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Maureen Murdock is an author, educator, Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and photographer. Maureen teaches memoir writing, which she loves, through the Memoir Certificate at Pacifica Graduate Institute, for IWWG (International Women's Writing Guild) and in workshops throughout the US. She was Chair and Core faculty of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and adjunct faculty in the Depth Psychology Department at Sonoma State University. Murdock blogs about mental illness, addiction and incarceration on her website and participates in Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) as a volunteer at Lompoc Federal Prison.
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Where Are the Men in the Overthrow of Roe?

Justice Alito has determined that women do not have the right to decide whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term but what about their male partners? Why aren’t more men protesting this decision that will impact them emotionally and financially? Since 5 old men and 1 woman have determined that women must bear unwanted pregnancies, under current law, their male partners must bear responsibility t

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	The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness 3.90 avg rating — 2,981 ratings — published 1990 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fathers' Daughters: Breaking the Ties That Bind 3.94 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroine's Journey Workbook 4.14 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory 4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children for Learning, Creativity & Relaxation 4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1987 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mythmaking: Self-Discovery and the Timeless Art of Memoir 4.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emergence of Bipolar Disorder: A Mother's Perspective 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monday Morning Memoirs: Women in the Second Half of Life 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Creadoras de mitos: Explora tu propia historia para entender el viaje de la vida by Maureen Murdock (Goodreads Author), Felipe Muller (translator), Mar Vidal (translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

by Terry Tempest Williams

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Family Trouble: Memoirists on the Hazards and Rewards of Revealing Family

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The Goldfinch

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“Women's bodies are public domain, as evidenced clearly at the present time by the furor over abortion. Everyone has an opinion about what a woman should or should not do with her body. ”
― Maureen Murdock, The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness

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“Being is not passive; it takes focused awareness.”
― Maureen Murdock, The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness

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“Women have to learn where their true source of validation is.”
― Maureen Murdock, The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness

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“When you write your memoir you will understand, perhaps for the first time, the significance of your life through the language, images and emotions you craft from the memory.”
― Maureen Murdock, Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory

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“Memoirists are our contemporary mythmakers.”
― Maureen Murdock, Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory

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