The Quiet Kind of Power
There’s a power the world often overlooks, the quiet kind.
It’s the power that doesn’t shout, doesn’t compete, doesn’t demand to be noticed. It simply is.
I’ve learned that the most grounded women I’ve ever met weren’t the loudest in the room. They were the ones whose presence made chaos soften. Women who could walk into a space and shift the energy — not through dominance, but through calm.
In my early years, I thought confidence meant speaking the most or being constantly visible. But the older I grew, the more I realised that real confidence whispers. It’s not a performance, it’s peace.
As Heather Plett writes in The Art of Holding Space, “Holding space is what we do when we walk alongside someone through liminal space, without trying to fix them or control the outcome.”
Quiet confidence works the same way. It doesn’t force change; it invites it.
It doesn’t prove power; it embodies it.
And for many women, especially African women taught to be loud just to be heard, reclaiming still power is revolutionary.
Your peace is leadership.
Your calm is strategy.
Your groundedness is a ministry on its own.
When you choose peace over panic, presence over performance, you remind the world that softness is not weakness, it’s sacred.
🌿 Try This
Before you enter any room this week, pause for five seconds.
Straighten your shoulders. Relax your jaw.
Whisper to yourself: “My calm carries weight.”
💭 Reflection
What would your leadership look like if peace went first?
“You don’t have to be loud to be powerful. Quiet women build lasting impact.” 🌸
— Tee, TeeOasis Wellness
