3 Things Empowered People Don’t Do

#2 You don’t support Artists and companies that use misogynistic and sexual words on women. What you say to yourself and others consistently matters.

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“If you want to care for something, you call it a flower; If you want to kill something , you call it a weed.” — -Don Coyhis.

I walked with my daughter to a local high school to get her teen’s work paper.

We saw construction going on outside the high school GYM, and as we walked toward the GYM, the construction workers whistled at us. Why? Because two women walked on the public road built with their taxes.

Words are the bread and butter of human connections, and words influence the way we see ourselves and others. It can also contribute to shame and stigma for you and others.

How often do you label yourself or others in negative terms and fight tooth and nail because “the demeaning word” belongs to your family heritage?

Take a second and reflect on words you used or heard at home, school, work, or music, for example, bitch, nigger, hoes, whore, a fat, angry black woman, and others. Bless yourself with positive words.