Women touch hearts. Tap into the power source.
We are life givers in fact and in feeling. As mothers, sisters, aunts, CEOs, managers, team members, neighbors, soros, family and friends, we are influence, voices of reason, challenge, laughter, love and light. We are the essential element that makes life worth living.
The more we embrace our power, the better life will be.
For some women, knowing that we are powerful was ingrained in us from an early age. Irrespective of how the country saw us, thought about us and treated us, we knew that we had power and that we were powerful. For other women, having power in our own right was something to consider, not accept. I’m talking about women who were raised to think that women are less than, women who ingested beliefs that limit who we are and assume that women don’t possess the right stuff, aren’t smart enough or have what it takes to go the distance, to soar.
It’s time to cast off that way of being– it’s simply too small for you. Now is the time to embrace the power that is innately yours as a woman. We are hope for the world.
Decency and kindness are our through lines. Lines that can be thread in ways that only a woman can. Stand in your power in your unique way. Take a stand for decency, respect and capacity that transcends race, gender, religion and sexual orientation. From the front line of protests, to the meeting rooms where decisions are made, take a stand that meaningful contribution, capacity and potential are traits inherent is all humans, not just a select few.
Speak up: hearts and minds are tuned in to receive you.
Women hold lofty seats in people’s hearts and minds. As a woman, you do too. Leverage your seat of influence and power to make a difference. In my Black community, it’s the cut of the eye, the sideways glance or the way a question is posed that connects with your gut. A woman’s voice reverberates across the ages. Friends talk about the women of their youth. Moms, aunts, teachers and neighbors whose advice and admonitions resonated and shaped them when they were young boys and girls making their way.
March 27th marked the 5th anniversary of my mom’s passing. She lives on in me and the people she touched. She’s present in her absence. My sister picked up where my mom left off: now she embodies mom’s light, love and influence in times that matter.
We know that women can bring forth decency, empathy and human kindness that the world needs now. Be a woman who brings the best out of people.
Women are advice givers and journey guides for decency, respect and love. Lead the way.
Having power and being powerful is an everyday thing for women, not just a National Women’s History Month thing. As we stand on the cusp of the rest of 2025, stand up for decency and kindness in ways that only you can do.
Women make the extraordinary happen.
The ability to bend the arc of the moral universe towards fairness and love is within your hands. You have unimaginable power. Use it.
Change the world in ways that only you can!
Tracy
Tracy Carmen- Jones
Partner
ChoicePoints Learning
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About the Partners of ChoicePoints Learning
Tracy Carmen-Jones, Steve Galloway and Linda Bidlack are the Partners of ChoicePoints Learning. They are committed to building Beloved Community that fosters ways we can be Better Together at work and in life.
Tracy has extensive senior leadership experience in Fortune 500 companies in utilities, oil & gas, technology, financial services and management consulting.
Tracy earned PCC level certification training in leadership coaching at Georgetown University, MBA from J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and BSBA, Georgetown University.
Steve Galloway is a dynamic and thoughtful transformation change, organizational and leadership development consultant and coach. The thrust of Steve’s work is helping organizations and their people develop the skills, practices, insights, relationships and strategies required to reach peak performance and the realization of their desired business and personal developmental aims.
Steve has served a wide variety of private/public sector, intelligence and defense organizations providing dedicated consulting support addressing organizational change challenges, emerging business transformation initiatives and leadership development.
Steve’s educational background includes a M.A., Political Science/Policy Analysis, Southern Illinois University, B.A., Political Science, Edinboro University, Change Management Advanced Practitioner (CMAP), Georgetown University, Executive Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Fellows in the Management of Change, Johns Hopkins University.
Linda Bidlack has a passion for coaching leaders to find and use their voice, presence, and values to elevate their entire organization while also flourishing as human beings. Linda’s clients are high achievers who want to take their impact to the next level but realize that a shift is required – what got them to where they are now is not going to work as well on a bigger playing field. Also an award-winning workshop designer and facilitator, she has helped hundreds of people develop capacities they didn’t know they had, build their authentic presence and influence, address their blind spots, or wrestle with what they want to do next. Linda’s educational background includes an Executive Certificate in
Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University; Professional Certified Coach; MA in Counseling, University of Maryland; BA in Anthropology, Hiram College.
About ChoicePoints Learning
Our mission is to help people notice and choose actions that promote mutual understanding, appreciation and respect across all aspects of identity. Our goal is to build Beloved Community across races in order to create results that matter.