We were never meant to fit into broken games.
Power is uncomfortable.
And that’s exactly why we need it back.
We’ve tried to soften it.
Polish it.
Dress it up in words that are easier to digest –
Empowerment. Influence. Inspiration.
But none of these words carry the raw voltage of what’s truly at stake.
Because we’re not just here to lead nicely.
We’re here to lead deeply. To shift systems. To hold fire. To change frequencies.
And that requires power.
Why I don’t replace the word
Because the word Power has been misused – but it is not inherently wrong.
Because by avoiding it, we avoid our impact.
We stay in the safe zone. The acceptable version of femininity.
But the world doesn’t need palatable women right now.
It needs rooted ones. Awake. Bold. Anchored.
Power is an archetype.
It’s rooted in ancient collective patterns of identity and sovereignty.
It is as old as the earth itself.
It lives in myths. In bloodlines. In the way our bodies carry both trauma and truth.
We cannot erase an archetype.
But we can recode it – fill it with new meaning, grounded in consciousness, clarity and presence.
That is our work as women now.
To meet the word Power with our own essence –
and let it shape itself around who we are becoming, not what we’ve been told to fear.
Power polarizes – and that’s the point.
I don’t want to be pleasant and nice.
I want to be effective.
I want to be truthful.
I want to be whole.
Transformation is not born from harmony alone.
It emerges through friction, through courage, through dissonance that demands a new harmony.
That’s why power must remain in our vocabulary.
But in our own voice.
Power calls up our deepest wounds.
Abuse. Silence. Control. Collapse.
Yes. It hurts. And yes – we can choose differently now.
The word is heavy, I know.
But if we avoid it, we avoid the healing.
We can’t reclaim what we won’t name.
We can’t lead from fullness if we exile our fire.
Power asks us to grow up.
To take radical responsibility.
To hold space without needing to be liked.
To show up with heart and boundaries.
To say yes when it’s true – and no when it’s needed.
True power carries deep responsibility.
And with real power, we must step out of the shadows.
Not just visible – but present. Accountable. True.
This is not about becoming harder.
It’s about becoming deeper and returning to the fierce softness of the feminine.
Power belongs to the feminine, too.
Not in imitation.
Not in opposition.
But in remembrance.
We don’t need to fight for space.
We are the space.
The matrix. The pulse. The source.
And when we remember that –
Power is no longer something we “take”.
It becomes something we embody.
That’s why power must remain in our vocabulary.
But in our own voice.
✨ This is my stand:
I use the word Power.
Unapologetically.
Not because it’s safe.
But because it’s true.
Because it provokes.
Because it awakens.
Because it holds a mirror to everything we’ve avoided –
and everything we’re ready to become.
We are not here to tame the word.
We are here to live it.
To shape it with truth.
To carry it with love.
To ignite it with fire.
This is not a concept.
It’s a frequency.
And we’re here to embody it.
Copyright © Renate Hechenberger 2025