They say men want power, and women want love. I want both. And I bet you do too. All too often, we assume that women don’t desire power— that we prefer to be near power, or perhaps make love to power–anything but in actual possession of it. That’s nonsense. You can easily debunk that myth […]
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Part III: How Feminine Energy Translates into Real Power
(Part III of a four-part video series.) In Western societies, there’s a word for masculine energy. It’s ‘power’. The traits that we associate with power (assertiveness, emotional objectivity, physical strength etc.) are all aspects of masculine energy. Masculine energy is not exclusive to men, it is a manifestation of left hemispheric brain function– a mode […]
Why Queens Have the Most Power
The Woman Who Changed The Game The Arabs introduced the game of chess to Spain during the 8th century, but it wasn’t until 1495, when Isabella, Queen of Castille, reached the height of her powers, that the queen became the most powerful piece on the board. In real life, Isabella, the monarch who unified Spain and sent Christopher Columbus […]
What Separates Wishers From Winners
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -Alice Walker I recently sat on a sexuality panel where an interesting discussion around fairytales arose. One woman quipped that Disney princesses were horrible examples for women. Arielle in The Little Mermaid literally disfigures her body, abandons her family and gives up her voice… […]
What Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ Reveals About Seduction & The (Secret) Power of Women
Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade is a smorgasbord of decadent imagery flush with stunning cultural references, from a gloriously terpsichorean Serena Williams to the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. But as a seduction devotee, the evocation of Oshun emerges as one of the film’s most beautiful, “teachable” moments. Oshun, an archetypal symbol for the feminine principle, serves as a meaningful guide. Through her […]