08/08/2025
The Sister Wound isn’t just a personal insecurity.
It’s centuries of conditioning designed to keep women divided, silent, and small.
Historically, women were pitted against each other as a tool of control.
During the witch hunts, neighbors turned on neighbors, and women betrayed women. Often out of fear for their own lives.
Language even shifted to reinforce this divide: the Old English word godsibb once meant “close friend” or “godparent.” Over time, it became “gossip,”redefined as idle talk, rumor, and immorality in women.
This is the Sister Wound: betrayal, jealousy, insecurity, and mistrust. Not just between biological sisters, but between women everywhere.
It’s a wound we carry in our collective nervous system.
And it’s one we’ve all, knowingly or not, been conditioned to perpetuate.
Capitalism has kept this alive by teaching us there’s only so much to go around. That another woman’s success or happiness means less for us. But this is a lie. What is good for her is good for you. There is more than enough to go around.
Healing the Sister Wound starts with awareness.
It starts with questioning the story that says “us vs. them” and choosing “us + them” instead.
When we support one another’s wins, speak each other’s names in rooms we’re not in, and hold each other through the hard seasons, we undo centuries of division.
✨ Have you noticed the Sister Wound in your own life or community? What does healing it look like for you? Share below…your story might be the mirror another woman needs.
📖 My upcoming book The Motherhood Myth goes deeper into the Trinity Wounds-the Witch, Sister, and Mother wounds-and how they shape our relationships, our self-worth, and our freedom. Preorder now for access to the exclusive book club + bonuses. Link in bio.
