Sentences with phrase «feels powerless as»

I just wonder sometimes if I'm the only one who feels powerless as I watch so much of what I love about this planet destroyed beyond repair.

After all, it's designed to make you feel powerless as a parent — and parents hate that feeling.

Couples often feel powerless as the dysfunctions of their relationship continue, no matter how hard the spouses try to stop.

It does, however, seek to offer another explanation for those who feel powerless as a result of their addiction.

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As someone who had always built her identity around her intelligence, the significant dip in Cuddy's IQ left her feeling powerless and unconfident.

He feels powerless, as he has to follow whatever the priests might say to him about the oracle's thoughts, which eventually is not to go to battle.

Without this knowledge now, however, we can feel powerless to act or to act as freely as we would like.

We felt powerless and the only weapon we had was to see the world as a huge joke that didn't deserve to be engaged or taken literally.

This leaves women feeling powerless — as though they have no control in their relationship status and no right to take initiative themselves.

I went from feeling validated as an equal among my male counterparts to suddenly feeling powerless... and keenly aware of the tricky balancing act of maintaining my «proper role» as a woman in the church.

Rick i struggled for over 20 years as a christian in the end i said whats the point of struggling i feel powerless and useless so i gave in to sin that did nt work either but i was so sick of struggling and seeing the same results i became more miserable and even more powerless in my struggle with sin.I decided one day no more enough was enough i needed to get my life back in order.That was years ago and it was a process over 5 years that God dealt with all those things in my life that needed fixing most days i just said to him Lord i cant do this i just do nt have the strength and he said thats okay you cant do it anyway just trust me.So now now i l know what it means to be an overcomer in Christ sin does not have the victory over me anymore because Jesus is my strength in my weakness.I know i cant live a christian life in my strength but i certainly can with Christ in me he is my strength and in him i am an overcomer.If this is speaking to others just want to let you know that you to can be an overcomer you do nt have to struggle or battle with your walk or feel miserable because you give in to sin there is a better way.Just admit that you cant do it and ask for his help for the holy spirit is in you and he is the one who helps us in our weakness.regards brentnz

I thought that if I said yes to Haiti, that I would not be as wrecked and hurting and powerless, as I feel right now.

It feels as if the world is burning down and we feel powerless to help and so we grieve and we get angry and we post things on Facebook, we march and we protest and we gather and we tell politicians what the problem really is, we watch the news and we cry and yell about things and then we look around our daily lives and wonder, am I doing enough to fix it?

Racheal that is great God forgives you for your past decisions and he will help you to make better decisions.It is the Lord who empowers us to live the christian walk we cant do it in our strength because we all are weak.Our naturally inclination is towards sin that is why we must surrender all our heart to the Lord.In the past i tried to live as a christian in my strength and failed miserably i felt guilty and condemned and powerless to change that is why we need the holy spirit.Since putting my trust in the holy spirit he has helped me to be an overcomer and live a christian life.I realise the quickest way of getting my life right is when i get thoughts that arent of the Lord to just admit them to him that i am weak and need his strength to help me and he does.He is your strength as well and will help you to become all he created you to be which is really awesome.In Christ you are more than an overcomer more than a conquerer.regards brentnz

Sociological as well as Marxist theory would suggest that an Other - worldly orientation would appeal most to those who feel powerless, to those who feel that they have no influence over political and social events.

I also was powerless in regard to my old nature it had power over me.i came to the point that i needed to do something because i felt like spiritually i was dying and again it was by faith in Jesus Christ that changed me and that i admitted that i could nt live the christian life in my strength.Since then i have continued to walk by faith daily and i know what it means to be saved in this life we have power over our old nature through Christ that strengths us Personally i think this is a major reason why many christians are not growing and maturing as they should.Many people are struggling in there faith that is not how it is meant to be the word says we are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ that strengthens us.If you are struggling are you walking by faith or just doing good christians works that have no power to change your life Just admit that you cant do it in your strength let him empower you by his holy spirit to do what you cant.It has been a hard road to get here but i am never going back to living by works when you find the truth there is no comparison brentnz

As an individual, it can be really easy to feel powerless about changing the world.

These can range from feeling powerless, to feeling like life has lost special meaning, to relief for some parents, as their babies struggle to survive is finally over.

By dint of his position in the hierarchy, a trainee tends to feel powerless and as though he lacks control.

Workers who felt up to their jobs selected quieter punishments, between 55 and 62 decibels, as did those primed to feel incompetent yet powerless (Psychological Science, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02452.x).

Workers who felt up to their jobs, selected far quieter punishments, between 55 and 62 decibels, as did those primed to feel incompetent yet powerless.

As junior researchers, it is easy to feel powerless, but our tale illustrates how we can improve our working conditions if we rally together around a common goal and show strong and continuous engagement.

Researchers recruited 55 participants and asked them to write short descriptions of experiences that made them feel either powerful or powerless, such as a time when they had control or authority over someone, or when someone had control or authority over them.

After seeing my parents feel so powerless in the face of cancer, I started my health coaching practice as a way to help others with healing and prevention.

As their friend or loved one, it's natural to feel powerless, frustrated, anxious, confused, conflicted, defeated, and unequipped.

With a masters degree in nutritional medicine, I knew the facts about food, but I felt powerless to stop using food as a comfort.

Human Rights Watch report3 notes that while its research hasn't found «a pattern of abuse that could be considered systematic» the rights body «findings raises serious concerns about abuses by AMISOM4 soldiers against Somali women and girls» with survivors of sexual exploitation expressing feelings of «powerless» to fearing «retaliation or retribution, as well as the stigma and shame that the abuse could bring» and others, despite being engaged in exploitive relationships feared loosing «their only source of income» (HRW, 2014, September, p. 25).

If, as educators, we feel powerless to address bigger issues such as living - wage jobs and health care reform, Gorski (2008) proposes that we ask ourselves, «Are we willing, at the very least, to tackle the classism in our own schools and classrooms?»

Many feel powerless against state and federal laws, uncertain as to what their district leaders will endorse, unsure how to steer anger into action, or overwhelmed by a torrent of youthful voices.

Children can not learn in disorderly schools where educators feel powerless and teachers spend as much time on discipline as they do on instruction.

«Never in my wildest dreams professionally, as a parent, or as a community member have I felt so small and powerless,» says Polk.

As a result, she has watched year after year as some of her colleagues become disenchanted and make for the exit, and yet has felt powerless to stop theAs a result, she has watched year after year as some of her colleagues become disenchanted and make for the exit, and yet has felt powerless to stop theas some of her colleagues become disenchanted and make for the exit, and yet has felt powerless to stop them.

A school where teacher opinions are not valued and where they feel powerless will result in disgruntled teachers who do not have the desire to put as much into their teaching.

As a publisher, I feel powerless to help my authors.

The goal is to find a recipe that mix pure action with a strong story and a progression system that will give to the player a real feeling of character improvement without beginning as a powerless guy.

Even then, though, the epic boss battles feel lacking, and you feel powerless and passive as you watch a team of weird creatures loafing around.

This flips the empowerment I felt when hacking cameras, and instead making me feel weak and powerless as I drove.

The lovable Goonies that make up the main cast and the pure power fantasy of feeling like a powerless high schooler but realizing you're able to literally change the world is something you don't really see as well done as it is in Persona 5.

Huxtable has been described as a «trans icon» and often features her body in her work, writing, «I used to feel a bit powerless, and it was actually through playing with my body as an image file that could be manipulated, distorted, rendered, decorated, and placed in new contexts that I came to accept and feel at home in my body.»

I really want to do everything I can to help us live in harmony, but... I feel virtually powerless as just one drop in a sea of over 6 billion people.

Many of us feel powerless to actually do anything to make a difference, and what Wadebridge shows us is that, as a community, we can make a decision as to how we want to handle our affairs.

As many are left feeling fearful and uncertain in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it is important to remember that we have been, and continue to be, far from powerless to continue to effect meaningful change.

OTOH, it could also backfire by lowering the political will to do «even more» if the temperature rise is reduced (and also for as long as it's not reduced due to weather variability, which will make people feel powerless to do anything).

Feeling powerless is just as bad as being powerless.

As I speak to business leaders and hiring managers about the competitiveness of the current talent stream, I often find that in a lot of instances, people feel powerless against the flow, that their challenge to find the right talent is a matter of chance.

Games where children can dress up or play as someone powerful (like superman) can help them to cope with feeling powerless and unimportant.

He told me that this free program could act as a «safety back up» during the situations I felt anxious but was powerless to escape.

As a result of the crisis you might feel confused and powerless, feel like a failure, or feel unable to cope because you:

For example Gregory Phillips described it as trying to «feel powerful in a powerless situation».

Our team at Alternative Divorce Solutions knows that going through a divorce can make you feel powerless and stressed, as well as cost you time and money.