Rarely ever be emotional. Your default is under emotional. Always observing, looking at how you can turn certain events to have a favorable outcome for you and where you can benefit from. Save your emotions for your children or your pets or for when you write or paint or express yourself. Save it for your journal to put them all down in and sort through them. Process your emotions in private, with someone you trust, or with a therapist. Practice mental hygiene every night where you put them down on paper or say them out loud. But your emotions are a currency.

Say you only have so much currency to spend every day. Would you be giving them out as freely as you do and to people who didn’t even ask for it?

Sylvia Plath, from The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath; "Three Women,"

The words you speak are the spells you cast.

Too many people are too reckless in their word choices and use their speech to hurt themselves.

Be mindful of how you are communicating, both with yourself and others. Start complimenting yourself instead of telling self deprecating jokes, start uplifting yourself instead of doubting yourself, start motivating yourself instead of criticizing yourself.

When you switch up your vocabulary your whole energy will change.

So I had been a part of the corporate for some time and I so wish I had known these things and some I knew but failed to incorporate them or got swayed with the waves.

Here is the list for anyone who would find this useful:

1) A colleague can never be a friend. That's it. Do not even go ahead with," Uhh...but they are different." No. Colleague means a colleague. You can be friends after you leave that job. Until then maintain the boundary.

2) Do not show your complete potential in the start. Especially my academic validation "GIRLS" I am talking to you. The need to prove yourself. Yes I understand your motive but do it strategically. Don't be in the rush to be the Macho Girl until and unless you want the workload of the entire team being dumped on you.

3) Be kind, soft spoken and sincere with your peers and seniors UNTIL they cross a boundary. If they tried to take advantage of you in any way turn into a Medusa and be cold as hell.

4) Always have a nice and respectable reputation with the higher ups and HR so if anyone tries to snitch on you with fake scenarios and office politics, the first reaction from them should be," Is it really about her? It needs to be cross verified.

5)Do not tolerate any sexual comments or jokes. Report it if it's going out of hand. Do not be afraid to degrade men if they try to sexualize you. They will try to bring you down but keep your head high.

A bonus tip that I personally follow and has helped me a lot :

Never ever engage in any type of flirting with colleagues and tear down any potential approach instantly. Be a Stoic Anti Dating No Rizz Female in the office. Saves a hell lot of trouble and no one can put dirt on your image.

Credit to uwuposting

Natalie Wee, Least of all

embracing your dark feminine energy is basically saying fuck being obedient. feminines have been taught for so long to hide away, cover up, be silent, banish witchcraft, ignore your intuition, stop creating, be less selfish, be thoughtless.

but the dark feminine energy is about embracing the forbidden and not giving a fuck about being ‘good’ in the eyes of others.

it’s embracing your naked body. it’s indulging in your pleasures without guilt. its speaking your mind with boldness. it’s trusting and following your gut, even when others may think you’re dumb. it’s saying no. it’s setting clear boundaries. it’s protecting your energy from manipulation and harm.

the dark feminine energy is a force that is cunning, unpredictable, wild, magnetic, intuitive, pleasure seeking and limitless. it is both a creator and a destroyer. it is god.

don’t be afraid of your dark feminine power or influence because others are intimidated by it. ignore those who deem you ‘bad’ and continue to own your divine power.

follow @succulentsiren for more dark feminine energy posts♠️

Imagine who you could be if only you had the audacity.

If you didn’t care about looking stupid. If you weren’t afraid of making mistakes. If you didn’t put other people’s judgements before your own. If you didn’t neglect your responsibilities. If you didn’t procrastinate. If you didn’t let the toxic voice win. If you didn’t overthink everything. If you didn’t fear your own power.

Imagine that you have the audacity.

That you take bold actions. That you take accountability for yourself. That you unapologetically show your creativity to the world. That you ignore the naysayers. That you remain unbothered. The you allow yourself to be seen. That you embrace all that you are. That you speak your truth. That you allow yourself to make mistakes and learn from them, then become a winner. That you speak highly to yourself. That you begin your journey right now.

Don’t block yourself from being your greatest.

H.S.

When a woman is consistently spoken to softly & treated gently, she becomes a new woman. You're helping her heal her nervous system, you're helping her heal generational trauma, you're allowing her feminine energy to flourish, you're helping her to remember who she is.

Whether we think of the Goddess as a personified Being or as energy that occurs within and between women, the image of the Goddess is an acknowledgement of female power, not dependent on men nor derived from the patriarchal vision of women. . . . The Goddess reflects back to us what has been so missing in our culture: positive images of our power, our bodies, our wills, our mothers. To look at the Goddess is to remember ourselves, to imagine ourselves whole.

Maureen Murdock, The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness

moon syncing tip:

stop working during your bleed! i know there are those of you that go to school or go to work and are unable to take days of of work, but if possible, try to take off the first day of your bleed each month. when that’s not possible, do NO EXTRA WORK. create a system in your home where those who occupy your space with you are able to take care of you during that time of the month. if you live alone, plan your meals ahead + clean your home ahead of time. your bleed is meant to be a time to rest for a reason. you’re experiencing multiple bodily functions at once and your body needs to to recuperate so that this time can actually be used as a time for replenishment + rejuvenation. as women, it’s important that we start taking that time of the month very seriously.

Turn the pain into power.