Diversity Rules Magazine

As a Therapist, Educator and Posi ve Living Expert, Diane has dedicated her career to help- ing people turn their lives around and is now on a mission to help them develop a sustainable posi ve a tude that can actually turn one into an op mist, literally. Through her three books, "Crea ng Bal- ance & Finding Happi- ness", "Baby Steps: the Path from Motherhood to Career" and " Mind- fully Happy- waking up to life." Diane has been speaking and empowering people na onwide. She is also an Adjunct in Psychology at Mont- clair State University, where her college work includes mentoring students for personal issue advisement. As an expert in her fields of therapy, Lang has been featured in the Daily Record, Family Circle, Family Magazine, Working Mother Magazine and Cookie Magazine, seen on NJ 12 TV, Good day CT, Style CT, The Veira Network, CBS TV and "Fox & Friends". She has also par cipated in a reality based Internet show, ourprisoner.com, hosted Genera on X- net. What is empowerment? According to the Merriam- Webster Dic onary: The act or ac on of empowering someone or some- thing The state of being empowered to do something Cambridge Dic onary says: The process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you These defini ons sound great but how? How do we feel truly empowered to do something or to take ac on? How can I feel free and powerful? Here are some ways we can feel more empowered, inspired, and hopeful. Strength - knowing and using my strengths helps me to feel a sense of power. What are your strengths? Most of us know our weaknesses and can give a full list of them but what about your strengths? If you are unsure, you can take a personality test or ask your friends or co-workers to let you know what strengths they no ce. Think about what skills/gi s come natu- rally or easily for you. Use your strengths both pro- fessionally and personally. Control - wouldn't it be empowering to only work on what you have control over and stop was ng me on things you can't control? We can control ourselves and how we react or respond. We can control who we spend our free me with and what we do with our free me. Our mindset is in our control which means our beliefs, habits, and pa erns. We are in control of what we digest, not just food/drink but what we read, watch, and spend me doing. If you can't control it, let it go. Acceptance -If you can't control situa ons in your life, then acceptance is what gives you back your power. Accept what you can't control or change. Empowerment - Con't on page 16 True Empowerment By Diane Lang Diversity Rules Magazine| Apr 2023 | 13

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