I don't think Galadriel overcame any man like qualities, but she did humble herself rather in the mode contrary to her earlier drive, to rule over realms of her own. This is what drove many of the princes of the Noldor to Middle-earth and her uncle really helped push this idea along, that the Valar were holding the Elves back from being rulers in M-E.
She does have great mental and physical abilities and was mentored by Melian. She was said, I believe, in The History of Galadriel and Celeborn to be like the prime opposition to Sauron since the Second Age. She is compared to Manwe in her role in the Third Age, but I also see her like Melian via her Ring and her power (Girdle of Melian) and Galadriel is the one referred to when it is said why the Nazgul avoid Lorien.
She mentions how bows and arrows alone do not defend and maintain Lorien and it is also said the power in Lorien could only be overcome if Sauron himself led his forces there. Three times of course his armies from Dol Guldur were repelled, hardly doing anything on the outskirts, and the Nazgul would not challenge her power either. Although it was Celeborn, and not herself who chased those armies into the forest and aed Thranduil. Again, her in her Manwe capacity.
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