Empower & Engage in Life

To be fully engaged in life makes self-empowerment more easily attained by paying attention and staying focused on your goals. Everyone has the ability to take charge of his or her life and to feel energized by doing so. In the end, personal growth and security is a managed effort built from within. In this unit, participants will identify their avenues for employment/life successes and take the steps required to meet their goals.

Part One: Empowering Support Structures

No one goes through life alone, although at times this is what it may feel like. There is always someone who has been or will be an instrumental part of our lives. In order to live a meaningful life, engaged and empowered, we need to interact with people in a loving and supportive way. It’s a basic essential for personal growth. In this part, participants will acknowledge the people in their lives who are supportive of their goals. These activities will help participants to understand and see all the support structures available to them, including the support they give to themselves. A life map will be created to provide a clear visual representation of their goal path. Participants will also be required to realistically look at their skills and develop a progress log to track how their skills are being used to achieve their objectives.

Part Two: Engaging in Life

This part requires participants to make a commitment to accomplish their life goals. With a strong commitment, they will learn the power of “motion with emotion”, and holding onto beliefs and faith within themselves. To be engaged is to be fully focused in the moment. It is this kind of focus that allows for movement towards their dreams and their goals. At the end of this part, participants should be feeling more in control and energized by their readiness to explore and make concrete connections to their desired employment areas.

Learning Objectives

Participants will research and identify support structures required for their goals, and create a progress log to attain a learning objective. They will develop and organize charts of information for successful completion of goals and produce a portfolio for employment readiness.