Enas Daeki - The Power of Having Nothing to Lose WORKSHOP

How to turn rejection, silence, and loss into your greatest power

Youth Training

Learn about Enas' new training programs designed for kids to inspire and empower them.

Workshop: The Power of Having Nothing to Lose

How to turn rejection, silence, and loss into your greatest power

🕒 Duration:

90 minutes (can be adapted to 60 mins for schools or 2 hours for deeper sessions)

Workshop Goals:

• To help participants understand that their pain doesn’t define them—it refines them.

• To give tools for self-expression, voice activation, and emotional resilience.

• To empower those who’ve felt abandoned, invisible, or silenced to step into their personal power.

• To offer a safe space for story-sharing, healing, and connection.

Structure Breakdown:

1. Opening (10 min) – Real Talk Introduction

• You share your story: being adopted, growing up in an orphanage, refugee experience, and what it felt like to be “forgotten.”

• Set the tone: “This space is not about fixing you. It’s about seeing you.”

Quote to open with:

“When you have nothing to lose, you’re no longer afraid to be seen for who you really are.”

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2. Interactive Icebreaker (10 min)

Activity: “If You Really Knew Me…”

• Everyone shares 1–2 truths behind their smile or story anonymously on paper or out loud (optional).

• Builds trust and vulnerability in the space.

3. Mini Talk (15 min) – “What Pain Teaches Us”

• You speak on:

• The lie of unworthiness.

• Reframing loss as freedom.

• The raw power of being underestimated.

Key line:

“I was once made to believe I was unwanted—now I walk into rooms and own the space.”

4. Group Exercise (20 min) – “Letter to the Old Me”

• Each participant writes a short letter to their younger self (the one who was hurting, confused, or lost).

• Prompts:

• “You didn’t deserve that…”

• “I see you now…”

• “Here’s what we’re going to do next…”

You can share your own letter at the end to close the exercise.

5. Voice Activation (15 min) – “Speak It Into Power”

• Invite a few participants (voluntary) to read parts of their letter or share what they want the world to hear.

• Empower them to speak their truth—no judgment, just witness.

6. Closing Affirmation Circle (10 min)

Activity: “I Am Not My Past”

• Everyone stands (if able) and repeats 3–5 affirmations together.

Examples:

• “I am not broken. I am becoming.”

• “I am allowed to take up space.”

• “My story matters. I matter.”

You lead the affirmations with energy and presence.

Optional Follow-Up:

• Free resource PDF with affirmations, journal prompts, and your story summary.

• Invite to future workshops or healing circles.

Ideal Audience:

• Ages 12–25

• Adopted, fostered, care-experienced, refugee background, or trauma-affected

• Small groups (10–30) for depth, or scaled for larger youth audiences with light adaptation