#231 - Empowering Women

What does it mean exactly for women to empower women? Are there specific ways that you empower and lift those women around you? This episode is predominately for the ladies where we focus on just what women empowering women means and looks like. In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn discuss some of the ways that you can start empowering other women and how important that can be!

Show Intro [0:01]

Introductions – Women Empowering Women [0:12]

Start of the Podcast [0:43]

TikTok on Empowering Women [3:49]

How Do We Lift One Another Up? [5:00]

What is ‘Women Empowering Women’? [6:40]

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling [8:22]

Community Over Competition [11:05]

What Does That Look Like? [12:52]

Leslie’s List on How to Empower Women [13:48]

Positive Comments About Women’s Appearances [14:11]

Paying Women Equally [20:02]

Encouraging Self Care [27:12]

Pass the Mic [28:27]

Knowing Your Worth [34:02]

Looking Out For One Another [35:55]

Try This at Home [38:38]

Closing Thoughts [39:34]

Outro [40:25]

Episode Notes:

On this week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn focus predominately on the ladies to ask the question, what does it mean for women to empower women? It’s an extremely interesting topic when really examining, it can get a little complicated. At the core, it’s really about the question, how do we lift one another up? Leslyn states that we often carry the “mean” girls scenario or attitude into adulthood where we try to compete against each other, and it can become really ugly. What is women empowering women then and what impact can it have?

Leslyn when she hears women empowering women, she thinks to how life is often a competition to be prettier, more successful, a better mother, and so many other things. We don’t spend enough time actually encouraging one another. Leslie shares that the basic definition of women empowering women is equipping and allowing women to make life-determining decisions through the different problems in society.

Leslie questions why we do that when there seems to be much bigger problems that women are facing. Things such as not receiving equal pay as our male counterparts, basic human rights, access to clean water, and more. Leslyn wonders if much of this has to do with this idea that for most of humanity, the opportunities available to women have been extremely limited so we all can get stuck scrambling over each other trying to get to the top.

Leslyn believes instead that we should be trying to create a ladder to reach success. Although there have been many opportunities given through the women’s liberation movement, we haven’t quite broke through the glass ceiling of equalization. Leslie shares that on Instagram a hashtag called #communityovercompetition has been started with the purpose to build communities instead of competing against each other.

Leslie continues that unfortunately the people in her real life who seem to use that hashtag are often the most cutthroat, competitive, and backstabbing people. Even when we are trying to do the right thing by creating a community of women, it seems that there are still women who will be critical. How do we stop that and instead lift one another up? What would that look like?

Leslyn believes that we can really take home the idea of trying to empower, lift up, and encourage the women in our world on the day-to-day. Leslie shares a list of things she believes can help in empowering the women around us. Not commenting on women’s bodies in a negative way and focusing on other attributes she has as well. Leslyn believes that the point is if you are going to make a comment about a women’s body, you want to talk about the positives.

Paying women equally is also a big feat that all women might face in their lives. Leslie shares that we should advocate for our female colleagues and friends when needed. If you know that your female counterpart or colleague is being paid less, you should speak up for them. It’s not about the disempowerment of men it’s about lifting up women through empowerment.

Helping women by encouraging and supporting them to prioritize their self-care can also be extremely important to a women’s empowerment. This helps also when knowing your own worth. Women empowering women is all about encouragement, support, and motivation. This week’s Try This at Home is to make sure that you are doing something consciously to empower the women in your life. Encourage her to live her dream, motivate her to be her best self, and encourage a positive self-image!

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Links to Look At:

Try This at Home’s Episode on Fostering Positivity

[https://www.trythisathomepodcast.com/podcasts-1/2020/8/19/229]

Try This at Home’s Episode on Self-Care is First Aid

[https://www.trythisathomepodcast.com/podcasts-1/2019/2/12/self-care-first-aid]

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