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Resilience is necessary for life. It's what helps us not just overcome challenges, but also thrive. In Tuesday's webinar, you'll hear from one of our graduate instructors, Ruth Batton. After fleeing several states to escape her abuser and completely reinventing herself in San Diego, CA. Ruth Batton graduated from one of our first programs in 2009. She’s now an entrepreneur who provides at home health care services and is an active volunteer in the community. Ruth shows the wo...men who go through our programs what is possible when you believe in yourself. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_WDdwIgXsSB2A5zjFOUFNyA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Check out our most recent Self Care in Stressful Times episode about Growing Your Strengths! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrjxSxF93k

Your circumstances don't determine your worth

There's still time to register for our upcoming Self Care webinar on Tuesday from 12:00-12:30! We are going to be talking about growing your strengths. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_8adHM165RDuNzdoTPrU2Xw... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Self care is one of the most important activities that you can engage in for your wellbeing. This webinar will gently guide you in a mindfulness practice and help you embrace more self-compassion to reinforce your love for yourself. Give yourself permission to pause and nurture yourself during this 30-minute webinar. You are worth it!

There's still time to sign up for our Self Care in Stressful Times event on Tuesday from 12-12:30pm! Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_-2k2rt-KShu05I3TK8k0pw... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Part of learning, growing and cultivating resilience is acknowledging your strengths and continuing to develop them. Join us next Tuesday for an interactive webinar to identify the qualities you have been nurturing over the past year, choose a new strength you want to grow, and learn an empowering strategy to help you develop your next steps. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_8adHM165RDuNzdoTPrU2Xw... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Please help the next woman rise by supporting Jennifer Barber-Frazier's fundraiser for Leap to Success!

Today is the last day to submit your affirmation if you would like to be part of our Affirmation Project. We are creating a card deck full of beautiful imagery and inspiring affirmations from our community to bring more light and positivity into the world. Click the link to share your affirmation with us:

Today is a new day full of new opportunities.

An essential part of being able to learn and grow is having a growth mindset. Check out this impactful video by Carol Dweck who delves into the power of yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-swZaKN2Ic

There’s just a couple of days left to share your affirmation for consideration in our Affirmation Project card deck! If you have one in particular that has helped you during tough times, please add it to our collection. Our deadline is Sunday, January 31. Please enter it here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeL8L_1PvWK2V2_Cd/viewform

By embracing the affirmation I am willing to learn and grow, we are embodying a growth mindset. Carol Dweck states "In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard workbrains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment." Join us to explore how we can cultivate a growth mindset as a practice of self-care.

You have your dreams, passions, and desires for a reason, and at any moment, you can make a decision to cultivate them. You are worthy.

"You’ll never truly understand heaven until you’ve lived through hell. Through pushing and shoving my way forward, I found myself along the way." Elsa "Who I am today is a woman of power, a woman who finally knows what she wants. I broke the mold that was my family’s standards and accomplished more than I was ever told I could. I completed my Bachelors degree in criminology and justice studies as a first generation college student. Who I am today is a reflection of what I ...give out to the world. I’ve learned to say no and to not be so quick to say yes. I know how to pick myself up when others won’t. I give all my thanks to Leap to Success for giving me an opportunity to share my story and learn from others. My son once told me that it is crucial to overcome our struggles and our fears so we don’t carry them to the finish line. My goal is to become comfortable with my flaws and put words to my trauma. I think I just made the first step."

In this moment many of us are feeling political stress and anxiety. Here's a helpful tool that is free and easy! EFT tapping can help you release anxiety and lessen stress. https://www.thetappingsolution.com/free-tapping-meditations/

No matter what happens, we can always choose to love

One of our Leap to Confidence and Transformation Leadership graduates, Kelly Carmen, recently did a teaching about the power of acknowledging other people (and ourselves) during these stressful times. Acknowledgement is a powerful tool and an inexpensive way to tell others that they matter and are valued. It is just as important to acknowledge ourselves as it to acknowledge others. If you're looking for ways to spread the love to your community (and yourself!), Kelly has some... suggestions for how to do so: 1. Send your family or friends a note in the mail or an email telling them how much they matter to you. 2. Make a big sign that says 'Who you are makes a Difference" and the next time you're on a zoom call or video chat, show it to others 3. Call someone you haven't talked to in a while and tell them how much you appreciate, respect, and love them 4. Keep an Acknowledgement Journal and write down something each day that you acknowledge yourself for 5. Go to https://buff.ly/31WLKPl and let people know that they matter with a virtual blue ribbon! You can also purchase physical blue ribbons and give them as you feel comfortable.

You are powerful and capable of great things

We want to continue to share the inspiration from our most recently graduated Transformation Leadership class! Dorene is an incredible woman. For years growing up, she faced many hardships. She didn't learn how to read till she was 16. Now, she's completing her Master's degree in social work at USC, and plans to be a social worker, servicing military service members and their families on Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base. Through it all, Dorene has used affirmations to build herself up. When asked what positive affirmations uses, this is her response: "Dorene, you must be a queen with all that strength that you bring. Your tenacity can never be stopped because of your patience, passion and love for oneself to succeed. This is your time! This your moment! Keep fighting for what you want and know that nothing can stop you!"

As part of Domestic Violence Awareness month, Ruth Batton shares her powerful piece My Story, Her Story, His Story. Ruth is a survivor and a graduate from our 2009 Transformation Leadership program and has been an instructor for our Leap to Confidence class for several years. Ruth shows women that the road to thriving happens from letting go of the past, creating a new life story, and surrounding yourself with people who believe in you and cheer you on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXMULS_u-k

If you're finding yourself in need of a little self-care today, take about 30 minutes out of schedule to watch the replay of our very first Self Care in Stressful Times webinar all about Mindfulness. https://buff.ly/2TqxlGm If you haven't already, we would be very thankful if you fill out our survey. We will be using the results from this survey to help inform the content for our new season starting in November: https://buff.ly/37Iekrn... The survey will close at the end of this week.

Your vote is your voice. Make sure that you are heard because your voice and your vote matters! Learn more about voting rights at the League of Women Voters

Affirmations provide the foundational mindset shift we need to cultivate resilience and move through challenges. This is a snippet of China's story, and how she uses affirmations and they have influenced the course of her life. "Two years ago I did not think of myself as a leader, I was at a point of very low confidence and crippling shame. I believed, as I had demonstrated to myself and the world, that I was incapable of making good choicesI reached out and Leap took hold ...of my hand and has been there ever since. That first day in class I wrote: I want choice back. I want mastery back. I CHOOSE to turn my life around Stop crying all the time. As I look back, I realize I have made an amazing progression of accomplishing all of my goals by practicing the skills I was learning in Leap. Now I am working again, for the first time in almost 5 years, and applying to a Master's of Organizational Leadership Program at Point Loma University."

Take some time over the weekend to try this ancient technique to relieve stress and improve your well being.

A beautiful story of the importance of friendships and the support they give especially during tough times. https://mariashriver.com/big-friendship-the-long-haul/

"Resilience is no longer a luxury." There is no doubt that 2020 has presented challenges for everyone, and those challenges may continue to increase. This is why resilience is such a necessary tool to cultivate. If this is a muscle you'd like to strengthen, Fleet Maull and the Heart Mind Institute will be hosting a "7 Day Pre-Election Resilience Challenge." If you'd like to sign up, click the link below: ... https://buff.ly/37ytzD6 See more

During difficult times, it's important for us to fall back onto foundational practices that keep us grounded, resilient, and empowered. For us at Leap to Success that means we've really been digging into affirmations. Affirmations are among the first tools we teach to women going through our Leap to Confidence program, and they're something we constantly refer back to. Over the next few days, we'll be sharing powerful affirmations that our most recent Transformation Leadersh...ip graduates have leaned on during these challenging times. In the meantime, we would love to know: What helps you in difficult times? Are there any affirmations you have been relying on?