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Dr. Sharon Blackie discusses how myth and folklore can guide individuals in the second half of life.

How can myth and folklore help us find our way in the second half of life? What can we learn from the places we inhabit, and the stories that are rooted in the land? Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author, speaker and teacher. She’s a former neuroscientist and a psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore, and her work is focused on the mythic imagination and its relevance to the personal, cultural and environmental issues we face today. She is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and in two of her recent books, Hagitude and Wise Women, she explores how folklore and myth help women reimagine the second half of life. Sharon’s lates book, Ripening: why women need fairytales now has recently been released! LINKS: Sharon Blackie’s website Hagitude and Wise Women , books by Sharon The Soul’s Code by James Hillman Cailleach , Irish hag deity PREVIOUS BLOOD MYSTERIES EPISODES: Pt 1: Embracing our cyclical nature with Jenny Koos Pt 2: How we honor our nervous systems and cultivate pleasure as a pathway towards health with Kimberly Ann Johnson Pt 3: Birth as a rite of passage with Kristina Turner Pt 4: In between worlds – on…

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