Deep inside we know what we want to accomplish and day by day we here the whispers of what

we should be doing, but our busy lives often make it impossible to follow through.

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Maybe we were raised by old fashion parents or abusive caretakers, taught by social dogmas which instilled in us the belief that women ought to be “nice” and provide the emotional content for our families while also holding a real job, maybe we live in a small town, removed from the myriad of personal and professional possibilities that a larger city could provide, the possibilities are infinite.​

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Whether affected by childhood abuse or neglect, raised in patriarchal cultures, or limited by religious and repressive beliefs, women have almost always faced ongoing challenges in growing, remaining strong, and maintaining their sense of self.

I was no different.

Reared in Italy by grandparents who always said to accept whatever a man said to me (otherwise they would leave me and find someone else!) I grew up feeling like I had to submit to something or someone from the get-go.

Add to that split parents and a dad I hardly knew, and you have the perfect picture of someone who had to learn to survive from a young age. Shuffled from household to household every year, I learned that I had to be very strong to make it. Mom? Nowhere to be found. Dad? Even worse. But all of it enabled me to become the strong woman I am today. I immigrated to California in my early 20s with a determination that few people could ever dream of. I was a winner, and I would show it to the world.

I rebuilt my life from scratch a few times, I admit, but I never gave up.

I took a couple of days off to catch my breath, practiced Tai-Chi or Yoga, and off I went, rebuilding.

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There were times when I couldn’t even show up at an interview without my knees shaking and my neck perspiring profusely, literally. But I never let go. 

Having kids slows us down, but it doesn’t have to stop us. We can still pursue our goals, whether they are taking better care of ourselves physically, emotionally or mentally, or creating something that we have always wanted to.

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We are part of a bigger reality, one where we are all ONE and where we help each other for the betterment of humanity. Sometimes our role is small and seemingly insignificant but still indispensable, sometime visible and very well rewarded.

Early on I realized that when we stop pouring our energy into everything outside ourselves and finally come back home to their own center, something miraculous happens. We don’t just reclaim an identity - we unlock the raw life force that fuels creativity, love, depth, and even innovation. Quantum physics shows us that energy is never lost, only redirected.

When women redirect their energy back into themselves, entire worlds are reborn.