Book Recs: Women Who Run With the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD

This book is so powerful, even the way it comes into your life becomes part of the story before you even begin reading it.

For me, it came up again and again in conversation with a good friend until she finally gave me her copy. Before I could read it, she was in a fatal accident and in my grief I forgot about the book for awhile. Until just the right moment when I picked it up and the first page read:

"Wildlife and the Wild Woman are both endangered species."

The wild woman who had shared the book with me was already gone, leaving me feeling more alone and endangered than ever.

As I slowly made my way through the stories, I remembered countless conversations that inspired my friend to bring up this book, and now they were coming into context. It was like getting to finish all those conversations with her from the other side, through story.

I love hearing how the Wild Woman archetype found other women, and I am thinking about hosting a book club to read it together. I can only imagine how powerful that would be.

If you already have a copy, AWESOME - I wanna hear how it found you! If not, you can find it here:

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