Episode 4 expands on the importance of awareness by discussing self-awareness as change to better understand your own tendencies. Self-awareness can help us identify our own skills by examining patterns and looking for opportunities to make progress. Many, possibly most, forms of empowerment start from with, so self-awareness is a key to becoming more empowered.

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Episode 3 describes several important factors in being empowered to plan for your own success. The better you can learn to actively manage your goals, focusing on what is achievable now, the more successful you can be. To do this effectively involves considering factors like resources, skillsets, and motivation. In this episode we begin to cover these topics and how taking an active role in planning can help you make progress. The episode concludes with a discussion of suffering and discomfort that is to be expected any time we strive to achieve and how to begin to work effectively within these experiences.

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Episode 2 of the Empowered, Simply Podcast begins outlining a process to help you identify and clarify your goals. The idea of “Empowerment Skills” is introduced and used to help describe the importance of awareness. Several examples are discussed to help examine key ideas and resources to support your active goal identification and skill development are presented.

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The Awareness Log. Awareness is an Empowerment Skill. By becoming more aware of yourself and your reactions, you create opportunities for action. The awareness log is designed to help you learn to become more aware.

Exploring your goals worksheet. How often do you take the time to think about your goals? In what parts of your life are you satisfied? Unsatisfied? This worksheet can help you begin the process of exploring your goals.

Framing your goals guide. Writing something down provides an opportunity to more thoughtfully consider what is being communicated. This guide is designed to help you identify meaningful goals and express them in ways that lead to positive action.