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Clarissa Pinkola Estés



Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD, is an American cantadora (storyteller), poet, and Jungian psychoanalyst. Her work explores creativity, anger, self-care, childhood wounds, mother-daughter relationships, and accessing the creative feminine, and she holds workshops on these themes. She is the author of Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.

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An Interview with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

What is the “wild woman”? She is … God.

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Toni Morrison Interview on Woman.Life.Song with Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Others

A conversation with Jessye Norman, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Toni Morrison, and Judith Weir about Weir’s “woman.life.song,” a collaborative effort to express universal experiences of womanhood.

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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIn mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up in robes, rags, silver sashes, or with muddy feet.

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The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About that Which Can Never Die

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.

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Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul

“There is a promise Holy Mother makes to us,” proclaims Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “that any soul needing comfort, vision, guidance, or strength can cry out to her, flee to her protection, and Blessed Mother will immediately arrive with veils flying.

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The Gift of Story: A Wise Tale About What Is Enough

In this enchanting book, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run with the Wolves, shares several small stories that, like Matriochka dolls, fit inside one another. Taken together, they are a moving testament to the enduring legacy of stories and to the triumph of love over loss. Dr.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt makes utter sense to stay healthy and strong, to be as nourishing to the body as possible. Yet I would have to agree, there is in many women a ‘hungry’ one inside.

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Conversations/Clarissa Pinkola Estes; a Message for All Women: Run Free and Wild Like the Wolf

The wildness of the wolf is not readily apparent in the easy manner of Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a cheerful, soft-spoken woman who wears a red ribbon in her hair and a medal of the Virgin Mary around her neck. "Mary is a girl gang leader in Heaven," said Dr. Estes. "She is fuerte -- strong, fierce.

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Understanding Narcissism Summit: A 10-Day Online Summit to Empower Yourself in Relationships, Heal the Trauma of Narcissistic Abuse and Shift Our Culture from "Me" to "We"

We all have the experience of wondering, “Is that person a narcissist?” Understanding narcissism is one of the greatest psychological imperatives of our time—necessary to healing the divisiveness of today’s culture.

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