THE POWER WITHIN APPRECIATING AND UNDERSTANDING

First Words that come to mind What are the feelings associated to those words Generate List First Words that Comes to Mind when you hear the word Power

How Powerful do you think you are?

Exercise Line up on a continuum facing each other 1. I feel powerful when… 2. I feel powerless when…

Power as Energy Model INTELLECTUAL ENERGY EMOTIONAL ENERGY SPIRITUAL ENERGY PHYSICAL ENERGY

HOW WE USE ENERGY INTELLECTUAL ENERGY Ideas problem-solving Assumptions goals Beliefs strategies Opinions attitudes Logic managing data Reason curiosity Decisions discernment perceptions EMOTIONAL ENERGY Feelings (mad, glad, sad, afraid) Desires Passion appreciation Wounds love Empathy sensitivities respect SPIRITUAL ENERGY Values altruism Ideals creativity harmony intuition Compassion balance peace Dreams sense of the sacred Vision unconditional love Unity interconnectedness PHYSICAL ENERGY Speech behavior Body language action Movement touch Manipulation of matter locomotion

Sources of Power Legitimate Power Coercive Power Connectional Power Informational Power Reward Power

Currencies of Power Money Love Attention Goods

SOME THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT ENERGY It is timeless It is always in motion It is always in relationship It is inherently neutral-neither good or bad It takes form based on various conditions It is shaped by out thoughts, emotions, speech, and action Though it takes many forms, it rises from one source of infinite potential It has frequency Through resonance, energy attracts other energy We receive and give; hold on and let go, share and withhold energy

It is useful to know that we use these combined energies to meet our basic human needs Individually (according to Maslow) Survival Security Belonging Self-actualization Collectively (according to Diamond) Identity Security Community Vitality