This poem by Walt Whitman celebrates the sacred role of women and motherhood.
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What’s next for the getting-older generation of women who have been redefining themselves each decade? Women turn 50 and cross into uncharted territory.
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Myths are fascinating stories that become even more intriguing when we realize that they can reveal intimate truths about ourselves and others. Jean Shinoda Bolen brings the Greek pantheon to life as our inner archetypes and applies the power of myth to our personal lives.
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Whoever fights monsters, should see to it that in the process (s)he does not become a monster. —Friedrich Nietzsche | The Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung used the term shadow work to describe the kind of introspective work that Nietzsche alludes to in the above quote.
The first decades of our life are mostly spent in making adaptations to the world and its demands upon us. The central project of mid-life and beyond is the recovery of a deeper sense of identity, rediscovery of purpose, and the development of a more mature sensibility.
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