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Early morning coffee and a book. #wildwomen #doll #intuition

I used to make up jingles about whatever I was doing and I was always listening to music and singing.At some point in my 20s I was raped and shortly afterwards I ended up in an abusive relationship that lasted many years.I can't really remember anything that happened for some time after the relationship ended, there is a blank space, I remember things that happened to me, but as if someone had told me a story, not as if I had actually lived them⬇️

Too many traditions so picturing a few:Thanksgiving & watching Macy‘s parade;Christmas table setting & Christmas Eve book stack-my aunt gave each of us 2 books Christmas Eve & continued with the next generation #Jólabókaflóðið;we take pictures every Year when my son‘s magnolia tree blooms(planted when he was 6 mths);annual Cape Cod weekend with my 3 sisters; hiking with my son since he was little;coffee & a book on our porch.#wildwomen

#wildwomen #lalobas

For me, I escape into the trees. I talk to them, hug them, smell their bark, listen to them in the wind ... they are my soul-source. Favorite spot? Going around the aspen loop trail up to Arizona's highest mountain, Mt. Humphreys (12,000+ feet). That is where I find my idea of god.

#wildwomen

My go-to book for poetry, story-telling, wisdom, solace, friendship, love ... is this one, especially the scenes between the fox and the prince. When I was younger, this passage and their eventual parting helped me deal with losing people I loved, whether physically, emotionally, or both. This book makes me sigh in all good ways possible. It helps me heal. 💛💜🧡

#LaLobas

If there is water to be found I will find it. Ocean, river, waterfall, stream or creek. And if possible my feet will be in it at the very least. I was very fortunate to live right on the Pacific Ocean the year before and during my parent‘s separation and divorce. The ocean and I spent hours together. The ocean held all my tears, all my screams. Water is where I go to process, to heal and for solace.

Photos of where my Dad's side of the family has found solace for 3 generations. I love this place and the people that belong. This is where I feel my wild the most, where I feel free and alive. This is where I go to heal. 💓

#badwolfbitches #wildwomen #badasswildwomen

I'm 100% Finnish-American, so saunas have always had a cultural significance in my family. For me sauna is a cleansing, healing ritual. I have many memories of taking sauna with generations of women.

#badwolfbitches #wildwomen #badasswildwomen

This album got me through high school. Silent All These Years has specifically spoken to me ever since I first heard it. Finding my voice again was everything.

https://youtu.be/HSYr0etDzRM?si=vW1UK80rXr3m0aUr

And also:
White Flag by Joseph: https://youtu.be/x3kXDMPwfMc?si=EGwLK1qyoBD5mhEi
The Bullpen by Dessa: https://youtu.be/vvi3UDQdl7k?si=HgcjtdvE1vVmEEDT

#badwolfbitches #wildwomen

#WildWomen #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Chapter 1
So many emotions, “Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs” says a character in another current read. I don‘t see regrets as much as methods of survival. I marked many passages, “bad wolf” stood out to me. The decal is on my car. Most whovians will recognize this. Rose stared into the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed the power of the time vortex, she becomes God like, omnipotent, she saves 🔽

I can picture myself lost in the woods, and just meeting an ancient looking librarian who invites me to stay for a while. All the rest, all the thoughts, all the quiet and all the conversations. Cafe with miraculous coffee… and the clearly adopted Motto “Not all who wander are lost”

Watching It‘s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown when my kid gets home from trick or treating with hot chocolates and cozy pjs. I also always have a solo wrapping party sometime in December while the husband and child are out doing their shopping so I can watch Miracle on 34th Street in peace 😂.

I‘ve always wanted to take a solo vacation for a long weekend but have been afraid of being judged for it.
#wildwomenreading #womenwhorunwiththewolves

Definitely Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park. We played it during my younger brother‘s funeral when he passed in 2008. The Last Goodbye from Billy Boyd also makes me feel ALL the feelings along with Leaving Earth from Mass Effect 3. The final two are from series that deeply impacted me (like I have plans for both a LOTR tattoo and a ME one). #wildwomenreading #womenwhorunwiththewolves

Feel free to create a post and share your image- or keep it private. But I hope you enjoy this - even a wordy description or imagined space…

#wildwomenreading I loved how this chapter brings our awareness to the parts of us that we have buried. Some are better gone, and some we may mourn. Are there any parts of yourself that you mourn and perhaps can be revitalized?

This nightmare occurred again & again.I would usually seek my 5 1/2 yr old brother & his bed for solace & security.
I do remember some neighborhood boys would follow me-I would climb up a tree & they would chant “I declare I declare I see Kathy‘s underwear!”If my brother was nearby he would chase them away.Also around the same time a man in a car offered candy to kids in our neighborhood-told my mom who called the police & we were interviewed.

The first that came to mind was "Ring on the Sill" by Cowboy Junkies. Also "Beloved Wife" by Natalie Merchant, and "Both Hands" by Ani DiFranco, and "Jezebel" by 10,000 Maniacs. Although I pretty much cry through that entire 10,000 Maniacs album. @Chrissyreadit

#wildwomenreading Share here- or create a post! #womenwhorunwiththewolves

Chapter 1 of Women Who Run With The Wolves. Responds here, or create your own post! This holds true for all of today‘s posts!

My book, Women who run with Wolves just arrived. Already a connection on p. 4. We are reading the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid in 10th grade English Among other things, we are using Barbie‘s monologue in the movie to further illustrate society‘s contradictory expectations for women as a springboard for discussion & written reflection. https://youtu.be/CBqlDWHkdHk

Okay, I think I‘ve caught up. I‘ve finished chapter one. I‘m still processing, but I felt like there was a connection between this first chapter and this video is a on YouTube the other day. Maybe it doesn‘t connect. I may still be under the influence of cold meds, but I kept thinking about this video all throughout the first chapter and wanted to share.

https://youtu.be/UmpdyNe9RAg?si=HmxRbReu_c7edLsB

I read the intro and underlined about 90% of it. After sitting with it for a few days, this section about fear was what I kept coming back to. Fear and anger are emotions that are inextricably linked for me. If I feel one, the other follows almost instaneously. Because I taught myself early on to suppress those feelings, I believed they were bad emotions. ⬇️

Took a break from school - not sure how long yet (was going for my nurse practitioner's license, but really burned out on nursing right now). I have a lot of healing to do, which involves relaxing, loving myself, and protecting myself from negativity (hard to do when you are in health care) - This group is part of this journey. Feel so much freer knowing I don't have to listen/read/work on difficult cases while I am off work. #WildWomen

I just got my new copy, and it is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than the previous one! It needs to spend a day or two in the freezer (it‘s a little funky) but then I intend to get this party started!
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Having taught comparative literature and archetypal literature, I cannot explain how much I am looking forward to revisiting these elements and learning even more--now as a peer and student. I tagged the book that I used with my kids (it's incredible and not at ALL about myths!), and even shared some teacher notes in the pic above. ⬇️

Welcome to the discussion of the intro!!! Add comments here- but also feel free to create a discussion post as well if you have a question or thought you want to have engagement with, just remember to tag everyone.

Slowly working my way into the book. Loving it so far.
#ClarissaPinkolaEstes #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Love this!
#MayaAngelou #ClarissaPinkolaEstes #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

I'm going to do this from a different perspective... Louisa May Alcott for rocking my childhood with Jo March; Jane Austen for inspiring me with Elizabeth Bennett in my 20s; Virginia Woolf for blowing my mind with A room of ones own in my 30s; George Sand for writing wonderful women and advocating for women's rights; Margaret Atwood for scaring me with her very real dystopian society into never stop fighting; Ursula Le Guin for showing me ⬇️

And so our journey begins! Feel free to comment here and on your own page and on each others pages as we begin this community of Wild Women reading. Over the next week consider posting about A particular segment you read and why it spoke to you. I am tagging everyone who requested so far- please tag the group in your posts so we can all participate- and feel free to add more on storygraph! This week is all about the intro!

#haikuaday #haikuhive
I know to some, it's almost sacrilegious to write in a book. But, oh how I love annotating a book, and I haven't done that since my days of teaching. It's only page 1, but we'll see how much more I'll write.

First book I have marked
since teaching literature.
Now, I'm the student.

@GingerAntics @nanuska_153 my copy is on the right, and a hardcover I just finished on the left. 😬

I found my copy! Now to see if my eyes are up to the tiny print, which is what made me give up my last try. However, I am fully bifocaled now and ready to try again! 😆🤓
My women-standing-on-shoulders vision is less matrilineal (my mother is a force, for sure, but her mother was a piece of work) and more in the tradition of wise women, elders, “aunties,” and such, all passing down lore and love. May we all become them!