I am using the word "unconventional" in the sense of “having gone beyond convention:” nonconformist, original, unique, exceptional, distinctive. This has nothing to do with what shows - like an unusual appearance, a radical lifestyle, or a flamboyant way of being in the world - but with our internal lives.

It is easy to forget how to listen to ourselves. We receive a flood of “you should” and “this is how it is” about every aspect of our lives. But what is true for one person may not be true for another, what works for me may not work for you. We can choose to close our ears to the external chatter so we can hear the inner voice.

The closer you approach the essence of your life - what gives you meaning and purpose, what your body needs to be healthy, what makes you feel excited about what you are doing, what kind of space you feel comfortable in, how you relate happily to others - the more distinctive your solutions will be.

In this sense, to be an unconventional woman is to become authentically yourself, whoever that turns out to be. "Yourself" may not bear much resemblance to the person your parents raised, or to the woman you thought you were.

An unconventional woman is aware that all belief systems - cultural rules, science, religion, news, political commentary - are just that:   belief systems, which need to be carefully weighed against the truth of our own inner experience.

This requires examining and cleaning out a kind of “clutter" - a being willing to question everything that has come to us from the outside world.

Because once those beliefs become our own preconceptions and assumptions and judgments, they are powerful - they can determine everything from our minute-to-minute emotional states, to our health, to how we experience the events and people in our lives.

Things in our world today are changing rapidly, possibly breaking down in ways we can't foresee. Huge natural and man-made disasters are front page news every month. Bottom line, it is our own clear thinking and inner balance which will keep us and those we care for safe and sane. 
 

UnconventionalWoman.com invites:

• Waking up through self-exploration - observing how we are trapped in our cultural, religious, and personal identifications, getting beyond preconceptions and judgments, and creating a clear space for what is real to blossom.
• Going toward what really nourishes us, whether it is work or a creative endeavor -  finding it, putting it first, developing it with passion, putting it out there!
• Establishing our strength as women -  both by overcoming cultural programming and by getting in touch with our own intuitive resources, so we can bring our clear feminine energy to a world that is sorely in need of it.
• Realizing the importance of having sound health to support our activities -  and being courageous enough to reject conventional wisdom and find our solutions outside the mainstream medical paradigm if necessary.