Why Embrace Being Alone

Why Embrace Being Alone

Being alone has always been portrayed in society as something to avoid. If we were ever alone at school, we worried about being branded “loners.” If we didn’t have lots of friends, we were seen as lame. If we didn’t participate in lots of activities and clubs, we were...
You Are Only Responsible For Yourself

You Are Only Responsible For Yourself

Any woman who grew up with siblings has known what it feels like to be a mother-figure. Even if our siblings were older, if we were the only female, we were the little mother of the house. As young women, we became our mother’s helper. Taking care of the house, of the...
Setting Healthy Boundaries After Religion

Setting Healthy Boundaries After Religion

Religion teaches women that being accommodating, agreeable, and easy to work with are respectable traits. What they forget to tell you, is how these are traits encouraged in mainly women because they want women to be the people-pleasing good girls their religious...
Live Fearlessly After Religion

Live Fearlessly After Religion

Humans have always gotten pleasure out of being right. Whether it’s an argument over which actress played that one role in that one movie, or which was the correct exit to take, there is something we relish in being correct. On the flipside, there is also much fear in...
Releasing the Good Girl

Releasing the Good Girl

A Reclaim Sister Circle Message – Shared in Circle Nov 13, 2022 As women, we were told quite explicitly what our role was: to be the good girl. We were also instructed on how to fulfill that role. Humorously enough, the roles we were given, and instruction on how to...