The Nine Powers of Women is a calling to women to accept unknown parts of themselves and reach their highest potential.

Women are being called for more. And everything they need to be, do or have is already inside them. But many have forgotten their ways.

These days women are working twice as hard, giving up their personal goals, and constantly justifying their family life. Yet they are still often ignored, underpaid, or passed for promotion.

Women tend to forget their ambitions, play small, and behave differently just to fit in. As a result, they are living out of purpose.

Many women are unhappy with their lives when everyone says they shouldn't be. They feel a lack of balance. And these ways of living cannot be sustained.

Ana Barreto is a Brazilian American who grew up in a home where women had no voice, working as a babysitter, housekeeper, and dog walker while gaining an education.

After earning three Business degrees, Barreto became very interested in women's empowerment and leadership. She mainly worked in male-dominated industries and often was the only woman in the room.

To keep up with unrealistic expectations of women, Barreto lived out of balance. Help arrived when she found spirituality through meditation, Feng Shui, metaphysics, and energy healing.

In her book The Nine Powers of Women: Awakening the Divine Feminine, the author shares the nine dormant powers that exist inside every woman, what they do, and how to bring them out to improve the quality of our lives.