Juicy Crones: Wonderful Older Women with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

MP3 Download

There are now some 43 million women in America over 50. With the help of goddess archetypes that every woman can cultivate within herself, older women can revolutionize the way they live and the way they are seen by society. Jean Shinoda Bolen suggests specific goddess archetypes that embody compassion, fierceness, humor and wisdom in older women. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

Bio

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known speaker. She is a former board member of the Ms. Foundation, an advocate for a 5th UN World Conference on Women, a convener of the Millionth Circle Initiative, as well as a permanent representative to the UN representing the NGO, Pathways to Peace.

She's the author of many books, including:

• Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives (Harper Paperbacks 2004)
• Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Red Wheel/Weiser 2003)
• The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World--The Essential Guide to Women's Circles (Conari Press 1999)
• Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World (Conari Press 2008)
• Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet (Conari Press 2010)
• Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman (Conari Press 2014)
• The Tao of Psychology: Synchronicity and the Self (reissued HarperSanFrancisco 2005)
• Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey (Conari Press 2007)

To learn more about Jean Shinoda Bolen go to www.jeanbolen.com.

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Why older women are most able to make a difference on the planet
• Different qualities of wisdom as embodied by individual Goddesses
• How solitude connects us with the wisdom within
• What are the wonders of fierce and humorous Goddesses
• Which Goddesses represent compassion
• What is the difference between compassion and co-dependency

Host: Justine Willis Toms      Interview Date: 1/19/2001      Program Number: 2852