Specific · Autonomy

Empowerment

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What is Empowerment?

The felt sense that you have the capacity to influence your own circumstances. Empowerment turns a passive observer into an active participant in the story of their own life.

When you might feel empowerment

Empowerment is a specific form of agency, which itself is a type of autonomy. You might experience this feeling in situations where autonomy is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define empowerment.

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