262: Book Review: Women Who Run with the Wolves
We’re so excited to finally be doing this episode! A review one of our favourite books, Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. This book completely changed our perspectives on life and we really do classify this book as our bible. It’s a collection of myths, legends, fairy tales and metaphors that are related to life in general.
It’s the book we can’t resist to put down and it gives us a sense of freedom while reading it. This book is for women, but men will get a lot from this book, too. For men, if you want to understand more about women, read this book.
Stuff we talked about…
What being a wild woman means. It’s doing life as she chooses to do it, not how society says. It’s not about being crazy or out of control, but being free and out of the cage.Which would you prefer? The beautiful stuff or the freedom?There’s nothing wrong if you love beautiful things. BUT, don’t let the lack of it get you down.The story of The Skeleton Woman means that the right partner will travel to the depths of the ocean with you. The right people will stay around and will be there to help you through the ups and downs of life.In relationships, when two people come together, they don’t become one. They become more.In the story of Vasalisa, it reminds us to connect and use our own intuition to decide which way to go. If we’re relying on other’s opinions before we make decisions, we feel disconnected to our intuition.It’s never too late to blossom.The story of Bluebeard teaches us that there are predators in our lives who are out to bring us down and get us. As women, especially young women, we can meet men who might not be the right one for us and could be a predatory figure who gives us everything except freedom.Life/death/life cycle means letting go and waiting for the rebirth. We have to surrender and believe that after the death will soon will be the rebirth.Find the wise women and look to them for guidance. And, be the wise woman to someone else.There are so many wonderful stories inside this book and we highly recommend reading it. If there’s one book that greatly impacted our lives, it’s this book. It’s like a key that unlocks everything.
We had so much fun re-telling our favourite stories. If you read the book or tune in to the audiobook, let us know.
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Emma + Carla
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