Empowered Way Podcast

Hello Empowered Wayers! I have traveled to Chartres, France several times and walked the world famous labyrinth laid in the floor of the Cathedral. This story is about the first time I entered the Cathedral, unaware of what I would experience. ********* The earth spins silently around the sun, revolving from day to night then day in the eternal celestial dance. The sun shines on all parts of the e...

Hello my beautiful Empowered Wayers: After meditating this morning, the following thoughts flowed through my mind to share with you. Please take a deep breath and read the words, allowing the energy of love to flow through you. _______________________________________________________________________________________ In the chaos of today’s world, where anger, judgment, violence, and hatred seem to r...

Hello Empowered Wayers! When I first left my law career, I felt adrift in my purpose. I knew that there was something bigger for me to create and serve, but it didn’t take shape right away. My perception of what was possible was quite narrow, until I discovered what I was missing. It took time, self-discovery, and meditation before the answer took shape. There were many subtle iterations of my bus...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Lately, I have been thinking a lot about sovereignty. Sovereignty is defined by Meriam-Webster as “freedom from external control.” It’s a concept that is usually applied to nations or countries, but I would like for you to consider it in your own life. Sovereignty means you decide the direction of your life, instead of listening to the loudest advice or an annoying social m...

Dear Empowered Wayers: The rain lashed against my skin like a thousand icy needles, my breath coming in short gasps as I struggled to keep my balance against the wind. I gripped the handles tightly as my body vibrated in tune with the engine. I couldn’t feel my feet, because the rain had sneaked inside my boots, soaking my socks. The red tail lights of the motorcycles in front of me blurred as the...

Hello Empowered Wayers! What if everything you’ve been taught about money is wrong? Women have only been taught one way to make money. It’s the masculine approach of working longer, controlling everything, and measuring your progress. If you don’t meet the metric, it means there’s something wrong with you. There is another way—one that aligns with your intuition, your heart, and your soul. At Empo...

Beloved Empowered Wayers - Ever since you took your first breath, you have been on a quest. To discover yourself as a human. You see, we all start out as beings ( b orn to e xpress the i nfinite N ature of G od). After you landed in a body and learned to navigate the physical aspects of time and space, you absorbed messages from your family, caregivers and friends. You were conditioned to believe...

Dear Empowered Wayers - When shame is an active participant in your money decisions, your life isn’t peaceful and it definitely doesn’t feel abundant. Let’s take a deeper look at shame and how women tend to use it as a weapon against themselves. The Shame Spiral Starts Early Money shame often starts innocently enough: Maybe you overdrew your account in college because you thought “pending transact...

To my dearest Sisters of Empowered Way: Please take a moment to center and align with your inner knowing. As your mind quiets and your breathing lengthens, read this letter out loud, to yourself. And know that I see you in all your magnificent, messy, glory. Dear Sister: There is a landscape within you more vast and intricate than the external world. It is a terrain of whispers and thunders, of qu...

Hello Empowered Wayers! The way you treat money reflects what you believe about yourself. I discovered this truth the hard way. When I graduated from college with a psychology degree, there were not many jobs available. Graduate school wasn’t an option and I was a newly married bride who needed to find a job. Money was the brass ring and I was on a carousel of searching for that perfect fit where...

Happy New Year! I love this time of year when everyone is excited for a new year. It makes me smile to wish a stranger “Happy New Year” and hear their joyful response. Soon, sometime after the last football game or when the last bit of reverie has been cleaned, reality sets in. Despite the new calendar and the shining possibilities the new year promises, you remember your problems, dilemmas, and w...

Hello Dear Wayers - Today is Christmas Eve, the Holy Night when Jesus born. The Christian story is the angels appeared to the shepherds, signs directed the Magi, and a babe was born in a humble manger. Watching The Chosen brings Jesus’ life to visual reality. Learning through stories is how Jesus taught his disciples and followers. He shared a new way of seeing the world - through the eyes of love...

Hello Empowered Wayers - For many years, I practiced law and over time, the stress and high expectations became exhausting. A friend introduced me to the concept of mindfulness, and everything slowly became manageable. As I grew more comfortable and proficient at watching my thoughts, I noticed that I would not engage in situations that used to make me upset or angry. The beauty of a mindfulness p...

Hello Empowered Wayers! I come from a family of successful attorneys and entrepreneurs. I have noticed distinct differences between how my brothers and nephews approach wealth building and how I approach it. It’s a fascinating dance between two contrasting approaches when creating financial abundance. I like to call them the masculine and feminine energies of wealth building, and trust me, magic h...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Have you ever stopped at a red light and really looked at the driver next to you? Not just a glance, but truly looked - and wondered about their story? Where they're heading, what weighs on their heart, who's waiting for them at home? In that fleeting moment, did you catch yourself making snap judgments about their appearance, their car, their expression - and then feel tha...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Have you ever felt a desire that made you feel alive, but your rational mind squashed it like a bug? Why do we allow our minds to direct us, when it’s our heart who knows the way? The world screams for our attention, our money, and our allegiance to societal norms. When you are a good follower, the end result is always the same. You lose yourself in the outer focus of accep...

Hello Empowered Wayers! I have been on a pilgrimage through the sacred sites of France. Starting in Marseilles, we traveled to St. Baume, Sainte-Marie-de-la-Mer, Rennes la Chateau, Carcassonne, and finally Chartres. We visited the places known to revere the sacred feminine. I was moved by the stories shared for centuries and the energy of each site. The reverence reserved for these holy sites was...

Hello Empowered Wayers! When I was five years old, my brother and I wanted to learn how to ride our bicycles without training wheels. When our dad took off the small wheels that had held us upright, he stopped and asked, “Are you sure?” We both nodded and couldn’t wait for the morning.  The next day, our mom took us to the curb in front of our house. We each had our bikes poised and ready to take...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Today, I want to share a personal story. It touches on a controversial subject, but I hope you can feel my sincerity and nonjudgment. When our daughter was about 8 years old, we spent summer weekends at a lake close to our home. After a day of swimming, skiing, and being lazy, we would go out to eat. There was a restaurant a few miles up the road that was Lauren’s favorite...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Welcome to all the new subscribers - I am so glad you are here. Hopefully, you have taken a minute to look around Empowered Way, dive into an article or two, and come away with a new thought, idea, or validation of your worth. Today, I want to share a person story that illustrates how you can adopt money beliefs that aren’t even yours. When you begin to realize that you are...

Hello Empowered Wayers :-) As the summer rolls to a close and kids return to school, the rhythm of life changes. Instead of lazy days and fun, we’re back to scheduling and juggling the myriad of details that are part of being parents. My intent isn’t to share a new productive process or system to streamline your mornings. You already have a way to handle the chaos and still be available for your c...

Hello Empowered Wayers! The world seems to be falling apart. Israel is stepping closer to a war with her neighbors; the Presidential election feels like a reality TV show; fear, anger, and divisiveness are the tone of the day. Before you sink even further down the rabbit hole of disillusion and dis-enchantment, please pause and take a breath. When you breathe mindfully and intentionally, your mind...

Hello Empowered Wayers! Have you ever started wondering about something and couldn’t stop? That happened to me recently when I thought about the concept of time. I was staring at the full moon and sharing a text conversation with my husband. I realized that there are different types of time because I was in Paris, France, and he was at home in Texas, a difference of 7 hours. I was looking into his...

Dear Empowered Wayers: Lists are a wonderful way to take the items out of your head and capture them on paper (or your hand). The problem with creating to-do lists is that they are focused outward, on action and behaviors. All very necessary, but there is an essential step that comes before any to-do list. It’s called a “to-be” list. And it is the first step in being human. Being Human is the Key...

Dear Empowered Wayers: About 800 years ago, the Sufi Poet, Rumi, began writing about love, loss, and life. His poetry is timeless and speaks to the common thread of humanity across time and space. Another place that also speaks to the common thread of humanity is the gothic masterpiece, Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral, located in Chartres, France. The current building was finished in 1260, about...