Empowerment

squeeze beauty from it all — through art, we find the way we are led through dreams around the cracks of the deepest pain through the grief and rain beside the full moon and the stale, colorless winter sky. the artist learns time and time again — embrace every adventure. every love story. every heartbreak. every plan that seems perfect but fails every cloudy day every kiss and urge and hunger every tenderness that blooms into tears on your cheeks.

freedom is in determination It is not so hard to love Was it difficult to take me in your arms when I was small to hold me warmly forging impressions of warm acceptance comforting security powerful energetic transfer of ebullient love? And ever after choices made energy spent otherwise on trivial things…

A Year Changes Everything — hypercritical arguing with self helplessly sitting on fears shelf hesitating at the edge of the summit self-esteem continues to plummet hiding behind the clouds listening to the wrong crowds traveling the road of self doubt time to choose a different route which way do I turn to find the confidence I…

The Drama Triangle was first described by Stephen Karpman in the 1960s. In 2016, David Emerald illustrated the theory in parable form in his book The Power of TED. — “It is a model of dysfunctional social interactions and illustrates a power game that involves three roles: Victim, Rescuer, and Persecutor, each role represents a common and ineffective response to conflict.” -leadershiptribe.com These roles are often played out between parents and children, partners, friends, and coworkers.

by Brenden Menefee This year has been filled with a lot of changes, expected and unexpected. Mostly expected changes though to be honest. I went out and accomplished professional goals I set for myself before I even made it out of high school. I’m staying consistent with personal goals, as…

Empowering the marginalized? — Last week, I mentioned a press conference in 1988 when Rev. Jesse Jackson stated “black” no longer describes “our” situation in America. What did he mean? I explained the historical identity — Negro — was imposed by white supremacy. The term was synonymous with second-class citizenship and inferiority. This led…