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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. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.

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Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.

Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.
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The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious.

To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings.

There is never a “completely ready,” there is never a really “right time.”

Maya Angelou says, “Shows the reader how glorious it is to be daring, and to be a woman.”

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Women Who Run with the Wolves isn’t just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows.”—Alice Walker
 
“I am grateful to
Women Who Run with the Wolves and to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. The work shows the reader how glorious it is to be daring, to be caring, and to be women. Everyone who can read should read this book.”—Maya Angelou
 
“An inspiring book, the ‘vitamins for the soul’ [for] women who are cut off from their intuitive nature.”
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“Stands out from the pack . . . a joy and sparkle in [the] prose . . . This book will become a bible for women interested in doing deep work. . . . It is a road map of all the pitfalls, those familiar and those horrifically unexpected, that a woman encounters on the way back to her instinctual self.
Wolves . . . is a gift.”Los Angeles Times
 
“A mesmerizing voice . . . dramatic storytelling she learned at the knees of her [immigrant] aunts.”
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“The work of Clarissa Pinkola Estés, rooted in old and deep family rites and in archetypal psychology, recognizes that the soul is not lost, but has been put to sleep. This volume reminds us that we are nature for all our sophistication, that we are still wild, and the recovery of that vitality will itself set us right in the world.”
—Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul

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"A deeply spiritual book...She honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women. She venerates the female soul."
--The Washington Post Book World
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. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.
"The work of Clarissa Pinkola Estes, rooted in old and deep family rites and in archetypal psychology, recognizes that the soul is not lost, but has been put to sleep....This volume reminds us that we are nature for all our sophistication, that we are still wild, and the recovery of that vitality will itself set us right in the world."
--Thomas Moore
Author of Care of the Soul

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (August 22, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345396812
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345396815
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.05 x 1.13 x 9.18 inches
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. is an award-winning poet, diplomate senior jungian psychoanalyst, and a cantadora (keeper of the old stories) in the Hispanic tradition. She has been in private practice for twenty-five years and is former executive director of the C. G. Jung Center for Research and Education in the United States. The author of The Gift of Story and an eleven-volume series of bestselling audio works published by Sounds True in Boulder, Colorado, Dr. Estés heads the C. P Estés Guadalupe Foundation, a human rights organization that has as one of its nascent missions the broadcasting of strengthening stories via shortwave radio to trouble spots throughout the world.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2010
Have you ever had a book come across your path numerous times? You hear about it, read clips of it on blogs or message boards but never get around to picking it up? "Women Who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes is one of those books.

It sat on my wish list for months. It wasn't until I read about it on during my studies on society and women that I decided to finally borrowed the book from the library.

I am glad I did. Two chapters into the book I realized: I don't want to borrow this book, I must own it.

"Women Who Run with the Wolves" is well written and makes you stop, look, listen, and pay attention with your soul. You will need time to read this book to get its full value. It is not reading time that makes it a long read, it is thinking time. This book will address the feelings, thoughts and emotions that you have at the core of your existence. It is a starting point to being honest with yourself.

In the simplest of terms it is the handbook on womanhood, intuition, and creativity. Many books on being a woman or understanding a woman seem to tell you about women and womanhood from the outside looking in. This book starts at the core of a woman and shows you layer by layer what the essence of a woman is all about. It is honest and can help a lot of woman and girls understand themselves and live fuller and more meaningful lives.

It addresses our needs, joys, fears, hopes, dreams, emotions, creativity, intellect, intuition, customs, views on our self, and society. It hits so close to home that it will feel as if Dr. Estes wrote this book specifically for you. She is like a mother sitting you down and sharing her knowledge with you one beautiful word at a time.

I enjoyed the stories and myths that were added to this book from various cultures. It is a great way to understand how ways of being are transferred from generation to generation. She shows us the positive and the negative.

The book shows that although women are from various cultures, backgrounds, and races that at the core we are similar in experiences, fears, and love. We have a bond that crosses all these lines. Dr. Estes's book helps to connect the dots.

It addressed unanswered questions in the back of my mind and uncovered feelings that were hidden. I slowly found ways to untangle other emotions and thoughts that I deemed crazy but were normal and shared with women across time. As a result look at myself and other women with new understanding.

Giving this book to a young woman will be a gift that she will cherish and use throughout her adulthood. I have given copies of this book to women and many have called me to talk about it. We were able to talk about things women don't usually share and help each other. The book is an excellent bridge to create and deepen bonds with other women.

I have been stopped in the street and at restaurants by people who are intrigued at the title and my presence when reading it. I have met women who have finished the book and gave me their thoughts on how it has helped them.

I would like to thank Dr. Estes for taking the time and having the love in her heart to write this book. It is a book that will help create more stronger and grounded women.

It is a book that I will carry with me always
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
Please read this book! It will enhance your Inner Being and help you heal from hurts we all get. I am loving it so much. Good information to last a lifetime. We need this! We do! The one to read over and over and certain passages that brighten your spirit. Awesome. Touching. Let's tears flow to purge out the angst..at times. Refreshing. So well thought out and in order and you know it is true deep inside. We were restricted and programed to be not ourself. Let freedom ring...we deserve to be our real true self. A guide to accepting you as you and loving it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023
I read this book the first time about 30 years ago when I was very depressed. It was and is one of the most interesting, women empowering books I've ever read. I highly recommend it. I decided it was time for my granddaughter to have one for Christmas. The only warning I will give you is that it is hard to put down when you start reading it and it will change your life for the better.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019
This is not just a book so I do not recommend approaching it as you would a normal read. This is a work of art, it is an individual's life's work, it is medicine, and it is something you read when you are ready to think or see the world differently. I notice that most of the negative reviews revolve around the readability and language of the book. To those who are struggling, I recommend skipping the introduction. You may revisit it later and understand it more. Yes. The language is challenging but, to gain access to the gems this book offers, it is required that we learn a new language. This work is about concepts and ideas that have been lost by our modern world and is revealing knowledge from the past; therefore, a lack of understanding or recognized structure should be expected at the outset. You are about to go on an adventure that, if you let it, will change your life forever.
Additionally, keep in mind that the author comes from a more expressive and descriptive culture. One whose language actually has more unique words than the English language. Additionally, there is a different and deeper sense of passion. If you truly want new insights, perspectives, and "aha" moments, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable and to let your mind expand to embrace new ideas and new perspectives and new patterns of thinking.
One negative review mentions the author's hubris found in the introduction. I find two things at play here: 1. the necessity of any author to communicate to the reader their qualifications to speak on a particular subject and 2. the importance of modeling pride and self-confidence as it is significant to the rest of the work. I personally want to know the background of an author and what makes them uniquely qualified to speak/write about their subject expertise. I also believe her to be modeling what a strong, proud woman looks and acts like. It may be off-putting initially because many of us have been brought up to accept strength and pride as masculine traits that are not culturally admirable in women. She is not always soft, deflecting, and feminine but exercises her masculine energy, too.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
Thank you for sharing and providing us with so much maturity of what it takes to be happy, successful and lovely to one another and love for life 💝
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Thank you for sharing and providing us with so much maturity of what it takes to be happy, successful and lovely to one another and love for life 💝
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Laure Pyatt
5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary book!!!!
Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2024
I will be gifting this book to every woman in my world, young and old. This book has woken something up in me and is reminding me who I am. This is beyond powerful and it's a book I'm handling with care. Normally when I get my hands on a book that captivates me I blow through it in a day or two. I can literally only read this one in small doses because of the power it harnesses to move me and crack open parts and pieces that have been slammed shut either by me or by someone else
For me, it leads me to some serious reflection and deep insight work and I KNOW when I have to put it down. Truly, a book has never spoke to every chapter I've ever lived in my life while blowing to bits every question mark I've ever held over myself. Please read this book ladies. And in my opinion would be highly beneficial for men to read too. It's a book for life regardless of gender and a map in your hands that will guide you to all of the parts of your soul ever lost, ever dimmed or ever taken from you. Thank you a thousand times to the author for giving this unprecedented gift to the whole world.
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Ana Júlia Ferreira
5.0 out of 5 stars livro perfeito
Reviewed in Brazil on February 1, 2023
esse livro traz a essência feminina como algo primário, instintivo mas sem perder a delicadeza. é cheio de significados, cheio de gatilhos e vale a pena pra mulheres que buscam se reconectar.
khushbu shah
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in India on April 4, 2024
A must read for every women!
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Reviewed in Spain on March 19, 2024
Rediscover your female psyche.
Don't allow the dehumanising consumer society destroy your inner being.
Katarina
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in Sweden on March 17, 2024
Well done! Nice companion for woman on the self-development path