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Sharon Blackie is a former neuroscientist and a psychologist with a profound understanding of mythology and folklore. She has a new book out, called Ripening: Why Women Need Fairytales Now. And I was so excited to have her back on Pulling the Thread to discuss.
Today, Sharon shares some particularly resonant fairytales—the kind of stories that stick with you, and even reshape your thinking. We talk about why—when Sharon was still practicing as a psychotherapist—she specialized in narrative therapy and used fairytales in her practice.
Sharon explains some common misunderstandings about fairytales, and also offers some medicine in the form of story that I think many of you will find useful.
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