Awakening the Goddess Within

Goddesses of the World,

We live in a patriarchal society. No matter how far we have come as women there is still a long way to go. And we can’t sit around waiting for the world and society to change for us, we have to change it for ourselves and for all the other Goddesses in the world. This is not about man-hating or feminism, its about us as individual Goddesses reigniting our fires within and joining together in love and harmony.

We need to change ourselves, beginning with our thought patterns and focusing on who we think we are compared with who we actually are. Generally we do not value ourselves or see ourselves as others do, we focus on what we see as our negative traits. I find an important exercise that can help you see who you are is to write a letter about yourself, your skills, your good traits, what is so special about you but I want you to write it as if you were your best friend/sister/Mother/daughter etc. Who does this person see you as?

Eg. To Kerri-Anne,

You are a kind and compassionate friend. You are always ready to listen and help out whenever I need you. Etc. etc.

Next you need to consider how you think about others. As women we need to support each other to encourage a massive change in attitudes towards our gender. We need to stop comparing ourselves to others and love ourselves for the beautiful person we are. We need to stop being judgemental, gossipy and bitchy towards each other. Every woman is on her own journey and as women there is no better person to understand us. Think about what you have gone through in your life and how many other women may have, or may still be, experiencing the same issues; you can understand and support them.

There is a story I love that I heard years ago.

A woman (Sally) was in a clothes shop when another woman bumped into her and did not apologise or even acknowledge that she had done this. Sally looked at her in anger, mumbled something to her self and walked off. A few moments later it happened again. This time Sally snapped at the woman who proceeded to burst into tears.

Sally, still angry, was still telling the woman off for not watching where she was going and being so selfish thinking she owned the shop etc etc.

The woman apologised profusely and proceeded to tell Sally that her Mum had just been rushed to hospital as she had been in an accident and that she had no money to go and see her as she was on the other side of the country. The woman said she did not see Sally and did not realise that she had even bumped in to her as she was so focused on her Mum. Sally then felt terrible about her reaction – she had only been thinking about herself and not what may have been happening in this other woman’s life at that moment in time, Sally just thought she was a rude bitch.

This highlights the reality of our lives – as a first reaction some women tend to judge rather than show compassion. Thankfully Sally was quick to turn her judgemental attitude to one of compassion and was able to lend support to the other woman.

The point of this story, for me, is to think before you react, consider what this other person may be going through. How often do you go down the street to run errands when your mind is focusing on something else? I know I have ignored friends because I was busy rushing through the supermarket thinking about where I had to be in ten minutes, it was not intentional it was just life and if they judged me or gossiped to others about me because of it, then I hope that they are reading this now.

Sally came from anger rather than love. Why was her first reaction anger? Where was this coming from? This incident changed Sally’s life forever and she began to work on changing he thoughts about herself and others.

Lets take a look at our own reactions and consider why we act this way, why do we think the things we do?? And most importantly, how can we change our thoughts? Ask yourself, are you the person you want to be or are you the person society has conditioned you to be? Where is your Goddess within? Has she been squashed down? Has her fire been put out? Who is she??

Now is the time to reawaken your Goddess within and become the person that you truly wish to be. xx

Awakening the Goddess Within is a workshop that I have designed to help you start the process of reconnecting to your true self. If you are interested please send me an email @ thejourneytohealthyliving@gmail.com