Women Who Run with the Wolves

I discovered something new about my survival skills today... I felt an urge to bite. Don't worry. I didn't. One of the guys at the gym that's a solid 220 has muscled me around a time or two. This is the true test of my breathing and staying calm. I haven't felt this frustrated in quite some time, and I think my self defense instincts have never felt so strong. I'm not sure I can even describe it, it's more than just the feeling of being stuck, but less than panic. I get a little mad, too. Last time, I wanted to cry, but this time, i guess I wanted to fight. This inspired me to unearth a book I'd started a couple of years ago, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. (Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.) It is about staying in touch with the natural passion within us; fighting the construct of fear, constraint and lack of creativity our society can train us for.