Generations were taught to hide the storm.

For centuries, men were told that feeling is weakness. Women were told the same – and punished for it. Tears, grief, joy, desire: all policed. Women’s hearts were called “too much,” men’s hearts were called “off-limits.”

And yet, women have been pleading — urging men to open, to journey inward, to confront themselves. Most men never learned how. Most men were never initiated into the terrain of their own hearts. They grew up with storms inside, locked behind walls, blind to the fact that they could learn to breathe through them. Women’s bodies and cycles drag us through initiation whether we resist or not — this is why women stand as living oracles, teachers of the unseen and the soul’s hidden rhythms.

Here’s the truth: suppression is costly. Men who avoid feeling often rely on women for emotional regulation a practice that breeds toxicity. They chase distraction, gratification, control, and instant fixes. They rage, blame, stonewall, or disappear into numbness. Their storms remain unexamined, dangerous, and unhealed. And yet, the path to power, freedom, and real intimacy is through the storm, not around it.

To the men reading this: You are not broken. You are not less. You are uninitiated. But initiation is possible. You don’t have to be afraid of your own heart. Feeling deeply – truly deeply – is the strongest move you can make. It opens clarity, purpose, connection, and yes, pleasure that isn’t empty or fleeting. You don’t need to hide from the storm inside. You need to welcome it, learn its rhythms, and walk through it fully awake.

To the women reading this: You’ve carried the labor of feeling long enough. Your pain, your cycles, your grief, your joy – they are sacred. Your capacity to heal, to witness, to evolve – these are the powers that anchor a new world. And yes, you can guide, invite, and mirror – but the work of initiation must be chosen and embraced by the one stepping into it. You cannot initiate another through their own storm; you can only reflect the path, model courage, and hold sacred space.

Both men and women are trapped by cultural lies. Lies that say emotion is weakness. Lies that say anger is dangerous. Lies that say grief should be buried. Lies that say desire is shameful. Lies that say you are small, less than, or unworthy because you feel. Both men and women can rise. Both can reclaim themselves. Emotional courage is not a weakness – it is a revolution.

The storm inside you is not your enemy. It is your teacher. It whispers truths you have been trained to ignore. It calls you to your own sovereignty, your own freedom. It is not here to destroy you but to reveal you.

Breathe into it. Feel it. Transform it. Let the fire in your chest illuminate the dark places in yourself and in the world. Let it teach you, guide you, and protect you.

Every tear, every pulse of grief or joy, every surge of anger is not a liability – it is a tool, a weapon, a bridge, a prayer. Learn to wield it wisely. Learn to honour it. Learn to ride it. The generations before us were denied this education; the generations to come depend on us teaching it.

Ride the storm. Teach it. Transform it. Build a world where the storm is not feared but revered. Where emotion is honoured, courage is celebrated, and human hearts, male and female, can awaken fully to themselves.

This is not a call to abandon discipline, responsibility, or self-control. It is a call to embrace the full spectrum of life and soul. To meet your pain, your desire, your longing, and your rage with open eyes and a brave heart.

The storm is alive. The storm is sacred. And through it, so are you.