Feminine Tenderness and Why You’ve Been Taught to Diminish Your Sensitivities
One of the deepest gifts of the feminine nature is Tenderness.
Tenderness is a softening into life, a grounded devotion to staying gentle and open in heart, even when it feels easier to harden.
I've found that for the women I've worked with, this feeling of tenderness is central to their deeper fulfilment.
As naturally relational beings, tenderness enlivens and connects a woman back to her deeper essence. Tenderness is what inspires a woman to nurture and care for herself and others. Tenderness shifts what is stuck and allows what needs to flow. Tenderness activates an unspoken energetic that naturally invites in support, love and resourcing.
Another definition of tenderness though, is ‘a sensitivity to pain.’
Which is why much of the feminine path is also about learning to embody and embrace our natural sensitivities, without being overwhelmed or discouraged by pain.
When I first started my business, I focused a lot on supporting women to work with their sensitivities.
And I still feel a strong pull towards supporting those (especially in business) who are highly sensitive.
Yet I believe that as women…
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hi, i’m belinda
Writer and founder of Soul & Self, an online space for women to reclaim their feminine nature, recognise their true value and restore their natural gifts, pace and path. If you’re a deep-hearted woman wanting to soften into your femininity, a gentle solopreneur craving respite from the ‘shoulds’ of the business world, or a feminine creative longing to share and sell your gifts in a softer way, you’re in the right place. Start here.