International Women’s Day — The Woman I Became
“To the younger woman I once was, and to every woman still learning to trust her own voice — today and every day, you matter.”
Corrie Thorne-Cameron
There is something strange that happens as a woman ages. And not strange in a sad way. Strange in a revealing way.
At almost fifty‑five, I sit here on International Women’s Day and I see life differently than I did when I was younger. The past doesn’t look the same anymore. Situations I once defended… I now see clearly. Loyalties I once believed were noble… I now see were often misplaced.
And sometimes I look back at the younger version of myself and think — oh how fiercely I would have protected her if I knew then what I know now.
I would have been less concerned about loyalty to the wrong people and the wrong situations. I would have been far less afraid of being seen as “the problem.” Because the truth is, many women spend years protecting a peace that never really existed.
They defend the story.
They defend the relationship.
They defend the dynamic.
All to keep the appearance of harmony intact. But harmony built on silence, self‑betrayal, and swallowed truth is not peace.
It’s performance.
The Conditioning We Carry
I also see how deeply women have been conditioned to measure themselves through the eyes of others — especially through the opinion of men. Not because women are weak, but because the programming has been strong and persistent for generations.
Be agreeable.
Be understanding.
Be accommodating.
And most of all, don’t rock the boat.
And so many women learn to carry guilt that was never theirs in the first place. But something shifts as the years move forward.
If a woman is willing to look honestly at her life, the layers start to fall away. The stories unravel. The roles begin to loosen. You start to see what was real… and what was simply something you were taught to tolerate. And with that awareness comes a quiet freedom.
The Freedom of Clarity
You stop trying to rescue people from the consequences of their own choices.
You stop trying to fix those who are comfortable living inside their own misery.
You leave people where they are — not out of cruelty, but out of clarity.
There is another strange thing that happens around this age too. Society starts treating women as though they are becoming invisible. As if we are somehow fading into the background. But what I see happening is something completely different.
I see women breaking through layers.
Layers of conditioning.
Layers of shame.
Layers of guilt that were never theirs to carry.
And once a woman stops carrying shame that does not belong to her, she becomes very difficult to control.
What Replaces the Anger
At this stage of life something powerful begins to settle in. It isn’t rage.
I carried anger once — like many women do when the truth first starts to surface. But eventually even the anger softens. What replaces it is something steadier.
Clarity.
The ability to return guilt to sender.
The ability to stop absorbing responsibility for other people’s behaviour — to say quietly and without explanation:
“That belongs to you, not to me.”
Life is different now. I am different now. I leave people where they are without needing to fix them or convince them to see things differently. If someone is content existing inside their own misery, that is their choice. And perhaps the greatest freedom of all is this: I no longer apologize for existing.
A Reminder on International Women’s Day
So on this International Women’s Day, I want to remind every woman reading this of something simple but powerful.
You matter.
Not because someone approves of you.
Not because someone chooses you.
Not because you keep the peace in situations that diminish you.
You matter because you are here.
And if you are reaching the stage of life where the guilt no longer sticks, where the old roles feel too small, where you are no longer willing to abandon yourself just to make others comfortable…
That’s not the loss of who you were.
That is the woman you were always meant to become.
From a woman who has finally stopped apologizing for existing.
Corrie Thorne‑Cameron
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Nice to meet you! I am the founder/creator of the More Than Existing™️ brand, books, and self-actualization coaching program. My ‘why’ to the work, is to share my stories and gifts in the hope that others may discover that they are so much more than the stories, fears, and insecurities. To become loyal to the longest relationship you will ever have, the relationship with you. As I often share with others, "If you could see what I can see you would never doubt you again!”
I am a woman with a passionate heart, blended in diversity and love, with a belief that the truest of you is waiting to be discovered when you take the journey inward to discover the divine within.
I may never be the right fit for the world, but I finally belong in my world, and I open my heart to invite in more love each and every day.
Much love, Corrie