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Becoming Your Own Myth: Rewriting Womanhood in the Second Half of Life.
Women, Menopause, Mythology Lisa A. Rainwater, PhD, MA (couns) Women, Menopause, Mythology Lisa A. Rainwater, PhD, MA (couns)

Becoming Your Own Myth: Rewriting Womanhood in the Second Half of Life.

There comes a moment in many women’s lives—quiet or cataclysmic—when the stories we’ve told or been told no longer fit. Roles we played with devotion begin to fray. The pace we’ve kept becomes unsustainable. And the questions we once ignored now rise with urgency: Who am I, really, when I am no longer who I’ve been?

This is not a breakdown. It is the beginning of myth-making.

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Understanding Persephone’s Journey.
Women, Jung, Personal Growth, Archetypes, Spring, The Shadow Lisa A. Rainwater, PhD, MA (couns) Women, Jung, Personal Growth, Archetypes, Spring, The Shadow Lisa A. Rainwater, PhD, MA (couns)

Understanding Persephone’s Journey.

As spring nears, one of the most profound myths of transformation might come to mind: Persephone’s descent into the Underworld and her return to the living world. Through a Jungian, feminist lens, this myth is not merely a tale of abduction but a rite of passage—a journey into the unconscious, a confrontation with the Shadow, and a rebirth into sovereignty.

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