Wild Women Story Workshops bring together everything I have explored, experienced, and learned, both professionally and personally, about women’s journey toward authentic living.

They take the form of women’s circles because I have experienced firsthand how much begins with healing our connection to other women, and with feeling safe, seen, and held in their accepting presence.

The workshops use mythical stories about the wild nature of women and their symbolism as a starting point. The soul speaks to us through dreams and symbols, carrying meanings that are deeply personal yet universal - individual as well as collective.

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Background:

Historically, stories and myths were a way of passing on psychological lessons. This is why we are still “wired for story” today.

Many of the stories in our culture, however, are based on the Hero’s Journey - a quest for independence and wholeness traditionally shaped around men’s challenges in life. The Heroine’s Journey is different, but is often forgotten or overlooked.

In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés explores and analyzes mythical stories about female protagonists and what their symbolism can teach women about returning to their wild, instinctual, authentic, and creative selves.

I first read this book 15 years ago, and it has stayed with me ever since.

One of the many powerful stories she explores is The Red Shoes. Over time, this story became a lens through which I began to see and make sense of my own journey toward more authentic self-expression and self-acceptance.

After completing training in women’s circle work and systemic coaching, I used The Red Shoes, as interpreted by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, as the framework for a workshop and women’s circle exploring loss of self, and the journey of finding our way back to authentic self-expression.

The response was incredibly positive, which inspired me to offer the workshop in English as well. I am also developing a new program based on another story from Women Who Run with the Wolves.

 

Click on the images for more information on both programs and upcoming dates.