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posted by on "Women Who Run With The Wolves", Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

(If you are new here and you are interested in this study, please page down to the “Article Series” link below, or “Women Who Run With The Wolves” in the Category section in the sidebar to the right to view previous reflections.) Finding That Intuition Oh, how I’ve been waiting to get to this place! [...]

posted by on Blogging, Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth

The best thing I love about blogging is the potential for learning from the wisdom and insight of other people. I can imagine how long it would’ve taken to “meet” the wonderful people I’ve met since I began back in November. And through this fabulous community, I’ve grown a little, if not more. I remember [...]

posted by on "Women Who Run With The Wolves", Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

(If you are new here and you are interested in this study, please page down to the “Article Series” link below to view prior reflections.) The Quest for the Wild Woman Last week in our reflection, we discussed four key questions we must begin with as we seek to reconstruct and reclaim ourselves as women. [...]

posted by on "Women Who Run With The Wolves", Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

The Quest For The Wild Woman In the last article in our series of “Women Who Run With The Wolves” reflections, I suggested we continue with asking ourselves the questions we need to ask ourselves in order to reclaim ourselves. Before we get into that discussion, however, I need to backtrack a bit. If you [...]

posted by on "Women Who Run With The Wolves", Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

The Quest for the Wild Woman As we continue our discussion and reflection of Women Who Run With The Wolves, Dr. Estes begins Chapter 2 entitled “Stalking the Intruder: The Beginning Initiation” by saying, “In a single human being there are many other beings, all with their own values, motives, and devices.” These different aspects [...]

posted by on "Women Who Run With The Wolves", Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth

In last week’s “Women Who Run With The Wolves” post, I indicated we were going to be studying Chapter 2 – Stalking the Intruder: The Beginning Initiation. In this chapter, Dr. Estes tells the story of “Bluebeard,” the antagonist born within us that: “severs the woman from her intuitive nature…leav[ing] the woman deadened in feeling, [...]

posted by on Friday Favorites, Funny Stuff, Health and Wellness, Just Everyday Life, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth

Time flies when you’re having fun!  It seems that it was just yesterday that I posted last week’s Five Favorites For Friday, and yet, another week is just about done.  I discovered some posts this week that generally covered the areas of personal growth and development, but I stumbled upon a very funny post as well.  In no [...]

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Running Toward The Wild Woman – Pt. 2 We are continuing our quest of discovering who we truly are as women as we study Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. So far, our work has been preliminary, just trying to lay the groundwork for an intense work of the soul. [...]

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Running Toward The Wild Woman! – Part 1 We are continuing our study of Women Who Run with the Wolves. Last week’s discussion centered around the importance of using stories to begin the work of reclamation of our souls. We continue, then, with a story Dr. Estes entitles “La Loba.” La Loba “There is an [...]

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Since I’ve begun blogging I’ve been hearing alot about the Law of Attraction.  And Oprah featured the movie “The Secret” today (2/8/07) on her show, featuring the Law of Attraction.  According to this principle (from Oprah.com), “…we create our own circumstances by the choices we make in life. And the choices we make are fueled [...]