Sarah Jakes Roberts

So I've spent almost as much time feeling like I was powerless than I have flowing in this level of power.

So I've spent almost as much time feeling like I was powerless than I have flowing in this level of power.

Yeah. And I will say that part of the reason why so many of us end up feeling powerless is because we have not fully sized up our opponent.

Yeah. And I will say that part of the reason why so many of us end up feeling powerless is because we have not fully sized up our opponent.

so if you have fear if you have shame if you have doubt and you have worry we say these words so casually and so frequently that they have become normalized the only problem with normalizing our insecurities our fears the abandonment the rejection issues is that they don't really have the same level of power that they need to have in order for us to overcome it and by that i mean

so if you have fear if you have shame if you have doubt and you have worry we say these words so casually and so frequently that they have become normalized the only problem with normalizing our insecurities our fears the abandonment the rejection issues is that they don't really have the same level of power that they need to have in order for us to overcome it and by that i mean

Fear is powerful. Shame is powerful. Our doubt is powerful. It's powerful enough to keep you stuck in relationships. It's powerful enough to keep you alone, to keep you from pursuing your purpose and a business deal, whatever. It's got power too. And if you're going to have power, you got to have the right target.

Fear is powerful. Shame is powerful. Our doubt is powerful. It's powerful enough to keep you stuck in relationships. It's powerful enough to keep you alone, to keep you from pursuing your purpose and a business deal, whatever. It's got power too. And if you're going to have power, you got to have the right target.

And instead of trying to target something that's going to make you feel better about those things, we have to face off with the fear. We have to face off with the doubt and with the shame. We've got to look that thing in the eye and say, at the end of the day, I no longer want to be controlled by you any longer. You've had my name for far too long. You've dictated my destiny for far too long.

And instead of trying to target something that's going to make you feel better about those things, we have to face off with the fear. We have to face off with the doubt and with the shame. We've got to look that thing in the eye and say, at the end of the day, I no longer want to be controlled by you any longer. You've had my name for far too long. You've dictated my destiny for far too long.

I want to be better now. than who fear says I am. I wanna be better than what shame says that I am. And in order to direct our power in the right direction, we gotta know who our opponent is. And so I would say to anyone who believes that I don't have what it takes or I don't have enough worth, that as long as you believe that, it is true.

I want to be better now. than who fear says I am. I wanna be better than what shame says that I am. And in order to direct our power in the right direction, we gotta know who our opponent is. And so I would say to anyone who believes that I don't have what it takes or I don't have enough worth, that as long as you believe that, it is true.

What we need to be saying instead is that I need enough power to finally get out of this pattern of thinking that has kept me stuck that has kept me feeling defeated, and that is a stronger belief. And I believe that anyone who's going to introduce a stronger belief has to be able to say, I am this and that. Like I may be a teen mom, but I'm still a girl who has dreams.

What we need to be saying instead is that I need enough power to finally get out of this pattern of thinking that has kept me stuck that has kept me feeling defeated, and that is a stronger belief. And I believe that anyone who's going to introduce a stronger belief has to be able to say, I am this and that. Like I may be a teen mom, but I'm still a girl who has dreams.

I may have come from a broken home, but I still want to pursue this. I do not want these statistics to end up defining who I am for the rest of my life. And so just because I'm this doesn't mean that I won't be that either. And so being able to live in this duality so that fear doesn't convince us that who we were yesterday defines who we're going to be tomorrow.

I may have come from a broken home, but I still want to pursue this. I do not want these statistics to end up defining who I am for the rest of my life. And so just because I'm this doesn't mean that I won't be that either. And so being able to live in this duality so that fear doesn't convince us that who we were yesterday defines who we're going to be tomorrow.

This thing has real power. It has enough power to keep me from moving, enough power to keep me from growing. Now that I have identified that it actually has power, I want to talk about how I want to extract the power, reclaim the power that fear has, that shame has and pointed in a direction that will allow me to experience wholeness and joy and peace and confidence.

This thing has real power. It has enough power to keep me from moving, enough power to keep me from growing. Now that I have identified that it actually has power, I want to talk about how I want to extract the power, reclaim the power that fear has, that shame has and pointed in a direction that will allow me to experience wholeness and joy and peace and confidence.

Power Moves is all about really reclaiming power from fear, from our shame, from our past and recognizing that power moves. Just because it had enough power to stop you in your past doesn't mean that it gets to keep that power. When you reclaim it, you can begin moving in the direction of transformation

Power Moves is all about really reclaiming power from fear, from our shame, from our past and recognizing that power moves. Just because it had enough power to stop you in your past doesn't mean that it gets to keep that power. When you reclaim it, you can begin moving in the direction of transformation