This week we welcome Carolina Allen of Big Ocean Women to talk about maternal feminism and empowered motherhood. In founding Big Ocean Women, Carolina sought “to gather women and create pockets of light and safety all over the world.” The mission of Big Ocean Women, which we'll talk about together today, sets this vision into motion in the most beautiful, organic, and dignified way. 

One of my favorite saints, Edith Stein, or Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, whose philosophy is settled deep within my heart, once said, "The world does not need what women have, it needs what women are." And I think today's conversation with Carolina Allen affirms this point. Our dignity as women, and our contribution to the success of the world, does not depend on what we can produce, how we can contribute to capital, what we can own. These are all secondary to what we are. And what are we? In all the diverse capacities we choose to live it out, we are life-givers. If you're giving life to your children (biological or not) or to your colleagues, or to your friends, or to the strangers around you, then at least in some small way you are living the power of femininity. And yes, it is power. It is the power of love in a person's life, however you show it, that sticks. I can't wait for you to hear more about this from Carolina Allen, founder of Big Ocean Women.