Seize your personal power

IDENTIFYING your personal power can be an insurmountable task if one is not focused and/or does not understand the importance of who they are.

Being able to stand firm in any given social space and make suitable demands for social goods and services would only be possible if you are confident that you can acquire those goods and services despite your particular set of circumstances.

Personality structures also influence an individual’s behaviour and approach to maximising his/ her personal power….

note that personal power in this feature has to do only with the positive aspects of personal power required for one’s self-empowerment and self-confidence and not to be abusive towards others either in domestic and/or corporate environments.

Understanding the depth of your personal power, helps in deciding what kind of person you are going to be, as well as the levels of resilience that are needed to navigate this life successfully.

As human beings, we have been wired to think that life is hard when confronted with serious challenges, when in most of those circumstances, it’s really that those individuals have not identified their purpose and ultimately the level of their personal power to treat with those issues. Distractions and other trivial issues continue to cause many to miss the mark of seizing their power which is right before their very eyes.

The regional conference titled “The Power Within: Love Your Body, Love You”, scheduled for Thursday provides a unique opportunity for people seeking their purpose and power, those who are deemed to be different through psychological and/ or physical impairment, Bullying and those with low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence to share their problems/ struggles/challenges either publicly or privately and receive the relevant assistance and support necessary for their renewal as a wholesome human being.

Keynote presenter Harnaam Kaur, a British national who is different through a medical condition – polycystic ovarian syndrome leads the team of presenters who are among the region’s leading professionals including Dr Jacqueline Huggins, Dr Gabrielle Hosein, Prof Gerard Hutchinson, Margaret Rose, Gregory Sloane- Seale, Gail Merhair, Pauline Haynes and Danaja Garland and this writer. The closing panel discussion would be chaired by Prof Rhoda Reddock, deputy principal, UWI (St Augustine).

This conference is the beginning of a regional conversation aimed at putting to rest issues of discrimination and social exclusion. A major outcome of the conference would be the preparation of a working document containing critical issues discussed and possible solutions to be submitted to all regional heads for their review/input prior to finalisation and circulation throughout the region.

For more info: 638- 1083, 268-6078 and 684-6982.

Sandrine Rattan is a communications/ branding consultant, author and president of the International Women’s Resource Network (IWRN) Contact: thecorporatesuitett@ gmail.com or intlwomensresourcenetwork@ gmail.com