The Fire Inside

An inquiry - How are we are deconditioning from more masculine ways of being and leaning into our feminine sides? How do we cultivate the new generation of empowered and awakened women the world desperately needs to come into balance?

Sara Campbell

”I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again.”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

women have qualities of heart and mind that we need more of in public and private spheres of life; those qualities are not just about multitasking but the disposition to view social, emotional and administrative responsibility as part of the main curriculum of life, rather than things to get out of the way before getting back to work or play. It is... See more

Jonathan Rowson • What chess taught me about the differences between men and women

Refuse to be irrelevant. You have a voice and you have the right to use it.

Dr Sharon Blackie • A manifesto for thriving at midlife

To pursue as a woman is to instigate. The word “agency” gets thrown around, but it feels wrung of any glamour or excitement. The woman is chasing. She asks, “What do I want?” Sometimes the answer doesn’t come right away or maybe the destination is far off—like scenes of dinners al fresco, or a life of leisure filled with curb-to-car shoes. The seek

When we live outside ourselves, and by that I mean on external directives only rather than from our internal knowledge and needs, when we live away from those erotic guides from within ourselves, then our lives are limited by external and alien forms, and we conform to the needs of a structure that is not based on human need, let alone an individua... See more

Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

Audre Lorde: Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

We do not need more selfless women. What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world's expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves. What we need are women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done.

glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

This state of love-filled delight in possibilities and eager joy at the prospect of actualizing them is known in Buddhism as bright faith. Bright faith goes beyond merely claiming that possibility for oneself to immersing oneself in it. With bright faith we feel exalted as we are lifted out of our normal sense of insignificance, thrilled as we no l

Sharon Salzberg • Faith

Feminine power does not move the world through force. It tethers the masculine powers to life, directs them toward love, and keeps them grounded in beauty. In the marriage of matriarchy and patriarchy, the masculine asks the feminine, “Where shall I direct my powers?” The untethered masculine runs awry, building towers of abstraction and technology... See more

Charles Eisenstein • Feminine Power

The extent of violation of women and violence to the earth perpetrated by men does not mean that all men are perpetrators. It is important to acknowledge that there are many forward-thinking males around the world who recognize these same problems and are working in collaboration with women to change them. While I am focusing on the need for the em

Jonathan Rowson • What chess taught me about the differences between men and women

Dr Sharon Blackie • A manifesto for thriving at midlife

Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Sharon Salzberg • Faith

Charles Eisenstein • Feminine Power

Tsultrim Allione • Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine