Consciousness
Women & harmony
How women in leadership are supporting the shift to a more conscious, harmonious & sustainable future.
6 March 2025
This article first appeared in our International Women’s Day issue of My Green Pod Magazine, published 04 March. Click here to subscribe to our digital edition and get each issue delivered straight to your inbox
Imagine a gender-equal world – a world free from bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
A world that’s diverse, equitable and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated.
Born a man and living as a male in a world where manmade laws are driving us to mass extinction, a world that encourages the same patriarchal system that got us into the critical mess we are in today, I’m trying my hardest to honour the feminine imbalance as much as possible.
I don’t like polarisation, but I wholeheartedly believe that if there were more women leaders the world would be a very different place.
The women in my life – my wife, colleagues and friends – all seem to operate from a balanced perspective, one that includes the finer qualities in life like love, kindness, compassion, gratitude, harmony, trust and truth.
I’ve only been able to learn this qualities and attributes from the beautiful women around me (thank you).
Women, it seems to me, are the greatest teachers for this wild and somewhat crazy time we live in – when we most need to break free from the old constructs and pillars of society and, with some haste, merge into a flow of spiralling feminine principles that will underwrite the new paradigm when this one inevitably implodes.
I’m absolutely sure that if the women I respect in my life had the wealth and influence of the chest-pumping silverback gorillas leading the world today – the likes of Trump, Musk, Gates, Bezos and company – the top priority would be to use this power to bring equality, unity and fairness into the world.
It would be to ensure that resources were used to solve, fix, restore and regenerate our planet so our children and future generations would get to enjoy this experience to their fullest capacity.
What we are currently seeing from the male leaders is personal empire and wealth building: space rockets to colonise Mars and tech and AI to take over the planet.
What will happen to us all when 30% of jobs are filled by robots and AI, a prediction for 2030?
What do you think the silverbacks will have us doing then?
What might the world be like if we continue to throw our energy away to this pack of gorillas?
Honestly, I don’t know – but things don’t look good, do they?!
What I do know is this: if the men in our world chose to support female friends – to get into positions to make different local and global decisions and to be equally valued for their greatness – this would be the best and most productive use of our energy and resources.
Our feminine creators have a crucial role to play in the creation of a new world – a world we desperately want, right now and for the future, but that can only be realised if we initiate and accelerate a shift back to balance.
International Women’s Day (IWD) has been around for over a hundred years, as have many of the issues that continue to impact the advancement of women. The day belongs to all who care about equality.
Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to forge gender parity.
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