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Read this When...: Empowering Messages for Powerless Moments
Powerless moments can feel overwhelming. These moments hurt. We often react to them by experiencing even more despair, frustration, anger, hopelessness...sound familiar?
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The news delivers stories of violence, hatred, and tragedy. Murder, rioting, looting, and destruction are presented in abundance in the news and social media sources daily. Work life can be another source of powerless feelings, as we juggle office politics, money struggles, and trying to please everyone while striving for work-life balance. Home life can also be overwhelming, overloaded with responsibilities, expectations, demands, children, teens, hormones, drama, arguments, enforcing rules, and trying to find time for ourselves. People can be mean. People can be thoughtless, condescending, rude, selfish, and insensitive. We can too. And then we feel crappy about it. People we love get sick, have accidents, and sometimes die. Or we get sick, have accidents, and might die sooner than we had expected. It seems unfair.
I noticed that when I'm experiencing one of those moments, writing a message to myself helps me feel more empowered. Sometimes the message is a prayer to my higher wisdom, or a poem, or a series of affirmations.
After a while of doing this, I had a little collection of them. So, I started putting them into categories organized by what powerless feeling I was trying to change by writing that particular message. I realized that the writings were becoming something cohesive; a little guide to choose an empowering message based on the situation I was facing in the moment.
I hope that when you're feeling powerless, or any of the unpleasant emotions that often follow, that you'll listen to this book, identify how you feel, and hear something that speaks to you in such a way that your powerless feeling is replaced by something better.
For
The news delivers stories of violence, hatred, and tragedy. Murder, rioting, looting, and destruction are presented in abundance in the news and social media sources daily. Work life can be another source of powerless feelings, as we juggle office politics, money struggles, and trying to please everyone while striving for work-life balance. Home life can also be overwhelming, overloaded with responsibilities, expectations, demands, children, teens, hormones, drama, arguments, enforcing rules, and trying to find time for ourselves. People can be mean. People can be thoughtless, condescending, rude, selfish, and insensitive. We can too. And then we feel crappy about it. People we love get sick, have accidents, and sometimes die. Or we get sick, have accidents, and might die sooner than we had expected. It seems unfair.
I noticed that when I'm experiencing one of those moments, writing a message to myself helps me feel more empowered. Sometimes the message is a prayer to my higher wisdom, or a poem, or a series of affirmations.
After a while of doing this, I had a little collection of them. So, I started putting them into categories organized by what powerless feeling I was trying to change by writing that particular message. I realized that the writings were becoming something cohesive; a little guide to choose an empowering message based on the situation I was facing in the moment.
I hope that when you're feeling powerless, or any of the unpleasant emotions that often follow, that you'll listen to this book, identify how you feel, and hear something that speaks to you in such a way that your powerless feeling is replaced by something better.
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First published August 7, 2015
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About the author
Alice Langholt
31 books24 followersAlice Langholt is a parent and teacher with Master level training in several Reiki modalities. She has a Reiki practice and teaches Reiki and intuitive development in the Washington, DC area. Alice is the Executive Director of Reiki Awakening Academy (http://reikiawakeningacademy.com) School of Intuitive Development online, offering online instruction in holistic and metaphysical subjects. Alice has written ebooks in Distance Healing and Energetic Protection, as well as specific coursework in Reiki for Parents, Reiki for Nurses and Caregivers (approved by the Ohio Board of Nurses for continuing education units), and more. She offered Reiki to patients and staff at The Cleveland Clinic, and is currently a volunteer with JSSA Hospice, and a Group Leader with The Distance Healing Network (the-dhn.com). Alice is rated the #1 most influential person on Twitter under the category Reiki by wefollow.com. Her four kids and husband, Evan, know & use Reiki. Find Alice at ReikiAwakening.com, and interact with her via @ReikiAwakening on Twitter, and Reiki Awakening on Facebook.
Alice is also the author of the A Moment for Me - self-care for busy people series of books and cards, offering ways to balance your mind, body, emotions, spirit, relationships, and success in 30 seconds. Visit www.amoment4me.com for more.
Alice is also the author of the A Moment for Me - self-care for busy people series of books and cards, offering ways to balance your mind, body, emotions, spirit, relationships, and success in 30 seconds. Visit www.amoment4me.com for more.
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August 9, 2017
I can't begin to tell you how much this book spoke to me. I smiled genuine smiles and had tears streaming down my face. Different parts of this book will speak to you at different times of your life, which is what is was designed for...and boy does it achieve its goal. I will be gifting this book to anyone I know who is just struggling with life a little bit in the hope that it brings them the same kind of peace it brought me. A must buy!
August 14, 2017
I really did want to enjoy this book. Empowering messages, written by someone who just wants to share their way of feeling better when the world gets them down. The kind intentions are all there.
Unfortunately, I failed to find anything in this book that spoke to me. There was nothing that inspired me, nor changed my way of looking at situations. The faux-poetry feeling that the book had to it did not appeal to me, either.
While this may be so, my experience of this book does not mean that the book cannot be enjoyed by others. It may even bring people relief or joy. I simply was not one of those people.
Unfortunately, I failed to find anything in this book that spoke to me. There was nothing that inspired me, nor changed my way of looking at situations. The faux-poetry feeling that the book had to it did not appeal to me, either.
While this may be so, my experience of this book does not mean that the book cannot be enjoyed by others. It may even bring people relief or joy. I simply was not one of those people.
December 27, 2017
Pearls to encourage during more stressful life journey's moments. I read through the book for purpose of review and then went back to use as directed. One page in particular speaks to me, "Whatever we give attention to grows stronger. Today I will give my attention to:" I am making this a daily goal to chose one thing to give my attention to in order to grow stronger.
My one complaint is that this is a very short book.
I received this book free in exchange for my honest review.
My one complaint is that this is a very short book.
I received this book free in exchange for my honest review.
August 19, 2017
Read This When... is full of Relaxing and empowering messages of hope and peaceful thoughts. It is a book I will turn to again when those frustrating moments in life pop up, and I know the messages here will calm me. I will look for more from this author. I received this book for an honest review from Reader's House.
January 5, 2017
This is an amazing book for anyone who feels powerless in a situation. Using the book is as simple as turning to the page that most closely reflects the situation you are in.
There are multiple messages for each situation allowing you to choose the one that most closely resonates with you. The empowering messages are right on target to assist you with restoring your optimism.
There are multiple messages for each situation allowing you to choose the one that most closely resonates with you. The empowering messages are right on target to assist you with restoring your optimism.
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