10 Lessons from "Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Here are lessons from the book:

1. Accept Your Wild Side: Women have a strong, natural, and necessary wild side that they need to stay healthy. This Wild Woman archetype stands for the basic feelings that people often try to hide from others.

2. Stories Can Help You Heal: Myths and fairy tales can help you grow and heal because they contain deep psychological truths. These stories speak to the inner mind and give you advice on how to deal with problems in life.

3. The Importance of Intuition: It's very important to trust your gut. There is a Wild Woman inside every woman, and that woman is strongly connected to her intuition. Intuition helps women make good choices and stay safe.

4. Cycles of Life: Women's lives go through rounds of birth, growth, death, and rebirth, just like nature's. Accepting these stages, even the dark ones, is important for personal growth and renewal.

5. Self-Preservation: Protecting your creative life force and personal limits is very important. This includes recognising unhealthy relationships and settings that drain your energy and getting away from them.

6. Authentic Self-Expression: Women should be proud of and talk about their feelings, passions, and creative side. Trying to hide these parts of yourself can make you feel lifeless and cut off from your true self.

7. Overcoming Fear: Women often don't follow their real desires and potential because they are afraid. Women can get back their power and freedom by meeting their fears and getting past them.

8. Taking Care of Your Inner Child: Your inner child is your source of inspiration, wonder, and innocence. Taking care of this part of yourself can help you stay happy, curious, and fun in life.

9. Community and Sisterhood: It's important to connect with other women in communities that help each other. Women can support each other and feel better about the things they've been through by sharing stories, experiences, and advice.

10. Embracing the Shadow: To be whole, you need to recognise and accept the darker, less accepted parts of yourself. The shadow holds blocked parts of the mind that, when accepted, can help you learn more about yourself and give you more power.

These lessons highlight the significance of accepting one's complete and natural nature, as well as the powerful role that storytelling and community play in the process of personal development and healing.

Book: https://amzn.to/4d1TRNg

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