One focus of my coaching process is guiding women to discover the strength they have always carried within themselves but have not always been able to access. I know what a difference this journey has made in my own life, and it’s a joy to walk this path with other women who seek to be happy, healthy, and free from the weight of the past. I wrote this poem as a reflection (no pun intended) and an interpretation of that process.

The powerful woman within.
Who is she?
Is she me?

Oh how I wish I knew her
as I ponder
looking at myself in the mirror

Could it be possible that she lives inside of me?
For all the world to see?

But that could never be
a reality for me
for I am too fearful, timid and shy

As I felt a tear drip down from the corner of my eye

Finally finding the courage
to take another glance
at the reflection in front of me
I saw the reflection of
another woman
a powerful, confident, self-assured woman

Who could this be?

After taking a deep long breath…

My curiosity got the better part of me
I asked the woman in the mirror
staring back at me

Who might you be?

I am the woman, the powerful
confident, self-assured woman
who lives inside of you
for all the world to see,
the kind of a woman
that you truly always wanted to be

~ Karen Burkhart