STRONG WOMEN

They're a little bit perfectionist, a little bit martyr.

While strong and independent women are positive role models in our culture, chances are these characteristics were born from trying to cope with feeling vulnerable.  Scratch the surface of any strong woman and you’ll find someone who’s had to overcome some serious vulnerability.  She became strong to survive.

The problem is that this coping strategy, at some point, doesn’t work anymore because in an effort to appear strong we forget how to say NO, how to set boundaries.  Rather, we become martyrs who feel compelled to take on every and all responsibility.

Truly strong women are vulnerable.  They are vulnerable in the way a tree survives a  storm.  We bend, we lean, we surrender control for our own good, but we don’t break.