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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
April 2, 2025
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com wishing you a day of living meaningfully (today and every day).
This is not a time to live with apathy and indifference for the present or the future. This is a time to search for, and find, meaning in our everyday existence. We discover and create meaning by getting in touch with the desires of our Heart.
The focus for today is:
I find and create stories to help me live meaningfully.
Today's message is inspired by Sharon Blackie, author of the book: Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond.
We are narrative creatures, hardwired for story. We make sense of the world, from childhood onward, through the stories we find — or the stories that find us. They are the stars we navigate by; they bring us the wisdom we need to thrive.
An abundance of fairy tales shows us how beautiful golden-haired princesses can find their way in the world.
But what about older women? We too have a deep thirst for stories that illustrate ways in which we might live richly and meaningfully.
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The Rise of the Wise Woman Archetype
Author: Sharon Blackie
A Reminder:
The focus for today is: I find and create stories to help me live meaningfully.
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RELATED BOOK: Wise Women
Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond
by Sharon Blackie.
From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths and fairy tales. The heroines, though, tend to be young princesses or fair maidens, and the evildoers older women: wicked witches or unforgiving matriarchs. Yet a wealth of lesser-known European stories feature mature wise women with personality and power. Compiling many years of research, Sharon Blackie has reclaimed these tales, presenting them in evocative prose that will resonate with women of all ages.
This dazzling array of not-to-be-messed-with older characters provides compelling role models for today’s listeners, who seek to redefine their relationship with aging. These women outwit monsters, test and mentor younger heroines, embody the cycles of the Earth, weave the world into being — and almost always have the last laugh. Each story is accompanied by background commentary that highlights important themes and reveals its insights into how we might live meaningfully and authentically in the second half of life.
Click here for more info and/or to order this hardback book. Also available as an Audiobook and as a paperback and a Kindle edition.
About the Author:
Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today.
As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and her latest, Hagitude, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets. Her books have been translated into several languages, and her awards include the Roger Deakin Award, and a Creative Scotland Writer’s Award. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.
Visit her website at SharonBlackie.net/
Article Recap:
Today’s reflection, inspired by Sharon Blackie, reminds us that meaning is not found in grand gestures but in the stories we choose to tell and live. As narrative creatures, we find purpose and wisdom in the myths that resonate with our hearts. Especially for women in midlife and beyond, meaningful stories illuminate the path forward.
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