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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

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OH HERE WE GO!!! Anytime someone writes about sacred sexuality, they always get weird with it. I‘m either laughing or cringing, and sitting here thinking… yeah no. I‘m already getting ‘yeah no‘ vibes from this book, so this is just going to be… 🤣😂🤦🏻‍♀️… bloodily brilliant. I think I‘m going to have to take a minute before diving into this chapter… at least until I stop laughing about the title of the chapter.

GingerAntics #ClarissaPinkolaEstes #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves @Chrissyreadit @CaroPi, @Cuilin, @TheBookHippie, @Deblovestoread, @zezeki, @BookwormAHN, @PathfinderNicole, @ravenlee, @dabbe, @ElizaMarie, @ImperfectCJ, @nanuska_153, @nosufoxes, @lil1inblue 2d

TheBookHippie I‘m so behind -hopefully catch up this week. I loved parts of 1,2,3 hated 4, and 5 made me roll my eyes -so on to 6 etc this week… 2d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I have no idea where we‘re actually supposed to be. I guess I‘m just trying to finish before the new year. 2d

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TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I lost track 🤣 2d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I think everyone has. 2d

dabbe I haven't even started Ch. 3 yet. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 2d

Cuilin @TheBookHippie yeah I find my eyes rolling too 🙄 2d

ElizaMarie I am still on chapter 2 - totally got behind 2d

Chrissyreadit I am on the meandering path and will post chapters 7 and 8 soon I hope. This is really a jump in and out where you are buddy read- chaotic good energy just like me. 2d

Chrissyreadit Also @GingerAntics My perspective as a women who grew up in the 70‘s and 80‘s is to recognize that when she wrote this there would have still been overarching patriarchal views that influenced her attempts to empower women through a jungian lens. I see some of the problematic in the work personally and recognize her growth journey was far from complete too. I‘m grateful to live during a time when woke is both a four letter word loud and proud) and 2d

Chrissyreadit action!!! ( @Cuilin too) this is too say the problems are real and this would be an interesting grad project to annotate and update, but also i hope a way we can explore our own perspectives safely aside from the content and in reference to the context. Does that make sense? (edited) 2d

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I did a lot of that last night, before even reading this chapter. I like it better under that idea as opposed to under the idea that it‘s groundbreaking nature has held up for most people (it probably has for quiverfull and pentecostal crowd). 1d

GingerAntics @Cuilin there is a lot to roll our eyes at here, I feel. lol 1d

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit I‘m here for the chaotic energy 💜 1d

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics agreed this ripe for an update. The time is right considering all the red pilling at the moment. (edited) 1d

GingerAntics @Cuilin absolutely! 1d

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit totally here for the chaotic energy! It‘s definitely my vibe! lol 1d

nanuska_153 @dabbe same! 😅 1d

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Myths and Legends of Hawaii | W D Westervelt, William D Westervelt

I went to Maui Friends of the Library in Kīhei yesterday and came away with some fun stuff! They had tons of lovely Hawaiiana and I had to keep reminding myself how much space is left in my suitcase!
2 books, 2 cds (yes, I still listen to cds 👵🏻), and a set of cards made by a Maui artist named Shanti Rowley! +1 free bookmark
Very friendly staff as well. 🌺📚 Mahalo!

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼 📚🎶💌💝💝💝...I'm a total CD/DVD fan 😉👍🏼💝. 3d

SamAnne Lovely! 3d

dabbe Glad you're having a fabulous time! 🩵❄️🤍 3d

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PaperbackPirate Yes to the dvds too! @AnnCrystal 🙌😂📀💿💙💙 3d

PaperbackPirate Thank you @SamAnne ! 🌺 3d

PaperbackPirate Thank you @dabbe ! ☀️🌈💙 3d

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

I really need someone to teach me how to cook, how to like cooking, and how to store food. I‘m not thriving because health becomes overwhelming and if I could just get this accomplished I feel like i could reduce the amount of drowning I am doing.

CaroPi, DebinHawaii, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Thatbooknerd, Suet624, Deblovestoread, zezeki, BookwormAHN, PathfinderNicole, GingerAntics, ravenlee, CBee, dabbe, ElizaMarie, ImperfectCJ, nanuska_153, ncsufoxes, lil1inblue

Ruthiella YouTube is great for this. I‘m also a poor cook but watching tutorials online has been helpful. 2w

GingerAntics Madam President Kamala Harris? 2w

Suet624 I‘m with you. 2w

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Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics i love that ❤️ 2w

Chrissyreadit @Ruthiella I bought a video class on cooking three or more years ago- I have to figure out what my block around cooking is. 2w

mcctrish I guess I‘d start with what is your favourite food? If you look at a menu what jumps out at you? Then I‘d look for foodie people on IG, or TikTok if that‘s your jam, who make food like it and see if you can do it too 2w

Tamra I echo watching home cooks (not professionals) cooking on YouTube for inspiration and ideas. The professionals make everything seem pretty & perfect and that‘s just not real life. At least in my house. 😉 (edited) 2w

dabbe I'm so with you on this. I love watching food videos and the Food Network, but I absolutely hate to cook. Hate. It. Weird, huh? 🤣 2w

ravenlee I started following Liam Layton recently on Facebook (he‘s @theplantslant on other social media, which is beyond my ken), and I find a lot of inspiration from his videos. Not a how-to, step-by-step guide, but I‘ve been surprised how helpful it can be. 2w

ravenlee I also liked this book, though I haven‘t implemented much of its advice.

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SamAnne I love Deborah Madison‘s vegetarian cooking for everyone. Great even if you aren‘t vegetarian (I‘m not but veggie forward). Just super simple recipes. Still a go to for me 20 plus years later. (edited) 2w

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

I constantly try to fit in in WV. My son and I just had a several hours long conversation about masking- something I‘ve done purposefully since High School (for senior celebrity i was class ditz) Sometimes it is to reduce loneliness and sometimes it is for ease- but now I feel myself slipping in and out of the masks because it feels necessary and appropriate in the situation. Sometimes life-ing is just hard!

GingerAntics Yes. It was an utter failure. 2w

TheBookHippie No. However. That too creates a whole other set of issues. 2w

GingerAntics Can I switch to @TheBookHippie ‘s answer? 2w

BookwormAHN Also yes and it sucked. For my senior year of high school little witchy me made friends with this girl who was really sweet but she and her friends (who were also pretty nice) were extremely religious Baptists. And to get along with them I had to play good little Christian girl. I know it was my choice but I about drove myself crazy 🤦🏼‍♀️ 2w

ravenlee I mostly don‘t try very hard, but I do kind of…selectively mask? Depending on my setting, I dial down certain aspects of my personality. The person I am with the homeschool moms is slightly different than with the dance moms, and pretty different still from the me who is a working musician. I don‘t try to be someone who will be loved and accepted by everyone, but I guess I do try to be…acceptable? in a given situation. 2w

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

I really appreciate the opportunity in this book to recognize me. I am a pretty messy, emotional, curious and caring person. I can be judgy at times (my shadow side) and do strive to be compassionate. I‘m also frustrated with myself for not being smarter, more organized and less chaotic.

GingerAntics I think my authentic self is me without masking. Letting myself stim when I need to. Letting myself move away from bright lights and loud noises when I need to. It‘s just me making space for those needs and taking care of those needs in ways that work within the situation (or moving out of the situation if those small modifications aren‘t being honoured or allowed). 2w

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

Hi friends! As you can tell I am not someone who is consistent with timelines and due dates. My combination of Chronic Epstein Barr (2 week flare i think i‘m at end of) and ADHD (I really struggle with planning ahead) mean I will be getting posts out but not on a consistent timeline. Please feel free to post at anytime whenever you choose- and wherever you are in the book.

Chrissyreadit I think i still wrestle with guilt if I am not putting my energy into mothering others. I am working on the concept of self care- but i apply it to myself as a drill sergeant instead of as a mother. I really need to think about how and what mothering myself could be. 2w

GingerAntics This is a hard one for me. I don‘t understand the idea of mothering yourself. Mothering means taking care of someone and when you‘re doing the taking care of, there are only very limited ways you can be the recipient of that. Literally, kids have to be taught self care. Maybe it‘s just self care. I don‘t know. The math doesn‘t math for me on this. Maybe it‘s just me. 2w

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I can‘t use the word mother/mom without my skin crawling but I do remind myself and even get reminded by MR BH -“what would your Grandma say, she would say take the break eat the cookie, drink the tea, snuggle in the blanket… the world can wait.” I use that every morning -I slow start mornings&eat a good breakfast -because that‘s what she‘d tell me to do. Make food share it, bake bread it helps she would say. ⬇️ 2w

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TheBookHippie ⬆️ not exactly self care but it‘s what works for me. If nothing else use -Christine loves me she wants me to eat well rest well take care of me. ♥️ it‘s hard I know. 2w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie 🧡🧡🧡 your grandmother is so awesome! I totally get having a negative response to “mother.” Mine isn‘t entirely negative, which almost makes it more confusing. 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics my very good friend who has passed on through the veil use to tell me to just think of Love as an entity or being and use that in place of mother. Love wants you to be you, take care of you because it‘s love. 2w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics I feel like i need to explore the archetype of mother and mothering vs the verb. I‘m wrestling with the patriarchal view compared to what a matriarchal tribal view would be. @TheBookHippie too. 2w

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit I‘ve been researching Matriarchal in religion and how it was killed by the patriarchy … 😵‍💫😭 2w

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit report back if you find interesting things. I do think it needs to be explored. 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie I knew this group was going to be perfect for reading When God was a Woman!

When God was a Woman

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 Hopefully you're at the ending point of the flare-up 💝💝💝. 2w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics ♥️ 2w

Chrissyreadit @GingerAntics it‘s such a good book! 2w

dabbe Your timelines are perfect for me as I am way behind. I learn so much just from reading these posts! Thank you all for your insight about yourselves and what it means to be a woman; they're so thoughtful and helpful. And @Chrissyreadit, hope you're feeling better soon! ♥️🍁🤎 2w

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I wasn‘t sure I was going to like it and then I noticed I was like 75% done. So I didn‘t read it at all for several days to make it last. I should have just finished it. lol 2w

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Estes

In previous chapters we read about learning to trust ourselves, then this sentence appears! It is a terrifying perspective for those of us who have lived with domestic violence- but in a specific context it is most likely a vital truth. The context of fear, trust and safety- and how do we ever find it after the death of that experience? That is when we have to discern between fear because of danger vs fear because of trauma. Thoughts?

Chrissyreadit In a slightly different context- have you ever been afraid of what being in a relationship would mean for you? 1mo

Chrissyreadit Relationships become tricky for many reasons- but do mean that there is a joining by nature- that can make one stronger and safer- Has it ever been scary to transition in and/or out of relationships? 1mo

Chrissyreadit I can honestly say that I have probably avoided some men I should have dated and dated some men I should have avoided… Now i am focusing on my relationship with myself. 1mo

GingerAntics I was troubled by this. It felt like a complete 180. 1mo

BookwormAHN I get the idea behind this statement but it just seems wrong. Relationships can be tricky but when something deep down tells you to run you run. And Chrissy good for you 💗 1mo

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

Sedna is mentioned in the first part of this chapter so i thought i would share the Goddess card reflection of her I have. If you read it I would be curious to hear how it was received or impacted your thoughts in relation to this chapter and yourself.

AnnCrystal I love this! Sedna was one of the first I read about when I began researching my own Ancestral World.

My ancestors are from Arizona, grandma of my mom's mother.

But I consider the whole of the Americas as my Ancestral World.

This was fascinating for me. Not the tragic of the story, because is felt equal in the extraordinary elements to the tales I read from other “outside“ cultures. From Greece, Nordic, Egypt, Asian, etc.

Epic 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝💝. (edited) 1mo

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Chrissyreadit

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Est�s Phd

My responses are leaving high school, endings of friendships, home the way i lived in it and going to college, then leaving college and going to work- then end of childhood and beginning of adulting…. and of course life after divorce - This cycle does play out in numerous ways through life experiences.

TheBookHippie I worked in locked units-I left it when my daughter was 3 -I just couldn‘t risk myself -I loved it so, but I switched to locked Alzheimer‘s units -at the time this was normal.. I did this for a long time but had to quit when pregnant with my son, when I switched over to education and reading literacy advocacy. All things that were bittersweet. 1mo

GingerAntics The only thing this brought to mind to me was genuine childhood. When I hit puberty, a lot of my hopes were dashed… so it wasn‘t necessarily a happier/better beginning, but I think it‘s getting there for me. 1mo

nanuska_153 I changed my speciality a couple times, I get the feeling that I need to learn something new from time to time and I switch.Currently trying to change from being the door that everyone knocks when they have a Property Law question to start from 0 in Criminal Law. It's always scary because I like to be considered an expert and it's tough to go through the stress of not knowing how to do your job,but if I feel I can't grow anymore I have to leave. 1mo

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