Personal Empowerment

The sober curious movement did not begin as a campaign against alcohol, nor even as a movement. It emerged as an under-the-radar change in everyday behavior. More people are taking a step back and rethinking why drinking automatically sits at the center of social life.  However, instead of deciding never to drink again, they are experimenting—skipping drinking on weeknights, trying a completely dry month, or just being very selective about when to drink.

Gratitude is often described as a feeling, but it’s more than that. Researchers now understand it as something that can profoundly impact our physical health. It is an actual physiological state that leaves measurable fingerprints throughout the body.

Launched in 1998, the Kudumbashree Movement—which means “prosperity of the family” in Malayalam—has grown into one of the largest and most effective women’s empowerment and poverty eradication programs in the world.

Could the power of thought be more than just a mental exercise? Instead, could it be a tangible force shaping the universe around us? And if that is so, does such a force point to an innate ability within us to creatively impact our world in more ways than we ever thought possible?

Epigenetics is the study of how your cells control your genes and why specific genes “turn on” or don’t. This process, known as gene expression, is at the heart of renowned neuroscientist Dr. Joe Dispenza’s work on personal empowerment.