...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.

I have to go to the woods, and I have to meet the wolf, or else my life will never begin.

...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.

The soul has no gender.

Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.

We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We were taught to feel shame for such a desire. We grew our hair long and used it to hide our feelings. But the shadow of Wild Woman still lurks behind us during our days and in our nights. No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed.

When women are relegated to moods, mannerisms, and contours that conform to a single ideal of beauty and behavior, they are captured in both body and soul, and are no longer free.