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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
April 14, 2025
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com wishing you a day of embracing your feminine aspects (today and every day).
We all hold both ying and yang energies, masculine and feminine energies. Each side of the coin, or the balance, has its appropriate time and form of expression. There are times to cry and times to celebrate, times to be passive and times to be active. Tuning in to our heart, to our essence, moment to moment, allows us to express our entire self in its fullness.
The focus for today is:
Real men, healthy men, embrace the feminine aspects within them.
Today's message is inspired by Alanna Kaivalya, author of the book: The Way of the Satisfied Woman.
Today, men have choices, just like women do, to participate more fully in their own lives, families, and life trajectories. No longer do they have the societal requirement to hold the same job for thirty-five years only to retire and then slowly wither.
No longer are they expected to be the harsh disciplinarian to the children when they return home from a long day of work. No longer are they relegated to being emotionless “boys who don’t cry.”
Real men do cry. In fact, healthy men embrace the feminine aspects within them.
CONTINUE READING the complete article here:
Real Men Do Cry: Finding Love, Freedom, and Integrity
Author: Alanna Kaivalya.
A Reminder:
The focus for today is: Real men, healthy men, embrace the feminine aspects within them.
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RELATED BOOK: The Way of the Satisfied Woman
The Way of the Satisfied Woman: Reclaiming Feminine Power
by Alanna Kaivalya.
Although women today have greater opportunity to make our own choices, build independent lives, and craft powerful careers, we all too often forge our path by following the trajectory laid out by men. By emulating what men identify as desirable goals and strategies, we deny our truest, most innate feminine qualities and desires.
The Way of the Satisfied Woman offers an alternative path for women, and for any person who cares to focus more on the feminine than the masculine. The path of the feminine is simply different — perfect in its own right yet integral and complementary to the path of the masculine. Alanna Kaivalya shows how embodying feminine energy sets us free, relaxes us, and allows us to more completely manifest the things that are most important to us.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as an Audiobook and a Kindle edition.
About the Author:
Alanna Kaivalya, PhD, is an author, educator, speaker, and thought leader in the field of women’s empowerment and femininity. She has written five books, developed international training programs, and taught audiences around the world. She earned a doctoral degree in mythological studies and depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and spent more than twenty years studying psychology, the human condition, the nature of the feminine and femininity, and Eastern spirituality.
Her work centers on equipping women with a better understanding of what it means to be a woman in the modern world. Her day-to-day efforts are focused on offering empowering resources through her website, including The Satisfied Woman podcast, her blog, and her exclusive women’s community and online courses.
Find out more and connect with her at TheSatisfiedWoman.com.
Recap:
Today’s Daily Inspiration invites readers to reimagine masculinity. By embracing the feminine aspects within—empathy, emotion, receptivity—men can live more fully and authentically. Healthy masculinity is not about toughness alone but about balance, inner harmony, and heartfelt connection.
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