The Empowerment Dynamic

January 1 2021

Our 3 Most Popular Essays of 2020!

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As we say good-bye to 2020 and welcome 2021, we want to share our 3 most popular essays of the year. Thank you for following along on the journey as we all learn how to grow and create together. To the Creator in you and may your 2021 be awesome! Layers of Protection Risky and […]

Be clear about your motivation in sharing TED* and be thoughtful about how you share it.

December 4 2020

Don’t Weaponize TED*

Debbie Hulbert 3 Vital Questions, Business & The Workplace, Challenger, Communication, Creator, Creator Essence, Creator Orientation, David Emerald, Donna Zajonc, Family, Making Shifts Happen, Persecutor, Persecutor, Politics & Government, Practices, Relationships, Rescuer, Rescuer, TED* @ Home, TED* @ Work, Transform Drama, Victim, Victim, Victim Orientation, World 3 Vital Questions, Challenger, change, choice, communication, Creator, David, David Emerald, DDT, Donna, donna zajonc, Donna Zajonc MCC, Drama, growth, learning, mindset, Persecutor, relationships, Rescuer, TED*, TED* The Empowerment Dynamic, The Empowerment Dynamic, The Power of TED*, Transform Drama, Victim, Victim Orientation 0

Since first publishing The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) we have heard instances of how some people are using the framework in less than desirable ways. Here are a few examples: “After attending your workshop, I told my team they act like Victims and should stop their complaining and get their work done on […]

By accepting others and taking responsibility for your response to a situation, you are acting as a Creator.

November 27 2020

Face It—You Cannot Change Other People

Debbie Hulbert Business & The Workplace, Choice, Communication, Creator, Creator Essence, Creator Orientation, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, Making Shifts Happen, Outcome, Pause Practice, Practices, Relationships, Rescuer, Rescuer, TED*, TED* @ Home, TED* @ Work, Transform Drama, Victim, Victim change, choice, communication, Creator, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, making shifts happen, relationships, Rescuer, Shift, TED*, TED* The Empowerment Dynamic, The Empowerment Dynamic, The Power of TED*, Transform Drama 0

The holiday season is upon us. In normal times—which these are not—people around the world will gather with family and close friends to celebrate and have conversations around the dinner table or on video calls. Some of your conversations may include disagreements on issues of the day, long simmering family dynamics, or other forms of […]

If you wait to begin a practice of gratitude only when things are going well, you will always be waiting.

November 20 2020

Be Grateful for Your Challengers

Debbie Hulbert Challenger, Choice, Creator Orientation, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, Gratitude, Inner Persecutor, Life Challenges, Making Shifts Happen, Outcome, Persecutor, Persecutor, Practices, TED*, TED* @ Home, TED* @ Work, Transform Drama Challenger, change, choice, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, growth, inner persecutor, learning, listening, making shifts happen, mindset, Persecutor, Shift, TED* The Empowerment Dynamic, The Empowerment Dynamic, Transform Drama 0

Next week is Thanksgiving in the US, a holiday that is celebrated in other countries at different times of the year. The purpose of this popular holiday is to give thanks for the good in your life. But what about all the problems you are facing? Don’t they over-shadow the good? This year, 2020, has […]

Human brains hear a negative comment like it was shouted from a megaphone, while a compliment is barely a whisper.

November 13 2020

How A Creator Speaks

Debbie Hulbert Challenger, Choice, Communication, Creator, Creator Essence, Creator Orientation, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, Family, Leadership, Life Challenges, Making Shifts Happen, Pause Practice, Persecutor, Persecutor, Practices, Relationships, Stress, TED*, TED* @ Home, TED* @ Work, Transform Drama, Victim, Victim, Victim Orientation Challenger, change, choice, communication, Creator, DDT, Dreaded Drama Triangle, growth, learning, listening, making shifts happen, mindset, Persecutor, relationships, Shift, TED* The Empowerment Dynamic, The Empowerment Dynamic, Transform Drama, Victim, Victim Orientation 0

Your brain believes what you tell it—both consciously and unconsciously. Your thoughts and the words you speak stimulate a chemical reaction in your nervous system to respond to what you are thinking and saying. For example, if you repeatedly tell yourself that a work project will not go well, your nervous system will produce stress […]