SHE IS WOMAN
She is not powerless.
She is capable of standing when everything around her is falling apart.
She is capable of discerning what others cannot see.
Creating where there was emptiness.
Leading when the path is uncertain.
Nurturing what is fragile.
Confronting what is unjust.
Rebuilding what was broken.
And persevering when giving up would be easier.
She is a life-giver—
not only because she may bring life into the world,
but because she can breathe life into dreams,
relationships, families, communities,
and the hearts of those she touches.
She is divinely designed.
Created in the image of God,
she carries the imprint of her Creator.
Her strength can be tender.
Her tenderness can be fierce.
Her compassion can have boundaries.
Her vulnerability can coexist with courage.
She can love without losing herself.
Forgive without returning to what destroyed her.
Serve without becoming someone’s servant.
Say yes with love
and no with conviction.
She can be wounded
and still become a healer.
Broken
and still become a builder.
She can walk through darkness
without allowing darkness to become her identity.
She is more than what happened to her.
More than who betrayed her.
More than who rejected her.
More than her mistakes.
More than her wounds.
Her circumstances may shape her story—
but they do not have to define her destiny.
She was never required to become someone else
to become worthy.
Her worth was established
by the One who created her.
So she rises.
With scars.
With wisdom.
With compassion.
With boundaries.
With faith.
She rises not to become someone else—
but to become fully, courageously,
and gloriously herself.
SHE IS WOMAN.
Created in His image.
Clothed in strength and dignity.
A giver of life.
A carrier of hope.
A builder of generations.
A voice for what is right.
A vessel of love.
A woman of purpose.
She was never powerless.
She was learning to recognize
the power God placed within her.
And when she finally does—
SHE RISES.
Dr. Kathie Mathis, Psy.D.
California Cognitive Behavioral Institute