How Four Powerful Women Find Power

We asked a few notables we look up to tell us where they find power in their own lives.

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Marion Woodman

Jungian analyst

I feel true power when... "I am speaking from my deepest Self."

The most powerful woman I ever met was... "Marie-Louise von Franz, the Jungian psychologist, author, and scholar."

Too often, people confuse power and... "Love. They may think they are in a love relationship with another person, when in reality, they are locked in a power dynamic, wanting to gain control, manipulate, blame, or judge. Power and love are two different things."

I feel least powerful when... "My body is not sustaining my soul."

When I need a power boost... "I pray."

Marion on the power of the feminine