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Though you likely feel limited in your ability to make much of a difference, your potential to change, better, and help heal our nation (and consequently, the world) is much greater than you’ve been led to believe. If you’re anything like the many passionate, intentional mothers I know, love, and work with, you spend a great deal of your time and energy compensating for and trying to make peace with the disempowerment you feel. When you respond to your baby’s sweet cues, you are not merely meeting her immediate needs for nourishment, you are shaping her most primal sense of security — the very same sense of security that will accompany her the rest of her life. Though we all need certain things in order to feel fulfilled, women, and mothers in particular, tend to deny their needs for fear of being seen as “needy.