I have always loved the word empowered. To me it brings forth the idea of taking charge, grabbing life by the balls, kicking ass and taking names. Whatever your personal definition of it, just the word itself is strong and oh so bold.

Recently I was fortunate enough to discover Empowered Clothing Company. It’s a relatively new company based out of Arizona, and they have some amazing clothing and their slogan? LIVE ON PURPOSE. Love it. It makes me want to do just that.

From their website :

Empowered Clothing is an action sports clothing line founded in January 2010. We are based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Our focus is on broadcasting and living a positive message. When you’re wearing our clothing you’re supporting that purpose. LIVE ON PURPOSE. We believe that everyone should be inspired to find their purpose in life, and to feel empowered to LIVE that purpose. To have a plan. To work on purpose. To play on purpose. A positive life needs purpose.

Empowered Clothing Company started as a huge dream with a small workable space…two friends bumped elbows and decided this dream needed more room to grow. Empowered Clothing Company has now expanded to multiple members with one common goal: greater self esteem and individual growth. The more we communicate as a team, the more we learn and the more we grow.

Empowered stands here to help encourage you as an individual, to live on purpose and carry your head high. We stand to help you build your self-esteem and fight for what you believe in. We can be the change we want to see – by living and wearing positive energy, we can help change the world!

We will not limit ourselves to just one industry of sport. We will not limit ourselves to male or female. We will not limit ourselves to any age group. We do not believe you should limit yourself, or your expectations either.

The question remains: Can a simple t-shirt empower you? We dare you to try it…

~The Empowered Clothing Co. Team

I have let my Empowered tank run low the last two years, wallowing in grief and self-pity and the “poor widow me” attitude I said I wouldn’t give into. In the last month though, I have begun to refiill my tank. I’m working on my attitude, my mental and physical health, and I’m trying to keep it positive. I still have bad moments, but that’s human nature, and we all have to make it through those and come out on the other side smiling and ready to go. When I look at the phrases on the Empowered shirts I immediately get pumped up, and I want to go out and do something! I want to do things for myself, for others, I want to pay it forward and make the space I occupy on this earth a little better.

I want you to be able to do that too, and so do the folks over at Empowered Clothing Co. See the pic below? BOX FULL O’AWESOME. There are all kinds of rad shirts in there that are just waiting to get out there and inspire someone. That someone could be you, dear reader !

Leave me a comment on how you plan to empower yourself or others, and I’ll draw some winners this weekend. Put your shirt size in your comment as well. While you’re at it, go ahead and follow @EmpoweredCC on Twitter and check out their Facebook page as well. Then, go check out their website and tell them what your own positive phrase is, and they might use it on their clothing and give you some swag !

Now if you’ll excuse me, my hot pink Empowered t-shirt and I have some good to go out and do.