Urgent Message: Gather The Women with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

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“It is time to ‘gather the women’ – for only when women are strong together can women be fiercely protective of what we love.” Jungian therapist and author, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. heard this call and was moved to write Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World, exploring the untapped power of women coming together to change our world. Her work has drawn from the Sacred Feminine, which both women and men embody into consciousness and culture. Bolen wants every child in the world to be wanted, to be fed, to be safe, and to have healthcare and be able to grow; and women, she believes, are the ones to bring it about. “I’m not speaking of the need for women to run the world; I’m saying that women need to speak up, speak the truth, in order to bring balance into the world.” She speaks about the differences between objectivity and the ability to strategize using the feminine realm of empathy, connectedness, and nurturing, and how, at this time, our world needs the combined qualities of each of these. (hosted by Bec Kageyama)

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

• How are women changing the story
• How women's circles can bring peace to the world
• When solutions evolve out of grassroots conversations
• What is the difference between "Tend and Befriend" and "Flight or Fight"
• What if the women of the world decided how the budget of the world was spent
• Why do women need to speak the truth

Host: Bec Kageyama   Interview Date: 7/27/2005   Program Number: 3101

Music Included

Opening Essay:
From Album: Anjali
Artist: Benjy Wertheimer/Michael Mandrell
2002 AF-3001 Ancient Future.com Records
Track - The Breath Inside the Breath

Music Break 1:
From Album: Drumming Planet
Artist: Professor Trance, Phil Thornton (New World Music)
2003 Music a la Carte MM CD 293
Track - The Owl Dance

Music Break 2:
From Album: Still Chillin'
Artist: Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors
Raven Recording
Track - Still Chillin'

Music Break 3:
From Album: ReTurning
Artist: Jennifer Berezan & Friends
2000 Edge of Wonder Records EW13
Track - Returning