When Women See Women
We Don’t Just Breathe, We Breathe Life
There’s a difference between breathing to survive… and breathing to live.
Most of us don’t realize we’re doing the former until someone, somewhere, gives us the kind of support that shifts the air around us. Suddenly, we’re not just exhaling stress and holding in dreams, we’re breathing life into our own existence.
This is what happens when women support women.
It’s not about praise for the sake of praise. It’s not about loud declarations of solidarity while quietly competing in the background. It’s about real, intentional energy — women holding space for each other to rise, rebuild, and redefine.
We’ve done enough surviving. It’s time we start thriving, together.
The Elegance of Quiet Empowerment
Empowerment doesn’t always come dressed in celebration. Sometimes, it’s subtle.
It looks like a woman forwarding a contact she didn’t have to share.
It sounds like someone speaking your name in a room you weren’t invited to.
It feels like someone clapping for your win — even if it reminds them of a battle they haven’t won yet.
There’s elegance in that. In choosing community over comparison.
And there’s power in knowing you’re not alone, even when you are climbing quietly.
Women Who See Women
We salute the men who support us — genuinely, we do. But there’s a particular kind of understanding women offer each other that comes from carrying similar weight. From balancing softness with strategy. From being expected to lead, nurture, and hold it all together — without ever letting it show.
That’s why women’s communities matter.
They aren’t just spaces to network. They are oxygen.
When done right, they remind us that we’re allowed to expand, to be more than titles, roles, and expectations.
Because in every woman lives another version of us.
A mirror. A memory. A future we haven’t stepped into yet.
We Are the Source, Not the Afterthought
Let’s stop waiting for spaces to be handed to us — or worse, made smaller so we can fit inside them.
We are not asking for inclusion. We’re building ecosystems. And we’re inviting each other in.
A woman rising should not be rare.
A woman celebrating another woman without flinching should not be revolutionary.
But until it becomes the norm — we’ll keep doing the work.
With intention. With style. With fire in our voices and kindness in our reach.
The Twist? We’ve Always Had the Power
Here’s the part no one tells you:
We don’t need to be empowered. We already are.
What we need — is to remind each other of that power.
To say, “I see you,” and mean it.
To say, “Take up space,” and make room.
To say, “You’re not alone,” and stay awhile.
Because when women gather, not just in rooms but in purpose,
we don’t just breathe.
We breathe life.
By Tamara Kabboul
https://www.instagram.com/tamara_kabboul
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