You Don’t Have to Roar to Be Powerful

Hello Brave One,

This May, I’m reflecting on what it means to be powerful—not in the way the world has tried to define it for us, but in a way that feels deeply true, feminine, and embodied.

We live in a culture that tells us power is force.
Loudness.
Domination.
Constant motion.
Always pushing.

But I know another kind of power.
And maybe you do too.

It’s the quiet kind.
The kind that doesn’t need to perform.
The kind that listens before it speaks.
The kind that sets boundaries without shouting.
The kind that trusts its own knowing, even when others don’t understand.

This month, I’m centering Soft Power.

Not weakness. Not passivity. But power that is rooted, intuitive, and sovereign.

Soft power is the ability to say no with love.
It’s leading without needing to control.
It’s trusting your body’s wisdom, your timing, your truth.
It’s resting without apology.
It’s taking up space without having to explain why you belong.

This is the power of the feminine—not in gender, but in energy.
It’s cyclical, receptive, responsive. It’s magnetic instead of chasing.
It doesn’t have to hustle to prove itself.
It simply is.

Throughout May, I’ll be writing from this place—about how I’m reclaiming soft power in my own life, how I see other women doing it, and how it shows up in the healing work I offer.

You don’t have to roar to rise.
You don’t have to fight to be strong.
You don’t have to hold it all to be worthy.

Your softness is not in the way—it is the way.

With tenderness and truth,
Dee
(In your corner, always.)