

The four keys are these--Personal responsibility, Self awareness, Conscious choices, and Continual renewal.

1. It starts with Personal Responsibility. At the heart of an abundant and empowered life is the awareness that YOU are the creator of your experiences. Based on the way in which you view things and react to every stimulus that comes at you, you are creating the world around you.

2. Once you are aware of the fact that you are creating your life as you go, you must go through a process of Self-Awareness. There are two critical components to this process: 1) What are your values, those things that are most important to you, and 2) what is your purpose; what end do you have in mind for your life; what legacy do you want to leave in this lifetime.

3. Once you have identified those things that are most important to YOU, you will have a foundation for "showing up" in the world. This happens through the conscious choices that we make in each moment. The identification of your values and purpose will provide direction and support your participation in relationships and interactions. If you do no know where you are going or why, you are likely to end up someplace else, so identify what it is that you want and what is most important to you. Then, you can choose to "show up" in a way that is aligned with those principles.

4. Finally, we must continually "check-in" with ourselves and identify what are intentions are for this new situation or this new relationship, etc. It is a process of continual renewal. This step is focused on reflection and re-focusing to keep ourselves heading in the right direction.

As the image indicates, these keys represent a never-ending cycle. They keep us focused on that which we control (ourselves)--in this way, it is a very empowering model. With each new venture, using these keys will help us to experience to the fullest--in that way it is abundant. So, it truely is a model for living an abundant and empowered life.