Life Coaching. LGBTQIA+ Affirming. Personal empowerment is at the root of what makes it possible for us to achieve and to claim our fully deserved self-esteem. Efforts to diminish our power naturally diminish our sense of empowerment. The current efforts to keep certain citizens from voting, especially citizens of color and economically challenged citizens, is a step away or a half-step from limiting voting rights for LGBTQIA+ citizens. Empowerment SLAM! (Episode Art: photograph by Bill Westerhoff, used by permission)