Reclaim Your Power

What are you passionate about? A simple enough question, right? But what if you don't have an answer? What if your mind goes blank? Well, that very thing happened to author Lauren Krasnodembski. That seemingly simple query left her speechless and sent her on a multi-year inner quest that would change her forever. Reclaim Your Power chronicles the trajectory of Lauren's life from the moment that fateful question was posed. We follow along as she searches for her passions and purpose, and struggles through breakdowns and breakthroughs along the way. From running around like a hamster on a wheel and crying on the floor of her closet, to phone calls with a soul-exploration life coach, one-on-one yoga sessions, and a surprisingly enlightening Uber ride; we are there for it all. But, this book isn't just the telling of Lauren's journey. It offers insight into how YOU can use her experience to hit the pause button on your own life and make yourself a priority. Ultimately, Reclaim Your Power serves as a guide to allow more light and love into your life and serves as a pathway in allowing your passions and purpose to discover YOU!

A community philanthropist empowers men of color to discover their own source of healing, hope, and inspiration. “In a time when many men of color are experiencing a sense of isolation and aloneness, it is exciting to know that they realize they do have power!”—Iyanla Vazant, author, and founder of Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development Reclaim Your Power! A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing, and Inspiration for Men of Color is a compact but powerful book in which Terrance Dean provides men of color with meaningful, spiritual meditations that can be practiced anywhere at any time. Quotations and exercises further build upon the daily lessons in the book. Among them: Listen; Be Still; Can’t No One Stop You but You; Faith; Have Integrity; and Move, Mountain, Get out of My Way! “It’s no accident that you have this book in your hands,” writes Dean in his Introduction. “You or someone you know has thought enough about you to get you started or help you remember your connection to Spirit. Know that everything is divinely created and that you are meant to be here, right now, at this time, to become aware of your greatness. I encourage you to read this book and be open to its message.” One cannot help but feel empowered after reading this book!

Style is not just the clothes on our backs—it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he sought out for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that—because clothes are never just clothes. Men’s heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon shirts honor Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive. Allaire takes the reader through boldly designed chapters to discuss additional topics like cosplay, make up, hijabs, and hair, probing the connections between fashion and history, culture, politics, and social justice. *A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

"I dedicate this book to every woman who has ever felt sad, frustrated, alone, scared, unsatisfied, compromised, or depleted. I know how it feels -- I've been there, too." -- Yasmin Davidds Empowerment specialist and relationship expert Yasmin Davidds reaches into your mind and soul to take you down the path of self-empowerment. Davidds's message is clear: "Your power is your life force, and you must learn about it and honor it if you want to be a whole woman." Drawing from her own life experiences, Davidds provides an easy and inspiring plan to overcome adversity and fulfill your dreams. Let Davidds bring you on a journey of self-discovery, self-love, and unstoppable success. Let her empower you.

In Reclaim Your Spiritual Power, Ron Roth helps you understand ways in which you can not only reclaim your spirit, but also keep your spiritual power functioning more consistently. Ron covers the components of empowerment in a way that is deeply spiritual but very practical and easy to comprehend. He discusses the role of vision, imagination, motivation, passion, joy, and laughter in your life-plus much more.

Helene Lerner addresses the self-sabotaging behaviors that veil a person’s full potential and helps women everywhere achieve confidence, creativity, and intimacy in every aspect of life from careers to friendships. Unveil your inner power to achieve confidence, creativity, and intimacy in every aspect of your life—from work to relationships to sex. Helene Lerner—a leading advocate for women’s advancement and empowerment—reveals the nine most common self-sabotaging behaviors that hold women back and uncovers simple secrets to unlocking true feminine power. Her approach is gentle but firm, compassionate yet disciplined, and eminently practical. Discover your unique strength through insightful exercises and uplifting stories that cultivate self-empowerment. Learn how to: • stay present in the face of any challenge; • express yourself genuinely in all aspects of your life; • recognize and appreciate your uniqueness; • be authentically seen and heard with confidence; • express your sexuality and experience true pleasure. As the traditional male power structures crumble, be part of the new feminine movement that is emerging across the globe and embrace your power.

We are all born with an infinite Power and several unique gifts to share with the world. As we progress in life, we absorb and learn from our surroundings at school, home and work. Our teachers, parents, peers and bosses reflect societal norms that are purely accepted by the masses. We grow up in a world where we need to ask for permission and conform in order to feel safe and accepted.As a result, many children grow up with limiting beliefs about their potential and may never question authority or dream past what their parents accomplished. Gradually, we begin losing aspects of who we really are because we become distracted by the external world.With the advancement in technology, we are distracted and disconnected now more than ever. We have grown further away from listening to our intuition and the inner guidance that is always available to us. We must return to our true nature and find what it is that makes our heart beat, our pulse quicken and our life meaningful.Now is the time for each of us to take responsibility for our lives, heal the wounds of the past and reclaim the infinite Power we were all born with. We must remember who we really are to live a life of joy, prosperity and love and create the heaven on Earth that so many of us crave. As each individual reclaims their Power, the shift will be felt on a global level and create an impact on the collective consciousness.Reclaim Your Power is a personal guide to serve as a gateway to uncover your unique gifts, rediscover the Power within and live a life of fulfillment beyond your wildest dreams.

“A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful.”—Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet We all know what it looks like to use power badly. But how much do we really know about how to use power well? There is so much we get wrong about power: who has it, what it looks like, and the role it plays in our lives. Grounded in over two decades’ worth of scientific research and inspired by the popular class of the same name at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Acting with Power offers a new and eye-opening paradigm that overturns everything we thought we knew about the nature of power. Although we all feel powerless sometimes, we have more power than we tend to believe. Power exists in every relationship, not just at the top of big institutions. It isn’t merely a function of status or hierarchy, either. It’s about how much we are needed and how well we take care of other people. We often assume that power flows to those with the loudest voice or the most commanding presence. But, in fact, true power is often much quieter and more deferential than we realize. Moreover, it’s not just how much power we have but how we use it that determines how powerful we actually are. Actors aren’t the only ones who play roles for a living. We all make choices about how to use the power that comes with our given circumstances. We aren’t always cast in the roles we desire—or the ones we feel prepared to play. Some of us struggle to step up and be taken more seriously, while others have trouble standing back and ceding the spotlight. In Acting with Power, Deborah Gruenfeld shows how we can get more comfortable with power by adopting an actor’s mindset. Because power isn’t a personal attribute. It’s a part we play in someone else’s story.