“I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to
stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn’t need to hide behind
her husband’s back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal
with them, you don’t play victim, you don’t make yourself look pitiful, you
don’t point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head
held high and you carry the universe in your heart.” – C. JoyBell C.
Strong women just have a certain vibe about them, and
emanate confidence and assertiveness wherever they go. Most women could
probably agree that they enjoy being independent, self-assured, and mentally
and physically strong, but getting to that point can seem challenging. Despite
gender roles and social conventions, women have risen above the expectations of
others and have made great progress in showing the world the beauty and
strength of femininity.
It doesn’t matter how you see yourself now – you can easily
become a strong, independent woman using these tips below:-
1. Seek the right kind of attention
In today’s world, we have dozens of apps, such as Tinder,
that can give us instant gratification without having to form real connections.
It’s no secret that women are objectified and oversexualized everyday for
marketing campaigns, advertisements, and other forms of media, so using your
body to get what you want only further perpetuates the idea that women have
nothing more to offer than sex. If you want to form long-lasting, deep connections
and attract the right attention, share your intellect and feelings with others.
If you carry yourself with dignity and know your self-worth
beyond your appearance and sex appeal, you will start to attract others who
also want something more than just a shallow connection to fulfill base-level
desires.
2. Follow others strong women
If you turn on almost any reality TV show today, you won’t
find much more than materialism, self-absorption, and sexualization of both men
and women. Reality TV and other types of media, despite the name, don’t
actually portray reality at all. Watching these superficial shows only makes
people become blind followers of icons that don’t necessarily have the best
values. Instead of binge-watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, why not start
following other strong women who actually promote causes that help the planet
and its inhabitants, and don’t use their bodies or money to gain attention? To
name just a couple wonderful women to look up to, Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres
certainly fit the bill.
3. Don’t wait around for someone to save
Probably one of the most important tenets of becoming a
strong woman is not relying on someone else to come along and rescue you. A
strong, independent woman knows she possesses all the power within herself to
make positive changes in her life. She doesn’t wait around for someone else to
pick her up when she’s down or show her the right way to live her life. While
emotional independence may not happen overnight, you can easily work at it each
day if you’d like to become a stronger woman. Of course, having relationships
with others who we can share our concerns with is important, but we shouldn’t
ever look to others to lick our wounds or save us from ourselves.
4. Free yourself from the victim
While women have undeniably been oppressed in the past, and
still may not be seen as equals to men in some parts of the world today, you
don’t have to perpetuate this belief. Shatter the idea that you somehow have
less value than men, because this simply doesn’t have any truth to it. Men and
women both play important roles in society, and one gender does not have
greater worth than the other. However, playing into the victim mentality and believing that you get treated
differently than men will only keep the idea alive that we live in a man’s
world.
Lusako Mwakiluma
Motivational & Inspirational Speaker
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