Celebrate Wise Mature Women“Skip the midlife crisis and embrace the joys of aging with this “lighthearted manual on how to become a juicy and wise old woman�. —Isabelle Allende, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #1 Bestseller in Adulthood & Aging and Mysticism Dr. Bolen is celebrated by some of the most acclaimed women of the twentieth century like Isabel Allende, Gloria Steinem, and Alice Walker. In her book, Crones Don't Whine, she offers mature women thirteen qualities to cultivate personal growth during their crone years. What is a crone? Life after forty doesn’t end. So why do most women treat it like it does? Put aside your midlife crisis and embrace the aging process with Crones Don't Whine. They're juicy and they trust their own instincts. Meditating, not groveling, and choosing the path with heart, crones are fierce about what matters to them. They speak the truth with compassion. They listen to their bodies, reinvent themselves, and savor the good in their lives. Grow and behold. Forget about getting old, aging gracefully is all about perspective. As Dr. Bolen explains, crone years are "growing" years in women’s lives. In this new stage, women can finally devote their time, energy, and creativity to what really matters to them. Thirteen essays and practices. Featuring thirteen brief essays and small practices, this lighthearted book gives readers resources to turn to again and again. Inside, find: "Crones Together Can Change the World" bonus essay Dr. Bolen’s personal musings A rallying call to men to become crones as well And much more! In works like Goddesses in Everywoman and Goddesses in Older Women, bestselling author Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., inspired a generation of women to realize their potential and value. Hundreds of thousands of copies later, her books still affect the lives of women. If you’re a fan of Dr. Bolen, or books like Women Rowing North, Wild Mercy, or Goddesses Never Age, order a copy of Crones Don’t Whine!

At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory -- one that is generally uncelebrated in popular culture -- she can choose to mourn what has gone before, or she can embrace the juicy-crone years.

In this celebration of Act Three, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman, names the powerful new energies and potentials -- or archetypes -- that come into the psyche at this momentous time, suggesting that women getting older have profound and exciting reasons for welcoming the other side of fifty.

Understanding the Moments That Touch and Transform Our Lives

Who hasn't experienced that eerie coincidence, that sudden, baffling insight, that occasional flash of extrasensory perception that astonishes? Can these events be dismissed as mere chance, or do they have some deeper significance for us?

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this classic explores the inter-relationship between these meaningful coincidences and our intuitive sense that we are part of some deep oneness with the universe -- a oneness called Tao in Eastern philosophy and synchronicity in Jungian psychology. By relating the concepts of Tao and synchronicity, Dr. Bolen reveals important links between psychology and mysticism, right brain and left, the individual and the external world. The Tao of Psychology provides the key for each individual to interpret the synchronistic events in his or her life and gives fresh insight into the relationships, dreams, and flashes of perception that transform our existence.

From fictional characters like Bridget Jones to feminist icons like Gloria Steinem, Jean Bolen's bestselling classic "Goddesses in Everywoman" has been widely read and soundly praised.

Now comes a new book written in the same spirit and with the same vitality. In "Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman," Bolen invites women and girls to discover the tenacity and courage of the Artemis archetype and how it can be tapped to live authentically.

To tell the story, Bolen delves deeply into the myth of Atalanta, the famous hunter and runner in ancient Greek mythology, a mortal woman who is identified with Artemis the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and Moon. Atalanta began life abandoned and left to die because she was born a girl. She faced the Calydon Boar and drew first blood; she was the runner who would demand to be beaten in a footrace by the man who could claim her as his bride. She exemplifies the indomitable spirit in competent, courageous girls and in the women they become. This is grit, the passion and persistence to go the distance, to survive, and to succeed.

She includes many real-life stories as well as mythological and fictional examples of women who are similar to Atalanta, including among others Princess Merida from the animated film "Brave" and Katniss from "The Hunger Games." Artemis and Atalanta are the means through which readers can navigate their own personal exploration to become their authentic selves. Bolen dedicates this book to women and girls who embody the archetype of Artemis, who discover her uncrushable spirit in themselves or others.

The companion volume to Goddesses in Everywoman reveals the powerful inner patterns, or archetypes, that shape men's personalities, careers, and personal relationships-offering a insights into Greek mythology, Jungian archetypal psychology, and into themselves and the people in their lives. A Jungian analyst, Dr. Bolen introduces our inner patterns in the guise of eight archetypal gods. From the authoritarian, power-seeking gods (Zeus, Poseidon) to the gods of creativity (Apollo, Hephaestus) to the sensual Dionysis, Dr. Bolen shows men how to identify their ruling gods, how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes in order to enrich and strengthen their lives. She stresses the importance of understanding which gods you are attracted to and which are incompatible with your expectations, uncovers the origins of the often-difficult father-son relationship, and explores society's deep conflict between nurturing behavior and the need to foster masculinity. In Gods in Everyman, Dr. Bolen presents us with a compassionate and lucid male psychology that will help all men and women to better understand themselves and their relationships with their fathers, their sons, their brothers and their lovers.

The potential for women's circles to accelerate human evolution in a post-patriarchal society is a central tenet of this guide for women who want to initiate, or participate in, women's circles. Ideas for forming a circle, and anticipating and resolving conflicts as they arise are presented. Written in poetic language that invites readers to use intuition and draw upon their own insights, this book is designed to act as both tool and inspiration as women create new circles or deepen and transform existing ones into vehicles of social and psychospiritual change. Este libro propone nada menos que la posibilidad de que los circulos de mujeres puedan acelerar el cambio de la humanidad a una era post-patriarcal. Mediante la exposicion de una serie de principios sobre como formar un circulo y de como resolver potenciales conflictos, la doctora Bolen proporciona las herramientas y la inspiracion necesarias para que las mujeres creen nuevos circulos o transformen aquellos ya existentes en vehiculos de cambio social, cultural, y psicoespiritual.

Jean Shinoda Bolen's celebrated work of female psychology that uses seven archetypical goddesses to describing behavior patterns and personality traits, as relevant and timeless today as when it was first published thirty years ago. Myths are fascinating stories that become even more intriguing when we realize that they can reveal intimate truths about ourselves and others. Jean Shinoda Bolen brings the Greek pantheon to life as our inner archetypes and applies the power of myth to our personal lives. Once we understand the natural progression from myth to archetype to personal psychology, and realize that positive gifts and negative tendencies are qualities associated with a particular goddess within, we gain powerful insights. Depending on which goddess is more active within, one woman might be more committed to achieving professional success, while another more fulfilled as a wife and mother. From the autonomous Artemis and the cool Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite, she teaches women how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become a better "heroine" in their own life story.

Using the Greek gods as cultural images of the various male archetypes, this insightful study seeks to establish a lucid yet compassionate and sensitive framework for male psychology. Whether a Hermes-like communicator, a Hephaestian loner, or a wanderer and lover in the mold of Dionysus, men are encouraged to become familiar with the gods most active within them in order to choose the most satisfying options and directions in their lives. The book is of use to women, too, in determining which archetypes they are most attracted to and which are incompatible with their expectations. "Usando los dioses griegos como imagenes culturales de los diversos arquetipos masculinos, este estudio perspicaz busca establecer un marco lucido pero compasivo y sensible de la psicologia masculina. Ya sean comunicadores al estilo de Hermes, solitarios como Hefesto o trotamundos y amantes en el molde de Dionisio, los hombres se animan a familiarizarse con los dioses mas activos dentro de si mismos para poder escoger las opciones y direcciones mas satisfactorias en sus vidas. Este libro es util tambien para las mujeres para determinar los arquetipos a los cuales estan mas atraidas y cuales son incompatibles con sus expectativas."

This poetic polemic seeks to galvanize the still-untapped power of women coming together to change the world. Jungian archetypal analysis, sociological studies, and recent biological studies of the sexes all contribute to Bolen's argument that women as a gender have a wisdom that is needed in the world. She senses a call from the Sacred Feminine to bring itself into consciousness and culture--a gender balance that has the power to end patriarchy--and make peace possible. Las mujeres poseen un conocimiento valioso que es necesitado en nuestro mundo. Este es un llamado al Sagrado Femenino que la mayoria de mujeres y algunos hombres personifican en la cultura y la conciencia humana. Cuando se llega a un punto de masa critica, el balance de los sexos acaba con el patriarcado y trae la posibilidad de paz. Escrito en un lenguaje que inspira, este libro busca unificar el poder no explotado de las mujeres unidas para cambiar el mundo.

In this new book, Crones Don't Whine, Bolen's playful sense of humor and keen insight combine to offer women thirteen qualities to cultivate. Engage in these small practices and you're bound to be a happier person who's doing her bit to make the world a better place. "These qualities are not cultivated overnight," Bolen writes. Crone years are "growing" years, when women can devote their time, energy, and creativity to what really matters to them. Bolen offers us a blueprint: Crones don't whine. They're juicy, and they trust their own instincts. They don't grovel. They do meditate. They choose the path with heart. Crones are fierce about what matters most to them. They speak the truth with compassion. They listen to their bodies, reinvent themselves as needed, and savor the good in their lives. Turn to these thirteen brief pieces again and again, in bad times and good, alone and with others - because "Crones Together Can Change the World," as Bolen points out in an inspirational, call-to-arms bonus essay.

In the face of the cultural myth that women fade away as they age, this book offers an historical look at women's potential to transform the third phase of their lives into one of wholeness and personal integration. This Jungian perspective on the mature woman looks to Greek, Egyptian, and Asian mythology for powerful archetypes of women in the third stage of life. The mythic origins of goddesses such as Metis, Sophia, Hecate, and Hestia are explored in order to illustrate how their intellectual, mystical, spiritual, intuitive, or meditative attributes can help women to forge more meaningful lives. Despue s de los cincuenta an os, la mujer entra a la tercera etapa de su vida-- la que normalmente no es respetada por la cultura popular. En contra del mito cultural que la mujer se apaga con maduracio n, este libro propone que las mujeres tienen la capacidad de trasformar la tercera etapa de sus vidas en una de unidad e integracio n personal. Esta perspectiva de la mujer usa los mitos de Grecia, Egipto y Asia como los arquetipos de mujeres maduras. Los ori genes de las diosas Metis, Sophia, Hecate y Hestia son discutidos para ilustrar como sus caracteri sticas intelectuales, mi sticas, espirituales, intuitivas o meditativas pueden ayudar a las mujeres a crear sus propias vidas significantes.

With an uncommon geniality and good humor, bestselling author Jean Shinoda Bolen demonstrates how mythology can illuminate psychology. In this study, the respected Jungian analyst transcends the personal sphere to focus on the family and patriarchal society. Using Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle "The Ring of Nibelung" as a framework, the author investigates the psychological origins and destructive capacity of authoritarian institutions. Each of the four central chapters of the book examines one of Wagner's operas, which the author links to a particular Jungian archetype. In doing so, the book reveals profound truths about humanity, human relations, and society that can be highly transformative. In concluding, Shinoda Bolen outlines a possible post-patriarchal society and how each individual can help in forming it by living a life centered on authenticity.

A poetic, educational, mystical, and realistic exploration of the interdependency of human beings and trees, this book is a powerful call to ecological activism. Using her experience as a medical doctor and a psychiatrist, and collecting knowledge and insights from numerous cultures and time periods, Jean Shinoda Bolen offers a moving depiction of trees and their invaluable contribution to human life. The author discusses every possible topic in relation to trees, from their physiology to their role as archetypical and sacred symbols. "Una exploracion poetica, pedagogica, mistica y realista de la interdependencia de los seres humanos y los arboles, este libro es un potente llamamiento al activismo ecologico. Empleando su experiencia como doctora y psiquiatra, y recolectando conocimientos y revelaciones de diferentes culturas y epocas, Jean Shinoda Bolen ofrece una conmovedora descripcion de los arboles y de su contribucion invaluable a la vida humana. La autora discute todo lo que tiene que ver con los arboles, desde su fisiologia hasta su papel como arquetipos y simbolos sagrados."