Power That Blooms in The Quiet
What if leadership wasn’t about leaning in, climbing up, or burning out?
What if it was about returning to rhythm, to intuition, and to a power that nourishes instead of depletes?
The Landscape We’re Leading From
The tension is real. Women in leadership roles are shouldering disproportionate burdens, and the numbers reflect this trend:
A 2021 study by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org found 42% of women reported feeling burned out often or always, compared with 35% of men. TIME + McKinsey & Company
A recent analysis showed the overall burnout rate for women rising from 38% to 42%, underscoring how workloads and pressures continue to escalate. Time Doctor
The extra “mental load” is heavy: women are 81% more likely to feel burned out when they report managing personal/family responsibilities at work several times a day. Gallup.com
And this isn’t just early career — senior women leaders report burnout levels above 50%. McKinsey & Company
The data makes it clear: the old systems are pushing us toward depletion, not flourishing. That’s why new leadership frameworks matter.
The New Rulebook
Most of us were raised inside leadership systems that rewarded speed, certainty, sacrifice, and control. But those systems were never built for us. And they are certainly not built for the world we are walking into now.
At Moonwake Retreats, we believe that true leadership is matriarchal in nature - because it is rooted in wisdom, rhythm, regeneration, and fierce devotion to life.
We’re here to build something new. In partnership with anyone who has realized that the old systems do not reward us for our compassion, our creativity or our powers of connection - to both people and nature.
The Five Matriarchal Powers
Let these be our compass. Choose them. Embody them. Lead through them.
Rhythm over urgency
I do not rush to prove my worth. I move in cycles of expansion, rest, bloom, release. My time is not a machine. My pace is sacred.
-Intuition over consensus
I trust the knowing in my bones. I do not wait for permission to act on wisdom. I listen deeply to myself, to the quiet, to the land.-
Sovereignty over sacrifice
I will not diminish my light to be a “good” leader. I lead from my wholeness, presence and rest not from martyrdom. Boundaries are not barriers. They are declarations of self‑respect.
-Nurture without depletion
My care is not infinite and that’s okay. I nourish without emptying. I give from overflow, not obligation. Love is strongest when it’s sustainable.
-Circle over ladder
I lead in circle, not in hierarchy. I make space for many voices, many truths. Power shared is power multiplied.
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Leaders are stepping into these powers every day: rewriting what they were taught, reclaiming what they know, and choosing patience and reflection over urgent action.
What Happens When We Rewrite the Rules?
It doesn’t just change how we lead. It changes how we build teams, how we create safety, how we set boundaries, how we grow companies, raise children, and walk through the world.
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It changes everything.
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And that’s the point.
The systems we inherited are unraveling. The next era of leadership is being woven by those who know deep within that our worth lies in more than our productivity.
Want to Be Part of It?
If you’re ready to take the first step forward, we invite you to take 5 mins to ask yourself:
What rule are you ready to retire?
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And what new truth is rising in you?
Somewhere between breath and stillness, a new kind of power is blooming.
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It begins the moment you choose to lead from rest, from reverence, from return.