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Women Rising: The Forces That Hold Us Back. The Tools to Help Us Rise
It’s time to create a future where feminine power and leadership is celebrated. It’s time for a radical awakening and a revolution. It’s time for women to rise.
In Women Rising, you’ll discover how to recognise and resist the very real forces of power that limit how you work and live as a woman. Are you tired of being asked to ‘lean in,’ fit in, perform and conform? The truth is that women today continue to be constrained by pervasive ideas about how we ‘should’ act and behave.
To break free, we need to understand the forces that limit our potential. Those forces are external and internal, without and within, and they sabotage the very success we work so hard for. In Women Rising, author and award-winning empowerment expert Megan Dalla-Camina shows you how to see and cut the invisible strings holding you back.
Women Rising unveils the 6 external paradoxes that impact how women lead and succeed. You’ll uncover how these power paradoxes affect our visibility, empowerment, confidence, success, motherhood and leadership.
Turning inward, you’ll discover how our internal narratives, the stories we tell ourselves, can also serve to keep us stuck. Women Rising unmasks 13 archetypes that keep us striving for impossible standards as a Perfectionist, an Overachiever, a Good Girl, a People Pleaser and more.
Finally, Women Rising illuminates the path forward. It shares real, practical tools and strategies that women everywhere can use to craft a future where we succeed on our own terms. Grounded in leadership experience from the world’s largest organisations, Megan Dalla-Camina’s hands-on toolkit shows you how to find your vision and purpose — and evolve as a confident, authentic leader.
It's time to rise and to step into your power. This guide will show you how.
In Women Rising, you’ll discover how to recognise and resist the very real forces of power that limit how you work and live as a woman. Are you tired of being asked to ‘lean in,’ fit in, perform and conform? The truth is that women today continue to be constrained by pervasive ideas about how we ‘should’ act and behave.
To break free, we need to understand the forces that limit our potential. Those forces are external and internal, without and within, and they sabotage the very success we work so hard for. In Women Rising, author and award-winning empowerment expert Megan Dalla-Camina shows you how to see and cut the invisible strings holding you back.
Women Rising unveils the 6 external paradoxes that impact how women lead and succeed. You’ll uncover how these power paradoxes affect our visibility, empowerment, confidence, success, motherhood and leadership.
Turning inward, you’ll discover how our internal narratives, the stories we tell ourselves, can also serve to keep us stuck. Women Rising unmasks 13 archetypes that keep us striving for impossible standards as a Perfectionist, an Overachiever, a Good Girl, a People Pleaser and more.
Finally, Women Rising illuminates the path forward. It shares real, practical tools and strategies that women everywhere can use to craft a future where we succeed on our own terms. Grounded in leadership experience from the world’s largest organisations, Megan Dalla-Camina’s hands-on toolkit shows you how to find your vision and purpose — and evolve as a confident, authentic leader.
It's time to rise and to step into your power. This guide will show you how.
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384 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2024
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April 2, 2025
A generous two stars.
I was eager to read this book the moment I heard about it, months before its release. I was even preemptively recommending it! It should have been exactly my kind of thing. But, I was discouraged as early as part-way through the introduction, literally thinking ‘uh-oh’.
This book’s relationship to the patriarchy and female empowerment feels the equivalent to a 2024 teen ‘discovering’ The Beatles. It reads as so naive and in a tone that’s so ‘look at what I’ve just learned and must share’, as though these are not widely known or experienced. Even worse, there were occasions where Dalla-Camina writes as though some of these ideas are her own discoveries.
Persevering through to Part One, I couldn’t help but think ‘aw, cute’… and then just started speed-reading. Some sections were interesting, but never truly insightful, innovative or revelatory for me. Also, after spending so much time on the patriarchy (external and internalised), I didn’t truly see any ‘solutions’ or ‘tools’ in Part 3 that were not targeted to intrinsic work for the woman.
A lot of this also reads far too much as though it’s targeted to privileged women who have not truly encountered genuine adversity until adulthood. They have scaled impressive heights, feel something’s preventing them going further, and are wondering what happened. And then discover ‘patriarchy’.
However, the section on archetypes will likely have broader reach.
This book will definitely appeal to a lot of readers, but I was very disappointed. I gave it a shot (I finished it), reading far beyond the point where I considered casting it aside, but can’t say it was truly eye-opening, compelling or thought-provoking. I did want to love it.
I was eager to read this book the moment I heard about it, months before its release. I was even preemptively recommending it! It should have been exactly my kind of thing. But, I was discouraged as early as part-way through the introduction, literally thinking ‘uh-oh’.
This book’s relationship to the patriarchy and female empowerment feels the equivalent to a 2024 teen ‘discovering’ The Beatles. It reads as so naive and in a tone that’s so ‘look at what I’ve just learned and must share’, as though these are not widely known or experienced. Even worse, there were occasions where Dalla-Camina writes as though some of these ideas are her own discoveries.
Persevering through to Part One, I couldn’t help but think ‘aw, cute’… and then just started speed-reading. Some sections were interesting, but never truly insightful, innovative or revelatory for me. Also, after spending so much time on the patriarchy (external and internalised), I didn’t truly see any ‘solutions’ or ‘tools’ in Part 3 that were not targeted to intrinsic work for the woman.
A lot of this also reads far too much as though it’s targeted to privileged women who have not truly encountered genuine adversity until adulthood. They have scaled impressive heights, feel something’s preventing them going further, and are wondering what happened. And then discover ‘patriarchy’.
However, the section on archetypes will likely have broader reach.
This book will definitely appeal to a lot of readers, but I was very disappointed. I gave it a shot (I finished it), reading far beyond the point where I considered casting it aside, but can’t say it was truly eye-opening, compelling or thought-provoking. I did want to love it.
November 12, 2024
I got this book after a recommendation from a friend... and I'm so glad I did! What an empowering read that illuminates common issues we feel and experience as women, but often don't have the words to articulate. I love the focus on how we as women have internalised patriarchal norms and how it manifests as self-doubt in our lives today. If you're a perfectionist or a people pleaser, you need to read this book!
October 13, 2024
This was fantastic!
Such a wake up call of helpful information and tips on implementing them. I also enjoyed the mindfulness refresher of information.
A great resource for a woman navigating the corporate world and stepping into their power! I would also recommend sharing this with ALL colleagues as a way to promote education and help improve your working environment!
Such a wake up call of helpful information and tips on implementing them. I also enjoyed the mindfulness refresher of information.
A great resource for a woman navigating the corporate world and stepping into their power! I would also recommend sharing this with ALL colleagues as a way to promote education and help improve your working environment!
January 13, 2025
I really wanted to like it, but found it to be so superficial and naive. The structure of short paragraphs and general language made me think it’s AI generated. Maybe appealing to a teenager. Wish i read the reviews and saved my money and time.
November 4, 2024
Thoroughly researched and so well written. Megan’s passion for supporting women leaders is unmatched.
September 27, 2025
Such an inspiring book!
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