The Fire Inside
An inquiry - How are we are deconditioning from more masculine ways of being and leaning into our feminine sides? How do we cultivate the new generation of empowered and awakened women the world desperately needs to come into balance?
Rather, the feminine way is about recognizing that the flow of abundance is around us always, and simply being open to receive.” It’s what life coach and “possibilitarian” Cherie Healey described to me once as: “allowing life to happen through you”—whereas the masculine approach is to make life happen “by you” (through sheer will and effort).
“If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?”
― Miranda July, The First Bad Man
Envy is a sign
Confusion of selflessness with inner poverty can be especially difficult for women. In our male-dominated culture, a woman can grow up feeling that she doesn’t really count, that she will not amount to much in this man’s world, that a woman’s fate and work is not of value. This powerful conditioning can lead to an identity riddled with depression,
... See moreI became aware of a whole new perspective on feminine and masculine energy, and that’s when I realized the key that was missing. Instead of trying to fit my body and its biological rhythms into a paradigm clearly suited to male physiology, I needed to create a paradigm that included my physiology at the center.
In order for the masculine to move from degraded —> divine, it must give up the self.
In order for the feminine to move from degraded—> divine, it must build the self.
Why Religious Tools Don't Work for Women
“We know we can change ourselves when we realize that we are not dependent on how we feel, nor on how others feel about us, nor on what the situation is around us. The values we hold, the choices we make within ourselves and for ourselves remain our prerogative. In most situations, if we begin to change, to do our own inner work, to accept our own
... See morewe struggle mightily to do it alone, to prove ourselves to an unrealistic and unhealthy standard, when reaching out could make our lives not only easier, but better.