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Introduction

An Opening Letter to My Readers

Dear Readers,

Thank you for picking up Letters from a Better Me: How Becoming an Empowered Woman Transforms the World. I know there are many books to choose from and mine is in front of you. Trust that feeling that this is the book for you right now. No matter what you read within these covers, remember that you were led here, and that must mean you are ready for big change. Don’t let this intimidate you. You are empowered, even if you’ve forgotten.

How will reading this book help you transform the world? When we become truly empowered women, we are open to see clearly. We are not lost in the chaos and confusion of fear-based living and thinking. Once we learn to see ourselves, we see the power we have within us to transform how we interpret the world around us. When we do that, we begin to authentically represent what we stand for instead of putting our energy into what we fear or are against.

One of the most important parts about being the empowered woman is trusting our intuition. You will read things that will stir feelings up in more ways than you know what to do with. However, if you stick it out, I promise you’ll come out feeling more empowered than you have before. You may even reach the point of a total transformation. It all depends on how deep you’re willing to go.

You will have new tools to better yourself and the world around you. My words aren’t new. Some of the most celebrated souls who ever lived have expressed the idea of bringing out the best version of ourselves. Sadly, those concepts have been buried in the rubble of all the anger, hatred, division, fear, and loss that have been flashing incessantly in front of us.

We start this journey lost in the throes of angry waves hitting the shore: harassment, rape, inequality, discrimination, oppression, and ego. We are exposed, breathless, and vulnerable, fighting for survival. Blinders off—we become AWARE of our own rage, anger, fear, and darkness. We are caterpillars working through the muck in order to transform.

Once our blinders are off, the angry energy of the waves subsides. We get the space to breathe as we move into ACCEPTANCE of the reality with which we are faced. We discover how to let go of what has already happened and brave our own fears to see who we are. We build our strength through acceptance, empathy, and compassion for ourselves and others. We begin to see how beating ourselves up is not productive. Self-abuse is not acceptable for the empowered woman. We sit in our chrysalises of self-reflection. We open our eyes to the unique, strong, passionate, smart, loving, beautiful, and amazing people we already are. The best version of ourselves comes to the surface.

In the last stage of our journey, we take ACTION—becoming the empowered women who transform the world. We are no longer fighting for survival. We’ve become one with the Ocean. We can do this because we became AWARE, ACCEPTED, and are now taking ACTION. By moving forward with love and compassion at our core, we bring the empowered woman’s cause to listening ears. We bring her into our daily lives. We live the life of a true empowered woman. By doing this, we begin to transform the dark energy consuming our planet into an illuminating force driven by our own authentic color and light—the Butterfly.

If we act before we’ve become aware and accepted, our actions won’t be as powerful or be done for the right reasons. Our ears are still closed. We attack a situation as if our way is the only right way, and others resist our message, which is built on the anger and fear plaguing our planet. We keep fighting against what we don’t want. We feed the negative energy until what we do want is completely lost in translation.

You may notice that the book has three parts and nine chapters. This is by design. Three is one of the most powerful numbers in religion, spirituality, and transformation. It also represents the three As: AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE, and ACTION. Nine represents the completion of divine will. These numbers have been brought to me during the most defining parts of my journey. They have represented some of the best endings and the greatest beginnings.

Throughout the book, I will be asking you to go deeper. These sections are exercises to help you get the most out of this journey. Do you have to do any of the exercises I suggest? NO! I know when I’ve read books in the past that told me to do something I didn’t want to do, was too lazy to do, or made me scared of what I would see, I would put down the book and not pick it back up again. Then I would feel this shame from deep inside, eating at me, like I wasn’t good enough. If you are laughing or shifting in your seat right now, you get where I’m coming from. These are all simply suggestions. If they feel right to you, do it! If they don’t, leave it. Find the practice and pace that works best for you.

Are you intrigued? Get your notebooks, pull out your phones to loop in your trusted friends, and start really listening to your own letters coming out as you become A Better Me—The empowered woman who has the power to transform the world—One loving action at a time.

With Love, Compassion, and Hope,

Rachael Wolff