To the wild woman who is wild because she was born that way, and to the wild woman who EMBRACES and embodies the STRENGTH and FEROCITY of the Wild Woman when this is exactly what is needed. And — also — to the woman who thinks she has no capacity for being wild…
To all of us,
because The Wild Woman
is available
accessible
for us all.
AT ANY TIME.
I have long studied The Wild Woman archetype. She’s the original rebel, the FREE woman, untethered to societal expectations that she — frankly — couldn’t meet even if (and even WHEN) she tried. The Wild Woman is the raw, the real, the wise. The Wild Woman is fierce and fearsome.
In her WILD state, her NATURAL state, she is unashamed. She does what she feels called to do, and therefore her actions are always naked, never hidden, exposed. This means she is JUDGED — often ruthlessly, and often by other women, but also, as you’ll see… by men.
In a woman’s WILD state, she is untamed. Un-civilized. Perhaps improper. Un-homogenized. She says the things that aren’t said. She gives into her fierceness… in bed, in business, in the gym, in life. She’ll let you see her pant, hustle, howl. A woman untamed, has nothing to hide.
In a woman’s WILD state, her natural state, she is unintimidated. Unafraid. She laughs at the days to come. She understands that DEATH will find us all. But it will never find her cowering, hiding, and running for safety. If she is running, make no mistake, she is CHASING something… not being chased. She is unintimidated by your words, your rejection, your threats or your withdrawal. Circumstances will challenge her, but she will RISE to meet them
every
single
time.
Eye to eye,
the wild woman
faces EVERY situation.
And as fierce and fearsome and unpredictable as she may be… despite the fact that it is the WILD woman who other woman love to hate, despite the fact that it is the WILD woman so many demonize…. many women still DESIRE the confidence, the certainty, the courage of the Wild Woman.
Being unashamed
untamed
and intimidated
— OUR NATURAL STATE —
feels foreign to too many women.
And it’s no surprise…. At early ages, we are taught shame. Shame perhaps over our bodies, our desires, or our mistakes. Shame is not natural… it is TAUGHT. Too many parents (not mine, thankfully… but too many) aim to raise TAME daughters, the kind who are compliant, with a cheerful disposition, the kind who fit INSIDE the lines of society, who are “agreeable.” These traits are applauded, especially for girls. Like a once regal LION, beaten and tamed into submission and compliance, day by day having to DENY his wild nature… these girls break my heart. So perfect, so polished, so AGREEABLE, so TAME… but this is not our natural state. And too many women are TAUGHT to be intimidated… they are TAUGHT what SHOULD intimidate, what should compel us to submit, what we should FEAR. Being intimidated, LIVING intimidated, frankly even being ABLE to be intimidated… is not our natural state. It is TAUGHT.
I am lucky.
I was not raised to conform to an image.
I was not raised to fear.
I was not raised to feel shame.
TRUTH mattered in my home, not appearance.
FREEDOM and COURAGE were applauded as NOBLE,
not fear and compliance.
Whether you are a natural born WILD WOMAN who is coming BACK to her nature or a woman who wants to simply CHOOSE to embody your natural inheritance of the Wild Woman archetype… this letter is to you.
To the natural born Wild woman,
the woman who sometimes distrusts her own strength or fierceness… I see you.
know the “pain” of actually WANTING to fit in, to have the seeming BLISS of being able to follow without question, to be accepted as “one of the girls,” to not be SO separated because you can’t NOT be who you are.
I see you questioning your own strength, not because you wonder if you have it, but because you worry about the damage it could cause. I see you measuring your words and your actions carefully because while you can be ferocious, you never desire to hurt anyone. I know how you PINE for just a day or two during which you could trust and follow and BE LED…. even if just for a respite from your own nature.
To you I say that your strength, your fierceness, your nature, your intuition can be trusted. 100%. You can trust the Wild Woman, and you see this right???
Because when the chips are down,
those women — and men —
who deemed you “too much”
come back around.
You cannot escape your nature.
But you can trust it.
I promise.
To the woman whose WILD nature was perhaps tamed over time, or the woman who feels she was born WITHOUT the Wild Woman spirit entirely… to you I say:
The Wild Woman nature,
her fierceness,
her sensualness,
her fearlessness,
her FEROCITY,
her drive,
her confidence,
her strength…
WOMAN, you have access to it ALL. No matter how — how deep or how long — shame and conformity and fear have infiltrated your world….
it is not your natural state.
You can CHOOSE to embody the Wild Woman,
any time
and any place
where she can be beneficial to you.
Think of being UNtamed, UNashamed & UNintimidated like a robe you can put on at any time.
Every morning
and indeed in every moment
you have a choice.
To put on the familiar robe
of shame and conformity and fear…
or to put on the robe you ALWAYS have access to…
of pride and courage and confidence.
Every morning
in every moment,
THAT robe is available for you to
borrow,
embody,
and embrace.
Here’s to all of us,
united in our inherited wildness.
You were NEVER born
for shame,
to be tamed,
to be intimidated.
What “robe” will you put on tomorrow?
And the next day?
And the next?
I am up to a new thing.
A new boldness,
new levels of courage…
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