I've seen women essentially martyr themselves for the good of the future and the good of their children and, again, the good of love. That shouldn't be happening but it shows you the strength and power of it, and the fact that it will take over a woman's sense of her own survival. Men have taken advantage of that for hundreds and probably thousands of years.

Men can learn a lot about the importance of nurturing and being in relation to the life force versus having power over.

My gut sense is there's something necessary going on and if I'm too fearful or angry, I feel like I'm feeding it.

Try and identify where the money can go to create conditions for true systemic change.

Two hundred years ago, we were all busy farming and we all had a role to play. The home was a unit of production. We made food and all the things we needed, we took care of our kids and were connected to purpose in our evolution. When the Industrial Revolution came along, it took away a lot of the work the men had done.

Shift the dynamic as much as you can, so you hear the truth from people that have lived experience. Listen intently and honor their experience.

In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.