The Feminine Manifesto
In moments of collective unrest, the disruption isn’t only visible in headlines—it’s felt in our nervous systems, our relationships, and our sense of stability. What we are witnessing now is not a sudden fracture, but the surfacing of long-standing imbalances asking to be addressed. This moment invites us to consider the missing link that provides a way back to more sustainable, life-giving systems to bring us back into balance.
Invitation to Reset
As disturbing events continue to move across the United States and the globe, you might feel it in your body as much as see it with your eyes. These are notable times, as all significant unrest has been. Change is difficult, and the momentum of it can be unsettling.
The awareness of our need to recalibrate has been a long time coming. We have felt it stirring in our collective belly. Now it is coming to the surface, and right to our front door, shaking us awake in a way that can no longer be ignored. In the process, we’re catching a glimpse of the inner workings of our leaders and the systems in place, and they are telling the same troubling story—our kingdoms are built on unstable ground.
Unregulated power is the reason the system is in question. We are the reason the question persists. What is transpiring now is not a hostile takeover, but the next step in a much-needed transformation—an invitation for a massive reset. At its very core, these times are not destruction for destruction’s sake. This is a call to return to balance, where we move away from dominance and pivot towards systems of renewal and holistic care.
Defining Balance
In order to return to balance, it is important to recognize that the current imbalance stems not from the presence of masculine rule but from the prolonged absence of its feminine counterpart. For centuries and beyond, leadership has operated with only half the human toolkit.
Patriarchy, in its purist form, is a system that emerged and persists in the vacuum of feminine wisdom. It is characterized by hierarchy and control that flows top-down. It rests on a worldview focused on short-term gain. It holds relationships built on competition and dominance.
This imbalance has continued unchallenged because of the absence of right-relationship with feminine intelligence and leadership. In light of this, the remedy is not for men to stand down, but for women to return to their own wisdom and to restore their place in leadership as the counterpart to the male. With the return of the feminine, the balance will restore naturally, over time.
What we are referring to here is a return of matriarchy, which is distinctly NOT the inverse of Patriarchy. The female collective does not work in the same way as the male collective when left to its own devices. Matriarchy is defined by a collaborative network that values the strength and resilience of the connection. It supports regeneration, community nurturing, and long-term legacy. The foundation of matriarchy is built on relationships and shared resources, managed with mutual care and responsibility for the whole.
Restoring Balance
We have come to experience this current imbalance, not because masculine energy is inherently destructive, but because it was left to operate in isolation. Without the feminine connection—focused on relational resource, intuitive counsel, and the wisdom that prioritizes the community—authority is left to the individual. With a return of rising feminine power, there is an invitation to restore the balance that heals the system itself.
This rebalancing is not an abstract theory; it is embodied in the modern woman claiming her own power. This power is not disruptive, destructive, or individual-focused. It is connective, creative, and fundamentally healing.
This leadership looks different because its source is different. It does not seek a throne to command from, but a circle to facilitate within. Its authority is derived from resilient communities and equal partnerships. It understands that true security comes from collective strength. It includes diverse voices and perspectives, seeing difference not as a threat to manage but as wisdom to integrate. This feminine leadership heals ruptures between humanity and the natural world, between communities, and within ourselves by prioritizing vision over conquest. This is not a takeover of the old system; it is the cultivation of a new one, from the ground up.
Cultivating this new system comes in layers and takes time. It contains valuable protest, sacred rage, and most importantly, coming home to your own healing in the face of this imbalance. The way is not around or over, it is inward. It is through. The way is in the imperceptible shifts in each one of us that begin to add up, and eventually tip, to change the very fabric of our society.
