42. How myth, folklore and place help us find our calling in the second half of life // SHARON BLACKIE

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

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