Our sense of empowerment is a reflection of the increased personal value and self-worth that comes out of our experience of having real influence in one or more areas of our lives.

Let’s say we feel motivated to talk with our partner about better balancing household responsibilities, or perhaps boundary-setting with a co-worker.

Unless our conversation actually leads to greater balance or better boundaries, we discover we were never actually empowered to influence the change we anticipated.

Empowering ourselves and creating change, which ultimately leads to the increased sense of personal value and self-worth we call the “feeling” of empowerment, involves some very specific steps.