Purpose in a time of crisis: Join us for a retreat!

 

August 29, 2022 Regenerate Your World  Build the future you want to live in. I know these times aren't the easiest for all of us, but I am an optimist - I see the glass as half-full, instead of half-empty. To brighten up your days, I publish the Regenerate Your World newsletter coming to your inbox on a bi-weekly basis. Let's Get Empowered! How are you really feeling? Greetings readers! Let's check in, how are you? What is your automatic response? Is it"good","fine", "busy". Now I am going to ask again, how are you really? Sometimes my answer to this question is, good at other times it is tired, angry, exhausted, and frustrated.  The past 2 ½ years have been a heavy burden to bear. Female-identifying people have long carried the responsibilities of caring for others and unrealistic expectations that can come with these responsibilities. These responsibilities are more challenging during the pandemic leaving little time for anything else. Now for some positive news: in the past few newsletters, I have mentioned I am working on a project. This project started on a day when I was feeling angry and frustrated. I was angry and frustrated by the circumstances that I as a woman and my friends as women face. Circumstances are often times out of our control. I was talking about my feelings with a friend and stated that I felt so helpless. I wanted to do something- then we decided we should host a retreat. This retreat would be our way of giving women the opportunity to set an intention and pay attention to their sense of purpose.  A space to feel how you are really feeling without judgment. The retreat, Purpose in a Time of Crisis will be in-person in Duluth, MN. I will be hosting the retreat with my good friend, Rachel Gilbertson, a Certified Health Coach and Mindfulness Facilitator. This retreat is designed to help create space to clarify a sense of purpose by aligning intention, attention, attitude, action, and impact. The day will focus on rest, reflection, and regeneration as powerful forms of resistance and transformation at a location that nurtures your whole self. Now for the details: What:  Purpose in a Time of Crisis Retreat When: October 1st Where: McCabe Renewal Center 2125 Abbotsford Ave, Duluth, MN 55803 Time: 9 am to 3 pm How to register: Go to Checkout Want more information? Go to https://www.empowerpossible.com/p/purpose-in-a-time-of-crisis-retreat  This poem is one that came to mind that day I felt so frustrated. It provided the motivation I needed to process my anger and move forward. I hope it inspires you as well. ‘Still I Rise’ – Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?  Why are you beset with gloom?  ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells  Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken?   Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops,  Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you?  Don’t you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air,  I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. Thank you for your readership! Together we can regenerate our world., Julie Upcoming Events What: Purpose in a Time of Crisis Where: McCabe Renewal Center, Duluth MN. When: October 1st 9am to 3pm Why: Take a day to restore, reconnect, and regenerate. Click here to register In other news, EMPOWER Possible is on Pinterest! For quotes and inspiration go to : https://pin.it/2l5gRLc and follow EMPOWER Possible.