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

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. 💓

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lil1inblue @caropi @cuilin @thebookhippie @deblovestoread @zezeki @bookwormAHN @PathfinderNicole @GingerAntics @ravenlee @dabbe @ElizaMarie @ImperfectCJ @nanuska_153 @ncsufoxes 4d

Deblovestoread All the lovely water and the peace it brings. 4d

TheBookHippie So so lovely. 4d

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Cuilin Looks so peaceful ☺️ 4d

dabbe And I can see why it's so healing! W💙W. 💙🩵💙 4d

lil1inblue @deblovestoread @thebookhippie @cuilin @dabbe 💙 💙 💙 4d

AnnCrystal
🤩💝💝💝. 4d

ElizaMarie These pictures are beautiful. The place looks so peaceful and wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 2d

lil1inblue @ElizaMarie Aww. Thank you! 💓 😍 💓 2d

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💓 💓 💓 2d

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lil1inblue

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

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.

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lil1inblue @caropi @cuilin @thebookhippie @deblovestoread @zezeki @bookwormAHN @PathfinderNicole @GingerAntics @ravenlee @dabbe @ElizaMarie @ImperfectCJ @nanuska_153 @ncsufoxes 4d

Cuilin How fantastic!!! Love it!! 4d

dabbe 💜💛🧡 4d

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lil1inblue @cuilin @dabbe 💓 💓 💓 4d

kspenmoll Wonderful! 4d

AnnCrystal Epic 👏🏼☺️👌🏼 saunas are truly medicine 💝💝💝. 4d

lil1inblue @kspenmoll @anncrystal ❤ 💖 ❤ 3d

ElizaMarie I love this! This looks like such a lovely, wonderful hearing place. 2d

lil1inblue @ElizaMarie It's such a lovely ritual. 💓 2d

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lil1inblue

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

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

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lil1inblue @caropi @cuilin @thebookhippie @deblovestoread @zezeki @bookwormAHN @PathfinderNicole @GingerAntics @ravenlee @dabbe @ElizaMarie @ImperfectCJ @nanuska_153 @ncsufoxes 4d

TheBookHippie Oh I agree this is so good! 4d

CBee Ohhhh I absolutely LOVE Tori and this album also got me through some tough times. Awesome post 💚💚 4d

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Chrissyreadit oh!!! Yes! this song always made me cry- and Tori Amos is amazing. ❤️ 4d

lil1inblue @thebookhippie @cbee @chrissyreadit This album is everything to me. I don't fan girl much because I'm such a mood listener/reader/watcher, but I do fan girl for Tori. 😍 4d

dabbe L 💜VE this! 💜💛🧡 4d

CBee @lil1inblue same 😍😍 4d

lil1inblue @dabbe ❤ 💛 ❤ 4d

InkedBookworm13 I listened to Tori so much in high school. She's so amazing ❤️ 3d

ElizaMarie Thank you for sharing the video! I hadn't heard this song before! It's beautiful! Her voice is amazing! 2d

lil1inblue @InkedBookworm13 I love her so much. She was also my first concert! 😍 2d

lil1inblue @ElizaMarie She is such an amazing artist. Highly recommend any of her albums! ❤ 2d

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lil1inblue

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

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. ⬇️

lil1inblue It took a long time (and is still an ongoing process) to see that anger and fear can even be useful and necessary, and that I can harness them, instead of letting them fester and kill or trap my spirit. 1w

lil1inblue @caropi @cuilin @thebookhippie @deblovestoread @zezeki @bookwormAHN @PathfinderNicole @GingerAntics @ravenlee @dabbe @ElizaMarie @ImperfectCJ @nanuska_153 @ncsufoxes 1w

lil1inblue #wildwomen #badasswildwomen #badwolfbitches 💓💓💓 1w

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TheBookHippie USE THEM FOR YOU. 💕💕💕💕💕 1w

dabbe Such an excellent word for what you're feeling: HARNESS. 💜🩶🧡
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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🫂💝💝💝. 1w

Sparklemn Love it! 1w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 💓💓💓💓💓 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe 🥰💓💓💓 1w

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 🫂💓 1w

lil1inblue @Sparklemn Thank you! 💓 1w

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Chrissyreadit

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

CaroPi, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Deblovestoread, zezeki, BookwormAHN, PathfinderNicole, GingerAntics, ravenlee, dabbe, ElizaMarie, ImperfectCJ, nanuska_153, ncsufoxes, lil1inblue

Cuilin I related too much with all the fears associated with “a disrupted relationship with the wildish force in the psyche” unfortunately. But at least I know what I need to work on. I loved the definition of wild as that which is natural and authentic. I‘m working on it! 2w

TheBookHippie I have I guess the opposite problem women hate me because I am wild. It reads as intimidating a lot. I had quite a feral childhood and summer camp in woods, I do not discount that for me being of the wild. (edited) 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin Fear is interesting. 2w

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dabbe My mom was the wildest of women IMHO. She divorced my dad when NOBODY did that (I was the only kid in my 4th grade whose parents were divorced). She never remarried and taught us that we didn't need ANY man in order to live/succeed/be happy--it was all on US to create a meaningful life. I didn't have as rough a childhood as most people, and I know I got lucky with my mom. When she saw me turn into a pansy with my first husband ... ⬇️ 2w

dabbe (because that's how his parents behaved and it seemed the only way to “get along), she gave me a rough-talking to about not being my true self, basically asking me, “Where are you? What did you do with Denise?“ Over the years, I vacillate between those two Denises. I'm hoping to go full wild again after reading this book. I've already come out of my shell a wee bit here on Litsy. We'll see. 🤔 2w

Chrissyreadit @Cuilin It‘s challenging- i‘m not sure about your experience but so many woman are taught not to trust their wild side- because it threatens the status quo- then there is the fear of rejection- I‘m glad you are seeking your most genuine wild self 💛 2w

Chrissyreadit @dabbe wow! your mom sounds fearless and ferocious! Love that! 2w

Chrissyreadit I fear that my wild side was lost when i got married and had children. it‘s been a journey for sure. i know catholic guilt and community guilt had a lot to do with it. 2w

Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie it‘s good to be fierce! 2w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I love your mom! 2w

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit keeps one alive. 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie NOT this woman! You are one of the main people I attribute to getting me out of my shell. TBH, I would have never had the courage to fly alone to Canada, and worst yet, try to get through Customs back to my own country. I hadn't traveled sin 1998, and I was TERRIFIED. Then, I though of you and realized I needed to do this. Not for you. For me. You taught me that we have to feed ourselves first before we can be a help to others. 🖤 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie She would have AD♥️RED you. 🖤🤍🩶 2w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit She was. A hard act to follow. 🖤🤍🩶 2w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I‘m so glad you did it it‘s so freeing and empowering. 😭😭😭😭 2w

TheBookHippie @dabbe ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ next realm maybe will meet up. 2w

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit the not to trust your instinct is so dangerous for women. 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Would love to. 🖤🤍🩶 2w

ElizaMarie @Dabbe - Your mother, wow! What a woman! Also, so proud of you! Flying to a different country on your own, dealing with the world as it is today, it's a lot, and you proved you have what it takes! 2w

ElizaMarie @Dabbe @ChrissyReadIt - I understand the duality of self. I, too, became a whole different person during my first marriage. The stuff I allowed into my life at that time - wow. Who was I? I remember my abuela telling me to toughen up. To leave. To grow. And I resisted because I was stuck in this “what should a good Catholic do“. I am so lucky to have survived the divorce (literally), and now with a man who -- I can honestly say, loves ⬇️ 2w

ElizaMarie and respects the rough edges of me. I hope this book (and more importantly this group of #BadAssWildWomen) help me to recover some of what I lost. (edited) 2w

ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie, I am constantly in awe of how amazing you are! And this is only through the post I read!? Women may be intimidated by you - but your kindness bridges that gap! 2w

ElizaMarie @Cuilin I thought the definition was perfect too! I am here to work on the “fear“ and growth with you! 2w

TheBookHippie @ElizaMarie I‘m so glad you‘re reading with us!! And thank you. ♥️ I hope you get back you. 2w

Chrissyreadit @ElizaMarie it‘s amazing at how much more powerful Catholic guilt was than catholic love. I stayed in a horrible dangerous marriage for the same reason. I‘m so glad you found someone to fully love all the parts of you ❤️ 2w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit @ElizaMarie My first husband was Jewish, so I had the pressure of becoming Jewish and not Christian. He wasn't physically abusive but was definitely verbally so. I so get the “go along to get along“ philosophy of survival, but I am so glad we're out of those marriages and on to being our true, wild selves. 🧡🩶💜 2w

Chrissyreadit @dabbe 😘😘😘 2w

lil1inblue I always felt like a bit of a feral child. I spent so much time outside and my imagination would go wild. But I was also sexually abused as a child. As that continued I feel like I lost that wild spirit. A lot of it was because of fear. A lot of it was gaslit out of me. It took a long time and a lot of healing for me to regain that wild and fierce spirit. It's still hard to hold onto sometimes, but I'm fortunate to have women around me to help! 2w

lil1inblue @Cuilin So much fear! I related to that a lot, as well. 💓 2w

Cuilin @dabbe @lil1inblue @Chrissyreadit @thebookhippie @ElizaMarie I think we‘re all going to get so much out of this book. I‘m in a safe space and couldn‘t be in a better group of women for this. Thank you all for such honest answers. You‘re all amazing. I need to be braver. 🩷 (edited) 2w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue I‘m so so sorry. I am a survivor of severe mental, emotional, physical abuse and a victim of rape. I‘m always around if you need a safe space. social@bookhippie.com 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin ♥️ 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue OMG, I am soooo sorry for the young girl in you. I have no words except 🧡🩶💜. How strong and brave you are to have found a way THROUGH. I'm glad you have women around you to help, and we're here, too! #badwolfbitches unite! 2w

lil1inblue @thebookhippie @dabbe Thank you. That means a lot - more than I can express. I debated about whether to share, but I can't really explore my wild without acknowledging it. And this felt like a safe space. 💓💓💓 We are all indeed #badwolfbitches! 1w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue ♥️ 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue You are COMPLETELY safe here. And thank you for sharing something so difficult. I think we're all not only going to learn a lot together, but we're going to grow together. #badwolfbitches! 💜🩶🧡 1w

Chrissyreadit @lil1inblue Sharing is bravery and trusting in safety! the identities we choose are part of our internal safety plan- here‘s to feeling safe enough to explore your wild!!!!! 😘💛💛💛 1w

lil1inblue @Chrissyreadit 💓💓💓 I love this group already. So excited to explore this together! Thank you for leading us! 1w

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