Tag: power

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Alena Turley – Insights and Inspiration from a Hapkido Perspective

November 7, 2020

Alena Turley (Sydney, Australia)  understands the power of training.  As just a white belt, she fended off two attackers and later overcame a brief imprisonment at home by knife. Click here to listen: https://anchor.fm/andrea-harkins/episodes/Alena-Turley—Insights-and-Inspiration-from-a-Hapkido-Perspective-ekfqju. With her own experience of trauma and abuse behind her, she is uniquely qualified to work with women to develop strength… Read More Alena Turley – Insights and Inspiration from a Hapkido Perspective

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Create a Powerful Life

December 16, 2016

You, like many people, might be fooled into thinking that you are just an average or ordinary person. I disagree. You may be living an average life (and that can be changed), but you are far from being ordinary or average. Every inch of you, right down to the tiny specs of color in your… Read More Create a Powerful Life

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Transformed

December 7, 2016

I went to a concert with my son the other evening. It’s not what you think. It wasn’t a rock band or some pop music gig, but a concert band made up of percussion, various horns, and drums, just like a marching band. The theme was holiday songs, and the reason we were there is… Read More Transformed

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Empowered and Enlightened Through Martial Arts

August 9, 2016

It is so trite, isn’t it? To over and over again hear that martial arts empower? What exactly does that mean? Do you take a class and emerge a superhero? Do you kick a bag and feel like you can suddenly conquer the world? I am sure that there are several definitions of empowerment that… Read More Empowered and Enlightened Through Martial Arts