Essential Empowerment: The Fine Art of Creating and Living an Empowered Life

By Paulette Meijer

For the twenty-five-plus years I have been a speaker, trainer, coach, consultant and mentor, I have had the pleasure of working with people who have achieved tremendous success in their business and their personal lives. In fact, theyre often the same people. This book evolved out of Essential Empowerment Paint Your New Life Canvas Workshops where participants closely examine their immediate life state, then define, refine and articulate their vision for their future. Workshop exercises begin and end with life canvases personal artful expressions of current being and future being. Youll see a few of those personal artful expression scattered throughout the book. Those personal canvases and the aggregate exercises, here and in the classroom, are integral parts of the process of personal development. Your first thought will be to put that piece of the book aside until after youve read through and evaluated every chapter. Dont dismiss their value. Some words used to describe canvases have been: insightful, enlightening, cathartic, and even illuminating. Indulge me no, dont indulge me. Do it for you. Become a participant in the progress of your life. Embrace your journey to Essential Empowerment.
I hope to see you at an Essential Empowerment Paint Your New Life Canvas Workshop one day. In the meantime read on and paint your new life canvas!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 2, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477266519

Paulette Meijer

Paulette Meijer has been helping people reach their goals and achieve personal and professional growth since 1985 and she does it with flair. She views life through a creative lens and asks readers to do the same with her latest book. Whether speaking, writing or coaching Paulette is passionate about her message and clear in her approach: “Our willingness to accept change and adopt new concepts is essential for personal progress. Through the initiative of personal empowerment, people adopt a proactive attitude to achieve personal success. ” Paulette loves life in Niantic, Connecticut surrounded by her husband Paul, beautiful family and her two Yorkshire Terriers, Lily and Ben.

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© 2012 Paulette Meijer. All rights reserved.

New Life Essentials LLC

Workshop images by GeminEye Images.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 10/18/2012

 ISBN: 978-1-4772-6650-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-6651-9 (e)

 Library of Congress Control Number: 2012916170

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I

Part II

Part III

Dedication

For Paul, with love … The Universe has perfect timing.

Had you arrived earlier, we would have missed the opportunity.

Acknowledgements

My gratitude goes to a community of professionals and friends for their contribution to the successful launch of what has been tagged the EE project. Susan Wacht Goralski of GeminEye Images keen and creative photographic eye captured workshop participants in deep contemplation and wondrous discovery about their present and their future lives. Every good book has a great editor and Nancy Hooper of Hooper Editing was mine. I’ve gained an admiration and respect for her colorful weapons of mass correction. The red, green and black margin notes and comments were just what the EE project needed.

The song says, You gotta have friends, and I sure do! Stanley (Key Genius) Wuchek and Tony Reyna, you enabled me to share my past in pictures so that others can experience my journey as they read. I am eternally grateful. Lois Arsenault, my brainstorming partner, first reader, and mostly BFF… for all you do, thanks for being you. Last but certainly not least, thank you Paul for your patience, understanding and support for my dream and for helping to turn it into reality.

Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step toward your life of Essential Empowerment.

This book evolved out of Essential Empowerment Paint Your New Life Canvas Workshops where participants closely examine their immediate life state, then define, refine and articulate their vision for their future. Workshop exercises begin and end with life canvases – personal artful expressions of current being and future being. You’ll see a few of those personal artful expressions scattered throughout the book. Those personal canvases and the aggregate exercises, here and in the classroom, are integral parts of the process of personal development. Your first thought will be to put that piece of the book aside until after you’ve read through and evaluated every chapter. Don’t dismiss their value. Some words used to describe canvases have been: insightful, enlightening, cathartic, and even illuminating. Indulge me … no, don’t indulge me. Do it for you. Become a participant in the progress of your life. Embrace your journey to Essential Empowerment.

I hope to see you at a workshop one day. In the meantime, read on and explore the fine art of creating and living an empowered life.

Paulette