In Part 2 of the final episode of Season 1, Maria continues exploring the rich symbology of The Handless Maiden with special guest Dagny from The Art of Rest . Together, they delve into themes of being nourished by the soul world, the archetypes of the magician, gardener, and king, and the transformative journey of growing our hands back again. Connect with Maria : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Connect with Dagny Dagny Deutchman ...
Jan 26, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In the final episode of Season 1, Maria delves into the epic tale of The Handless Maiden alongside special guest Nikki. Together, they explore the symbolism of losing one’s hands, the inner predator, ways to protect our creative lives, and much more. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Nikki Lizares is the founder and soup tender of Wild Woman Rising, a space where women come together to explore and tend to both the...
Jan 26, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Dive into the tale of The Woman with Hair of Gold to uncover the archetype of Kore—a self-contained, sovereign woman. Explore the transformative power of releasing shameful secrets, embracing grief, and healing the wounds we carry to fully embody our strong and vital self. Connect with Maria : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessio...
Dec 05, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Explore the Japanese folktale of The Crescent Moon Bear , a story that reflects on the dual nature of rage—one that corrodes and one that is essential to a woman’s life. Maria Souza unpacks the archetypes of the healer and magical animals, as well as the symbolism of the bear, the mountain, and the path of healing woven throughout this tale. Connect with Maria : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM Dive deeper into ...
Nov 05, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Explore the Greek Myth of Baubo and a reflection on the symbology of laughter and the archetype of the Goddess of Fecundity as a source of power and vitality. Maria Souza also touches on the symbology of the breasts and vulva for women. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM Dive deeper into this and 16 more stories to develop a strong sense of Self https://www.womenandmythology.com/wolvestribe Joi...
Sep 16, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, Maria Souza tells the Central American folktale of La Llorona, a story that showcases the tragedy of letting go of one's creative power. The symbolic reflection highlights the importance to nurture, unblock and protect women's creative life and how can our animus be ally, instead of tyrant. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com MYTHS & THE CREATIVE LIFE WORKSHOP Join this workshop for an enlighten...
Sep 10, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode, Maria Souza tells the story of Sealskin, Soulskin and brings a reflection on the symbology of the skin, the cycles of women's life, the marriage between ego and soul, and the agreements and gifts this relationship offers us. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM Dive deeper into this and 16 more stories to develop a strong sense of Self https://www.womenandmythology.com/wolvestrib...
Sep 03, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, Maria Souza analyses the eight traps that the heroine in The Red Shoes succumbs to and what we can do to heal instinct. Reflect on what you must take to the executioner's house and women's excesses. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Women Who Run Wit...
Feb 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, Maria Souza will explore the symbols of shoes and the color red and offer images for us to understand the Handmade Life. Reflect on what kind of sacrifices you are making and how you can build a soul-giving life. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Wom...
Feb 02, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Listen to the story of The Red Shoes, a classic tale about the traps women fall into when they trade their handmade life. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Wom...
Feb 02, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Explore ideas on the power of the body in the instinctual world. In this episode, Maria Souza will reflect on how one standard of beauty robs women of their creative life and why we must reclaim the wisdom of La Mariposa, the Butterfly Woman. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the en...
May 26, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Listen to the story of La Mariposa, the Butterfly Woman, a tale about the power of the female body, and reflect on its potential to pollinate and fertilize. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that gu...
May 20, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Reflect on the final few moments of the Ugly Duckling story. In this episode, Maria Souza will explore the ideas of cold, knowing how to accept help, and how to enter the thriving phase, the swan life. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Women Who Run With the Wolves ,...
May 12, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Explore the four archetypes of the mother in the Ugly Duckling story and the inner mother we carry as women. In this episode, Maria Souza will reflect on the characteristics of the ambivalent mother, the collapsed mother, the unmothered mother, and the strong mother archetype. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded ses...
May 05, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Explore the Ugly Duckling as a symbol of the instinctual nature of women and the duckling's birth family as a symbol of a cruel culture. In this episode, Maria Souza will reflect on the gifts that exile offers us and the strength one must have to endure the journey for belonging. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded ...
Apr 28, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Listen to the story of the Ugly Duckling, a tale about endurance, belonging, and finding one's kind. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Women Who Run With the W...
Apr 21, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 16
What are the seven tasks of the story of Skeleton Woman? In this episode, Maria explores the images from the story and the symbols of the seeker archetype, the sleep of trust, the power of tears, and the untangling of the life-death-life nature. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the...
Feb 03, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Who is Lady Death? What does she offer us? In this episode, Maria explores the archetype of the Skeleton Woman. Listen and reflect on the power that death brings to life, the unstoppable cycle of life-death-life, and the role of death within relationships. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you ...
Jan 28, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Listen to the story of Skeleton Woman, a tale about the life-death-life nature, love, and our relationship with the many endings that life brings. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you th...
Dec 30, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this special episode, Maria Souza gives some insights on navigating the podcast Women and Mythology: from the types of episodes available to how to listen to each of them. Maria also talks about the wild woman archetype in its shadow and light and the book Women Who Run With The Wolves. This introduction episode might be helpful if you are new to mythical work. A warm welcome to all of you! May this be one of the bones you were searching for. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagra...
Dec 23, 2021•21 min0
Explore symbols from the story of Manawee. Who is the wild mate and his little dog? Reflect on the distractions we all find on our road and the importance of Deep Work. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through the entire book Women Who Run With the Wolves , story by story. Each session inc...
Dec 15, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Who are the twins in the story of Manawee? In this episode, Maria explores the dual nature of women: the ego and the soul self. Listen and reflect on the duality, the power of the names, and the significant figure of the father in a women's psyche. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide you through ...
Dec 09, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Listen to the story of Manawee, a tale about the dual nature of women, the instinctual nature of men, endurance, and the distractions that await us on the road. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions tha...
Dec 02, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 11
On this final part of Vasalisa's journey, we comment her descent into the life-death-life cycle and the burning of her shadow self. In this episode, we will look at the symbols of the crown, the fire skull, the working hands, and the three horses. This episode closes the interpretation of the story of Vasalisa. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, yo...
Nov 26, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Would you be able to stand in the presence of a powerful witch? What does Vasalisa gain when she serves the wild goddess? In this episode, we will explore the archetype of the witch and the meaning of each task performed by Vasalisa. Enter the natural, fearless, and instinctual world within you. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access...
Nov 18, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Explore the archetype of the too-good mother, who must die after a certain age so a woman can live boldly. In this episode, Maria explains and offers examples of how the too-good mother acts in our psyches and why it is essential to release ourselves from it. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions that guide y...
Nov 11, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Reflect on intuition as the soul voice and the treasure of women's psyche. Symbolized by the doll in the tale of Vasalisa, intuition is seen here as a soul-preserving force. In this short episode, Maria shares some of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés ideas on the intuitive self. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded session...
Nov 11, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
She loses her mother and is subjected to a cruel stepfamily. She meets a witch who gives her fire. Do you think this storyline will ring any bells? Listen to the story of Vasalisa, an ancient Russian tale about retrieving intuition and encountering the wild mother. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the ...
Nov 11, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
She was told not to use a particular key, but she did so anyway... Do you follow your curiosity? In this episode, Maria will explore the archetype of the predator, the innate force that lives within us and seek to kill the light. She will also discuss the importance of curiosity and why women must nurture their curious nature. Join her to reflect on this deep initiation and examine the symbols of keys, doors, clothing, and siblings. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenan...
Nov 11, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Listen to the story of Bluebeard, a timeless fairy tale that holds one of the most basic initiations women must go through, understanding that the predator exists. This version of the story is found in the book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Connect with Maria: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenandmythology/ Website https://www.womenandmythology.com Join the WOLVES TRIBE PROGRAM now and get 20% off! 🐺✨ As a member, you’ll gain access to 16 recorded sessions ...
Nov 11, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 3
