As women, we are told to own our worth, to take up space and believe in ourselves, as if empowerment was just a mindset shift away. 

A simple choice we haven’t made yet.

For many of us, rather than feeling liberating, this can actually feel like more pressure and keep us stuck.

Even if we long to feel daring and empowered, something within us still hesitates, contracts, or resists in moments where we are invited to step up or forward.

However bright, intelligent and capable we are, deep within our system, something might not yet feel safe enough for us to expand into a fuller expression of who we are.

This is where traditional empowerment models can fall short.

We can’t be pushed into self-trust if our body fears stepping forward.

We can’t convince ourselves to take up space if a part of us believes that being visible is threatening or risky.

We can’t override the very patterns that have protected us from what feels like harm, without first befriending them and becoming curious about the intelligence they hold.

Empowerment rarely happens through force.