Women Who Run With The Wolves (4, 2008) | Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Discover the inspirational million-copy bestseller and cult feminist classic, an empowering guide to unleash your inner wild. CHOSEN BY EMMA WATSON FOR HER FEMINIST BOOK CLUB 'OUR SHARED SHELF' ‘A gift of profound insight, wisdom and love’ Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Colour Purple ‘Everyone who can read should read this book’ Maya Angelou, activist and award-wining author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Within every woman, there lies a powerful force of energy, creativity and self-knowing: their wild woman. But for centuries, she has been repressed by a male-orientated value system that trivialises her emotions. Until now. In her groundbreaking and inspirational book, Women Who Run With The Wolves , award-winning poet and psychoanalyst Clarissa Pinkola Estes helps us to reclaim our 'wild woman' - the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. With a combination of time-honoured stories, myths, fairy tales, and casework, Estes will set you on a beautiful path to unleash your inner wild, helping you to unlock: Emotional resilience and inner knowing Creativity and self-expression Purpose, passion and authentic confidence A healthier, more empowered relationship with yourself and others Profound, empowering, and thoughtfully written, Women Who Run With The Wolves is the essential guidebook to help you discover self-confidence and purpose in your life and reclaim your inner wild. Praise for The Women Who Run With the Wolves : 'If every single person in the world was made to read it, I think it might just destroy the patriarchy ' Bryony Gordon, author and journalist ‘In a modern world that limits wisdom to 'facts' and women's access even to those, Dr Estés has restored the fire - for us all. ’ Gloria Steinem, activist and bestselling author ‘Life-enhancing’ Irish Times 'Estés points to storytelling, our ancient narratives, as a way for women to reconnect to the Wild Woman all women have within themselves , but have lost' Emma Watson ‘ All women should read this … It's insightful and inspirational and gets you back in touch with your authentic self’ June Sarpong, presenter ‘A wonderful book...for anybody who cares about their relationships and their lives’ Anne Devlin, playwright ‘Mesmerising’ Newsweek