Listen to the podcast now Watch on YouTube Have you met the Wild Woman? Hopefully regardless of how old you are, you know her and you know her well. Perhaps you caught a faint whiff of her on a steamy hot Summer night or when a societal or cultural issue ignited your inner fire to
How to interpret our dreams To get a true sense of who we are, become more complete and integrated human beings, we must set up communication with our unconscious. In my first two blogs on dreamwork, I spoke to the two most important steps in setting up communication with the unconscious—first, by valuing our dreams,
Blog – How to remember our dreams There are reasons why it may be hard for you to recall your dreams. Perhaps your parents hushed away your nightmares by telling you they were “only dreams.” Or maybe you had a series of scary or uncomfortable dreams and now you blocked dream-recall. Most commonly, you may
Dissecting Midlife: There's a Point to Unraveling In this post, I write about the experience of midlife through the lens of individuation, a term coined by C.G. Jung, one of the founders of depth psychology – the study of the unconscious. You can think about individuation as the process of coming into relationship with all
I've just launched a new online course, Psyche and Eros: the Psychology and Mythology of Romantic Love. 20% off with code Followers Romantic relationships are often laden with psychological expectations of mythic proportions. This course examines key relationship fairy tales and myths, including the myth of Psyche and Eros, as it mines the treasures of depth
For many, this is a stressful time of uncertainty and primal fears are either creeping in or sometimes rushing over like a Tsunami. Do your best to stay kind to one another. Offer compassion when someone is "off," or if you are feeling overwhelmed with whatever this virus is bringing up for you personally, be
Congratulations to the winners of the give-away for the full access to the Wild Woman online course for Women's Day. There were three contests running and all three winners have been notified privately. Thank you for everyone who entered. There is still time to save until April 1 to use the access code introductoryoffer to
I was invited to speak Carolina Herrera's fragrance launch of Good Girl in New York last week and to my delight I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Herrera in person. I rarely get star struck, but I was so moved by her presence and how she's given 35 years of her life to empowering
Defending my dissertation in Oct. 2014. ABSTRACT Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype: A Process in Individuation by Stacey Shelby This alchemical hermeneutic study describes, interprets, and relates to the "wild woman” archetype. It examines the experience of how a woman may choose to express her sexuality and possible relationship(s) as she integrates this
