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One of the biggest conversations I have with womenĀ
and one of the biggest questions that women have
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in this quest for satisfaction is Finding Love.Ā
Now I know there is a very popular narrative
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today that says we can do it all ourselves andĀ
we don't need a man or we don't need a masculine
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partner but the reality is as humans we areĀ
hardwired for connection and we are based in
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relationship we have come this far as a speciesĀ
because of intimate partnership and at some point
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in our lives even the most independent womanĀ
is going to Crave finding the right partner
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so in this podcast I'm going to give you someĀ
insights as to how to go from yourself to your
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soulmate. Welcome to The Satisfied Woman podcast.Ā
I'm your host, Alanna Kaivalya, Ph.D. This podcast
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is dedicated to helping women lean into theirĀ
femininity and rediscover the power of their
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feminine gifts we take a look at what itĀ
means to be a modern woman and how we can
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live A Satisfied life on our own terms. VisitĀ
the hub at thesatisfiedwoman.com and just for
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my podcast listeners I've set up a special pageĀ
just for you at thesatisfiedwoman.com/empowerme
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when you go to thesatisfiedwoman.com/empowermeĀ
you're going to find a few special goodies that
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I've set aside just for you to get you startedĀ
on your own path to satisfaction so I grew up in
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this Western culture patriarchy the whole thingĀ
just like I'm imagining you did and one of the
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narratives that I've been hearing my entire lifeĀ
starting from a very small girl is that we can
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do it all and we can we absolutely can anotherĀ
one is that we can do it all ourselves and even
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more is that we can do it all ourselves and alsoĀ
for everyone else this I this DIY individualistic
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kind of attitude is really reinforced insideĀ
of our culture one of the things that we prize
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the most in this culture is the idea of soloĀ
success making your own way doing it yourself
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and unfortunately that is actually one more toolĀ
to keep the feminine down it's one more tool of
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dismissal and devaluation for the feminine becauseĀ
as we know anytime you isolate or separate groups
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of people you then have power over them so thisĀ
is a subtle way that the P well actually not so
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subtle now that I think about it it's a subtle wayĀ
that the patriarchy has tried to train women that
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we don't need help that we can do it all ourselvesĀ
that we don't need a man that we can actually man
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up on our own and as a result I've noticed andĀ
maybe you have too we have a very interesting
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and new problem in our culture more and more womenĀ
are choosing to pursue careers pursue success and
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to pursue a path of aloneness as they progressĀ
into adulthood this is very different and I'm
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not advocating otherwise actually just so youĀ
know I will always advocate for what is in the
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highest and best interests of any woman so if itĀ
is in the highest and best interest for a woman
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to pursue a path of individuality or be alone forĀ
a while I'm all for it if it's in their highest
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and best interest to pursue the career path for aĀ
while before perhaps settling down into starting a
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family I'm all for it but what I want us to let goĀ
of is this narrative and concept that the only way
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forward the only way to have a successful life isĀ
to do it by yourself I was very much indoctrinated
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into this way of thinking and because it wasĀ
so prized and valued to become as successful
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as possible I pursued a career path for almostĀ
20 years at all costs this was at the cost of
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my relationships at the cost of my own happinessĀ
sometimes even at the cost of my own integrity
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and self-interest now I say that out loud not toĀ
start a pity party I don't need that but to call
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out the fact that I don't know especially in myĀ
research that this pathway of individualism and
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doing yourself is the most uh satisfying pathwayĀ
for women it's just not not so one of the things
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that this podcast that you're listening to umĀ
one of the goals that I have in this particular
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episode is to start this conversation about womenĀ
who want to be in Partnership women who want to
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be not independent but interdependent womenĀ
who thrive in community in collaboration in
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connection to others because those are theĀ
qualities of the feminine that are really
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not just beneficial to the Fe feminine woman butĀ
to everyone she's in relationship with if we don't
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have an opportunity to really settle into ourĀ
femininity and bring that forward specifically
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in relationship the world doesn't get thoseĀ
qualities from us it's almost like we suck
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the life the joy the pleasure and the communityĀ
collaboration out of the world because if all of
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us are just operating on the masculine principleĀ
then when do we get that creativity when do we
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get emotional depth and connection when do we getĀ
the opportunity to process whatever is in us when
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do we get that if we're so hellbent on being anĀ
individual and highlighting masculine traits then
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even we as feminine women are missing out so I'mĀ
creating this course actually it's already being
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launched it will launch officially on February 1stĀ
just in time for Valentine's Day yes sometimes I
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can be a little cheesy um so if you're listeningĀ
to this podcast after February 1st 2025 the course
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is already available to you if you're listeningĀ
to it now then I'm hoping this podcast is going to
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give you some ideas not just about what I presentĀ
in the course but perhaps even interest in joining
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me for the course because I think that this is oneĀ
of the central issues of the modern woman's life
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how do we not only release this masculinity thatĀ
we all have to wear to get around but how do we
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lean into our femininity because that is theĀ
key to finding your soulmate so I use this term
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soulmate well because mostly I like it I like theĀ
idea of a soulmate I like um the concept of Soul
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I'm okay if that's not a word that you prefer orĀ
if that term soulmate um doesn't really resonate
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with you the reason that I use it is because forĀ
me in my work as a depth uh psych psychology study
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and practitioner the idea of soul is our deepĀ
unconscious it's all of those things within us
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that really make us tick that really make us whoĀ
we are and it's that soul that piece of us our
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unconscious nature that depth part of our psycheĀ
that's the part of us that seeks and desires
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intimate connection one of Carl yung's famousĀ
quotes is that we are wounded in relationship
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and we are healed in relationship ship of courseĀ
our early wounding happens in the relationship we
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have to our primary caregivers or our parents orĀ
the family members who are in our household at the
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time now I don't mean to sound morose becauseĀ
literally everyone has childhood wounds even
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people who come from the best households and haveĀ
the best experiences there is going to be some
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wounding even if it is just the act of separatingĀ
from the mother when you go from being an infant
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to being a toddler that's the most basic woundĀ
that any of us can have so there is going to
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be a wounding that is actually what makesĀ
life interesting it's what makes us tick and
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it's what makes us who we are and fortunately orĀ
unfortunately the cliche idea that we all grow up
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to marry our parents is true I like you sincerelyĀ
wish that it were not true um but yes little girls
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grow up to seek out out and partner up or marryĀ
their fathers and little boys grow up to seek out
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and partner with or marry their mothers this isĀ
basic psychology and we can argue against it we
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can wish it weren't the case and yet here we areĀ
so this idea that intimate partnership is such an
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important key in our life is not just for theĀ
psychological purposes of healing those in our
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wounds it's for co- ulation our nervous systemĀ
actually does better at maintaining a state of
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Regulation when we are in an intimate partnershipĀ
with someone we feel safe and secure with isn't
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that amazing it actually has health benefitsĀ
as well um I'm a little pissed about it but the
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health benefits are greater for men than they areĀ
for women but they're there for women too I think
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that the difference is that women actually haveĀ
a lot more social interaction with other women
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so they get benefits that kind of spread aroundĀ
when they're in community with others but the
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health benefits of being in a long-term safe happyĀ
healthy intimate partnership are people actually
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live longer they have lower rates of heart diseaseĀ
they have lower blood pressure they have less uh
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stress overall I mean you know I don't know that IĀ
need to convince you dear listener of the positive
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benefit of having an intimate relationship butĀ
if you ever needed any kind of convincing there's
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some clinical data out there saying to us thatĀ
partnership is really the way that human beings
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Thrive and one of the things that partnershipĀ
does not do it does not diminish who we are as
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individuals codependency will do that certainlyĀ
when we're in a relationship that features
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codependency what is primarily happening is thatĀ
one person sees the other as incapable of doing
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life on their own that they are in need of anotherĀ
person for help that they are disempowered anytime
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there's a sense of disempowerment you know you'reĀ
running into codependency and that is not what I'm
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talking about we're not looking for codependencyĀ
and intimate partnership we're looking for
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interdependency where the person that we'reĀ
with has their own qualities that enhance and
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complement ours so this really gets to one of theĀ
cruxes of why intimate partnership is so critical
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for the modern day woman and again this doesn'tĀ
mean that I'm advocating that you as a young woman
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find your one intimate partner and stay with themĀ
at all costs throughout your life I don't think we
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live in that world anymore and I don't know thatĀ
those are the kinds of values that every woman
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listening to this podcast will hold what I amĀ
saying is that no matter where you find yourself
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at some point in your life you are going to desireĀ
intimate partnership there might be points in your
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life where you just want to be alone thereĀ
might be a deep desire to have one long-term
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relationship there might be a desire to haveĀ
multiple at different stages it doesn't matter
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okay the format the Cadence the frequency of yourĀ
intimate Partnerships has a lot less to do with
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the fact that you are in them or not and more toĀ
do with your ability to attend to them and to be
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honest with yourself about how important they areĀ
to you I mean look you know when my mother divorce
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my father she swore up down left right and CenterĀ
that she would never marry again and she swore off
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men now that lasted about six years and then loĀ
and behold she got married again so you know even
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and my mom is formidable so even the most staunchĀ
feminine ladies um you're just you're just going
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to want a partnership so what do we do about thatĀ
well one of the things that I speak with women
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often about is this the finding of their soulmateĀ
you know the finding of the right partner because
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not even that you know yes we would like to have aĀ
partnership but you got to find the right one and
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the finding itself can be tricky because we are atĀ
a disadvantage number one just because we're women
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but number two because this culture has instructedĀ
us so firmly in the value of individuality and
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Independence now I will I will offer a littleĀ
caveat here one of the greatest pieces of advice
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I received when I was I think in my first orĀ
second year of college it was from a mother of a a
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fellow student of mine who had been married to herĀ
College sweetheart for decades at that point and I
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said to her I remember this I said oh wow it mustĀ
have been so nice to find the man of your dreams
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right away and like take that box and have thatĀ
sorted and she said it was absolutely nice however
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I decided that even though I knew I was goingĀ
to marry this man and even though we were in a
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long-term partnership that after college I wantedĀ
to live on my own for two years because I always
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wanted to know that I could do it I always wantedĀ
to have that confidence that if for some reason
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there was a catastrophic breakdown and he andĀ
I broke up that I knew I could make it and I
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thought that was extraordinary advice for me asĀ
a young woman and I have a uh person in my family
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uh she's my stepmother I'm going have to callĀ
her out and let her know that I'm talking about
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her on the podcast um she had spent every singleĀ
year of her life either living with her family
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or living with a husband or a boyfriend there wasĀ
no point at her in her life where she ever lived
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alone and then she ended up at 69 years old havingĀ
to figure out life on her own for the first time
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and it was almost like teaching someone to ride aĀ
bike you know you had to take the training wheels
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off and there's this fear of falling and so I seeĀ
the value absolutely of knowing that you can be
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an independent woman but what I want us to avoidĀ
is getting stuck in that because as independent
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do what yourself at all costs and also do it forĀ
everyone else in this culture that kind of woman
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what that requires of us is This Dawning the maskĀ
of the masculine requires us to armor up it just
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does we live in a patriarchal culture where allĀ
the messages we receive are that masculine values
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are more important and more valuable thanĀ
the feminine and it's not even necessarily
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done well because masculine values at their bestĀ
are phenomenal and an asset to every human but
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because it's the patriarchy and they reallyĀ
are interested more in power over than power
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with we often get a distorted image of thoseĀ
masculine values rather than leadership and
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guidance which are phenomenal masculine values weĀ
get domination and control okay those things are
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the same energy but one is a negative DistortionĀ
of the other right if we can trade in control and
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power over for guidance and Leadership then youĀ
know we have a different conversation and I get
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to do it different podcast but that's not what weĀ
have so in this necessary bravado that even the
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most feminine woman has to put on to survive andĀ
get through every day we we sometimes get locked
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in to wearing this mask of the masculine and weĀ
then present ourselves to the world as being on
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the masculine polarity and that's detrimentalĀ
for everybody because it denies the world of
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our femininity it denies the world of our feminineĀ
gifts and power but it also unfortunately gives
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the wrong impression now I myself have experiencedĀ
this and I don't doubt that if you have not
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experienced it that you know other women who haveĀ
that you are so capable and so independent in your
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life that you then attract men who are on theĀ
feminine polarity and who see you as so capable
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that they simply check out and they let you doĀ
all the work if you've encountered relationships
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where the woman or the feminine partner is bossingĀ
the other around calling all the shots directing
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the show and you see the masculine partner kindĀ
of diminishing and Fading Into the background
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that's exactly the Trap that this kind of false mĀ
masculinity leads us into now I can't tell you how
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disorienting and disheartening this can be I'veĀ
lived it myself I know what it's like because
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the reality is as women who are actually on theĀ
feminine polarity when we fake it and put on too
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much masculinity we give that fake impressionĀ
of the world and what happens is it exhausts
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and overwhelms us we become burnt out we becomeĀ
like husks of ourselves we become tired we are
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constantly answering the demands of a world thatĀ
doesn't value who we are and it's demeaning and
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it's it's a heavy cross to bear and I understandĀ
that it's a bit of a chicken or the egg question
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isn't it because in order to go out into the worldĀ
and do some of the things that we're called to
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do every day the only way to do it is to bringĀ
forward our masculinity but we have to downshift
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we have to bring forward our femininity in as manyĀ
ways and places and spaces as we can not only for
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our own sake so that we don't have that burnout soĀ
that we don't have that overwhelm so that we can
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release and relax but so that we actually bring inĀ
the right kind of partner I absolutely guarantee
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you that the strong capable masculine partner thatĀ
you seek is not looking for another strong capable
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masculine partner your strong capable healthyĀ
masculine partner desires his equal and opposite
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and I know that that's you I know it becauseĀ
it's me too I have been working for decades on
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this work because I have felt the exhaustionĀ
of holding on to masculinity too hard and
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giving people the wrong impression exhausting andĀ
overwhelming myself and ultimately not being happy
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or satisfied in relationship when what I deeplyĀ
crave is relationship when what we all deeply
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crave is relationship and when in relationshipĀ
with the right balance of opposing polarities
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we actually get to thrive even more than whenĀ
we're on our own a feminine woman on her own
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in this culture is always going to be at a bitĀ
of a detriment because this culture demands the
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masculine and that's not fundamentally who we areĀ
so we need that Sacred Space we need someone to
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hold the masculine for us so that we can flourishĀ
in our feminine we need someone who cherishes
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is our femininity who responds to our emotionalĀ
depth who isn't afraid when we have an emotional
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response who is responsive to our intuition whenĀ
our intuition arises and it doesn't make any sense
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it is not logical our logical masculine partnerĀ
heeds it and makes decisions based upon it this
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is what we might call a power couple when you haveĀ
two human beings regardless of gender orientation
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anything else one fully in the masculine and oneĀ
fully in the feminine they actually get to be in
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those things more of the time because of theĀ
nature of the relationship and they get to do
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each of those things better and it's almost likeĀ
we can Outsource that hyper masculinity so that we
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can bring forward our incredible femininity let'sĀ
just let our masculine partner handle it we don't
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need to protect ourselves because we've outsourcedĀ
it to our very capable masculine and they have the
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ability to protect us physically emotionallyĀ
psychologically any level of protection that
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is important to you you can Outsource thatĀ
incredible masculine trait of guidance and
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Leadership you no longer have to make all theĀ
decisions the masculine loves leading guiding
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decision-making and the best of the m masculineĀ
will be responsive to the needs of the feminine
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and make decisions accordingly I mean I don't knowĀ
about you but this sounds pretty dreamy to me and
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none of this has us relinquishing our agency orĀ
our power because as a feminine woman our power
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actually lies in our femininity it lies not in ourĀ
ability to have hyper direction or overly logical
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thinking we can't have that remember all humanĀ
beings have both masculine and feminine within
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them so when those things are necessary yes weĀ
can call them forward yes we can employ them it
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doesn't mean we just get to check out of thoseĀ
things but we are stronger as feminine women
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when our logical thinking follows our emotions andĀ
intuition when our emotions and intuition are at
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the Forefront driving the logic and the decisionsĀ
and in relationship when our emotions and our
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intuition are the rised like secret magic of howĀ
decisions are made in relationship and executed by
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the masculine this symbiosis this allowing eachĀ
individual to really play to their strengths is
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beneficial for everybody and it is how it isĀ
absolutely how we as women are going to heal
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those deep wounds that are inflicted on all of usĀ
as little girls Okay I I like to say as a result
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of my psychological training and studies thatĀ
no one gets through childhood unscathed but what
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I add now in doing this work is that especiallyĀ
little girls don't get through childhood unscathed
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we have deep work to do inside now good news isĀ
as the feminine we are most equipped to do it the
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feminine loves depth work the feminine lovesĀ
um diving into the Shadow and taking a look
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at the unconscious because that's where ourĀ
creativity is that's where we flourish that's
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where we shine that's where we access our emotionsĀ
and our intuition that's our space but for us to
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do that shadow work really does require intimateĀ
appropriate healthy and sacred partnership now I
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wish it weren't thee Cas I remember I think it wasĀ
probably 2012 2013 or so and uh in my past life
0:25:08.160,0:25:15.560
I taught a lot of yoga and spirituality and haveĀ
been studying psychology for this whole time and
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was no stranger to doing all sorts of spiritualĀ
and psychological therapeutic practices uh in
0:25:22.080,0:25:28.320
order to heal all the best wounds that I couldĀ
find and do the work and you know um walk the
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talk as it were that I was doing and I rememberĀ
you know as a a regular meditator going to therapy
0:25:34.080,0:25:41.360
regularly for that point probably 15 years umĀ
leaning into Shadow work training people in this
0:25:41.360,0:25:46.680
work through my courses uh I remember I was in myĀ
bedroom and I lived in New York City at the time
0:25:46.680,0:25:53.480
and I looked at the mirror and you know my wholeĀ
day was dedicated to spiritual practice and work
0:25:53.480,0:25:58.240
and I looked in the mirror and I just had thisĀ
realization this like Stark moment of realization
0:25:58.760,0:26:05.440
and I literally looked at myself and said AlanaĀ
you've actually taken yourself as far as you can
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go and to go any further you are going to need aĀ
mirror you're going to need somebody else to hold
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that lens up for you and that happens in IntimateĀ
partnership nothing is going to heal you and allow
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you to transform yourself as having the rightĀ
intimate partner someone who can hold your pain
0:26:29.120,0:26:35.560
someone who doesn't let you get away with yourĀ
BS someone who when you are triggered does not
0:26:35.560,0:26:40.160
get triggered themselves and holds you soĀ
that you can heal and take a look at that
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trigger and that wound someone who knows you soĀ
well that they understand what they may need to
0:26:46.200,0:26:53.800
psychologically protect you from and not pullĀ
those triggers this is the next level of depth
0:26:53.800,0:26:59.440
work it comes through intimate partnership now IĀ
know that that might be overwhelming it puts you
0:26:59.440,0:27:05.840
on the hook for finding the right person to helpĀ
you do this but I promise that you can and I also
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absolutely know that the only way you can is byĀ
bringing forth your femininity by connecting to
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your emotions and to your intuition by lettingĀ
your your deep feminine self guide you this is
0:27:23.160,0:27:33.280
how you find this soulmate to do this work with soĀ
make sure that you start thinking about this and
0:27:33.280,0:27:38.720
considering it and finding ways to enhance yourĀ
femininity so that you attract the right partner
0:27:38.720,0:27:45.800
so that you can continue on the very importantĀ
work which is healing yourself right it's like I
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it's amazing how much is wrapped up in this simpleĀ
idea when you know you're probably sitting there
0:27:51.040,0:27:56.320
thinking I just want to find a cool boyfriendĀ
or a cool masculine partner yes and by the way
0:27:56.320,0:28:02.680
this unlocks A Whole New World of potentialĀ
for you so you want to start doing the work
0:28:02.680,0:28:08.560
Girl Let's Do It um listening to this podcastĀ
is one way to begin another way is reading the
0:28:08.560,0:28:14.080
book The Way of the satisfied woman yes I wroteĀ
that going to my website thesatisfiedwoman.com
0:28:14.080,0:28:20.560
and specifically for you podcast listenersĀ
thesatisfiedwoman.com/empowerme and I have
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my new course from self to soulmate which isĀ
designed specifically to give you the tools
0:28:27.200,0:28:31.920
and tips and tricks that you need to get intoĀ
your femininity to attract the right partner
0:28:31.920,0:28:36.160
it's going to give you a checklist on exactlyĀ
what kind of partner you are looking for how to
0:28:36.160,0:28:44.200
recognize the healthy masculine and how to beĀ
ready for that one your one when he appears so
0:28:44.200,0:28:48.800
remember the course Launches on February 2ndĀ
you're welcome to get in early I've got some
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advance bonuses for those that you do for thoseĀ
that do and if it's after February 2nd when you're
0:28:54.080,0:28:58.440
listening to this then the party has alreadyĀ
started girl and we are waiting for you to join
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thank you so much for listening to this podcastĀ
today I am so grateful to be able to do this work
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with you for you and I am doing my best to bringĀ
the best of this work to you through everything
0:29:10.000,0:29:18.280
that I do so here's to all of us workingĀ
together to walk the path of The Satisfied Woman
