Undoing the Programming Here we go, another one! Y’all know I love taking aim at unchecked masculine ideals that cause unnecessary pain and frustration. Full disclosure, I have incredible will power and self-discipline. These strengths have gotten me through two college degrees, starting my own business, learning a foreign language, and much recognition and rewardContinue reading “Why Will Power is Your Flaky Friend”
Category Archives: Feminine & Masculine
Choosing to Drop In
Feminine flow energy is my jam. I write about it. I put my face on social media to ramble about it. I quit my job earlier this year to dedicate my fucking life to it. Because it has saved me, time and time again. I’m a left-brained, highly sensitive, neurodivergent-ish* millennial who was raised toContinue reading “Choosing to Drop In”
An Off-the-Map Journey
Conscious feminine energy is where the journey goes off the map–surrendering to the unknown and softening our resistance to change, discomfort, and risk. Leaving behind a job, relationship or other place of stuck comfort has an inherently feminine archetypal force behind it. It isn’t foolish or rash. When a womxn knows that it’s time forContinue reading “An Off-the-Map Journey”
Revival of the Feminine
I cannot elevate the power and magnificence of the feminine without addressing the importance of deprogramming our narrowly defined idea on what femininity is–because it’s a convoluted and loaded word. I write here about two different meanings of feminine. On the one hand, we have the stereotypical image and connotation of gendered femininity: soft, sweet,Continue reading “Revival of the Feminine”
The Masculine Malaise
We are suffering from a masculine-obsessed society. Growing up, our educators and mentors enforced values of rigid self-discipline, goal-setting, and never being enough. It has infiltrated every area of our life. Millennial women were told to go to college at whatever expense (which often meant going to grad school), get a good paying job (easierContinue reading “The Masculine Malaise”
Dichotomies on the Mind
Dichotomies are everywhere. I’m seeing and experiencing the push and pull of feminine and masculine, dark and light, feeling and logic. The more I ramp up my sage and huntress goddess energies, the more I need to create space for my mystic and creative lover feminine energies. I have actively been looking for new opportunities,Continue reading “Dichotomies on the Mind”
The Illusion
I write from a very vulnerable place of being worn down, little by little, year after year, and I know that the culprit that wore me down—I shall call it the illusion—needs to go. I call it the illusion because it has tricked not just me, but many more people. People I know and peopleContinue reading “The Illusion”
Perfectionism: Do Not Resuscitate
You know that really cliché job interview question, “What are your weaknesses?” And that even more cliché answer, “I’m a perfectionist, so sometimes I work too much and am really hard on myself for any mistakes I make.” And then the interviewer nods their head like this is some kind of profound confession. If IContinue reading “Perfectionism: Do Not Resuscitate”
Finding My Feminine
About three years ago, I was going for a stroll in my neighborhood towards the beach. My default walk is brisk, and I have always joked that I have my father’s gait. I’m three steps ahead of whoever I’m walking “with” and in a hurry for no particular reason. This stroll, like many, was solo.Continue reading “Finding My Feminine”