Women Who Run with The Wolves

By Zena Greene View Profile
This book has to be one of the most exciting ever written. It was first published in 1992, and has since become a classic must-read for women everywhere. Doctor Estes is a Jungian psychoanalyst and storyteller. She approaches her work by looking at traditional stories, and asking readers how these resonate for us. 'Fairy stories' carry so many dark images, and the stories she focuses on are not ‘sugar and spice’. All human possibilities are contained in these old tales, - and all the human behaviour that flows from falling into those roles. As Estes re-tells the stories, she allows us to follow her as she takes them apart, so that every reader can learn what they need from each parable. But this is a book that is unforgettable and impossible to put down, and readers will find themselves looking ahead into the story even before she has analysed it. Every reader will step into the stories and look inside themselves to see what lessons that story has to offer them. This is story-telling as Medicine, story-telling at its best, and a wonderful guide to the process of individuation. A book to read and reflect on, or to share with anyone – man or woman - that you care about.