Next on our list, the Sisterhood wound.
There's zero shame or judgement around the ways we've shown up in the past. It's such a deep, insidious, core wound. Shame dies in safe spaces. I certainly learned this at my recent Red Tent Facilitation Training. True sisterhood can heal so many things and provides a sense of belonging; something we instinctually crave yet experience so much disconnection around, especially in coherence with the concrete jungles that have only risen in recent evolution.
"The sisterhood wound is competition, jealousy, distrust and unease towards other females.
It's an intergenerational wound. Meaning, it comes from generations back and is epegenetically passed down.
Simply put, the sister wound is the pain, distrust, or dis-ease that many women feel when relating to other women. Jealousy, insecurity, cattiness, comparison, fear— these are all ways that the sister wound manifests itself in relationships with other women. - Reflective Healing
The sisterhood wound, at its core, often shows up as a wound around belonging. We live in a world where belonging is established through systems which clearly define the class of ‘belonging’ and the class of ‘outsider’ and then deliver privileges to those that belong. - School of Visibility
Here are some of the ways the Sister Wound shows up:
Judgment against other women (shaming others for how they dress, speak, think or represent themselves)
Intentionally excluding and removing a woman from feeling welcome.
Insecurity around and in the company of other women — especially those you are not familiar with
Jealousy/Envy toward other women or your sister
Lack of trust in general with other women
Gossiping/ Backstabbing to discredit
Again, shame dies in safe spaces. You are safe to lead a new pathway for your generational line, influencing what your children experience.
"To heal it, we must step into the light. We heal the sister-wound by acknowledging that it exists. We want to say, “I don't do that” or “I used to do those types of things when I was younger but I grew out of it”. The power comes from saying “I do that, and I don't want to anymore.” - Reflective Healing
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