<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Femininely Divine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Transforming you into your highest timeline. For the woman seeking ascension and self mastery through the feminine mysteries.]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yB3T!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c9fb0e0-577e-40cd-964b-fbd4c7d37d3b_1080x1080.png</url><title>Femininely Divine</title><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:31:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[femininelydivine@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[femininelydivine@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[femininelydivine@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[femininelydivine@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Sacred Prostitute: From Survival Based Sexuality to Sovereign Expression]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embodied Sensuality: Activations to Step Into This Powerful Archetype]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/the-sacred-prostitute-from-survival</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/the-sacred-prostitute-from-survival</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:10:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In ancient civilizations, particularly in the traditions surrounding Inanna and Ishtar, there are stories and historical interpretations of women who served within temples as embodiments of sexuality, fertility, and divine feminine power.</p><p>These women were not viewed as &#8220;prostitutes&#8221; in the modern sense. Instead, they were often seen as:</p><ul><li><p>Priestesses</p></li><li><p>Embodiments of the goddess</p></li><li><p>Women channeling life force energy, fertility, and creation</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg" width="600" height="385" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:385,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;No one knows who this sculpture represents&#8230; | by Toothpickings | Medium&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="No one knows who this sculpture represents&#8230; | by Toothpickings | Medium" title="No one knows who this sculpture represents&#8230; | by Toothpickings | Medium" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x4FQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92767c32-2b41-41f7-a9a5-5884d2dd4c1c_600x385.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Today, the &#8220;sacred prostitute&#8221; is more of an archetype than a literal role.</p><p>It represents a woman who:</p><ul><li><p>Is fully unashamed of her sexuality</p></li><li><p>Sees her body as sacred, not sinful</p></li><li><p>Uses pleasure, presence, and sensuality as a form of power and connection</p></li><li><p>Is deeply self possessed, magnetic, and embodied</p></li></ul><p>This archetype is about reclaiming sexuality from shame and integrating it with:</p><ul><li><p>Spirituality</p></li><li><p>Self worth</p></li><li><p>Feminine energy</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Sensuality has always been a part of me. As a Scorpio, it felt natural, something I was deeply connected to, yet I didn&#8217;t always embrace it. For a long time, I didn&#8217;t even understand it. Everything changed when I finally did. I became a completely different woman.</p><p>No one ever taught me that my sensuality belonged to ME. I believed it was something to offer, something to perform, something that only existed in relation to others, especially men.</p><p>But that belief is a lie. And it&#8217;s one that has been passed down to women for generations.</p><p>You see, female pleasure and desire have been feared since the beginning of time. Just look at the story of Lilith. Lilith is often described in ancient folklore as the first woman created alongside Adam, formed from the same earth and therefore equal in nature. Unlike Eve, who was later created from Adam, Lilith refused to accept a position of submission.</p><p>In one of the most well known stories, she rejected the expectation to be beneath Adam and chose to leave the Garden rather than abandon herself. Her departure marked a powerful act of self honoring, choosing sovereignty over belonging and truth over comfort.</p><p>Because she would not conform, Lilith was later cast as a demon, labeled dangerous, seductive, and something to be feared. But beneath that narrative is a deeper symbolism. Lilith represents the untamed feminine, a woman who is self led, unapologetic in her desires, and unwilling to shrink herself to be accepted.</p><p>Her story reflects what has often happened to women who set boundaries, own their sexuality, and choose themselves fully. They are misunderstood, judged, or rejected. Yet Lilith&#8217;s legacy is not one of rebellion alone, but of self devotion, a reminder that true power lies in honoring who you are, even when it challenges everything you were taught to be.</p><p>When a woman owns her desires and her pleasure, it does something powerful. This is what I experienced. I went from the woman who needed permission to the woman who was self led and unapologetic. Your sensuality is tied to every area of your life, your self worth, how much money you make, the treatment you receive from men and the world. It shapes your entire identity and belief system.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg" width="352" height="625.7777777777778" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:960,&quot;width&quot;:540,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:352,&quot;bytes&quot;:110912,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/i/193990373?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E-Fv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76a2d318-d0b3-45b8-b30a-6d824fafc815_540x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>Shame As A Form of Control </strong></h1><p>Shame is a tool that has been used to control women and let me tell you a little secret. A shameless woman is a powerful woman. They have tried to convince you that you need protect your reputation and character because you are more easily controlled that way. </p><p>Shame has long been used as a subtle yet powerful tool to control and police women&#8217;s sexuality by teaching women that their bodies, desires, and expression are something to be monitored, hidden, or earned. Through cultural conditioning, religious messaging, and societal expectations, women were taught that being &#8220;too sexual&#8221; made them unworthy, while being &#8220;pure&#8221; made them acceptable, creating a constant pressure to self regulate and stay within narrow, approved roles. </p><p>This internalized shame disconnects women from their own bodies and intuition, keeping them in a state of self surveillance where they question their desires, suppress their expression, and seek external validation instead of self trust. In this way, control no longer has to be enforced outwardly, because it lives within, shaping how a woman shows up, what she allows herself to feel, and how fully she permits herself to exist.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>I have never received more negative comments or judgments from women than when I show up fully expressed in my sensuality.</p></div><p>And there&#8217;s a reason for this. Women are often conditioned to police other women&#8217;s sexuality as a byproduct of the same systems that taught them to fear their own. When worth is tied to being &#8220;good,&#8221; &#8220;chosen,&#8221; or acceptable, it can create comparison, competition, and judgment toward women who express themselves more freely. </p><p>This shows up through subtle and overt behaviors like labeling women as &#8220;too much,&#8221; questioning their intentions, criticizing how they dress, or distancing from those who embody confidence and sensuality. Rather than true moral concern, this policing is often rooted in internalized shame, fear of rejection, and a desire to stay within what feels safe and socially approved.</p><p> In this way, the control of women&#8217;s sexuality is reinforced not just externally, but collectively, keeping women disconnected from each other and from their own authentic expression. </p><div class="pullquote"><p>An &#8220;untamed&#8221; woman is one of the most dangerous species on this planet. </p></div><h1><strong>The Fear of Female Desire</strong> </h1><p>We are often afraid of female desire because it has been historically misunderstood as something dangerous, uncontrollable, or disruptive to social order. A woman who is deeply connected to her desires is harder to regulate because she is no longer seeking permission, validation, or direction from the outside. She becomes self-led. </p><p>This challenges systems that were built on women being agreeable, accommodating, and easy to define. Female desire is powerful because it is creative, intuitive, and expansive, and when a woman trusts it, she begins to make choices that prioritize her truth over expectation. That kind of autonomy can feel threatening in environments that rely on conformity.</p><p>On a deeper level, many women are afraid of their own desire because of the shame and conditioning they have internalized over time. Desire was often met with judgment, rejection, or punishment, teaching women to associate it with risk rather than safety. </p><p>As a result, many learned to suppress, question, or disconnect from what they truly want in order to feel accepted or protected. This creates a split where a woman may crave more, but feel unsafe fully expressing it. Reconnecting with desire then becomes an act of unlearning fear and rebuilding trust within the body, allowing desire to be experienced not as something to control or fear, but as a source of guidance, power, and self connection.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg" width="404" height="863.5114503816794" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2520,&quot;width&quot;:1179,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:404,&quot;bytes&quot;:352961,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/i/193990373?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agHE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42eb9f6c-de50-41b0-adfd-0a59995432e2_1179x2520.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The more a woman connects to her own pleasure and sensuality for herself, not for performance or validation, the more powerful she becomes because she is no longer operating from lack or seeking. She is rooted in her own body, her own desires, and her own sense of fulfillment, which naturally shifts her energy from needing to being. </p><p>When a woman feels full within herself, she stops chasing, over-giving, and compromising, and instead begins to choose from a place of self respect and alignment. This internal shift changes everything. Her confidence deepens, her standards rise, and her presence becomes more magnetic because it is authentic and self sourced. As a result, her relationships improve, her ability to receive expands, and she moves through life with a level of ease, clarity, and self trust that naturally attracts more love, success, and opportunity.</p><div><hr></div><h1>Benefits of Embracing Your Sensuality</h1><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">For more on feminine energy, sensuality, manifestation, mindset, and shadow work, subscribe below.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ul><li><p><strong>Deeper self confidence</strong><br>You feel at home in your body and no longer rely on external validation to feel worthy</p></li><li><p><strong>Emotional regulation and inner peace</strong><br>You become more present, grounded, and connected to your feelings instead of reactive or disconnected</p></li><li><p><strong>Stronger intuition and self-trust</strong><br>You start listening to your body and desires, which guides you toward aligned decisions</p></li><li><p><strong>Supports healing of sexual trauma</strong><br>Reconnecting with your sensuality in a safe, self-led way helps rebuild trust with your body. It allows you to reclaim your pleasure at your own pace, release shame, and create a more empowered, safe relationship with your body and sexuality.</p></li><li><p><strong>Magnetic energy and attraction</strong><br>You naturally draw people, opportunities, and attention without forcing or chasing</p></li><li><p><strong>Improved relationships</strong><br>You communicate your needs more clearly, set boundaries, and attract partners who meet you at your level</p></li><li><p><strong>Healthier dynamic with men</strong><br>You stop overgiving or proving yourself and instead attract men who pursue, respect, and value you</p></li><li><p><strong>Increased pleasure and joy in everyday life</strong><br>You slow down, savor, and actually experience life instead of rushing through it</p></li><li><p><strong>More fulfilling sex life</strong><br>You feel more open, confident, and connected, allowing for deeper intimacy and enjoyment</p></li><li><p><strong>Expanded capacity to receive</strong><br>You become comfortable receiving love, support, money, and opportunities without guilt</p></li><li><p><strong>Stronger manifestation power</strong><br>You align your energy, emotions, and desires, making it easier to call in what you truly want</p></li><li><p><strong>Financial growth and money flow</strong><br>As your self-worth rises, you naturally expect more, ask for more, and allow yourself to receive more</p></li><li><p><strong>Greater success and visibility</strong><br>You stop shrinking and allow yourself to be seen, which opens doors in career and business</p></li><li><p><strong>Release of shame and guilt</strong><br>You no longer feel like you have to hide parts of yourself to be accepted</p></li><li><p><strong>Authentic self-expression</strong><br>You show up as your full self without filtering or performing for approval</p></li><li><p><strong>Sense of power and sovereignty</strong><br>You move through life feeling self-led, embodied, and in control of your choices</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gybM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe71376b6-7d73-4607-97a5-17cbbd1151df_520x653.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gybM!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe71376b6-7d73-4607-97a5-17cbbd1151df_520x653.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gybM!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe71376b6-7d73-4607-97a5-17cbbd1151df_520x653.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">Signs a Woman is Disconnected from Her Sensuality</h1><ul><li><p>Feels numb, disconnected, or emotionally shut down</p></li><li><p>Overthinks everything and struggles to be present in her body</p></li><li><p>Rarely experiences deep pleasure, joy, or aliveness</p></li><li><p>Seeks validation, attention, or desire from others to feel worthy</p></li><li><p>Uses sex or sensuality for approval rather than connection</p></li><li><p>Feels uncomfortable in her body or avoids being seen</p></li><li><p>Suppresses her desires or doesn&#8217;t even know what she truly wants</p></li><li><p>Struggles to receive compliments, love, money, or support</p></li><li><p>Lives in constant doing, productivity, or control instead of flow</p></li><li><p>Feels disconnected during intimacy or avoids it altogether</p></li><li><p>Has difficulty relaxing, slowing down, or enjoying the moment</p></li><li><p>Judges other women who are expressive, sensual, or confident</p></li><li><p>Prioritizes being &#8220;liked&#8221; or &#8220;acceptable&#8221; over being authentic</p></li><li><p>Feels drained in relationships from overgiving or performing</p></li><li><p>Avoids stillness because it brings up discomfort or emotions</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hcVJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5e79859-3dfd-47b1-8286-e72447927497_1200x1488.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hcVJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5e79859-3dfd-47b1-8286-e72447927497_1200x1488.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>How Owning My Sensuality Transformed My Life</strong></h1></li></ul><p>Owning my sensuality totally freed me. I became more confident, I expanded my capacity to receive and to feel more pleasure. I became self sourced. As a result, I began to attract better men who wanted to pour into me and expand on my pleasure, and I&#8217;m not just talking in the bedroom.</p><p>I found my purpose. Exploring my sensuality and desires awakened something in me, a creative spark. I started doing more things that I enjoyed for the sake of having new experiences and outlets. This led to me becoming a writer and feminine energy coach. I grew my Instagram to over 25,000 followers. I became more authentic. </p><p>I actually had another Instagram page rooted in spirituality and was a spiritual life coach. I had a separate Instagram page for my personal account, but I felt like I was hiding a part of my life, a part of myself. Once I began going all in on making my sensuality and pleasure a priority, I started sharing sacred sexuality on my personal page. I had previously felt like I had to choose between my spiritual side and my sexual side. I felt fragmented, like I had to control, hide, or tame a version of myself. But once I stopped giving a fuck, I became powerful.</p><p>Suddenly, I didn&#8217;t care what people thought of me. I also learned that many people are cowards and losers. I say this seriously. They aren&#8217;t living fulfilled lives and aren&#8217;t happy. Those are the ones who judge the most. I learned that most people also won&#8217;t say anything to your face. They will just talk about you behind your back. The truth is, when you&#8217;re 60, 70, shit, even 80 years old, no one is going to care or even remember. </p><p>We are living on a floating rock in space that could literally be gone at a moment&#8217;s notice. You&#8217;re not going to remember playing it safe. You&#8217;re going to remember all the risks you took. You&#8217;ll remember the joy, the pleasure, the fun, and most importantly, how fucking HOT you were. Your youth, your beauty, and your sexuality diminish with time. This is the time. In fact, it&#8217;s your sensuality that keeps you youthful, magnetic, and vibrant.</p><p>Another thing that happened was I began to fall in love with my body more. I became more self-aware of my body as well, not in a judgmental way, but through adoration and admiration. Embracing and embodying your sensuality is not just an act of rebellion, it is an act of self-devotion. Every time a woman embodies her sensuality, she heals her bloodline. She heals her ancestors and all the women who came before her who were punished, controlled, and suppressed.</p><p>There&#8217;s a reason the world wants women tamed, especially a woman&#8217;s sensuality. I became so magical when I embodied my sensuality. I started manifesting through my orgasms, and let me tell you, IT WORKS!!! Healing my sensuality also helped to heal my relationship with the masculine on a very deep level.</p><p>I thought I loved myself, but let me tell you, I didn&#8217;t truly love myself as deeply as I did when I began to embody my sensuality. I really want ALL WOMEN to feel free in their sensuality. Let me tell you, the friends I have that embody their sensuality versus the women I know that don&#8217;t live very different lives. Let me just say, the women that do live more fulfilled lives. A woman cannot truly be in her feminine energy if she neglects her sensuality because she is essentially shutting down a huge part of herself. A woman cannot be fully healed until she embodies her sensuality.</p><p>I also healed my sacral and root chakras through embracing my sensuality because it brought me back into my body, my safety, and my ability to feel. The root chakra is your foundation. It is connected to safety, stability, and your sense of being grounded in life. The sacral chakra is your center of pleasure, creativity, desire, and emotional expression. When these areas are imbalanced, a woman can feel disconnected, unsafe in her body, overly controlled, numb, or dependent on external validation to feel worthy or alive.</p><p>By embracing my sensuality, I began to reconnect with my body in a safe, intentional way. I allowed myself to feel pleasure without guilt, to slow down, to be present, and to honor my desires instead of suppressing them. This naturally brought balance back to both chakras. My root chakra strengthened as I felt more grounded, secure, and selfled, no longer seeking safety outside of myself. My sacral chakra opened as I allowed myself to experience pleasure, creativity, and emotional flow without shame. </p><p>Healing these centers shifted how I showed up in every area of my life. I felt more confident, more regulated, more magnetic, and more connected to myself, which allowed me to receive more, trust myself deeply, and move through life with a sense of ease and power.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg" width="524" height="931.5555555555555" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:960,&quot;width&quot;:540,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:524,&quot;bytes&quot;:124558,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/i/193990373?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Updr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c5383b-9ae9-4c41-9e45-5b37892812bd_540x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a></figure></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">Sensuality Activations: Returning to Your Body &amp; Pleasure</h1><h3><strong>Disclaimer: </strong></h3><p>Before you begin these activations, it is important to understand that it is completely normal to feel silly, uncomfortable, tense, or even ashamed at first. You may feel guarded or disconnected, and that is okay. That is your conditioning.</p><p>You are gently teaching your nervous system that it is safe to be in your body, safe to feel, and safe to experience pleasure. For many women, this level of connection to self and pleasure is unfamiliar.</p><p>Take your time. Start small. This is not a race, it is a journey, and one of the most powerful ones you will ever take. Only go as far as what feels comfortable for you. Stretch yourself gently, step outside your comfort zone in small ways, and allow your body to open at its own pace.</p><div><hr></div><h1><strong>Sacred Activations</strong></h1><h3><strong>Self-Pleasure</strong></h3><p>Every woman should learn how to be the TURN ON, and this starts by making love to yourself. Giving yourself the best orgasms you&#8217;ve ever experienced in your life. Figure out what you LOVE, what feels good, what turns your body on.</p><p>Gently trace your skin. Touch yourself in different places. Get different sex toys. Take your time to explore YOU.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Do a Sexy Photoshoot</strong></h3><p>Do a sexy photoshoot, either professionally (highly recommended) or at home. You can use your phone with a stand, a Polaroid camera (which makes the photos look so cool), or a regular camera if you have one.</p><p>These photos don&#8217;t have to be shared. In fact, take some photos that are for your eyes only.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Dance Sensually</strong></h3><p>Dance sensually in the mirror. Wear something sexy or be nude. Bonus points if you do your own little strip show.</p><p>Move in ways that feel natural. At first, you may feel awkward, but you&#8217;ll get into it and get better at it. Put on some music, maybe light some candles, have a glass of wine, and seduce yourself.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Spend More Time in Your Body</strong></h3><p>Spend more time doing things nude. Apply lotion in the mirror. Do naked yoga or stretching. You can even do this in your underwear.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Hip-Opening Work</strong></h3><p>Do more hip-opening stretches. This will help to heal and balance your root and sacral chakra and also help release stored trauma.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Dress Sexy for Yourself</strong></h3><p>Some days, wear sexy lingerie or a silk robe at home. Get dolled up. You don&#8217;t have to wear makeup, just feel like you look good.</p><p>No plans, nowhere to go, just to feel sexy in your own skin.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Erotica &amp; Fantasy</strong></h3><p>Read some erotica or anything that gets your sexual juices flowing, or write and journal a sexual fantasy. I&#8217;m talking one so dirty that you would be completely embarrassed to share with anyone. I&#8217;m talking you&#8217;d be mortified, you can&#8217;t even believe you&#8217;ve had this fantasy or thought.</p><p>This doesn&#8217;t mean you have to act on it. Fantasies can be very healthy. They are a way to explore desire, curiosity, or even taboo thoughts in a safe, consequence-free way. They boost arousal, relieve stress, enhance self-discovery, and allow you to experience things that might be unrealistic or not desired in real life.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pole Dancing</strong></h3><p>Try pole dancing. Find a local studio or make it an experience. You can even have a party with your girlfriends where you all go to a studio together or have an instructor come to your home and teach everyone.</p><p>Cheer each other on. Celebrate one another. Allow yourselves to be seen and celebrated without any expectation or need to perform. This is about expression, confidence, and being in your body in a fun, freeing way.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Attend Women&#8217;s Sensuality Events</strong></h3><p>Find women&#8217;s events that center sensuality in a safe and empowering way. I actually just led a feminine embodiment workshop where we set intentions, talked about manifestation and desires, experienced a sound bowl healing, did stretching, and ended with pole dancing where we all celebrated one another.</p><p>It was so beautiful. We had a gorgeous charcuterie board with fresh juices and infused water. The entire experience was about honoring the inner goddess and creating a safe space for women to express themselves, be seen, and feel supported.</p><p>Put yourself in environments like this. It will change you.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Learn the Dark Feminine Archetypes</strong></h3><p>Start learning about dark feminine goddesses such as Lilith, Inanna, Ishtar, Kali, Isis, and others. These women were powerful, unapologetic, and deeply connected to their energy.</p><p>They teach you about embodying your power, owning your desires, and stepping into your full expression. They also represent shadow work, transformation, and the cycles of death and rebirth, which are deeply tied to your sexuality and feminine energy.</p><p>Learning about these archetypes can help you understand yourself on a deeper level and give you permission to embody parts of yourself you may have suppressed.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#10024; If you&#8217;re being called into deeper work, I work with women one-on-one to shift identity, collapse timelines, and embody their highest potential. This is for the woman who is ready to return to her feminine essence, rewire her mindset, and step unapologetically into her power.</p><p>If you want to explore what it would look like to reconnect with your feminine energy, your magnetism, and your natural ability to receive more from life, I offer a limited number of complimentary clarity call. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Let's Connect &#10024;&#129694;&#128367;&#65039;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min"><span>Let's Connect &#10024;&#129694;&#128367;&#65039;</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Get my FREE Feminine Energy Guide for activations to reconnect with your feminine energy and embody your natural magnetism. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://stan.store/femininelydivine&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Get Guide Here&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://stan.store/femininelydivine"><span>Get Guide Here</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Femininely Divine! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crying is a woman's secret weapon. The importance of crying and the art of transforming your tears with grace.]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/cry-a-river-build-a-bridge-and-get</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/cry-a-river-build-a-bridge-and-get</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg" width="612" height="760.75" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:895,&quot;width&quot;:720,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:612,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This may contain: a close up of a woman's face with gold and white decorations on her head&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="This may contain: a close up of a woman's face with gold and white decorations on her head" title="This may contain: a close up of a woman's face with gold and white decorations on her head" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2XAP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd8043c8-e026-45c0-8517-b107222fca42_720x895.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>One of the most feminine things you can do is cry. A woman who cries easily is in tune with her feminine energy. I&#8217;ve always been known as a crybaby, or what some would call a &#8220;drama queen.&#8221; I&#8217;ll happily take that title. Crown me the princess of crying.</p><p>But on a more serious note&#8230; although I always had the crying part down, I was missing an important component. Learning what my tears were teaching me.</p><p>Going to school for psychology and obtaining a Master&#8217;s degree in clinical social work, I believed crying was simply a cathartic experience. Then I became fully immersed in deeper spiritual teachings that introduced concepts like non attachment, the law of attraction, mindfulness, and gratitude. Yet not many people talk about crying.</p><p>Being a water sign, a Scorpio with five planets in Scorpio, I have always been intrigued by the darker or more taboo side of human nature. So naturally, I went deeper into what crying truly means and how it transforms us.</p><p>You see, our bodies are made mostly of water, and water carries memory. This means stored emotions are held not only in the body, but also within your tears. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"> If this reflection resonates with you and you want more writing on feminine power, self trust, and becoming a magnetic woman consider subscribing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p>You can even think of your tears like the ocean.</p><p>The ocean carries memory. It has existed long before you, holding the stories, emotions, and energy of those who came before you. It has witnessed generations. It has held grief, joy, loss, rebirth. There is a depth to it that cannot fully be explained, only felt.</p><p>And you are made of that same water. In fact, you were born in water. Your first human experience is you being created in water. </p><p>Your tears are like a recycled ocean. Within them lives ancient memory, ancestral emotion, and a wisdom that has been passed down through your body. When you cry, you are not just releasing your own emotions. You are moving energy that may have been carried for generations.</p><p>There is intelligence in your tears.</p><p>If you are willing to slow down and tune in, your tears will speak to you. They will guide you. They will show you what is ready to be released, what is ready to be healed, and what is asking to be seen.</p><p>It is water that moves you.</p><p>Just like the ocean, your emotions are not meant to be still. They are meant to ebb and flow, to rise and fall, to crash and then return to calm. When you allow your tears to move, you allow life to move through you.</p><p>And within that movement is your power.</p><div><hr></div><p>When a woman is taught to be strong, to toughen it out, to suppress&#8230; &#8220;big girls don&#8217;t cry&#8221;&#8230; it becomes a way to silence what most people are uncomfortable with. It sends the message to stop being &#8220;weak.&#8221; But the truth is, there is more weakness in the inability to feel and be vulnerable than in someone who allows themselves to feel fully.</p><p>When a woman does not learn to express through tears, she traps emotions in her physical and spiritual body, in her aura. This creates stagnation in energy. It can even manifest as illness. When a woman holds in her tears, she can develop issues within the body. The womb and throat, both centers of expression and creation, become stagnant. Hormones become imbalanced, and cortisol levels rise.</p><p>Your tears need an outlet. Emotions are energy in motion. When a woman restrains her tears, that energy has nowhere to go. </p><p>Crying and sitting with yourself, allowing the emotion to pass, is actually a form of regulation. Feeling it. Being with it. Not running or escaping.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Your inner child does not need you to abandon her. She is already used to not being heard, felt, or seen. The last person who should ignore her is you.</p></div><p>Crying is also a vagal exercise that releases stored tension in the body. A good cry often relieves stress and anxiety and can even boost your mood. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg" width="474" height="842" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:842,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Story pin image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Story pin image" title="Story pin image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jw7R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3e0b8bf-609b-4c42-b768-724c691d9239_474x842.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The key is to cry and then move into something else.</p><p>Have a good cry and let it out, but do not let it consume your entire day. Your cry session is just that, a session. It is not meant to become your identity or an excuse to stay in situations you know are not safe. It is also not a substitute for getting support when you need it.</p><p>A &#8220;cry for help&#8221; is a term for a reason.</p><p>Crying is a release, but it is also meant to move you, to transform you, to guide you toward action, awareness, and change. This change can be internal or external. This is not meant to be Groundhog Day, repeating the same story and reaction without growth.</p><p>This does not mean you cannot cry about the same thing more than once. It means you cry, you process, and you move forward.</p><p>Because yes, you may cry, but you also laugh. Your tears are the bridge. The bridge to moving onward and upward.</p><p>There are different kinds of tears. Tears of grief, which may take longer to process. Tears from physical pain. Tears of sadness, anger, relief, joy, and emotional release. Tears of frustration. Tears of surrender.</p><p>Happy tears are when we are overwhelmed with gratitude.</p><div><hr></div><p>Crying is not a weakness. It is a release. It is an expression of emotion, intuition, and sensitivity.</p><p>When you cry, you are not breaking down. You are breaking open.</p><p>In a world that constantly tells women to stay strong, be logical, and not be too emotional, crying becomes an act of rebellion and reclamation. It says, I will not numb myself just to be palatable.</p><p>When a woman is able to fully experience herself, she becomes more sovereign. She learns to give herself what she needs. She tends to her own wounds. She holds space for herself.</p><p>She no longer needs someone else to see her, heal her, or understand her, because she has created an internal space where she is safe, where she is not judging herself, but experiencing herself.</p><div><hr></div><p>A woman needs to allow herself to cry when she feels the urge.</p><p>So often I hear women say, &#8220;I want to cry, but I can&#8217;t.&#8221; The thing about numbing yourself is that it becomes your norm. So when you actually need to cry, your body resists it. This emotional disconnection is unhealthy.</p><p>Crying is part of our natural detox system. It allows the body to release trauma, anger, embarrassment, sadness, and grief.</p><p>A woman cannot ascend if she is not connected to her tears.</p><p>Let your tears fall like holy water. Let them wash away the stories that no longer serve you. Let them make space for softness, surrender, and truth.</p><p>There is power in your vulnerability. There is beauty in your release. There is divinity in your tears.</p><p>A woman who cries is a woman who honors both her strength and her softness simultaneously.</p><p>Tears are sacred. They cleanse, they soften, they heal. They remind you that you are human, that you feel deeply, and that your heart is open.</p><p>Feminine energy flows. It does not hold, suppress, or force. It allows. And tears are part of that sacred flow. They are the language of your inner world, your soul speaking through your body.</p><p>When you come into this world, one of the first things you do is cry. You cry because it is one of the most fundamental human expressions.</p><p>But as we grow and are conditioned by the world, we are taught not to cry. Because it does not serve a system that prioritizes doing over feeling. Yet to feel is to awaken. To feel is to heal.</p><p>The key is not to keep reliving the same experiences. It is to understand what your tears are trying to tell you.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg" width="518" height="777" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1104,&quot;width&quot;:736,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:518,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This may contain: a painting of a woman with flowers in her hand and an ornate headdress&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="This may contain: a painting of a woman with flowers in her hand and an ornate headdress" title="This may contain: a painting of a woman with flowers in her hand and an ornate headdress" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XVt1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F867cb786-8d71-455f-861d-3d0f7bf1dcd4_736x1104.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Reflections:</strong></p><p>What was I taught about crying growing up? Was it encouraged or discouraged?</p><p>What do I believe about myself when I cry?</p><p>When was the last time I cried?</p><p>What can I control, and how can this lead to my growth? What needs to be released?</p><p>Where am I telling myself a story that may not be true?</p><p>Where am I giving my power away?</p><p>Where am I not feeling heard or seen, and how can I give that acknowledgment and love to myself?</p><p><strong>After you cry, ask yourself:</strong><br>What needs to be released?<br>What boundary needs to be set?<br>Where am I not honoring myself?</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Tips on how to cry in a healthy, supportive way:</strong></p><p>Create a safe space where you can fully feel and release.</p><p>Take deep breaths and allow the emotion to move through you before trying to make sense of it. Sometimes the body is releasing stored energy, and you may not even know why you are crying.</p><p>Journal what is coming up.</p><p>Notice how you feel after. Do you feel lighter?</p><p>Cry in the shower.</p><p>If you struggle to cry, watch a sad movie or listen to music that helps you access those emotions.</p><p>Schedule intentional time for release if needed.</p><p>After you cry, do something kind for yourself. Take a warm bath, listen to a guided meditation, or give yourself a small comforting treat.</p><p>Then shift your energy. Watch something uplifting, listen to music you enjoy, or go for a walk.</p><div><hr></div><p>If you&#8217;re a woman who feels disconnected from her feminine energy, her power, her pleasure, or her sense of trust in life, know that this is something that can be reclaimed.</p><p>This is the work I mentor women through.</p><p>If you feel called to deepen this journey and explore what it would look like to reconnect with your feminine energy, your magnetism, and your natural ability to receive more from life, I offer a limited number of complimentary clarity calls.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Lets Connect &#10024;&#129694;&#128367;&#65039;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min"><span>Lets Connect &#10024;&#129694;&#128367;&#65039;</span></a></p><p>You are also welcome to explore my other ways of working together. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/femininely_divine&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Explore My Offers&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/femininely_divine"><span>Explore My Offers</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Femininely Divine! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’re Already a High Value Woman, Now Act Like It]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Moment a Woman Values Her Energy, the World Reflects That Back to Her]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/youre-already-a-high-value-woman</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/youre-already-a-high-value-woman</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:54:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VmXt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F508da6b0-19f3-4140-a8d3-c0cc44071066_736x902.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nOAn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc1ac593-b769-4dca-98af-7d2b191f7b7c_736x1308.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nOAn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc1ac593-b769-4dca-98af-7d2b191f7b7c_736x1308.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As women, we often outsource our power.</p><p>We&#8217;ve been conditioned to believe that in order to be complete we need to be loved, chosen, validated, perfect, and somehow have everything together. That once we have the relationship, the approval, the attention, then we will finally feel worthy.</p><p>But this conditioning creates a lot of internal conflict within us.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">If this reflection resonates with you and you want more writing on feminine power, self trust, and becoming the woman you are meant to be, consider subscribing.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Because deep down we feel that something isn&#8217;t right about constantly performing for our worth.</p><p>I know for most of my life I had things on a pedestal.</p><p>Men were the biggest one.</p><p>And as much as I hate to admit it, attention and validation or approval were on that pedestal too.</p><p>I was scared.</p><p>Scared to be alone.<br>Terrified of failure and rejection. <br>And even more afraid of being seen as flawed.</p><p>So I tried to perform. I tried to get it right. I tried to be the version of myself that would finally feel &#8220;enough.&#8221;</p><p>But as I began healing and building a deeply loving relationship with myself, one rooted in compassion instead of judgment, something started to shift.</p><p>I began to have compassion for the little girl who did the best she could with what she knew.</p><p>And I started loving the woman I was becoming.</p><p>I stopped running from myself.</p><p>And more importantly, I stopped pretending that I had to have everything figured out. </p><div><hr></div><h2>Taking Everything Off the Pedestal</h2><p>Life started to feel lighter when I began taking things off the pedestal.</p><p>I became my own best friend.</p><p>I started valuing what was important to me, my feelings, my desires, my truth.</p><p>I learned to be honest with myself about what I actually wanted and what it would take to get there.</p><p>I started honoring what my body was telling me instead of ignoring it.</p><p>Even when something was uncomfortable, I explored it with curiosity instead of judgment.</p><p>I started identifying what my values actually were.</p><p>I raised my standards.</p><p>And I became more grounded within myself.</p><p>When that happened, I started learning the art of magnetizing.</p><p>Because when you stop chasing and start honoring yourself, everything shifts.</p><p>I stopped anxiously filling the gaps.<br>I stopped sabotaging my own success out of fear of failure or not being good enough.</p><p>I stopped making things outside of me the sole source of my happiness.</p><p>Instead, I started finding joy in loving and taking care of myself and prioritizing my life.</p><p>I became self obsessed in the best way.</p><p>Not from ego.</p><p>But from devotion to myself.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Dating Myself and Learning to Love My Life</h2><p>One of the biggest fears I had was being alone.</p><p>So I started dating myself.</p><p>I spent nights at home reading books, lighting candles, and making my space feel cozy.</p><p>I took everything showers.</p><p>I made beautiful meals for myself.</p><p>I curled up with movies and blankets.</p><p>I picked up new hobbies.<br>I planned trips with friends.<br>I filled my life with things that genuinely excited me.</p><p>My life became so full that if someone didn&#8217;t show up for me or wasn&#8217;t aligned with me, it didn&#8217;t devastate me the way it used to.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t have time to obsess over what someone else was doing or not doing.</p><p>My life was too full.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Letting Go of Perfection</h2><p>Another thing I realized was that I didn&#8217;t need to be perfect to deserve beautiful things.</p><p>I was still worthy of amazing experiences, love, and success, even while evolving.</p><p>Growth is constant.</p><p>We are always becoming.</p><p>So I began loving every version of myself.</p><p>I stopped resenting my past versions.<br>I stopped judging the girl who didn&#8217;t know better yet.</p><p>I stopped being angry with myself for not being further along.</p><p>I loved myself even on the days I wasn&#8217;t productive.</p><p>Even on the days I was resting.</p><p>Even when I was single.</p><p>Even when I made mistakes.</p><p>I allowed myself to be human.</p><p>I laughed more at my mistakes.</p><p>Instead of seeing things as failures, I started seeing them as lessons, divine timing, or realignment.</p><p>I stopped gripping so tightly to my ego&#8217;s timeline.</p><p>And I stopped punishing myself.</p><p>I started speaking kindly to myself.</p><p>I would literally look in the mirror and say:</p><p>&#8220;I love you.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220; You&#8217;re a boss babe&#8221;</p><p>&#8220; I am beautiful&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I am doing amazing in life&#8221; </p><p>And when I caught myself thinking negatively, I corrected it.</p><p>Because I realized something very powerful.</p><p>No one could ever love me more deeply than I was capable of loving myself.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Becoming the Woman I Wanted to Be</h2><p>I also started showing up as the woman I wanted to become.</p><p>If the woman I envisioned was married and respected, she wouldn&#8217;t be answering late night booty calls.</p><p>So I stopped.</p><p>If the woman I wanted to become was financially secure, I started paying attention to my finances.</p><p>If she had strong routines and rituals, I started building them.</p><p>I started having hard conversations, even when they were uncomfortable.</p><p>Because I knew the version of me I was becoming was powerful enough to handle it.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Boundaries Changed Everything</h2><p>I got comfortable saying no.</p><p>I stopped overextending myself.</p><p>I stopped over explaining.</p><p>I became very comfortable removing access from people who didn&#8217;t align with me or respect my boundaries.</p><p>I realized that everything doesn&#8217;t require an explanation.</p><p>Your time and energy are valuable.</p><p>You get to decide what deserves access to them.</p><div><hr></div><h2>The First Sign of Self Respect Is How You Care for Your Body</h2><p>One of the biggest shifts I made was prioritizing my well-being.</p><p>I stopped putting my health on the back burner.</p><p>I stopped saying I was too busy or too tired to take care of myself.</p><p>I made sure I was nourishing my body with healthy food.</p><p>I prioritized rest.</p><p>I stopped putting substances and alcohol into my body just to numb out and call it fun.</p><p>I stopped pushing my body past its limits simply because those were patterns I was used to.</p><p>I started treating my body like a beautiful home.</p><p>And the first sign of self respect is how you take care of your body.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h2>Traits of a High Value Woman</h2><p>A high value woman is not defined by money, status, or how many people want her.</p><p>She is defined by how she treats herself.</p><p>A high value woman:</p><p>&#8226; Values her energy<br>&#8226; Protects her peace<br>&#8226; Chooses herself instead of chasing validation<br>&#8226; Maintains boundaries<br>&#8226; Honors her desires<br>&#8226; Invests in her growth<br>&#8226; Takes care of her mind and body<br>&#8226; Surrounds herself with aligned people<br>&#8226; Does not settle out of fear<br>&#8226; Moves through life grounded in self respect</p><p>High value isn&#8217;t about proving anything.</p><p>It&#8217;s about embodiment.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Raising My Standards</h2><p>I raised my standards.</p><p>The standards I was once terrified to raise because scarcity told me I would be alone.</p><p>Or that I wouldn&#8217;t achieve my goals.</p><p>Or that I wasn&#8217;t worthy enough.</p><p>I literally started telling my ego to <strong>shut the hell up</strong>.</p><p>And instead of leading with fear, I started leading with my heart and soul.</p><p>I stopped being afraid of losing things, especially if keeping them meant losing myself.</p><p>I let go of inconsistent men.</p><p>I let go of men who weren&#8217;t devoted.</p><p>Because I was devoted to me.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Becoming the Queen of My Own Castle</h2><p>I stopped making my goals feel like life or death.</p><p>I stopped seeing everything as make or break.</p><p>Instead, I started looking at life as experimentation.</p><p>I let passion and desire guide me instead of fear.</p><p>I stopped fearing silence, distance, or space.</p><p>Because I became whole on my own.</p><p>I stopped entertaining people, places, conversations, jobs, and treatment that didn&#8217;t align with my values.</p><p>I stopped settling.</p><p>I became more grounded.</p><p>I created a life that I loved so deeply that no one&#8217;s presence or absence could shake me.</p><p>I stopped asking:</p><p>&#8220;Do they like me?&#8221;</p><p>And started asking:</p><p>&#8220;Do I like them?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Do they align with my values?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Are they adding value to my life?&#8221;</p><p>I stopped choosing partners based on chemistry alone.</p><p>And started choosing based on safety.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VmXt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F508da6b0-19f3-4140-a8d3-c0cc44071066_736x902.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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just been conditioned like every other woman to tie her worth to giving and doing. My life got better when I began to my live from overflow and service, rather than depletion and being a servant. </p><p>As women we have often been taught to perform or to be a servant to other people&#8217;s desires and missions. But what about your desires? What about your needs? What about your truth? </p><p>We have all been conditioned to believe our worth lives outside of us.</p><p>Conditioned to believe that self neglect and self abandonment are normal.</p><p>But they aren&#8217;t.</p><p>Being a high value woman simply means this:</p><p>She loves herself.<br>She chooses herself.<br>She respects herself.</p><p>And because she does, the people who truly align with her rise to meet that standard. Being a high value woman doesn't mean being colder or closed off. It&#8217;s being so aligned with your values and deeply devoted to who you are at your core, that you no longer tolerate people or circumstances that dull your light and magnetism. It means no longer twisting yourself into a pretzel to be liked or perceived a certain way. It means no longer holding back, shrinking, or dimming. </p><div><hr></div><p>If you&#8217;re a woman who feels disconnected from her feminine energy, her power, her pleasure, or her sense of trust in life, know that this is something that can be reclaimed.</p><p>This is the work I mentor women through.</p><p>If you feel called to deepen this journey and explore what it would look like to reconnect with your feminine energy, your magnetism, and your natural ability to receive more from life, you can book a complimentary clarity call with me.</p><p>During this call, we will explore where you are on your journey, what may be blocking your ability to soften and receive, and whether working together is the right next step for you. 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fFP_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e391f21-fa49-4407-939b-cf7244a4faa0_736x920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fFP_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e391f21-fa49-4407-939b-cf7244a4faa0_736x920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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It was created to keep you alive and  protect you. What if I told you that your heart is one the most powerful energetic portals that you possess. </p><p>The world doesn&#8217;t belong to the woman who moves through life with force, or a &#8220;woe is me&#8221; attitude. It belongs to the  woman who honors her heart, the one who doesn&#8217;t become rigid, resentful, serious, bitter, cold, or apathetic, with time. You see&#8230; It belongs to the woman who is magnetic and radiant. She&#8217;s the woman who flows with life. She attracts positive people and experiences. She has a love affair with the Divine. </p><p>Energy is a two way exchange. A woman who lacks trust and is disconnected from her feminine essence and her desires becomes disconnected from the very things that nourish life (pleasure, love, abundance, peace, gratitude, and expansion).</p><p>The universe responds when you learn to flow with it. Just like nature, life moves through cycles of openness, receptivity, and trust. When a woman softens into that rhythm, she stops forcing life and begins co-creating with it.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>It was once said that &#8220;It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most adaptable to change&#8221; (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Leon+C.+Megginson&amp;sca_esv=606e4c2efeacdd80&amp;authuser=0&amp;aep=21&amp;prmd=ivns&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n7ING5OnhQBGA3t8aBDN5ze9lEWrA%3A1772326400323&amp;source=lnms&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjsh8u1vv2SAxWrFFkFHQQkKuoQgK4QegQIARAD&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=900&amp;dpr=2">Leon C. Megginson</a> in 1963). </p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png" width="495" height="619" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:619,&quot;width&quot;:495,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:395545,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/i/189507204?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ASlg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ef359c2-6f52-45dd-abb5-c6bbb260937f_495x619.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>(Heartmath Institute, via https://www.heartmath.org)</strong></p><p>So often we take people and circumstances super personal. I know I have been guilty of this more than I would like to admit. Being defensive, feeling guarded, or mistrustful. Mistrustful of people, life, and most importantly&#8230; mistrustful of myself. But you see the abundance, joy, ease, and fulfillment you seek doesn&#8217;t flow to energy that is chaotic or closed off.  To be on the frequency of receiving you have to have an open heart. The world can feel your energy,  in fact you emit a scent when your cortisol levels are high. </p><p>According to Kopaliani et al. (2023), Stress triggers <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=apocrine+glands&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjt_dT8wP2SAxVDtIkEHdo2HtMQgK4QegQIARAC">apocrine glands</a> to release a sweat high in proteins and lipids, which, when consumed by skin bacteria, produces a specific, pungent odor (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=stress+sweat&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjt_dT8wP2SAxVDtIkEHdo2HtMQgK4QegQIARAD">stress sweat</a>). This scent acts as a chemical signal of fear or anxiety to others. Your energetic frequency is your signature scent. It the signal you give off to the world. You can literally attract and repel with your energetic signature alone. When you operate in survival mode by leading with fight and flight energy, instead of anchoring into your heart, you block the flow of life. </p><p>You block your blessings and create stagnant energy in your life force energy, also know as Chi. Chi (Qi or Ki) is <strong>the fundamental, invisible life force energy and vital essence that flows through, animates, and sustains all living things and the universe</strong>, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Eastern philosophy. It acts as a bridge between body, mind, and spirit, regulating health and vitality. </p><p>Being hardened doesn&#8217;t make you stronger. It creates resistance and disharmony within the mind, body, and spirit. It shows up in your relationships, in your nervous system, and in the way life begins to feel heavy rather than alive.</p><p>When the heart chakra closes, energy becomes dense. The heart is the bridge that connects the lower and upper chakras. It is the center point of our being, the place where instinct meets intuition, where the physical and the spiritual come into harmony.</p><p>To live light heartedly does not mean you are happy 24/7 or that you never experience discomfort. It means you choose to alchemize those moments rather than harden against them. It means cultivating compassion and kindness, especially toward yourself.</p><p>Lightness of heart is the frequency of love, one of the highest energetic frequencies that exists. And when we allow ourselves to live from that place, life begins to move through us with far more ease, connection, and harmony.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Being lighthearted can be described a</strong>s <strong>a carefree, cheerful, and optimistic attitude, free from anxiety, worry, or excessive seriousness</strong>.</p></div><p>Being a woman who is truly &#8220;unbothered&#8221; is not about indifference or pretending nothing affects you. It is about releasing the need to control everything long enough to trust life again. To play. To explore. To connect. To receive pleasure.</p><p>Nothing in this world benefits from a woman being disconnected from love, joy, and pleasure. When a woman is serious all the time, rigid, guarded, always bracing herself, she isn&#8217;t fully living. She is constantly scanning for threats, unconsciously preparing for impact. Her nervous system never truly relaxes.</p><p>And when goodness finally arrives, she struggles to receive it. Even beauty can feel unfamiliar. Safety can feel suspicious. So she may sabotage the very things she longs for, not because she wants to suffer, but because she has forgotten her power.</p><p>She has forgotten that she is the creator of her reality.</p><p>Instead of moving through life as an active participant, she begins to feel like a victim of circumstance. Resentment slowly replaces wonder. She waits for life to change, not realizing that life has been quietly inviting her to change all along.</p><p>The beauty, the pleasure, the joy, the abundance, none of it was ever truly absent. It has always been here, patiently waiting for her to claim it.</p><p>But pain has a way of closing our eyes to magic.</p><p>When past wounds remain unprocessed, they create a lens through which the world feels unsafe. A woman may say she doesn&#8217;t trust life, but what this often reflects at a deeper level is that she no longer trusts herself. She has become disconnected from her intuition, from her softness, from the very force that gave her life.</p><p>Reclaiming pleasure is not superficial. It is deeply spiritual. It is the act of remembering who you were before fear convinced you to armor your heart.</p><p>When a woman allows herself to soften again, when she trusts herself enough to experience life rather than guard against it, she begins to remember something powerful:</p><p>Life was never meant to be endured.<br>It was meant to be experienced.</p><p>And the moment she opens herself to that truth, the magic that was always present begins to reveal itself again.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>I trust life</p><p>I trust myself </p><p>I trust the process </p></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">If you&#8217;re enjoying this and want more teachings on feminine energy, embodiment, and spiritual growth, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss future posts.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Heart Opening Activations &#128149;</h2><p>Opening the heart is not something that happens through force. It happens through softness, presence, and intentional practices that reconnect you with love, joy, and trust. These simple activations can help bring the heart back into harmony.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Heart opening movement and yoga poses</strong><br>Practices such as gentle backbends, chest openers, and heart-opening yoga poses help release tension that is often stored in the chest and shoulders. Many of us unknowingly armor the heart after painful experiences. When you physically open the chest and breathe into the heart space, you signal to your nervous system that it is safe to soften again.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Work with the energy of roses</strong><br>Roses have long been associated with the heart chakra and the energetic frequency of love. In spiritual and vibrational studies, the rose has often been cited as carrying one of the highest natural frequencies in the plant kingdom.</p><p>One commonly referenced source comes from the work of <strong>Dr. Richard Gerber</strong>, author of <em>Vibrational Medicine</em>, where rose oil was measured to vibrate at around <strong>320 MHz</strong>, far higher than most plants and substances. Because of this, roses have historically been used in healing practices, spiritual rituals, and heart  opening ceremonies.</p><p>Simply bringing roses into your life can shift your emotional state. Place them on your altar, keep them in your home, or buy them for yourself as an act of self devotion.</p><p>&#8226; <strong>Rose water rituals</strong><br>Rose water is also beautiful for the body. Spraying rose water on your skin or hair can feel both refreshing and energetically uplifting. Many women use it as a gentle facial mist, hair mist, or even a subtle natural fragrance. Because roses carry the energetic signature of love, working with rose water can feel like a small daily ritual of self care and heart activation.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Allow yourself to play more</strong><br>Play dissolves heaviness and brings you back into the present moment. It reconnects you with joy and creativity.</p><p>Ask yourself: <strong>What did you love to do as a child?</strong></p><p>Fun does not have to be expensive or extravagant. It can be incredibly simple:</p><ul><li><p>Hiking or walking in nature</p></li><li><p>Having a picnic in the park</p></li><li><p>Playing dress up in your own closet and creating new outfits</p></li><li><p>Drawing, painting, or coloring</p></li><li><p>Singing or dancing around the house</p></li><li><p>Blowing bubbles</p></li><li><p>Trying something new just for the joy of it</p></li></ul><p>Play is not a waste of time. It is nourishment for the heart.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Eat green foods that support the heart chakra</strong><br>Green foods carry the energetic color of the heart chakra. Leafy greens, herbs, avocados, cucumbers, and vibrant vegetables nourish both the physical heart and the energetic heart center. Nature often gives us exactly what we need through color and frequency.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Practice forgiveness</strong><br>Forgiveness is one of the most powerful ways to free the heart. Holding resentment keeps you energetically tied to pain. Forgiveness does not mean approving harmful behavior; it means releasing the emotional weight so your heart can move forward without carrying the past.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Cultivate positive self-talk</strong><br>The way you speak to yourself matters deeply. A harsh inner voice keeps the heart guarded. A compassionate inner voice creates safety within. Speak to yourself with kindness, encouragement, and patience.</p><p>Your inner dialogue should feel like a place where your heart can rest.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Stop taking things personally</strong><br>Not everything is about you. When you take on other people&#8217;s projections, emotions, and wounds, you drain your own energy.</p><p>Learn to be sovereign in your energy.</p><p>Protect that little girl inside of you and allow her the freedom to play, laugh, dance, sing, and rejoice without absorbing the emotional chaos of others.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Practice gratitude intentionally</strong><br>Gratitude operates at one of the highest energetic frequencies.</p><p>You can cultivate gratitude in simple ways:</p><ul><li><p>Start a <strong>gratitude journal</strong> and write a few things each day that you appreciate.</p></li><li><p>Create a note in your phone called <strong>&#8220;Good things always happen to me.&#8221;</strong> Add to it whenever something positive occurs so you have a record to revisit when you need a reminder.</p></li><li><p>Make a <strong>gratitude or joy board</strong> with images that make you happy, people you love, places you want to visit, memories, colors, nature, or anything that lights up your heart. These can be real photos or images from Pinterest.</p></li></ul><p>Gratitude trains the mind to see beauty that was always present.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Let your inner child come out to play</strong><br>Not everything you do has to be productive or tied to achievement. Feminine energy thrives when life contains joy simply for the sake of joy.</p><p>Allow yourself hobbies that exist purely for fun. Explore. Travel. Laugh. Create. Life is meant to be experienced, not constantly optimized.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Choose curiosity over judgment</strong><br>Judgment closes the heart. Curiosity opens it.</p><p>When you approach life with curiosity instead of criticism, you create space for deeper understanding, compassion, and growth.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Practice empathy</strong><br>Empathy allows you to connect with the humanity in others while still honoring your own emotional boundaries. It softens the heart without requiring you to carry the burdens of everyone around you.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Maintain healthy, balanced boundaries</strong><br>Healthy boundaries protect your energy and allow your feminine softness to exist safely.</p><p>However, when boundaries become rigid walls, they can prevent connection. The goal is balance: protection without isolation, openness without self-abandonment.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Listen to heart healing frequencies and meditations</strong><br>Sound can be a powerful tool for opening the heart.</p><p>Listening to <strong>heart chakra frequencies</strong>, sound bowl meditations, or guided heart healing meditations can help regulate the nervous system and bring awareness back into the heart center.</p><p>Many people work with frequencies such as <strong>639 Hz</strong>, which is commonly associated with harmony, love, and heart chakra activation. Sound bowls and vibrational instruments can also help release emotional tension stored in the body.</p><div id="youtube2-GDkvjFKkGSg" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;GDkvjFKkGSg&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GDkvjFKkGSg?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Create beauty and softness in your home</strong><br>Your environment has a profound impact on your nervous system and your heart.</p><p>Create spaces that feel calming, cozy, and beautiful to you:</p><ul><li><p>Soft lighting or candles</p></li><li><p>Pleasant scents such as rose, lavender, or incense</p></li><li><p>Comfortable furniture</p></li><li><p>Soft colors and textures</p></li><li><p>Fresh flowers</p></li><li><p>Plush towels or blankets</p></li></ul><p>When your surroundings feel nurturing, your body naturally relaxes and the heart opens more easily.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Play outside the lines sometimes</strong><br>Life does not have to be perfectly structured all the time.</p><p>Take a different route home. Change up your routine. Try something new. Allow spontaneity into your life. Small shifts can awaken joy and curiosity.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Work with rose quartz</strong><br>Rose quartz is known as the stone of unconditional love and is deeply connected to the heart chakra. It carries a soft, nurturing energy that supports compassion, emotional healing, and self love. You can work with rose quartz in simple ways such as holding it during meditation, placing it over your heart while resting, keeping it near your bed, or carrying it in your bag or pocket throughout the day. Some people also like to place rose quartz around their home or on their altar to create a loving, calming atmosphere. Crystals act as energetic reminders, rose quartz gently encourages the heart to soften, release past wounds, and reopen to love, beauty, and connection.</p><div id="youtube2-6G9U2-yhf60" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;6G9U2-yhf60&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6G9U2-yhf60?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8226; <strong>Find small moments of joy throughout the day</strong><br>Joy often lives in the smallest moments:</p><p>A warm cup of coffee.<br>Holding the hand of someone you love.<br>Sunlight on your skin.<br>Cuddling with your pet.<br>A song that makes you smile.</p><p>When you begin to notice these moments, you train your heart to remain open to the beauty that is always present.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf2E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e35d22b-a59f-4cf7-8f92-bc4056c36e4e_736x981.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf2E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e35d22b-a59f-4cf7-8f92-bc4056c36e4e_736x981.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf2E!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6e35d22b-a59f-4cf7-8f92-bc4056c36e4e_736x981.jpeg 848w, 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The heart chakra is the center of our being, the bridge between the physical and the spiritual, between survival and expansion. When the heart is open, energy flows more freely through every area of life. Love becomes easier to give and receive. Pleasure feels safe again. Gratitude, creativity, and abundance naturally begin to circulate.</p><p>The feminine thrives in this openness. She does not force life to happen, she experiences it, responds to it, and co-creates with it. When a woman returns to her heart, she reconnects with the very force that makes life feel meaningful and magical. And in that space of openness, she remembers something profound: the beauty, love, and joy she was searching for were never outside of her. They were always waiting for her heart to open and receive them.</p><div><hr></div><p>If you&#8217;re a woman who feels disconnected from her feminine energy, her pleasure, or her sense of trust in life, know that this is something that can be reclaimed. Reconnecting to your feminine essence is not about becoming someone new, it&#8217;s about remembering who you were before the world taught you to harden.</p><p>This is the work I mentor women through.</p><p>If you feel called to deepen this journey and explore what it would look like to reconnect with your feminine energy, your magnetism, and your natural ability to receive more from life, you can book a <strong>complimentary clarity call</strong> with me.</p><p>During this call, we&#8217;ll explore where you are on your journey, what may be blocking your ability to soften and receive, and whether working together is the right next step for you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&#10024;&#128367;&#65039;&#129694; LETS CONNECT&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/femininely_divine/30min"><span>&#10024;&#128367;&#65039;&#129694; LETS CONNECT</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Femininely Divine! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Life Isn’t a Prison, It’s a Portal: The Feminine Art of Alchemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meeting Life&#8217;s Invitations on the Path to Your Highest Timeline]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/your-life-isnt-a-prison-its-a-portal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/your-life-isnt-a-prison-its-a-portal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:45:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuA_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea656b3-4d10-4efd-a8c2-0ac92defe51e_480x473.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuA_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ea656b3-4d10-4efd-a8c2-0ac92defe51e_480x473.jpeg" 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reality.</p><p>We have been conditioned to believe we are victims of circumstance , taught to outsource our power to the external world. That it is the economy, the government, society, or the life we were born into that determines the quality of our existence.</p><p>But what if I told you that this is one of the greatest lies you were ever taught?</p><p>What if I told you that life is happening for you,  not to you?</p><p>What if even the most painful circumstances&#8230; the most unimaginable and horrific experiences you&#8217;ve endured&#8230; were not here to break you, but to rattle you awake? To redirect you. To bring you back onto the path your soul was always meant to walk?</p><p>As women, we have always been more than nurturers of life,  we have been its first protectors. Its guardians. Its transmuters.</p><p>Women carry shape shifting, transitional energy within us. We are like the ocean, vast, rhythmic, and powerful. We can be calm or storming, peaceful or destructive. We can push away or pull inward.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Water is one of the most powerful elements on this planet because it adapts. It transforms. It becomes whatever it needs to be. A liquid, a vapor, a wave, a storm. With time and flow, water can even erode rock. </p><p>And what can destroy water? Nothing.</p><p>Even if the sun burns so intensely that it creates drought, water does not die, it evaporates, rises, and returns again as clouds.</p></div><p>Your energy is the same.</p><p>It cannot be destroyed&#8230; only transformed</p><p>You are the most powerful alchemist.</p><p>But the question is&#8230; What are you alchemizing?</p><p>Are you allowing your fear to build prisons around you?<br>Are you seeing walls where there are actually windows and doors?<br>Are you, a daughter of the Divine, choosing to believe in loss, scarcity, and lack?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jUex!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe316d955-e3e1-4281-95fa-f66abe8634ed_664x894.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jUex!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe316d955-e3e1-4281-95fa-f66abe8634ed_664x894.jpeg" width="540" height="727.0481927710844" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e316d955-e3e1-4281-95fa-f66abe8634ed_664x894.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:894,&quot;width&quot;:664,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:540,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Kali | Religion Wiki | Fandom&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Kali | Religion Wiki | Fandom" title="Kali | Religion Wiki | Fandom" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><h6><em>Kali Hindu goddess known as the destroyer of evil, representing time, change, and ultimate liberation</em></h6></div><h2>Goddesses of Death &amp; Rebirth</h2><p>Throughout myth and ancient cosmologies, goddesses who govern death and rebirth were never feared in the way modern society fears endings. They were revered as initiators, guardians of transformation, keepers of the thresholds between who you were and who you are becoming. These goddesses teach that death is never literal alone; it is symbolic of shedding identities, illusions, attachments, and timelines that can no longer hold your expansion.</p><p>To acquaint yourself with these archetypes is powerful because they help you reframe loss, heartbreak, ego death, and life transitions as sacred passages, not punishments. When you work with their energy, you begin to trust the cycles of destruction and renewal within your own life. You stop resisting endings and start honoring them as portals into rebirth.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.&#8221;</p></div><h1>Ways to Alchemize Misfortune Into Transformation</h1><h2>&#127761; Reflections: Inner Alchemy</h2><p>Use these as journal prompts, shadow work inquiries, or contemplation portals.</p><ul><li><p>What is this experience trying to teach me that comfort never could?</p></li><li><p>Who is this circumstance asking me to become?</p></li><li><p>Where am I being invited to rise instead of retreat?</p></li><li><p>What identity, attachment, or illusion is dissolving through this?</p></li><li><p>How is this redirecting me toward deeper alignment?</p></li><li><p>What strengths are being forged in me right now?</p></li><li><p>If this is happening <em>for</em> me, what might the gift be?</p></li><li><p>Where am I being called to reclaim my power instead of outsource it?</p></li><li><p>What patterns or cycles is this experience revealing?</p></li><li><p>How might this be protecting me from a path not meant for me?</p></li><li><p>What desires are being clarified through this contrast?</p></li><li><p>How is this refining my standards, boundaries, or self worth?</p></li><li><p>What part of me is dying&#8230; and what part is ready to be reborn?</p><p></p><div><hr></div></li></ul><h2>&#128293; Action Steps: Embodied Alchemy</h2><p>These are grounded, real life ways to transmute energy instead of staying stuck in it.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Reframe the narrative</strong> &#8212; consciously shift your language from &#8220;Why is this happening to me?&#8221; to &#8220;What is this preparing me for?&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>Release emotional stagnation</strong> &#8212; cry, move, shake, dance, or somatically process the energy so it doesn&#8217;t calcify.</p></li><li><p><strong>Create ritual from rupture</strong> &#8212; baths, candle work, mirror work, or journaling to mark the transition.</p></li><li><p><strong>Upgrade your standards</strong> &#8212; let the misfortune refine what you will and won&#8217;t accept moving forward.</p></li><li><p><strong>Take one aligned action</strong> &#8212; even small movement breaks victim consciousness.</p></li><li><p><strong>Transmute pain into purpose</strong> &#8212; teach, create, write, or serve from what you&#8217;ve survived.</p></li><li><p><strong>Energetic cord clearing</strong> &#8212; release attachments to people, timelines, or identities that the experience exposed.</p></li><li><p><strong>Environment reset</strong> &#8212; declutter, redecorate, or shift your space to reflect your next chapter.</p></li><li><p><strong>Embodiment practices</strong> &#8212; yoga, sensual movement, breathwork to move energy through the body.</p></li><li><p><strong>Speak a new reality</strong> &#8212; affirmations, scripting, or prayer that anchors your desired timeline.</p></li><li><p><strong>Invest in your expansion</strong> &#8212; therapy, coaching, courses, or mentorship that support your evolution.</p></li><li><p><strong>Choose growth behaviors</strong> &#8212; rest if you&#8217;ve been overworking, act if you&#8217;ve been avoiding.</p></li><li><p><strong>Alchemize through creation</strong> &#8212; art, writing, music, or expression transforms pain into beauty.</p><p></p><div class="pullquote"><p>If you are walking through a death and rebirth season&#8230; If life feels like it is dismantling you instead of supporting you&#8230; </p><p>You may not be breaking, you may be being initiated.</p></div></li></ul><p>If you are a woman navigating a transition, an ending, or a loss&#8230;<br>If you feel stuck, uncertain, or disconnected from your power&#8230;<br>If you are in the middle of an ending, a rupture, or a season of uncertainty&#8230;</p><p>I work with women who are ready to reclaim their feminine energy and transmute their circumstances into transformation. 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But then I woke up with cramps, and as I meditated, an intuitive whisper came in to say this isn&#8217;t a race, it&#8217;s about consistency, not intensity. Although I had a million things on my list, I decided I was going to listen to that quiet whisper, despite wanting to move a million miles an hour.</p><p>So I decided I would only do the bare minimum of what was truly important and allow the rest to wait. Instead of going all day, I chose to stop at a certain time, do some yin yoga, take a bath, and read a book. Today I&#8217;m turning inward to rest because my higher self is calling me to. God, Source Energy, the Universe, whoever you identify with, did not create us to live from urgency. Feminine energy always thrives when we honor the rhythms.</p><p>You see, feminine energy is cyclical and intuitive, it has a sophisticated system. This isn&#8217;t about being &#8220;lazy&#8221; as much as it is about honoring our bodies  and avoiding burnout. I&#8217;m actually writing this as I lay in my bed, taking a slow morning in silence before I make some herbal tea for my womb.</p><p>I find that as women, we are often called lazy, or we may think of ourselves as lazy, or even feel guilty for not being more robotic, for not being able to perform consistently like men. We guilt ourselves because society ingrains in us that productivity equals value. The world is a well oiled machine that thrives off our productivity and consumerism.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg" width="417" height="521.25" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:920,&quot;width&quot;:736,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:417,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Story pin image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Story pin image" title="Story pin image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UvjW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72b18415-4fda-4594-aa77-ed045c4c1830_736x920.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Rest is actually a form of resistance and a practice of sustainability, not just within ourselves but as a benefit to the world. So often we are overexerting and performing. We become exhausted from overactivity,  an overactive mind, or a body that&#8217;s begging for rest.</p><p>Nothing good comes from urgency because it&#8217;s a nervous system response rooted in survival. Feminine energy isn&#8217;t about being lazy, but it&#8217;s also not about being excessive. It says&#8230;</p><p>Sleep for 8 hours, not 10.<br>Read for 30 minutes, not 3 hours.<br>Work consistently, not all night.<br>Spend intentionally, not impulsively.<br>Work out for 1 hour, not 3.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>"Feminine consciousness is more attuned to the life of the body, and so knows the rhythms that belong to the cycles of life, rather than the systems imposed by will that are presently strangling our world"</p><p>~Working With Oneness </p></div><p>As women, we have to stop working like men because we were never designed like men. We have to pace ourselves. And guess what? There are weeks I work out 5&#8211;6 days a week, and there are weeks where I work out 2&#8211;3. There are weeks where I don&#8217;t weight lift and instead go for walks, do yoga, or stretch. There are days I just simply exist. You see, life is a marathon, not a sprint, and your body is a garden, not a machine.</p><p>It&#8217;s something you must learn to tend to,  to show up every day for yourself. And that may look different each day. Keep a list of goals and a to-do list to keep you on track, have a routine, but don&#8217;t be upset if you don&#8217;t get it all done in the timeframe you set, especially if you&#8217;ve crammed a lot into one day. Trust me, I&#8217;ve been there. Or when the day depletes you due to sudden, unexpected events, or your body is just screaming no.</p><blockquote><p>Feminine energy thrives with structure, but more importantly, structure that allows room for flow and spaces to move slowly when needed.</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F0o5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fc73652-34a4-4ca2-bcdc-37af446f0ab8_675x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F0o5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fc73652-34a4-4ca2-bcdc-37af446f0ab8_675x1200.jpeg 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I find that when I honor my downtime and rest time, when I return, I&#8217;m more creative, productive, and focused. My mood is better, I can give more to others from a full cup, things just flow, my income increases, and my social media thrives. So often we feel everything will fall apart if we take time to rest, but the funny thing is it&#8217;s us who falls apart when we don&#8217;t take time to honor our own rhythm. When I don&#8217;t honor my own rhythm, when I&#8217;m rushing, forcing, obsessing, manipulating, and feeling depleted, it&#8217;s like swimming against a stream. I wonder why my money tanks, the ideas dry up, and I&#8217;m posting incessantly, yet my engagement sucks. I literally begin to repel the very things I desire despite constant and incessant input.</p><p>So often we want to push through when our higher selves and the Universe are screaming slow down.</p><p>This is when we ignore the signs. We get sick. Things get canceled or delayed. Processes require lots of effort and results are slow. We injure ourselves. We run into &#8220;accidents.&#8221; Things just start to go south.</p><p>This is your call to notice the flow of your body. Not only do we have seasons in life, but each day brings its own weather, which requires something different of us.</p><ul><li><p> How can you respect the resistance you are experiencing? </p></li><li><p>How can you find your own rhythm each day? Each week? Each month?</p></li><li><p>What season are you in Winter aka Rest? Spring aka seed planting? Summer aka blooming? Fall aka harvesting? </p></li><li><p>How you can learn to flow instead of force?</p></li><li><p>How can you constantly show up with structure, yet find balance so you can meet your goals, while also honoring your mind, body, and spirit? </p></li></ul><p>The more a woman honors her body and stays in tune with her intuition, the more she effortlessly flows and thrives, not from force or struggle, but from her feminine essence and magnetism.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#10024; If you&#8217;re being called into deeper work, I work with women one on one to shift identity, collapse timelines, and embody their highest potential. This is for the woman who is ready to return to her feminine essence, rewire her mindset, and step unapologetically into her power. 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminine Energy Is Following Your Body, Not the Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Feminine Activations for Sovereign Beauty]]></description><link>https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/feminine-energy-is-following-your</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://femininelydivine.substack.com/p/feminine-energy-is-following-your</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jalisa Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:22:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R9Qa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78cee4c-63fd-4bde-a278-244a7abbf798_736x1308.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p>Feminine energy begins when you release the need to conform.</p><p>It&#8217;s the moment you stop molding yourself into trending body types, replicated facial features, viral hairstyles, or algorithm approved fashion, and start listening inward instead.</p><p>Adorning yourself, styling yourself, playing with your &#8220;avatar&#8221; as a woman can be sensual, creative, and deeply expressive&#8230; but it should be led by <strong>inspiration</strong>, never pressure. By curiosity, never obligation.</p><p>Your beauty rituals, your aesthetic, your expression are meant to feel like exploration, not performance. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lIy5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe5afd11-21b8-4f42-a3a4-36c32ea706a7_512x640.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lIy5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe5afd11-21b8-4f42-a3a4-36c32ea706a7_512x640.jpeg 424w, 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A space where you get to discover what you enjoy, what suits you, what feels aligned  and that can change over time. After all, as we evolve, so does our appearance and the way we express ourselves.</p><p>The most feminine thing you can do is follow what your body is telling you to do.</p><p>A woman&#8217;s care for herself is essential, but the way she expresses that care will look different for every woman.</p><p>She does not need to be perfectly put together at all times&#8230; but she should tend to her altar. She should care for her skin. Anoint herself with oils. Moisturize her body with intention. Brush her hair slowly. Adorn herself in ways that feel loving, not performative.</p><p>She tends to herself the way she would tend to something sacred&#8230; with presence, softness, and devotion.</p><p>Caring for yourself ,  adorning yourself , tending to your beauty&#8230; becomes a ritual. And that ritual will look different for every woman. What I am speaking about goes beyond self care. This is about reverence for your temple, the way you cleanse it, nourish it, rest it, pour into it. It is hygiene, devotion, and the tending of your mind, body, and spirit as sacred ground.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R9Qa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78cee4c-63fd-4bde-a278-244a7abbf798_736x1308.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R9Qa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78cee4c-63fd-4bde-a278-244a7abbf798_736x1308.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R9Qa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78cee4c-63fd-4bde-a278-244a7abbf798_736x1308.jpeg 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A woman should wear fabrics that feel good on her body. She should wear her hair and clothing in ways that accentuate her natural features, not in ways that make her look like a cut out or copy of someone else.</p><p>We do not need more women following rigid beauty protocols.<br>We need more women who are free.<br>We need more women who look different and unique </p><p>If you look back in time, women looked vastly different from one another, yet they were collectively beautiful. Now we are moving into an age where more and more women are beginning to look the same because it is now believed that beauty is singular. That a woman&#8217;s beauty is one dimensional . </p><p>But that is not feminine energy.</p><p>As women, we are multidimensional. When we look at nature, we are drawn to variety, to the richness of different colors, textures, shapes, and expressions. We don&#8217;t choose just one flower&#8230; we are captivated by full arrangements. And even if roses are our favorite, we admire them in every shade.</p><p>Beauty was never meant to be singular. It was designed to be diverse, layered, and expansive.</p><p>Beauty is not one-size fits all.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t until social media became dominant that we began seeing this mass replication. Women losing their unique essence in exchange for sameness.</p><p>True beauty isn&#8217;t about chasing trends. It&#8217;s about creating them through seeing yourself as the muse. Being inspired by beauty, not defined by it. And most importantly, allowing your authenticity to shine through.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg" width="644" height="212.03809523809525" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:242,&quot;width&quot;:735,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:644,&quot;bytes&quot;:68254,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This may contain: there are many pink items on display in this room and one is holding a mirror&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="This may contain: there are many pink items on display in this room and one is holding a mirror" title="This may contain: there are many pink items on display in this room and one is holding a mirror" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvdg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fef8408-c4df-4ae9-9eef-b8a3d82cd61f_735x242.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>Feminine Activations for Sovereign Beauty</h3><p><strong>1. Find Inspiration in Similarity: Not Comparison</strong><br>Find women who share a similar body type or features as you and study how they dress or adorn themselves. Let it inspire you, not pressure you.</p><p><strong>2. Dress for Your Body: Not the Algorithm</strong><br>Clothing should honor your natural shape, not fight against it. When you dress in harmony with your body, your confidence amplifies.</p><p><strong>3. Release Trend Obsession</strong><br>Trends come and go, often disappearing just as fast as they arrive. Develop your own sense of style. Dare to be bold, soft, eclectic, sensual, or minimalist, whatever feels true to you.</p><p><strong>4. Discover Your Signature</strong><br>Find hairstyles, colors, fabrics, or accessories that feel like <em>you</em>. Signature elements create presence and memorability.</p><p><strong>5. Move &amp; Nourish Your Body with Love</strong><br>Engage in movement that feels pleasurable: dance, yoga, walking, pilates. Nourish your body with foods that energize you. Trends fade, but vitality is always magnetic. Healthy is the new sexy. </p><p><strong>6. Stop Comparing Yourself</strong><br>So many admired women look completely different from one another . Unique features, different skin shades, body shapes, and sizes. </p><p><strong>7. Create a &#8220;Beauty Board&#8221;</strong><br>Create a vision board of beauty. Include women you admire (past or present), actresses, royalty, muses, goddesses, artistic imagery, perfumes, flowers, textures, colors. This becomes your visual frequency of beauty. Pinterest or physical collages both work.</p><p><strong>8. Study Yourself with Love</strong><br>Learn your face shape, body type, hair texture, and skin needs, not from judgment, but from reverence. This is how you work <em>with</em> yourself instead of against yourself.</p><p><strong>9. Do What Lights You Up</strong><br>The most beautiful and magnetic women radiate peace, confidence, and inner joy. Your energy will always outshine any trend.</p><p><strong>10. Return to Play</strong><br>Remember when you were young and you used to play dress up? Make clothes or do fashion shows in your bedroom? Return to that little girl, the one who saw beauty through the eyes of curiosity, play, and fun. Look at your beauty as transformational, creative, and explorative. No pressure, just pure expression.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#10024; If you&#8217;re being called into deeper work, I work with women one-on-one to shift identity, collapse timelines, and embody their highest potential. 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We are no longer just living in the age of information. We are living in the age of over-information. An endless stream of opinions, rules, trends, and advice flooding our nervous systems every single day.</p><p>So much so that many of us are becoming disconnected from our feminine essence and from our humanness.</p><p>For every piece of guidance telling you to do one thing, there is another telling you to do the exact opposite. Wake up earlier. Sleep more. Drink coffee. Quit caffeine. Hustle harder. Rest more. Be disciplined. Be soft. No wonder so many women feel overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, and exhausted. We are being pulled in a million directions at the speed of light, constantly consuming, constantly adjusting, constantly chasing the &#8220;next best way&#8221; to become ourselves.</p><p>In the midst of all this noise, we have forgotten something sacred. You do not become more whole by adding more. Sometimes the deepest healing happens when you begin to subtract.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;Nature doesn&#8217;t hurry, yet everything is accomplished&#8221; </p><p>Lao Tzu </p></div><p>Lately I began to feel deeply disconnected from myself and from the world around me. As I have been embarking on my journey of embodying my feminine energy and ascending into my highest self, I realized something profound: what I needed wasn&#8217;t more&#8230; it was less.</p><p>It&#8217;s almost ironic. We have endless ways to communicate, infinite entertainment at our fingertips, yet I had never felt more disconnected from others or from myself. So I started making small intentional changes. I spent more time in silence. I reduced my time on social media. I stopped engaging online as much. I spent less time consuming and more time creating. I returned to nostalgic things, things I loved as a child, things I did before the internet and media became so dominant.</p><p>I also became aware of how much short-form content had trained my mind to constantly seek stimulation. It felt mind numbing, addictive, and fragmenting. So I also began reading more long-form content. I started watching longer videos, content that required presence, attention, and depth instead of constant scrolling. Almost immediately, my mind softened. My focus returned. I felt more anchored in my own thoughts again.</p><p>And what I noticed was powerful: I started to feel like myself again. I felt more alive. More connected. More fulfilled. My nervous system began to regulate naturally. My body softened. My presence deepened.</p><p>What&#8217;s interesting is that I was already &#8220;doing all the right things.&#8221; I was working out. I was meditating. I was doing breath work. I was journaling and doing affirmations. I was checking all the boxes. But none of it truly mattered when, on a deeper level, I was still disconnecting from myself and from others by constantly consuming, filling every quiet moment with noise, entertainment, and distraction. Never allowing myself to be bored. To be still. To be silent.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg" width="584" height="791.3795918367347" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:996,&quot;width&quot;:735,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:584,&quot;bytes&quot;:139363,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Story pin image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Story pin image" title="Story pin image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXwj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8a66962-548f-44d6-8979-f3f7d9bca0ef_735x996.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I also stopped numbing myself through substances, constantly smoking, drinking, or going out just to fill time. Instead, I made a conscious commitment to slow down. To be more present. To cherish my real-life connections. To savor conversations. To choose experiences that genuinely made me feel good rather than simply keeping myself occupied.</p><p>I started taking more naps. Resting without guilt. Letting my body lead instead of forcing productivity. Allowing slowness to become medicine.</p><p>As I practiced this, I noticed something else begin to shift. The fog started to lift. I no longer felt like I had to constantly regulate my nervous system or manage myself through endless techniques. I didn&#8217;t feel the same urge to numb, whether through substances, noise, stimulation, or crowdedness. I naturally took steps back from stimulants like excessive caffeine and alcohol, and from casually indulging in cannabis. I realized how much of my life had been spent unconsciously numbing myself, filling space with substances, sound, distraction, and constant movement.</p><div><hr></div><p>As the noise fell away, something beautiful returned.</p><p>My creativity came back.<br>My childlike joy resurfaced.<br>My ability to be present deepened.<br>My capacity to sit with myself without reaching for something expanded.</p><p>What surprised me most was that my productivity actually increased. I began accomplishing more by doing less. I felt more vibrant. More alive. My sex drive increased. I felt like my aura was beaming, like something within me was finally unobstructed. My skin improved. The way I cared for myself softened and became more intuitive, more loving.</p><p>All of the things I once felt I had to optimize, track, or force onto a checklist began happening naturally. Effortlessly. With ease. Not because I tried harder, but because I stopped overconsuming and started listening.</p><p>And while I love entertainment, social media, podcasts, movies, and shows, there is a time and a place for them. What&#8217;s happening now is overconsumption. We&#8217;re flooding our nervous systems, depleting our dopamine, and numbing our capacity to feel. We&#8217;re becoming less present, less embodied, less connected to our intuition, our creativity, and our aliveness.</p><blockquote><p>True fulfillment doesn&#8217;t come from more input. It comes from space. From slowness. From presence. From remembering who you are when the noise fades and allowing yourself to return to yourself.</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gGXZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80948300-9116-466e-8b1f-aea293ffa045_736x1104.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gGXZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80948300-9116-466e-8b1f-aea293ffa045_736x1104.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gGXZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80948300-9116-466e-8b1f-aea293ffa045_736x1104.jpeg 848w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>So I&#8217;ll leave you with this reflection:</p><p>How can you return to your essence?</p><p>What did you do in the earlier seasons of your life, before constant stimulation, before endless scrolling, before overconsumption became the norm, that brought you genuine joy?</p><p>Did you journal or write for hours?<br>Did you dance freely in your room?<br>Did you color, create, or play?<br>Did you spend long walks talking with friends?<br>Did you read books and get lost in your imagination?</p><p>Think back to a time that feels nostalgic, when life felt simpler, more embodied, more alive. The little things that once lit you up are still available to you. They were never lost, only buried beneath too much noise.</p><p>Sometimes, the path back to yourself isn&#8217;t about becoming someone new.<br>It&#8217;s about remembering who you were before you were overstimulated.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#10024; If you&#8217;re being called into deeper work, I work with women one-on-one to shift identity, collapse timelines, and embody their highest potential. This is for the woman who is ready to return to her feminine essence, rewire her mindset, and step unapologetically into her power.</p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://femininelydivine.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Femininely Divine! 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4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jessbaileydesigns">Jess Bailey</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been sitting with myself. Resting. Slowing down. Healing in ways I never allowed myself to before. And yet, I&#8217;ve cried every day this week.</p><p>This year, I made a conscious decision to face every uncomfortable truth about myself. I thought I was ready to meet my shadows, even the ones I believed I had buried long ago, but more continues to rise. And I&#8217;m letting it.</p><p>I chose to remove distractions. I committed to sobriety. To more silence. To turning the TV off. To driving without noise. To spending less time on social media and stepping back from the social scene altogether. And in that stillness, I&#8217;ve gained a level of clarity I&#8217;ve never known.</p><p>Shadow work breaks you wide open, but it also sets you free.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been feeling everything. My own pain, yes, but also the grief of the world, and especially the weight carried by the feminine collective. I&#8217;ve been reflecting on how much numbing women are conditioned into under distorted masculine systems that teach us to abandon ourselves to survive patriarchy.</p><p>We&#8217;re told our emotions are too much. Too intense. Too overwhelming. That we&#8217;re too sensitive. And so we learn that being fully human, that feeling deeply, that connecting with ourselves, which is essential for healing and evolution, is somehow wrong.</p><p>So we suppress.</p><p>We scroll mindlessly.</p><p>We pretend we&#8217;re okay when we&#8217;re not.</p><p>We dilute our anger and silence our sadness.</p><p>We party. We shop. We drink. We smoke.</p><p>We overwork. We jump from lover to lover.</p><p>We distract. We consume. We move.</p><p>And I&#8217;m not saying these things are inherently bad. But when we haven&#8217;t truly faced ourselves, they quietly become escape routes.</p><p>So I find myself asking&#8212;are we all, in some way, just running from ourselves?</p><div><hr></div><p>So what is shadow work</p><p>Shadow work is the practice of becoming aware of, understanding, and integrating the <strong>parts of yourself that were suppressed, rejected, or judged as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221;</strong>&#8212;your <em>shadow</em>.</p><p>The shadow isn&#8217;t bad or wrong. It&#8217;s made up of emotions, desires, traits, memories, and impulses you learned it wasn&#8217;t safe or acceptable to express. This often includes anger, jealousy, grief, power, sexuality, neediness, vulnerability, ambition, and even confidence.</p><p><strong>How the shadow is formed</strong></p><p>Your shadow develops through conditioning:</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Childhood experiences where certain emotions were punished or ignored</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Cultural or religious rules about what&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad&#8221;</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Gender roles (especially for women being taught to be quiet, agreeable, or self-sacrificing)</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Trauma or moments where being your full self didn&#8217;t feel safe</p><p><strong>How the shadow shows up</strong></p><p>What we suppress doesn&#8217;t vanish, it <strong>leaks</strong>:</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Being triggered by others</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Self-sabotage or repeating the same patterns</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;People-pleasing, perfectionism, or control</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Shame around desire, anger, or power</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Projection (judging others for what you deny in yourself)</p><blockquote><p>The shadow often runs your life until you&#8217;re willing to meet it consciously.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L-7R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg" width="736" height="852" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/12ad04f8-c9a2-40c4-a1aa-975943aab1d3_736x852.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:852,&quot;width&quot;:736,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;This may contain: a black and white photo of a woman holding her hands up in the air with sunbeams coming from her back&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="This may contain: a black and white photo of a woman holding her hands up in the air with sunbeams coming from her back" title="This may contain: a black and white photo of a woman holding her hands up in the air with sunbeams coming from her back" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></blockquote><p>Carl Jung the founder of analytical psychology, who is considered the creator of the &#8220;shadow&#8221; once said &#8220;<strong>Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate&#8221;</strong>.</p><p>A woman cannot be truly successful and sovereign until she has faced and transcended her shadow.</p><p><strong>What shadow work actually does</strong></p><p>Shadow work is not about &#8220;fixing&#8221; yourself. It&#8217;s about <strong>reclaiming your wholeness</strong>.</p><p>When you do shadow work, you:</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Heal inner wounds instead of bypassing them</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Release shame and self-judgment</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Integrate power, confidence, sensuality, and emotional depth</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Stop being unconsciously triggered or reactive</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Step into authenticity and self-trust</p><p>This is why shadow work is foundational to embodiment, confidence, and magnetism.</p><p><strong>Common shadow work practices</strong></p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Journaling around triggers (&#8220;Why did this activate me?&#8221;)</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Inner child work</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Mirror work (meeting yourself without avoidance)</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Somatic awareness (feeling instead of suppressing)</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Exploring shadow emotions with compassion, not judgment</p><p><strong>Shadow work &amp; the feminine</strong></p><p>For many women, the shadow holds:</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Suppressed sensuality and sexual energy</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Rage and boundaries</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;Desire to be seen, chosen, powerful</p><p>&#9;&#8226;&#9;The dark feminine: Intuition, depth, mystery, authority</p><p>When these are integrated, a woman doesn&#8217;t become hardened, she becomes <strong>whole, grounded, and magnetic</strong>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mkiF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F451de1b7-59ae-49fc-b4d3-55fe82f0abcb_735x547.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Notice what consistently brings up frustration, anger, grief, or resentment. Where do you feel stuck, looping the same patterns or reliving the same lessons? When do you feel unseen, unheard, or dismissed and by whom?</p><p>Get radically honest with yourself. Ask: <em>What part of me is asking to be acknowledged? What wound is still seeking care? What truth have I been avoiding?</em> Because without awareness, patterns don&#8217;t dissolve, they repeat.</p><p>So write it out. Cry it out. Scream it out. Feel all of it. The key to living a blissful, joyful life, one infused with pleasure, is your willingness to feel the pain. You can only feel as deeply good as you&#8217;re willing to feel deeply uncomfortable. Numbness blocks both.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t about holding onto your wounds or making them your identity. It&#8217;s not about guilt, shame, or self-punishment. It&#8217;s about bringing what&#8217;s been hidden into the light so it can finally be released.</p><p>This is self love in its truest form: allowing yourself to be fully human, fully felt, and fully expressed. When you love yourself in all your facets, the light and the shadow, you free yourself to experience life with depth, pleasure, and wholeness.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#10024; If you&#8217;re being called into deeper work, I work with women one-on-one to shift identity, collapse timelines, and embody their highest potential. 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