A Wild Live with Dr Sharon Blackie about… fairytales and collapse
About this episode
In this episode, Sarah Wilson interviews Dr Sharon Blackie about the significance of fairytales and myths during challenging times.
Wild has been on hiatus while I finish my most recent book. We’ll be back with a fresh direction and new guests in the coming months, but in the meantime, I’m dropping in a small handful of interviews I’ve been doing on Substack that you might find interesting. They’re far more rustic and casual than my usual offerings. You can, of course, watch the video versions over on Substack . My guest today is Dr Sharon Blackie a psychologist, mythologist, and author whose work lives at the meeting point of story, psyche, and ecology. In this conversation, we explore the role of fairytales and myths in hard and disorienting times, and what these old stories can teach us about the deeply human act of hospitality, how we welcome others, and ourselves, in moments of fear, change, and uncertainty. You can also watch the chat here . We anchor the discussion around a beautiful essay of Sharon’s, The Meaning of Hospitality , which she has generously made available for free. A bit about Dr Sharon Blackie: An award-winning writer and teacher working at the intersection of psychology, mythology, and ecology. She’s the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted , and her work has appeared in The…
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Host: Sarah Wilson
Guest: Dr Sharon Blackie
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Books & works: If Women Rose Rooted, The Meaning of Hospitality
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