Zen Habits Podcast

S1 Ep05 - Creating an Empowered Experience

Sep 13, 2023

19:06

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This episode discusses the concept of empowered versus disempowered relationships with one's projects. It explores identifying fears and adopting empowering perspectives such as play and service. It also emphasizes the importance of continuous practice and choosing an empowered context. The speaker shares their personal journey of creating an empowered relationship with their project and encourages listeners to do the same.

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The way we relate to our projects can either empower or disempower us, and by shifting to an empowered context such as play, service, art, or love, we can create a more fulfilling and meaningful experience.

Practicing an empowered relationship to our projects is key, and by addressing our fears and bringing love, curiosity, compassion, or wonder to our disempowered feelings, we can gradually transition to a new empowered way of being.

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The Power of Empowered vs. Disempowered Relationships

In this episode, the host discusses the importance of the way we relate to our projects and putting our work out there. He shares a useful distinction between empowered and disempowered relationships and explains how it has helped him access more empowerment in his own life and work with clients. By recognizing our disempowered relationship to certain aspects of our projects, we can start to create a more empowering context. The host provides examples of empowering contexts such as play, service, leadership, art, love, compassion, wonder, and adventure. He encourages listeners to choose one empowering context and practice it, even when old fears show up.

Introduction

5min

Exploring Disempowerment and Finding Empowering Perspectives

4min

Approaching Leadership and Creativity with Empowerment

3min

Creating Empowered Relationships through Practice

2min

Creating an Empowered Relationship with Your Project

6min

In everything we do, we can feel lit up and feel meaning ... or we can feel a sense of obligation, victimhood, discouragement. The difference is how we're relating to what we're doing — in an empowered or disempowered way.

In this episode, Leo looks at how to create a new, empowered relationship to your purpose project.

Topics Covered

The concept of empowered versus disempowered relationships with one's projects and work
Empowered relationships involve feeling excited, lit up, and capable, while disempowered relationships are marked by fear, resistance, and self-doubt
How to examine their disempowered feelings and identify fears such as being judged, inadequate, or embarrassed
Examples of empowering contexts, including play, service, leadership, art, love, compassion, wonder, adventure, and curiosity, to help shift the relationship with one's projects
How to choose an empowering context and practice it consistently
The need for continuous practice and self-compassion when transitioning from a disempowered to an empowered relationship
How Leo is applying an empowered relationship to his project — working on his grandmother's book