Crystal Andrus Morissette: The Emotional Edge

Face it. See it for what it is: a tiny mouse with your huge powerful light magnifying it into something it’s not. It’s so small compared to you! If you knew your Real Self, you’d be in awe of yourself. An important thing to remind yourself is that fear serves a purpose: fear is intended to be a quick, instinctive shot of adrenaline to show you where you are contracting into a belief that isn’t true and to push you back up into a more empowered place—where you are negotiating, compromising, trusting, and expressing yourself at a higher, more expansive level. Fear, when harnessed properly, helps us pay attention to when we are about to give away our power; when, if we don’t grab a hold of ourselves, we may continue to sink into the depths of despair.

OMTIMES: You founded the S.W.A.T Institute, Why and how does it assist women in over 30 countries?

Crystal Andrus Morissette: Women, in particular, struggle with Empowered Communication. For thousands and thousands of years, women have been oppressed. Most of our mothers, grandmothers, and all of great-great-grandmothers were unable to vote, hold office, own property, speak out publicly, or have any rights over their own bodies. It has been only in the last few generations that women were even considered a “person” by law. Here in North America where I live, Canada was the first country to grant women the status of “person” in 1917; the United States followed in 1920. Prior to that, the word person referred only to men. A British common law ruling from 1867 emphasized, “Women are persons in matters of pains and penalties but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges.” We were possessions of our fathers, passed down to our husbands. We’ve been “groomed” for disempowerment for thousands of years. At the Vancouver Peace Summit 2009, the Dalai Lama said, “The Western woman will heal the world.” I believe him. Not because the Western woman is smarter, better, or more enlightened than other women, but because today we have the ability to expand our Emotional Edges further than ever before and further than many women around the world are able to even today; women who have no rights or personal freedoms; who can’t drive a vehicle or pursue an education. The Western woman can chase her dreams, follow her heart, and make her own decisions. She has more options and more choices, which means more empowerment. You simply can’t have half the population oppressed and ever expect to find world peace. The S.W.A.T. Institute (Simply Woman Accredited Trainer) is a vhealing and empowerment coaching certification school exclusively for women that I created with some of today’s strongest female voices such as Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Colette Baron-Reid, and Sandra Anne Taylor. It is designed to empower women first in their own lives and then gives them the tools to empower others. One of our most beautiful givebacks is our Mentorship Coaching program that offers any woman living anywhere in the world with free empowerment coaching. It’s a true win-win.