50 Things Women Can Do To Empower Themselves

This week’s column is a collection of tips, inspiring quotes, advice, rules to live by, and life changing practices gathered from powerful women all over the world. Enjoy!

1. Use your courage and determination to close the gap between your reality and your dreams.

2. "I began to understand that self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it." Unknown

3. Learn something new everyday

4. Love yourself

5. If a problem looks impossible to overcome, break it down into small, achievable parts

6. Start a journal. Record your history.

7. Get an education

8. "Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use." Ruth Gordon

9. Wake up every day and think of a different positive thing about yourself.

10. Make small goals for yourself and achieve them.

11. If you think you are not good enough or strong enough think about WHY. Then think about HOW you can improve.

12. Get a job

13. "It's not what you call me, but what I answer to." African proverb

14. Act confident and you will feel confident.

15. "NEVER let the BASTARDS get you down!" Sarah Brand

16. Get tested for HIV. Make your partner get tested for HIV.

17. "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." Janis Joplin

18. Dream, Dare, Persevere, Succeed

19. Confidence transcends to power.

20. Forgive yourself

21. Start a ˜Ladies Only" night.

22. Run for office

23. Fall in love with a good man. Never "˜settle."

24. "I am just myself, and who I am is a lot." Karen Torrell

25. Join women’s group. Start a women’s group. Get involved.

26. "Let's dare to think some bold, new thoughts, trust life a little more, unlearn some things that we've been taught. Let's spread our wings and soar." Unknown

27. Tell your family you love them.

28. Spend some time alone. Get to know your self.

29. Encourage women and young girls to empower themselves.

30. Do something you love.

31. "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." Beverly Sills

32. Read a book about an empowered woman.

33. Say no to unwanted sex.

34. "Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open." Emma Goldman

35. "If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough." Oprah Winfrey

36. Read a book by a woman.

37. "There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you." Maya Angelou

38. Next time you have sex, enjoy it!

39. I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." Maya Angelou

40. "YES YOU CAN!" Karen Torrell

41. Help someone in need

42. Be honest about being a woman. Never lie about who you are or how you feel.

43. Start doing the right thing, instead of what’s easy.

44. Love your body. Be healthy. Exercise.

45. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt

46. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." Alice Walker

47. Make a 5 or 10 year plan

48. Compliment a person every day.

49. Be your own hero. Take steps to solve a problem that’s getting in the way of the rest of your life.

50. Everyday thank God, Allah, or whomever you pray to, that you are a Woman!

Kimberly@aidafrica.org 

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