The Late Bloomer: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype (Dangerous Old Woman)

What makes talent bloom? Ask what makes a tree blossom. They are the same. It is not unfathomable. It only takes concentration. Concentration of energies is what makes a tree flower. Not bigger, not faster, not taking up more space. Rather . less space. Density . Pressure in hard places. Often, in the dark. Relentlessly. Freely. For as long as it takes. Hold faith, a gestation can go long and for good reason, and nothing much shows above ground . But then, one day . -Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD Return once again to the fireside with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés for the next presentation of her masterwork on the Dangerous Old Woman. This six-session event shares more original stories, poems, and psychological commentary exploring the cycles of "burgeoning, blooming New Life." With an audience Q&A and a blessing prayer following each talk, The Late Bloomer speaks to all of us who sense within "great talent untapped completely, touchingly wondrous yet wounded or held back by fate in some way," inspiring us to break through into worldly life using the creative fire of interior life . to burst into bloom time and again.