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“One of the most remarkable facets of the Yaga portrayed in this tale is that though she threatens, she is just. She does not hurt Vasalisa as long as Vasalisa affords her respect. Respect in the face of great power is a crucial lesson. A woman must be able to stand in the face of power, because ultimately some part of that power will become hers.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
“For instance, women who are raised in families that are not accepting of their gifts often set off on tremendously big quests—over and over, and they do not know why. They feel they must have three Ph.D.s or that they have to hang upside down from Mount Everest, or that they must execute all manner of dangerous, time-consuming, and money-eating endeavors to try to prove to their families that they have worth.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
“I’ve heard women say it, if not a hundred times, then a thousand times: “I knew I should have listened to my intuition. I sensed that I should/should not have done such and such, but I didn’t listen.” We feed the deep intuitive self by listening to it and acting upon its advice.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
“Consciousness is the way out of the box, the way out of the torture. It is the path away from the dark man. And women are entitled to fight tooth and nail to have it and keep”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
― Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
“The only people who don’t experience shame lack the capacity for empathy and human connection.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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