By my second year in recovery, I realized that I needed to develop a relationship with a higher power that wasn't as small as a rock or as expansive as the entire universe. By no small coincidence, I was led to the book Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen as part of a women's studies course that I was taking.
I thought I would choose the goddess who most resonated with me, but I soon determined that a goddess trifecta would be more to my liking. So I chose three goddesses to guide me in my life and in my recovery.
I called upon Athena, goddess of wisdom and logic, for all things related to being a mature student in university. Artemis was there to spur on my independent feminine spirit as I railed against the patriarchy (did I mention I was a women's studies major?).
And pulling all that intense intellectual and activist energy together was Hestia, goddess of inner centeredness. Those three gals helped me out a lot in early recovery, and I still call upon them occasionally.
Goddesses make great higher powers.