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Awakening Aphrodite – Podcast
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 take action on something that was important to you.
Yet far too many women are not familiar with her.
They either consciously or unconsciously feel the cultural constraints and metaphorical leash that has tried to tame and domesticate her in an attempt to control and limit her powerful energy and abilities. Yet we need her…desperately. The primal, instinctual nature that exists in all women is known as the Wild Woman archetype and it is a critical asset in helping us navigate wisely through our lives. So if you find yourself feeling overly ‘civilized’ or ‘domesticated’, out of touch with your instinctual inner compass and “fire in the belly” – basically feeling lame and far too tame – this episode is for you!
My guest today is Dr. Stacey Shelby who is an author, speaker, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She is certified clinical dream tender holds a masters and Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. In this episode we tap into Dr. Shelby’s understanding and experience with the Wild Woman Archetype and what it means for all women. We also talk about love as a catalyst for true inner awakening and discuss ways we can engage with Goddess archetypes in our everyday lives.
TIME STAMPS
00:11:27 The Wild Woman Archetype
00:16:27 The Illusion Of Truth
00:19:37 Girls Gone Wild?
00:22:52 Feminine Sexuality
00:25:32 A Critique Of Attachment Theory
00:29:22 Falling Into Love Rather Than Fear
00:32:51 What Are Goddess Archetypes?
00:37:00 The Aphrodite Energy Of LA
00:40:58 The Virgin Goddesses
00:45:23 Being In Service To Beauty
00:49:15 What To Do When You Don’t Feel Beautiful
00:52:03 The Indomitable Spirit
00:57:41 Development Through The Archetypes
01:02:45 The Wisdom Of Slowing Down
01:05:04 The Myth Of Psyche And Eros
Tend Her Wild Podcast Interview
Here is a new podcast on the Wild Woman.
Listen here: https://www.tendherwild.com/2023/10/13/87-dr-stacey-shelby-tracking-the-wild-woman-archetype/
Summary from Tend Her Wild:
- Dr. Stacey’s early years and her vivid imagination and connection to nature.
- How the wild woman archetype is socialized out of us form the very beginning in western culture.
- The effect of adolescent girls not receiving enough mirroring because adult women and mothers are still “finding themselves”.
- How a mid-life crisis or awakening leads to a desire to be liberated and freed.
- How patriarchy affects both men and women and how men often seem more lost than we are because there are so disconnected to their emotions.
- That the wild woman archetype is not about divisiveness, but rather about unity.
- How female sexuality is such a powerful force and so we often repress it. How claiming our sexuality can be awkward because we don’t know how to wield our Aphrodite energy and power.
Jung and The World Podcast – Romance with the World
Hello everyone, in this podcast I am speaking with Jon Wilson about Love and Soul-Making. Amongst other things we talk about the myth of Eros and Psyche, the psychology of romantic love, pleasure, the birth of pleasure in the story, romance with the world, Psyche’s tasks and many other things inspired from Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love.
You can listen on Substack
Or YouTube.
Finding meaning in romantic love podcast interview on Dose of Depth
Deb and I just love talking about love! If you’re wondering about the challenges of romantic love and how to make the meaningful for you you’ll enjoy this podcast interview that includes several readings from “Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love.”
Free Podcast with The Nourished Soul
Episode Description
I had a lively discussion with Dr. Kelli Ritter from the The Nourished Soul. We recorded the interview just as I was about to make the move to California and Kelli was waiting to be evacuated due to a hurricane! But we were able to make it work as we spoke about depth psychology, the soul and the wild woman archetype.
Listen to the podcast on Apple or Spotify here.
Free Podcast on the Psychology of Love
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Episode Description
In this episode, Stacey and Shane discuss the psychology of love, relationships, suffering, flourishing, and divinity. Using the myth of Eros (love) and Psyche (soul), we explore the transcendental, archetypal energies of love as the central power of life that inspires creativity, meaning, growth, and connection.
The book Love and Soul-Making explores various relationship themes and dynamics, including love, passion, desire, beauty, sex, marriage, and the union of outer and inner reality. People in relationships are often confronted with challenges and hardships. If we willingly engage with and surrender to these hardships, we may find a roadmap to a life of authenticity, creativity, meaning and purpose. Ultimately, love and relationships are a calling from your soul to live an inspired life that is aligned with the great power/soul of the universe.
FREE podcast interview on Dose of Depth
Here is a new podcast interview talking about Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love. This was a special interview and Dr. Deborah Lukovich was a former student so there was a familiarity in the topic of mid-life awakening through relationship struggles. Listen in and see if it has resonance for you.
listen to the Dose of Depth Podcast Interview. (Or click on the link in the bio of IG under “FREE CONTENT”)
Here is how Dr. Lukovich described our conversation:
“In this episode, Dr. Stacey Shelby and I have a chat about romantic love as the ultimate transformer. If you’ve had intense experiences in love–good and bad–you’re going to enjoy this episode. Dr. Shelby is an author, speaker, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She’s a Registered Clinical Counselor in Canada, a certified dream tender, and she has studied in indigenous and yoga traditions, and she has lectured for multinational fashion corporations to bring a mythic and depth perspective to the concept of beauty, relationships, and transformation. Oh, and she was my dissertation chair for my own PhD research. I know you’ll enjoy our chat.”
Enjoy!
Free Podcast – Wild Woman for @Goodness
I have written a few articles in the past for @Goodness publications based in Dubai; this time I was invited for a podcast interview with editor, Noor Tehini. In addition to defining archetypes, connecting with the Wild Woman, and fostering intuition, we also touched into how patriarchy and capitalism effect women’s authenticity. It’s a privilege to share this work with all women, but so exciting for me to share it with Middle Eastern women with this interview, especially since visiting Dubai has long been on my bucket list! (Being wild isn’t only expressed by running barefoot in the forest ;-)
Women Leading Change Podcast (free)
Here is a recent interview on the Women Leading Change Podcast with skilled interviewer and wild woman, Laureen Card. In it we discuss the wild woman archetype, patriarchy (not men!), relationships, sexuality, and the environment. I hope you enjoy listening.
“By midlife a woman may become conscious of the ways culture has overdomesticated her, and she may have become aware of her own wild, instinctual nature. The wild woman archetype within a woman’s psyche is an expression of her innate, soulful essence. When a woman becomes conscious of the wild woman archetype, she becomes free to explore sexuality & relationships on her own terms.”
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/women-leading-change/id1481687428?i=1000452343089
Sacred Sexuality, Sacred Psychology – Free Podcast
I’m delighted to share this latest podcast in celebration of Valentine’s Day for the Sacred Psychology show. Tamara Powell, host and interviewer, focused on the exploration of sexuality for the embodied wild woman archetype. I hope you will enjoy the podcast.
https://aryatherapy.com/sacred-psychology-season-4-episode-4-with-stacey-shelby/
Eros and Psyche: the Psychology of Romantic Love – free podcast!
Happy Valentine’s Day. In honour of celebrating Love and Soul, I’m pleased so share with you this podcast with the fabulous interviewer Lourdes Viado on her podcast Women In Depth. In this podcast Lourdes and I spoke about the mythology of romantic love and the ways in which the struggles can transform us into more profound beings. I hope you will enjoy it. There are other free interviews available on through my website, please visit.
https://lourdesviado.com/104-eros-and-psyche-the-psychology-of-romantic-love/
Free podcast on Women in Depth with Lourdes Viado
I’m honoured to have been interviewed for the 100th episode of Women In Depth with Lourdes Viado! Please copy/paste the link and hear the podcast interview for free (the Women In Depth series is also on the podcast app). It is entitled: Rediscovering the Wild Woman Archetype.
Here is one of the citations from the interview:
“[The wild woman archetype] is just one of these things that doesn’t necessarily want to be defined in a fixed and rigid role that we can hang a definition off of in a really clear way and that is part of the nature of the wild woman archetype. It just defies containment…the soul itself is just so wild and expansive, it doesn’t want to be caged in by a fixed definition. Nevertheless, we have to talk about these things and we have language and art and poetry in order to do that. So in the most simplistic form where I’ve kind of landed, it is representative of the human soul that is embodied. So different than say psyche, the Greek word for soul, it stays with the body, where psyche, in the tale of Eros and Psyche, she goes off with her wings to Olympus and Eros and she doesn’t stay in her human form, she becomes a goddess. The wild woman stays in her human form, she stays with her body. So it’s more connected to the instinctual realm and to the embodiment and the lived reality of the here and now…”
https://lourdesviado.com/100-rediscovering-the-wild-woman-archetype/
Interview from the Shift Network Dream Summit
I’m pleased to be able to share the information on how working with dreams can inform and guide the process towards wholeness. This work is grounded in my 2018 publication Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype: A Guide to Becoming a Whole, In-divisible Woman.
This interview was part of the 2018 Dreamwork Summit a free online event featuring some of the top experts, educators, and practitioners in the field. For more information, please visit https://thedreamworksummit.com. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network. All rights reserved.
Bears, The Wild Woman Archetype, and the Road Toward Individuation
What do bears, wild women, and the road to individuation have in common? A lot it turns out…
I’m delighted to share this interview and article on the 2018 publication Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype: A Guide to Becoming a Whole In-Divisible Woman.
The Wild Woman Archetype Interview
A recent interview on the 2018 release of Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype. I was interviewed by Bonnie Bright for Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Listener Letter from Shrink Rap Radio
A male listener from Tehran wrote me this touching letter after listening to my interview on shrink rap radio (listen here (or view on youtube here). His letter touched me so much that I asked his permission to reprint it, anonymously.
“Dear Dr. Shelby,
It’s such an honor to be able to contact you, after listening to your delightful interview with Dr. Van Nuys on Shrink Rap Radio.
I’m a 26 years old psychology graduate and I live in Tehran, Iran and I’m proud to say that I’m a big fan of Dr. Van Nuys and his work in Shrink Rap Radio (so far that I’ve not missed a single episode in over 6 years time!). I’ve also had the privilege to work with Dr. Dave as a volunteer in transcription. I was so moved by what I found in your talk on Shrink Rap Radio and this is just a humble attempt to convey my gratitude for what I hope I’ve learnt from you. Unfortunately, the many sanctions of over four decades imposed on Iran does not allow any financial exchange between my country and the rest of the world and this means, among other things, that I cannot purchase the books I, as a big fan of psychoanalysis, am willing to read. Alas, I’ve not yet read your book but I sincerely hope I might be able to do so sometime in the future. If you follow the news about Iran, you might know that Iran is, unfortunately, not famous for its friendly appreciation of women in general and it’s a shame to say that many women of my country suffer from te many facets of injustice and discrimination. Hence I found your interview of tremendous importance for our situation in Iran and I guess this was a contributory factor in why I was so touched and moved by your interview. It’s a pity to say that many of my friends and colleagues do not speak or comprehend English well but I’ve shared the link to your interview with many female acquaintances in various cities of Tehran and they tell me they’re trying their best in catching the most of what they can from your wisdom! One of my big dreams is to be able to translate books solely dedicated to studies contributing to women rights or any such topic, leading to emancipation necessary for the development of what you aptly call the “wild woman”. In my humble estimation, I think it’s high time we have much more wild women from the land of Scheherazade!
Sincerely yours,
Kind Soul~”
Shrink Rap Radio Interview YouTube
I’m excited to share this Shrink Rap Radio interview about Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype: A Guide to Becoming a Whole In-divisible Woman.
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