Why are women still being silenced, dismissed, or controlled – sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly? In this episode, we explore the lingering fear that surrounds women who don’t follow the script, tracing a line from 19th-century asylums to modern legislation, quiet social judgments, and the destruction of tools meant to support autonomy. When power feels threatened, it often tightens its grip – not just through policy, but through story, culture, and expectation.
But when we begin to listen – to women, to trans voices, to disabled children, to anyone whose lived experience has been locked out – we gain more than perspective. We gain wisdom. We gain solutions. From solar-powered shelters to water filtration systems, from microloans to pedal-powered washing machines, this episode highlights what becomes possible when we stop asking, “Are they qualified?” and start asking, “What might they know that we’ve overlooked?”
This isn’t just a call for inclusion. It’s a call to love: to grow a world where every voice is invited in and where wisdom is welcomed in all its forms.
Joni Miller, Ph.D., is a writer, researcher, spiritual coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help spiritual wanderers find a place they can call home, navigating by the light of Love.www.SpiritualGeography.net
Photo by Luis Quintero: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-lot-sitting-grey-scale-photography-2774572/
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