There, I said it brazenly and openly, the four letter word that most women want to discuss but get too inundated with their daily lives to take time to dish, dissect and delve into as often as we should.  Some were raised that it’s not even the kind of thing polite women discuss at all, much less in a public blog.  If you are one of those, then my apologies for offending, but I hope that your curiosity will win out and you will continue reading because frankly I have some questions I’d like answered.  And for real honest answers we all have to take a good hard look at how we see ourselves. 

Sometimes I think we’re taking the easy way out and letting media and pop culture influence us.   Are we so longing for our own forms of sexual expression that we obsess about the Kardashian’s?  And who among us isn’t still lamenting that Sex in the City took its final bow more than a few seasons ago because really, we want to see ourselves in those sexy outfits where anything and everything is possible and can happen.  But is that the reality we’ve created for ourselves?  Not even close.

Sadly, the truth is often less titillating and I don’t think we’re doing a good enough job, ladies, of presenting ourselves in the world in the way we really and truly are.  

What’s worse, we’re relying on misrepresentations and blatant manipulations by marketing, branding and PR companies.  Is this what it’s come to?   Is anyone else disturbed that Victoria’s Secret’s CBS special was the top rated hour on ANY network?  Is it really just a marketing ploy to kick off one hell of a sales season that runs from Black Friday through Christmas Eve?  

Do we only take a look at sexy as it relates to hot-holiday sales?  And does sexy only refer to women who dream of undergarments that effectively turn on their spouses, partners and significant others?  Are the concepts of sexiness and sensuality limited to a seasonal time frame? 

Bah, humbug!  

Women are always sexy and guess what?  Many of us are also innately spiritual.  Those are two words you don’t often see together and that’s part of the problem.  So it’s not surprising that in all media presentations of who the modern working woman REALLY is we’re hard pressed to find a consistent marketing campaign that speaks to this.  And yes, that bothers me most of all.

My belief about true womanhood is that we are designed to be spiritually sexy.  If this sounds like a completely foreign concept to you, or you don’t have a true connection to both sides of that phrase, then ladies, we have some work to do.  

So let this be a fair warning that this post begins a series that will cover the topic of sex and coming into your own power.  

Yes, we are working mothers, caretakers, givers, doers, professionals, dedicated, industrious, generous (to a fault), selfless and a whole host of other admirable (and sometimes not so admirable) adjectives.  Let’s share our funny stories of sexual awakening and reawakening, so we can get back in touch with a vital part of what makes us ridiculously amazing, spiritually sexy women!  

I think I’m going to have a bumper sticker made but to make this a great interactive series leave a comment here or visit me on twitter @1DivaMama or FB: DivaMamaShiraAdler and tell me what makes YOU sexy, spiritual or spiritually sexy!