Tag Archives: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Mythmaking And Simon
My last post was a bit of mythmaking. Something I have been doing for years, not always aware that it was that. I have mentioned, in other posts, that in the course of trying to find a safe and peaceful … Continue reading
It’s Tuesday
I haven’t been here for a few days. It got a bit heavy and now it’s just plain hectic. The heaviness happened because I was worrying about things that I have no control over. Why do we do that? … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarissa Pinkola Estes, creating ourselves, excuse for action, garbage, heavy, hectic, intuition, Journal Writing, lightened spirits, reasons, self-preservation, small potatoes, sorting this from that, sphere of control, tasks, Tuesday, worry
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Wild Thing
Writer’s Island Journals Prompt #7 Describe the future In the course of growing up, each of us goes through what is called the Socialization process. We learn, are taught to be good useful members of the group. Our teachers are … Continue reading
Posted in boundaries, Choice, conformity, Creativity, Growth, Individuation, socialization process, wild thing
Tagged behavior/s, belonging, civilized, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, concepts, deny, existence, group, individual, inner wilderness, membership, persuasive reason, socialization process, wild thing, worldview
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In Other’s Words
The material for this book was collected from nature at great personal risk by the author. (Helen Rowland) I have a hobby. I collect quotes. Being a veracious reader, I have a tendency to underline meaningful statements in the books … Continue reading
Posted in advice, guidance, Journal Writing, Quotations, Uncategorized
Tagged claiming own life, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Helen Rowland, Jane Heape, Jassamyn West, Jill Johnston, Joseph Campbell, Mandy Aftel, mile-markers, Natalie Goldberg, other's words, own story, parochial school, possess, risk, Sigmund Freud, starting point
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That Old Telephone Game
We used to play it all the time. We’d all sit in a circle. One person would begin by whispering in the ear of the person next to her. Just a few phrases, maybe a fact or two. Then that … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, associations, Connections, enlightenment, Inner Voices, Journal Writing, Knowing, Memory, Selective, Subjectivity, Time, Uncategorized
Tagged circle, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, different voices, distorted memory, honesty, Memory, psyche, relationships, source material, surprise at outcome, telephone game, tone, verbiage, whispers, Women Who Run With the Wolves
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