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*8Things: Songs for Standing in Your Power

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Today at *8Things we are circling the wagons and rounding up songs that help us Stand in Our Own Power. (For more posts on this theme click here.)

1. That I Would Be Good, Alanis Morissette
2. Crawl, Polyphonic Spree
3. Knuckle Down, Ani DiFranco,
4. The Glory of Love, Bette Midler
5. Live High, Jason Mraz
 6. Yahweh, U2
7. Better Together, Jack Johnson
 9. Bold as Love, John Mayer

8things from Magpie GirlWhat tunes let you stand firm? What songs help you walk strong?  Leave your  *8Things list in the comments below or  give us the permalink to the list on your blog in the Mr. Linky below. (We’ll come say ”hi!”)  Thanks for being here.

7 comments

1 Roxanne { 1 Apr 2010 at 7:27 am }

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. There are others, i’m sure … but this one screams to be mentioned.

2 Cecilia { 1 Apr 2010 at 4:19 pm }

This was great! I was instantaneously inspired :)

3 Kate { 2 Apr 2010 at 12:02 am }

Excellent *8Things!

Some of these make me feel invincibly happy, some remind me of the blissful days of childhood, and some just give me a steady hug when I’m feeling powerless.

1. Last Nite – The Strokes
2. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
3. My Best Friend – Weezer
4. Bring It Home – Sam Cooke
5. Cowboy Take Me Away – Dixie Chicks
6. Let It Be – The Beatles
7. We Are the Champions – Queen
8. Show Me What I’m Looking For – Carolina Liar

4 Allysa { 2 Apr 2010 at 2:35 am }

1. 3 little birds – Bob Marley
2. Fat bottomed girls – Queen
3. Wild world- Cat Stevens
4. Gold Dust Woman- Fleetwood Mac
5. Make Yourself- Incubus
6. Renegades of funk – Rage against the Machine
7. It’s still Rock and Roll to me – Billy Joel
8. Humble Me – Norah Jones
I absolutely love seeing these lists!

5 Trenda { 2 Apr 2010 at 8:29 pm }

I love the magic of music. It can even make doing housework fun! Thanks for sharing the songs that you listen to when you are trying to remember to stand in your own power.

Trenda

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7 Erinn { 4 Apr 2010 at 1:56 am }

Fun! I don’t think the lyrics in my list are all very appropriate but they give me that powerful feeling.

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