Author Archives: Jim

Step 8 of Empowerment Call, Day 23! We make a list of people we have harmed, and, people who have harmed us, and take steps to clear out the negative energy by making amends and sharing our grievances in a … Continue reading →

Step 7 is a step of willingness, and this step says that: We become willing to let go of shame, guilt, and any behavior that keeps us from loving ourSelves and others. Are you willing to release the pain of these … Continue reading →

Step 6, Day 21, and affirming and enjoying our strengths, talents and creativity, striving not to hide these qualities to protect others egos. That’s the step! Affirming our skills, talents, strengths. This step competes with the religious messages that we … Continue reading →

Day 20! We march, roll, and continue on. Step 5 of the 16 steps is what we talked about on our call today, and it was that: We share with another person, ourselves, and the Universe all those things inside … Continue reading →

The Empowerment Call Continues! Today we’re on one of the harder steps, and one of the steps that really is a life long step. It’s a step about examining our own lives from the point of view in which there … Continue reading →

STEP 3: We make the decision to listen and to come from our authentic selves, and trust in the healing power of the truth. In our call this morning, we talked about how we know something is coming from our … Continue reading →

My updated STEP 2: We come to realize that we come from a power greater than ourselves, and that power is within us. The original STEP 2: We come to believe that God/Goddess/Universe/Great Spirit awakens the healing wisdom within us when … Continue reading →

STEP 1: We affirm we have the power to take charge of our lives and stop being dependent on substance or other people for our self esteem and security. Many, many people feel powerless. It’s a really uncomfortable experience to … Continue reading →

STEP 15: We accept the ups and downs of life as natural events that can be used as lesson for our growth STEP 16: We grow in awareness that we are interrelated with all living things, and we contribute to … Continue reading →

STEP 14: We seek to find, and recognize, our inward calling, and develop the will and wisdom to follow it. The Inner Calling comes in forms of intuition, direct knowing, direct action…a deep sense of something…a sense of direction to … Continue reading →