As you begin raising your consciousness and bringing your awareness to your energetic self, it soon becomes clear that the only sustainable source of power is you. This means that you-and only you-have the power to change your situation. In Energy: The Key to Personal Empowerment, author Therese Pares explores this idea and its ramifications for your life.

Every action you take and every thought you have uses your personal energy. You place energetic intention behind everything you do-sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously. If your current way of doing something or...