Adding is our natural default when it comes to solving problems and striving to improve our lives. We add organizers to manage clutter. We add diet plans to lose weight. We add programs to help struggling students. And we add meetings to implement the programs. What if real empowerment comes not from adding…but from subtracting? Listen in to hear stories, research insights, and practical examples you can try right away to simplify your life at home and work.

Empowerment makes it easier to handle challenges and stress, push harder on your goals, strengthen your relationships, and positively impact all areas of your life. But what happens when you don’t use it? This episode of the Empowered Educator Mom podcast addresses the hidden costs of disempowerment.

We think quick progress is good and slow is bad. Listen for another way to think about slow progress that will motivate you to keep going.

Most people abandon resolutions within a month or two. Learn a different way to think about goals that will make them easier to achieve.