Season 1 Episode 15 : Self Development As A Woman

One of the main things I see Catholic women struggling with is in the area of self development. In this episode I discuss operating out of the different layers of your femininity, being in touch with your natural feminine essence, five signs that you might have stagnant feminine energy, your natural sex appeal as a woman, operating from a place of “big truths” not watering down your womanhood, and more.

You’ve got the foundational aspects of the faith down. Mass on Sunday, Holy Hours, Praying The Rosary, Novenas, Spiritual Reading. You’ve got that down.

But you stop there, and that’s the problem, and you don’t develop as a woman with understanding on how to live an integrated life. So you become really uptight, make the foundational aspects of the faith your entire focus and don’t flourish in the self development aspects of your womanhood. Integration and thriving as a woman.

Think of the spiritual life as building a house. Without the foundation you can’t build up. But if you only lay the foundation and don’t start building well you’ve come to a halt in the progression of the house.

Once you’ve got your foundation down it’s time to work on self development and understanding how to flourish in your femininity. Looking in the mirror and asking God “Who is the woman you created me to be?” What things do you enjoy? What are the gifts and talents God has given you? How can you help others with those gifts? How can you flourish in your womanhood?

A lot of women make the mistake of saying “Well I didn’t hear this information in Church.” The homilies on Sunday aren’t targeted towards helping you flourish in your femininity. The priest’s homilies on Sunday’s are foundational aspects of the faith to appeal to men and women of all ages. Church is for you to receive the sacraments and give you the tools necessary to get yourself together. You then have to take it upon yourself and correspond with the grace made available to you from the foundation of your spiritual life to work on developing the skills necessary to becoming the woman God created you to be and begin flourishing in your femininity.

Keep your foundation strong with a good spiritual life, and then work on pouring into self development as a woman. It’s important to understand that there is an attack on your femininity. This attack is multi-faceted, and you have to make it a priority to strive to thrive in your womanhood or you will be operating from a place of watered down womanhood, which is contrary to operating from a place of flourishing.