Studying Archetypes in Developing Your Personal Power

Studying Archetypes in Developing Your Personal Power

by | May 30, 2012 | Influence Factor

The Mother Archetype

While in graduate school, I studied archetypes, and found them fascinating. In my business I even developed my own Warrior types. I recently went through an experience to re-connect with my own personal archetype. Here is what came out front:

Many assume that I am not a mother. I am a mom. I understand the power of life swelling inside me.
But that is not what makes me a mom. I am a mom because I have supported and helped countless women find their voice, their dream, their life for them. I have stood by and championed them when no one else would.

I have created discipline and structure when they really didn’t want it. I have been a voice for them when no one else was a voice for them. I have taught women how to be the best women they can be. I know I am sometimes the woman she hates! I am the one that often says the things and does the things that most embarrassed her or pushed her towards the greatness that I know she had – even when she wasn’t ready.

I often find myself on the sidelines cheering them on celebrating and clapping and doing it silently because they are embarrassed when I jump in too much.

I have felt the pain and the loss when a she no longer wants that support. When they feel that they can do it themselves even though I know they need more time.

I have felt the ever deepening joy that comes from watching her walk into her life and ready to make choices and to grow and be the best woman she can be, all the while feeling deeply sad that she no longer needs me. I know what it means to be so proud overwhelming with pride and success of someone I have nurtured for time.

I know the power purpose and passion that has been given to me. I know that my calling is mother hood.

 

Studying your archetype can bring clarity to your purpose and Influence Factor. What is your archetype?

Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”

Reality Check and Influence – or is it just Your Programming?

Reality Check and Influence – or is it just Your Programming?

by | Aug 12, 2010 | Mental Mind Shifts

What are the 2 most powerful words we can say to our self? I AM. “I am” programs our current state of being. Whether in the negative or the positive, it sets up our body to experience what we are saying. Think about it. Did you wake up and say to yourself; “I am so tired,” or “I am refreshed and ready for the day?”

Sometimes without even realizing it, we can be our own worst critics and say things that our body then believes.

Do you say:

“I’m fat” or “I’m a lean, mean machine!”

“I’m broke” or “I’m attracting everything I need and more.”

What I have realized is that this often happens at an unconscious level. I have to:
1-stop – think consciously about what I have been thinking about
2-change it right then and there
3-feel the new I am statement in my body for a reality check

Brian Tracy says we need to “release the brakes!”

Here is a little recording excerpt from a piece I do when I speak in front of audiences:


How can you change your I AM statements today to reflect a more positive day? How are you feeling right now that might have been created by I AM statements? Can you see how this will create an energy that shifts your ability to be more influential?

 

Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”