Laura Lewis is a writer and poet. She is a soon-to-be Author and fellow unschooling mum.  Laura is on the Soul path of healing and understands the importance of shadow integration.

In this open chat, we talk about our own feelings about recent events which suggest women are not safe on the streets and should be even more afraid of men.  From such a young age we are bombarded with things that can make us fear - and Laura and myself have very similar thoughts around this subject. This discussion started off over Instagram messenger so I asked Laura if we could take it into a discussion to share.  So much of what we see on the news is fabricated and designed to keep us in fear and divide and when you can see it, you can take a more expanded perspective.  This doesn't mean bypassing injustices in the world, but really looking at the narrative and bigger picture at how what the media says creates more divide and fear, and how we then keep this whole things alive by continuing in fearful, victim-based mentality.

In our honest discussion we speak about why feminism is now something that doesn't resonate with us. How we see so much divide and demonising of men which is uncomfortable for those of us who want masculine devoted men to lead us and who desire beautiful respectful relationships.  So often women can say they want a certain type of relationship, but (as is our experience) we do not allow it to happen as we continue to take a more masculine and controlling role.  

This conversation led to talking about relationships where Laura shared about how she healed her toxic abusive relationship with her ex partner to be able to respectfully co parent, and the difference this has made to her life.  This conversation is just like two friends chatting (which is what I always aim for!) and it's really important that you see that we are speaking from our unique individual lenses - so take what resonates, leave the rest.

You can find Laura and her beautiful grounded words on Instagram at @re_weaving