What do women want?
Prefer to listen? Here you go:
Last month, I posted a Substack note that went semi-viral. 1.3K "likes", 220 comments, and 28 restacks.
That tells me, it clearly hit a nerve.
Women WANT things – big things!
They want to use their voice to share their message.
They want to know their voices matter.
They want to explore and express the truth that they carry, unapologetically.
And yet, women everywhere hold a belief that says, despite what they internally know, it’s not safe to want. Because daring to want might mean:
Someone will be upset.
I won’t get what I want anyway.
More responsibility.
In fact, most women I work with struggle to make sense of their lives, because somewhere deep down they know that they want more, BUT. They don’t give themselves permission to know what that might be.
Instead they focus on what they don’t want – things like a messy house, anxiety, their job.
So when I ask them, “X, what do you want?”, they freeze, like a deer in headlights, uncertain of how to even answer that question.
Here’s the thing: from the moment we are born, women are taught that our wants are "frivolous." Often we are made to feel wrong for daring to ask for what we want. Other times we are punished for hinting at a want.
So we spend a lifetime desperately seeking something other than what we’ve got while simultaneously holding on tightly to it all, as if our lives depended on it.
One foot on the gas, the other on the brake. Seeking desperately to move forward while spinning the wheels. Making noise and producing smoke while staying in place. It is a crazy-making place to be.
We know there’s more to life, but despite our best efforts, we have not yet touched it.
We want to become more, but we don’t know HOW.
We look around at what once felt alive, but notice how it no longer holds life.
It’s not that anything is wrong; it’s simply that you’ve outgrown the life you’re living.
Does that sound familiar to you?
What if … we found a way to trust that your wanting more is the Signal that lets you know you’re at the edge of an identity shift. Your body knows but your mind has yet to catch up – in fact, your mind is likely seeking every possible reason NOT to change up the status quo.
Our intellect likes predictability. Our bodies like Space, movement, flow. Our lives thrive in the perpetual “aha” moments that transform us from our core.
Imagine a life where you gave yourself permission to know what you want. Because you trusted it was safe to want. Because you trusted people want you to have what you want. Because you trusted that responsibility really equals freedom.
I don’t know what you want, but I know what I want you to know about wanting:
Wanting is not bad or wrong.
Here’s what I want:
I want to live in truth and share freely.
I want to share what’s meaningful to me with women who are also seeking to live in truth.
I want deep and intimate conversations that matter, and that transform matter.
What do YOU want?
If you’re willing, hit reply and let me know. I always love to read your responses, and personally respond.
If you want to explore this more deeply, you might like this post by Louise LeBrun: Intentional Evolution: Provocation for a Life Worth Living
An invitation to the next layer of your evolution…
This season pulls you outward—into lists, logistics, and everyone else’s comfort.
For now, enjoy that. But if you’re feeling the pull inward… toward something yet unnamed… I invite you to follow it.
Our Signature offering, Decloaking and Living Authentically is where you stop abandoning yourself—and start living in alignment with who you actually are, once you finally discover who that is.
Join us, if you’re ready to live like it’s true: I matter, too.
If you’re feeling the pull, there are a few ways to connect:
– Book a discovery call
- Send me an email
– Or message me directly on Telegram
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