When I was 7 years old, my heroine, as seen in my cherished history book, was St. Joan of Arc. As I gazed upon her iron-clad image, head shaved and tied to a stake, I was impacted by her faith, strength and bravery. I believed the fire lit under her never consumed her and only made her more beautiful. At age 5, while attending a girls school, I chose to belong to St. Margaret's yellow house. St. Margaret was another woman of courage and faith. Of course, as a child, I never comprehended the ultimate cost both these humble and deeply spiritual women paid for using their voice. At the same time, I was observing the fortitude required to survive by the women in my own hyper-masculine family. Hence, I erroneously surmised, leadership for women meant jumping off high fences! So I did, literally, while teetering nervously on the top of the fence next to our house singing "trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey" JUMP... until my knees hurt. It wasn't until I was 30, and after a tragic fire ravaged our community my heart burned to step up and lead. What I've discovered since, is whenwomen lead from their true, integrated feminine self, there is inner peace and divine grace to assist, less effort and their affect on others is far reaching. Importantly, women have innate feminine leadership qualities that the world needs NOW. As more women lead and co-create leadership alongside men, equilibrium will emerge