Center For Empowered Women

Even when we feel that we have everything in our lives aligned with our beliefs and our purposes, things can happen that throw a monkey wrench in the works. We suddenly find our world in a crazy spin, maybe spiralling downward - like an airplane out of control - and we are struggling to get everything upright again.Maybe it's a financial setback just when we thought all the bills were paid and we might have enough left over to go to a movie. Maybe it's an emotional setback - like someone close to us becomes ill or dies. Maybe it's a physical setback such as sudden onset pain or illness ourselves and suddenly we are not in control any longer.Things like this happen to everyone. These events catch us off-guard and we lose our equilibrium. We wonder if the room is spinning or is it just in our heads? These things cause us to be sad, become angry, bewildered or grief-stricken. First we want to know why it's happening. Then we want to know what we can do to stop the madness. We want to escape.We want to go back in