What does it mean to have an empowering alternative? . . .

It means that you no longer have to settle for things as they are now. If something isn't going right in your life, you will learn below how you can create an empowering alternative to that situation.

Let's say you feel like a victim at certain points in your life. This can be at home, at work, or in your relationships.

You look around your life and see what needs to be changed -- what you need to change so that you no longer feel like a victim. Then you imagine how it would be once those changes are made.

Then you take it a step farther by making the changes empowering!

That is what an empowering alternative is!

You look at what isn't right in your life and say to yourself, "I think this is where I need to create an empowering alternative!"

Let's say you always mumbled when you were with a certain person or group of people. Wouldn't it be nice to have an empowering alternative in this situation? (If mumbling isn't your problem, in place of *mumbling*, insert whatever you feel needs an empowering alternative.)

Here's how to create an empowering alternative:

Sit down and relax.

Imagine being the director of your play, the play of your life.

Also, imagine that you know that you know that you know that reality is for people with no imagination. (If you can't imagine a better play, a better life, you can't attract it.)

So, let's get started!

Visualize a movie theater, and YOUR future (play) is about to begin. You, the director, are in the third row from the front, watching you, the star, up on stage.

TIP: Some people aren't so good at visualizing this way. If that's the case with you, sit down and write it out on a piece of paper. Then, visualize it.

You, the director, watch as you, the star, starts mumbling. Watch as a particularly rough scenario plays out -- one where you definitely weren't able to take charge and stop mumbling. Maybe you are beginning to perspire or your face is getting red. Maybe you are wishing a hole would open up in the ground right below you and you could just disappear! Watch until the scenario is completely over and you, the star, have left the stage.

Now, replay the whole scenario again. This time, you, the director, is directing you, the actor. You are showing you, the actor, what to do, how to stand, what to say.

Now, replay the whole scenario again, and watch as you, the actor, performs beautifully. You see you, the actor, straighten up, stand tall, and speak evenly. You are definitely NOT mumbling. Feel how good it feels to *perform* the way you want. Imagine how you life would be if you no longer mumbled!

Repeat as needed.

The more you run through this play the way you want, the more what you want will happen.

How can this be? you ask?

It's simple. If we form a representation that things will work -- if we imagine it working -- then our brain creates the internal resources we need. It will then get us where we really want to go -- not where we've been. In other words, it starts to produce the state that will support us in producing positive results! It makes us feel like we can do it, instead of feeling like we can't. That's what *plays* show us, and those plays, when performed as now directed, are showing our brain what we really want. Our brain will create the internal resources we need. Our brain really is like a fairy godmother in that respect.

NOTE: If you are directing a scene where you used to get hurt in some way, something more mentally or physically harmful, and now someone else in that scene suffers the way you used to, you need to stop the scene immediately and direct the actors to play it in a way that no one gets hurt. Remember this always: Harm To No One. The world works better that way, and you always reap the rewards!

Thanks for reading,