Episode #79: A Pact With Women: Moving Beyond Mean Girl Culture

Dorothy McGatlin Coaching
Episode #79: A Pact With Women: Moving Beyond Mean Girl Culture
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A Pact With Women: Moving Beyond Mean Girl Culture

 

You’ve felt it.
That moment when you wonder if another mom is judging you.
That tension in a room full of women, where everyone’s polite—but no one’s quite real.
That hesitance to share your success in business, in case someone rolls their eyes or pulls away.

We’ve been taught to expect judgment from other women.
But what if we made a new choice?

💔 The Legacy We Carry

Suspicion, competition, and comparison among women didn’t start with us.
They’re rooted in something much older—ancestral survival strategies.
Once upon a time, women had to compete for resources, safety, approval. Being chosen could mean security. Being too bold could mean exile—or worse.

From witch hunts to whispered gossip, we learned to fear one another. We learned to expect rejection before it came.
And even now, that fear lives in our nervous systems.

🔥 But Here’s the Truth: We Don’t Live There Anymore

You don’t have to keep searching for “mean girl” energy.
You don’t have to shrink your voice to be accepted.
You don’t have to call your powerful, expansive business “small” just to make others comfortable.

What we feed grows. And if we keep feeding fear and comparison, we’ll never taste the fullness of sisterhood.

🌿 A New Pact

What if we made a pact with other women, without needing them to agree?

A pact to…

  • See each other through the lens of compassion, not competition.

  • Assume the best instead of scanning for betrayal.

  • Celebrate success without shrinking or apologizing.

Because when one woman rises fully in her voice, her joy, her bigness, it doesn’t take from us. It invites us forward too.

🧠 Try This:

The next time you catch yourself judging, shrinking, or feeling judged, pause and ask:

  • “What am I afraid might happen?”

  • “What would trust feel like in this moment?”

  • “How would I act if I believed this wasn't personal, but perception?”

💌 A Final Word

You don’t have to wait for the world to change..
You can choose to break the cycle.
You can be the woman who sees, supports, and shines.

Let’s make a pact—with each other, and with ourselves.


 

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