The Vital Goddess
Venusian Arts for the Modern & Mystical Woman.
Here we explore all things Venus; Beauty, Abundance, Sensuality, Sexuality, Pleasure, Love & Desire-Based Living.
I'm your host, Dianne Shepherd, certified holistic sexuality coach and wing woman for your Inner Venus!
I teach a unique approach to Taoist and Tantric practices to help you heal your relationship to your sensuality, reclaim your pleasure and tap into the creative life force of your sexual energy.
If you're ready to connect with your unique expression of the Goddess of Love,
Welcome to the Venusian Revolution!
The Vital Goddess
Soft Power: How Midlife Awakening Makes You More Magnetic
Take a slow breath and settle into your body…
because today’s episode opens a doorway into one of the most potent feminine truths of midlife:
You don’t have to push to be powerful.
You don’t have to perform to be magnetic.
You don’t have to harden to be respected.
Here we’ll explore the awakening of Soft Power—the natural, sensual, sovereign magnetism that arises in midlife when you stop living for everyone else… and begin belonging to yourself again.
Soft Power is your birthright.
And in this episode, you’ll feel exactly how it awakens inside you.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
1. Why hard power collapses in midlife
And why this collapse is not a failure — but your initiation into deeper feminine truth.
2. How Soft Power actually feels in the body
Warmth. Spaciousness. Presence. Sensuality. Sovereignty.
3. The Three Pillars of Soft Power:
- Receptivity
- Embodied Boundaries
- Sensual Presence
And how each pillar is a portal into a new dimension of magnetic midlife wisdom.
4. How Soft Power transforms intimacy
Why you stop chasing, over giving, and performing.
And how you begin attracting what truly meets your depth.
5. Desire as your new compass
Your midlife desire becomes clearer, deeper, and more honest.
How to trust it — and how it amplifies your attractiveness.
6. Sovereignty as the heart of Soft Power
What it means to belong to yourself…
and how this changes everything.
🌸 7. A simple Soft Power ritual you can practice anywhere
🌊 A Moment to Pause
This episode is filled with spaciousness, breath, sensation, and a portal into your deep feminine wisdom.
Let it wash through you.
Let it land in your hips, your belly, your heart, your whole body.
You may want to listen more than once.
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