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English actress, model, and activist Emma Watson said “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.  When I read this, I take this to mean that Emma, disrupter that she is, has decided that she will fill in the blanks in her own life.  She doesn’t allow others to “insert here”whatever their description would be for her life.

When you think about filling in your own blanks, what comes to mind?  Who are you?  Who have you decided to be??  And who’s choosing your descriptions or filling in your blanks?

Is it you?  I mean really?

Too many times, we describe or define ourselves by our labels like I am a wife or a mother.  I am a daughter, friend, or confidante.

Or we define ourselves by our jobs, by our occupations such as I am a banker, a teacher, a doctor or lawyer or whatever.  Too often, our identities are so tightly woven into and through what we do that when confronted by an incident or situation, whether it is the loss of a job or a marriage, this shakes these labels or descriptions to their core, and a part of our identity falls away.  It is no wonder that we find ourselves in the midst of a full-blown crisis.

What if I told you that I had a tool that has the potential to change the way you label yourself, a tool that would allow you to fill in your own blanks and when used on a regular basis could make those descriptions that you’ve chosen stick, even during the hard times?  What if I told you that this tool could be yours just for the asking?  That you could use this tool all day every day and never use it up, break it or dull its edge?

Ok, great!  Here’s the tool.  Are you ready?

The tool is two simple words:  I AM.

In my opinion, these two teeny tiny words are two of the most powerful words ever uttered by womankind.  Two small but mighty words that when applied liberally throughout your self-talk serves to strengthen you, fighting off identify crises of all sorts and in general sending self-doubt running for cover.

I AM.  Anything that follows these two words – good or bad – works like a brick to build –or tear down – the structure of your reality.

I AM.  Anything that follows these words –good or bad –works like a brick to build –or tear down – the structure of your reality.  So why not fill in your blanks with labels and descriptions that build you up rather than tear you apart?

I AM.  Try it now, say them out loud.  Something miraculous happens when you say the words and hear the words, both audibly and deep inside.  Fill in your own blanks and speak your greatness into existence.

I AM …Powerful.

I AM …Strong.

I AM …Confident.

I AM …Courageous.

I AM …Awesome.

I AM …Enough.

And you are!

Trudi Lunnie-Thomas, BA, MA is a Life and Executive Coach for Woman on Fire Coaching and Consulting and Host of the Woman On Fire Radio. Her goal is to help her clients to disrupt the patterns established as part of their Status Quo, the habits, and limitations that control every part of their lives so that they can reclaim who they really are and how to live their lives to the fullest.  To continue the conversation, please come over to my blog at www.thearena.online. Thank you and go out and disrupt your Status Quo!