Empowering You – Aligning Within

PROMPTS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR

Today, I thought I’d create a fun little blog post all designed to help you reflect on 2022 and to help you get clear about your direction moving forwards as we enter 2023. So I hope you enjoy these journaling prompts and have lots of fun exploring. If you haven’t done journaling before, then all […]

A Powerful Gathering

There are many reasons why gathering people in a circle is powerful. A process is a shape repeatedly found throughout the natural world and symbolizes perfection. We recreate this perfect shape when we join others to form a circle. Being in a process allows us to experience each other as equals. Each person is the […]

Allowing Ourselves To See A New Light During The Holidays

As the holidays approach, you may be preparing yourself to gather with family members you don’t usually spend time visiting. You may even feel that you are choosing to meet more from a sense of obligation than celebration. But when we trust that the universe always places us exactly where we need to be, we […]

Knowing Peace

“A tree does not say to itself, By the age 30 I want this many leaves, to be this tall, this wide, to drop this many seeds, to know this many other trees. It does not rush. It does not beat itself up, put itself down, doubt, or despair. A tree just grows. This is […]

Energy

We have a tendency to hold onto things. Yet everything we hold onto has an energy associated with it. Holding onto emotions, relationships, people, situations, experiences, expectations, hopes, and beliefs that no longer serve us prevents our own energy from flowing. With so many unnecessary energies around us, we stagnate in life. Not only do […]

The Message You Carry Matters

Words create worlds. Words speak life. Words inspire possibility into reality. Words have sticking power to become something in life. “I have a dream,” proclaimed Martin Luther King. Oprah shares on Super Soul Sunday, “In 1978 as a young woman when I began reciting Maya Angelou’s poem, Phenomenal Woman, over and over again, I didn’t believe […]

Transgenerational Trauma

Powerful photo from photographer Cassandra Jones, talking about transgenerational trauma: how unprocessed pain of mothers goes through caring for their daughters. Trauma travels through generations until someone is strong enough to stand through all that pain and heal it. We carry our mothers and their pains on our backs, just as they carried their mothers […]

Nurturing Inner Clarity

People who maintain their sense of calm when things around them are in a state of flux and confusion are always wonderful to be around. We feel calmer just being near them as if they have activated our sense of inner peace. We learn that we can be quiet, even when everything around us is […]

Uncharted Waters

Hello! My name is Morgan Gray. I am currently a senior at Mississippi State University, majoring in History. Above all things, I am a first-generation student. This title means a lot to me, considering that my grandfather was only allowed to receive a third-grade education before he was forced to drop out of school and […]

Showcase-Authentic Women~Jenny Campbell

Aligning Within Diadel Ortiz talks to Jenny Campbell~May 2020 As a lifelong learner and youth advocate, I use education to empower adults and children in all aspects of their lives. I have dedicated most of my adult life and professional career to education, teaching, mentoring, and sharing good morals. I enjoy spending my time with […]