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It is play, not properness, that is the central artery, the core, the brain stem of creative life. The impulse to play is an instinct. No play, no creative life. Be good, no creative life. Sit still, no creative life. Speak, think, act only demurely, little creative juice. Any group, society, institution, or organization that encourages women to re
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
There is a concept informally called woundology, where couples spend too much time dwelling on the past, which should be avoided. Nonetheless, spending some time sharing your childhood experiences is vital because it gives you a better understanding of your partner’s inner reality and helps you shift from judgment to curiosity and empathy.
Helen LaKelly Hunt • Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
Many psychologists have written extensively and thoughtfully about identity from an Eriksonian point of view, too many to adequately reference here. For current reviews, see especially
Ruthellen Josselson • Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity
However, in advance, you can find out almost nothing about that child’s tendency to be persistent, loyal, of strong character, and honest or whether the child will grow up to be an optimistic person or a fluent communicator. These matters are spiritual in nature and also happen to be the characteristics that most critically shape your career.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
Kirsten Powers • How I Tamed My Envy of Almost Everyone but Especially Elizabeth Gilbert
revised over time in women. Identity is both a psychological structure and a set of contents within that structure.12 As an internal structure, identity is the integration of all the important elements of the person we are in the world, from the most public to the mainly private. As Erikson developed his concept of identity, he stressed its synthet
... See moreRuthellen Josselson • Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity
Our earliest ability to think about the possible is in place well before we have a concept of who we are, what we value, and what talents, abilities, or potential we bring to bear in the service of our bigger plans and goals. From the start of life, assessments of what is possible are instrumental in guiding actions and decisions; they tell us whet
... See moreTamar Kushnir • How Children Learn to Transcend Limits: Developmental Pathways to Possibility Beliefs
As long as a woman is forced into believing she is powerless and/or is trained to not consciously register what she knows to be true, the feminine impulses and gifts of her psyche continue to be killed off.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
and shifting character of identity. 15. Erikson’s paper, “Womanhood and the Inner Space,” published in 1968, seems to suggest that the crux of a woman’s identity is the partner she chooses (i.e., who she admits to the “inner space”). In this paper, much maligned by feminists, Erikson also recognizes that options at the time were limited for women a
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