We live in a society that doesn’t value our female or feminine perspective. It’s thought to be too emotional, not intellectual enough. So, for decades, women were told to think and act more like men.
Today, this thinking is so engrained in us that we don’t even recognize it and certainly don’t question it.
Our most influential women thought leaders reinforce these ideas. We assume they are right because…. look at them! They are so successful!
We want to copy them, but we find it hard. Something is off. Something is wrong. Something doesn’t feel right. But we don’t know what.
So instead of questioning all the advice we’ve been given, we question ourselves. Our conditioning tells us the problem is us. We just don’t have what it takes.
In reality the problem is that we aren’t connecting with our true selves. We aren’t asserting our female and feminine perspective.
In this video I discuss a quote by Sheryl Sandberg which initially sounds good. It’s supposed to sound right…but something inside us tells us something is off.
Watch this YouTube video.
Then, start thinking about how often you push aside your female perspective believing it is inferior.
Additional Note:
Sheryl was what I call a “Blue Zone Woman.” She fully believed that male traits were the key to a successful career. Her concept of “Lean In” screams Blue Zone and male thinking.
Unfortunately, she was completely blind to how she was conditioned because she was well-rewarded for it. Lean In got so much great press because it encouraged women to become “Blue Zone Women” – women who fit into the male-dominated workplace and who would NEVER question how it functioned.
(Did Sheryl stand up against Facebook and Instagram for what they were doing to women and girls?)
I noticed however, that after Sheryl’s husband died, her perspective changed dramatically. I think for the first time she was forced to confront her female perspective. And I hope that she like all of us, find, embrace and assert our feminine selves to the benefit of all.