PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT

A Methodology for Creating Your Life As You Want It

Four decades ago, the idea of empowerment was fresh and daring. As young as the word itself, we, (David and Gail) both felt that empowerment would be at the heart of our life’s work. In our earliest days together, sitting with yellow legal pads at our kitchen table overlooking the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Mountains, we planned our wedding ceremony and then seamlessly turned to designing our fledgling Empowerment Workshop. So intertwined was our love with our passion for this work, that ten days after we were married, we launched our first workshop. As we celebrate our fourth decade of marriage, our bond of love is stronger than ever and our passion for empowerment more compelling than ever.

All those years ago, neither we, nor the world, knew what empowerment really meant. We knew it was about helping people to grow and realize their full potential. We also knew that it was about more than just healing and fixing problems. But what exactly was its purpose? Why was this idea entering the lexicon of change strategies with such force? Over these four decades, an extraordinarily diverse, visionary, and committed community of people was attracted to our training programs to help us discover the answers to these questions.

PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS

Empowerment Workshop

The purpose of the Empowerment Workshop is to support you in creating your life as you most want it. Over the past three decades David Gershon and Gail Straub—considered the world’s foremost experts in empowerment—have assisted tens of thousands of people in living their heart’s desire.

Returning to My Mother's House

We all know that if our planet is to survive and thrive the wisdom of the feminine needs to shine forth illuminating both our personal and our public lives. Our time is intended to empower your deepest female essence and includes lecture, guided meditation, the creative arts, ritual, journaling, and small groups.

Rhythm of Compassion

In these troubled times many of us are taking a long, hard look at the state of our souls as well as the state of the world. We recognize that at the deepest level our own health is inseparable from the health of the world, so if we wish to thrive society must also thrive.

The Open Road: Pathways of Conscious Aging

Gail Straub’s new program is an invitation to create a visionary community where we craft new attitudes, beliefs, practices, rituals, and celebrations for growing old.

Solace and Sanctuary: The Shokan's Enduring Gifts

Gail Straub’s new program is an invitation to create a visionary community where we craft new attitudes, beliefs, practices, rituals, and celebrations for growing old.

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EMPOWERMENT AUDIO

Listen to excerpts from David Gershon and Gail Straub’s best-selling book Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life As You Want It, read by the authors:

TRACK 1 TESTIMONIALS

“I just love the Empowerment Life Coaching Program. The way you have designed it enables real transformation. I am amazed by the immediate results it achieves in people’s lives. I am building my clientele fast. I got thirteen new clients and earned back my investment three times over within several months. Of course, it is through my own enthusiasm and belief in the excellence of this program that I created these results.”
— Isis Saris, Life Coach