London Therapy Foundation

Prose Texts and Essays

In this page we offer various essays , texts and prose to explore ideas pertinent to the human condition

Women Who Run With The Wolves:

Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Tears are a river that takes you somewhere. Weeping creates a river around the boat that carries your soul life. Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it down river, to someplace new, some place better. There are oceans of tears women have never cried, for they have been trained to carry mother's and father's secrets, men's secrets, society's secret's, and their own secrets to the grave. A women's crying has been considered quite dangerous, for it loosens the locks and bolts on the secrets she bears. But in truth, for the sake of a women's wild soul, it is better to cry.