Heroine
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Root and Ritual — Becca Piastrelli
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThere are a lot of things wrong with the way we live our lives. While the average American spends 90 percent of their day indoors, we continue to feel completely disconnected from our food sources, and are lonelier than ever, especially in light of this pandemic. My guest Becca Piastrelli, author of a new book Root & Ritual, believes we can offset some of this modern angst by “rewilding” and reclaiming the natural part of ourselves. Becca is a friend, writer, speaker, ancestral folk medicin...
Writing Our Stories into Being — Angeline Boulley
September 16, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWriting a debut novel that becomes a New York Times bestseller is an impressive feat. Doing it over 10 years while raising children and working a full-time job is simply awe-inspiring. Angeline Boulley is the author of Firekeeper's Daughter, a layered Native American thriller. She is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and writes about her Ojibwe community. In today's episode, we learn more about Daunis Fountaine, the book's main character, and her distinc...
Home Is Not A Country — Safia Elhillo
September 09, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBHow do you relate to the country of your birth, if it’s a place you’ve never visited? And when does nostalgia go from being something beautiful to an illness that keeps you from living in the present moment? Our guest today, Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese American poet whose strikingly beautiful debut novel Home Is Not a Country is deeply informed by these questions of belonging, nostalgia, and identity. Her book is written entirely in poetic verse and follows the story of Nima, a 15-year-ol...
Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Story — Mary H.K. Choi
September 02, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBContinuing with our series on women in the literary arts, today’s guest is Mary H.K. Choi, a Korean-American New York Times best-selling author. Mary has written three young adult novels and has been published in The Atlantic, New York Times, and GQ. Her latest book, Yolk, is the story of two estranged sisters who slowly heal their relationship after one of them is diagnosed with cancer. In our wide-ranging conversation today, we talk about Mary’s journey to becoming a writer and some o...
Exploring All Your Identities — Meredith Talusan
August 25, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBThe conversation around identity has evolved greatly in recent years, and this progress has been so important for many people. However there is still a long way to go to a more inclusive and accepting world, and we are joined today by someone who is adding a beautiful and complex voice to the discussion! Meredith Talusan is a transgendered woman, born with albinism in the Philippines, and who later immigrated to the US. Her relationship to acceptance and belonging has always been a comp...
The Heroine's Journey — Gail Carriger
August 19, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBThe heroine’s journey has historically been ignored, cast aside, and devalued, which has lead most of us to idolize and play out the hero’s journey in our own lives. On today’s episode, Gail Carriger, author of The Heroine’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Fiction, breaks down why and how we can begin to reclaim the heroine’s journey for ourselves. You’ll hear about the biggest differences in motivation between the hero’s journey and heroine’s journey, as well as the best a...
The Power of Ritual Storytelling — Anita Kopacz
August 12, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61 MBAlongside raising three children, working as an editor, and practicing as a spiritual psychologist, Anita Kopacz spent seven years creating the magnificent work of art that is Shallow Waters, her debut novel. Part historical fiction and part parable, Shallow Waters deals with deep ancestral trauma through ritual storytelling. The heroine of the book is a Black mermaid, Yemaya, and you’ll hear Anita’s reasoning for centering her story around this mythical deity, and what she thinks is the ...
HEROINE is back!
July 29, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBHi heroine, We are starting the new HEROINE season on Thursday, August 12th. Today I’m releasing the teaser and announcing the line-up of a badass guests. We are going to be focusing on the heroines at the center of these women’s books. As you can see, it’s going to get very literary and very nerdy! The questions we get to explore: Can we learn from these heroines? Are they mirrors for ourselves? How can we apply the learnings from these characters into our own lives? See the full-lin...
Curing Comparisonitis — Melissa Ambrosini
May 18, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIn her new book, Comparisonitis, Melissa Ambrosini talks to Majo about the very common disease of comparisonitis and offers actionable tips and strategies to heal yourself from it. • What Melissa was like as a little girl; she was outgoing, bubbly, and confident. • Melissa’s experience of being 12, losing her self-assurance, and comparing herself to other girls. • Why Melissa loved competitive dancing and the freedom it gave her. • How being involved in dance fed into Melissa’s self-dou...
Discovering Your Life’s Purpose — Sahara Rose
January 07, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBIf you have ever disappointed a loved one by following your truth, you will know just how painful it is. And although it hurts, not living in alignment with your life’s purpose will ultimately cause you much more pain. Sahara Rose has been there, let down her parents, and now wants to help you overcome the fear of judgment and criticism in her new book, Discover Your Dharma. In this episode, Sahara opens up about her background and the expectations placed on her as the child of Iranian immigr...
Breaking Free From Self-Sabotaging Habits — Majo on OkaySis Podcast w/ Scout & Mady
November 22, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBMajo joins Scout & Mady from the OkaySis Podcast to talk about how to break out of the good girl myths and design our purpose. Order the book at goodgirlmyth.com
In Harmony with the Soul — Christine Gutierrez
September 24, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBChristine Gutierrez is a Latina licensed psychotherapist, life coach, and expert in love addiction, trauma, abuse, and self-esteem, and author of the book I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to Soul. She has a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in human behavior and development, and a master’s degree from City College of New York in mental health counseling with a focus on prevention and community. In this episode, Christine covers a lot of ...
Why Unlearning is the Key to Becoming - Martha Beck
September 17, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBThis week I’m thrilled to speak with a woman whose work I’ve followed for years. Martha Beck, PhD, is a New York Times bestselling author, life coach, speaker, and holds three degrees from Harvard University. Oprah calls her “one of the smartest women I know.” Martha walked away from the religious Mormon community she was raised in, exposed her father, and wrote about the dark secrets and hypocrisy of the Mormon church in her book Leaving the Saints. She received backlash from the church, bu...
The 4 Questions That Can Change Your Life and Mind - Byron Katie
September 10, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBDo you wrestle with the power your thoughts have over your beliefs about yourself and your life? This episode is for you, heroine. Bestselling author and founder of The Work, my guest Byron Katie shares her experience waking up in a state of joy after a decade-long spiral into depression, rage, and self-loathing. This state of joy hasn’t left her since, and Byron has shared this transformational practice with others for over 30 years. The Work is a simple, yet powerful process of inquiry tha...
The Tendencies that Make You Happier & More Effective — Gretchen Rubin
September 03, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBIn the world of productivity hacking and self-help, Gretchen Rubin needs little introduction. She’s a nationally acclaimed author who writes popular books about habit change and happiness. In fact, her books have sold millions and have been on the New York Times best seller list numerous times. Gretchen draws from cutting edge research, tried and true wisdom and her own life experience, but she also isn’t afraid to admit that she herself is not an expert. She’s not a scientist, but she writes...
The Secrets to Connecting in Relationships & Sex — Shan Boodram
August 27, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBMy guest on this week’s episode, Shan Boodram, isn’t afraid to talk about sex. Shan’s a Canadian born, LA based dating coach, author and certified sex educator. Her first book was a bestseller and her new book, “The Game Of Desire: 5 Surprising Secrets to Dating with Dominance and Getting What You Want” is even more popular. She’s the most sought-after sex educator online today, educating you about sex toys on Playboy’s Instagram, and also on the reality TV show Too Hot to Handle, where she ...
How to Undo the Idea That You’re Not Enough — Monica Padman
August 20, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MBOn this week’s episode, I talk with fellow recovering good girl, Monica Padman. Monica, an actress and podcast producer, hustled her way into acting and co-leading one of the most downloaded podcasts today, Armchair Expert. She double majored in theatre and PR at the University of Georgia and then moved to LA to pursue her dreams of acting. She’s appeared in several TV shows, such as The Good Place, and Drop Dead Diva, and performed a role specifically written for her in the 2017 movie, CH...
The Power of Creative, Female Collaboration — Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik
August 13, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBDo you ever feel like you don’t fit in, that you’re somehow different from everyone else, or maybe even, that you don’t belong? This week I sit down with Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik, the co-founders of Almost 30, the top-rated LA-based lifestyle podcast. After meeting in SoulCycle, the two became best friends and soon realized they shared a desire to explore the theme of belonging, both to yourself and others. Almost 30 was born out of these conversations, and while not their original ...
Sophia Amoruso on Why Failing Forward is the Key to Designing Your Path
August 06, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBWhat is your relationship to failure? My guest this week, Sophia Amoruso, believes that, as long as you’re learning from your experiences, there’s no such thing as failure. The founder of Girlboss Media and author of #GIRLBOSS, Sophia watched her first business, online fashion retailer Nasty Gal, go bankrupt after a successful run. Rather than hide or quit when the challenges came, she chose instead to learn from the experience her first business gave her. Sophia started her new venture, Gi...
Why Failing Forward is the Key to Designing Your Path — Sophia Amoruso
August 06, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBWhat is your relationship to failure? My guest this week, Sophia Amoruso, believes that, as long as you’re learning from your experiences, there’s no such thing as failure. The founder of Girlboss Media and author of #GIRLBOSS, Sophia watched her first business, online fashion retailer Nasty Gal, go bankrupt after a successful run. Rather than hide or quit when the challenges came, she chose instead to learn from the experience her first business gave her. Sophia started her new venture, Gi...
Behind-The-Scenes of a 3-Year Book Journey (Top 5 Lessons)
July 30, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBMajo shares the three year process of writing Break the Good Girl Myth (which is now available at http://goodgirlmyth.com, yay!). If you want to write a book, or birth any creative project into the world, this episode shares the resilience, commitment, and perseverance you need to stay the course. And heroine, it’s worth it to stay the course. Follow Majo on Instagram @majomolfino and sign up for my newsletter to hear about all the upcoming book launch events. Show notes: - How Majo refi...
HOLY F*! The Book is Now Yours–!
July 28, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 4.61 MBMajo celebrates the official publication and release of her new book, Break the Good Girl Myth, available wherever books, ebooks, and audiobooks are sold. Join her as she freaks out. And order the book at http://goodgirlmyth.com –!
A Sneak Peek Into Your Creative Purpose (Training)
July 26, 2020 23:17 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBMajo gives a sneak peek into the Design Your Creative Purpose Training / book pre-order bonus (since today and tomorrow are the last day to get it) AND updates you on the fun activities you can plug into for the book in the next couple of weeks, including a book giveaway and an IG live with one of Majo's biggest heroines (you won’t believe it!). Yay!
The Only Way to “Have it All” — Randi Zuckerberg
July 23, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBDo you find yourself thinking that you want to have and do it all in life: a career, relationship, kids, fitness, money, home? Randi Zuckerberg, my guest this week, certainly does it all — she’s an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, tech media personality, and occasional Broadway performer. Behind that impressive resumé is a woman who understands that you can do it all — but not all in one day or even one season of life. She believes you can do everything you want to do, but over a l...
Breaking Out of the "Good Girl" Myth & Designing Your Purpose — Majo on Real Reel Podcast w/ Natalie Barbu
July 19, 2020 23:59 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBMajo joins Natalie Barbu from the Real Reel Podcast to talk about how to break out of the good girl myths and design our purpose. Pre-order book before 7/28 at http://GOODGIRLMYTH.COM to receive a bonus training (~$300 value) to help you design your creative purpose. In the training, you'll learn: ➕ The one intention you must clarify to get clear about your creative purpose ➕ How to more easily bring shape to your creative purpose by choosing one of the four creator paths ➕ A powe...
Why Vulnerability Can Help You Create — Brit Morin
July 16, 2020 17:14 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBWhen’s the last time you expressed vulnerability through your creativity? For Brit Morin, my guest on this week’s episode, it’s part of her every day life. Brit founded her lifestyle and online learning platform, Brit + Co, to help women connect with and express their creative spirit. With an engaged community of 125+ million women and over 200,000 online class enrollments, Brit + Co is the leading destination for learning and discovery among female millennials. She launched her business at t...
Blending Heart & Hustle — Coco and Breezy Dotson
July 09, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBMy guests on this week’s episode are the definition of hustle. Coco and Breezy Dotson, twin designers & founders of Coco and Breezy Eyewear, are no strangers to hard work. Growing up in a mainly white Midwestern suburb, the twins relied on each other for companionship throughout their childhood. Coco and Breezy developed a unique fashion sense that set them apart from other kids, and experienced bullying and exclusion while in school. Rather than allow the bullying to keep them down, the twin...
Following Your Creative Purpose — Elise Loehnen
July 02, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBWhen you’re faced with a new opportunity in your career, do you evaluate that opportunity based on the potential for growth it provides? My guest this week has used this measure throughout her career, and as a result, she takes career opportunities where she learns, grows, and adds value. Elise Loehnen Fissmer is the Chief Content Officer of goop, the lifestyle and e-commerce company established by Gwyneth Paltrow in 2008. Prior to joining goop, Elise worked for Condé Nast and Shopzilla, wh...
Smart Disobedience: The Key to a Braver Life — Rana el Kaliouby, PhD
June 25, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBHave you ever been faced with this choice: remain obedient to your family by giving up your dreams, or pursue your heart’s passion, against your family’s wishes? My guest on HEROINE this week faced that exact situation. Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, Egyptian-American computer scientist and CEO, knew her patriarchal Middle Eastern culture required her to make sacrifices she wasn’t willing to make. After studying computer science and receiving her PhD at Cambridge, Rana developed a deep passion to bri...
How to Choose Meaningful Work — Amy Yeung
June 18, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBDo you ever wonder how your skills and experience could lead you to your higher purpose? Amy Yeung’s soul journey from corporate fashion designer to social entrepreneur shows that inside each of us lies the ability to create positive change in the world. Owner of the Orenda Tribe lifestyle brand, Amy lives and works with artisans in the Navajo community to create upcycled clothing and share indigenous culture. Growing up in rural Indiana, with her Native American heritage and obsession with ...
Where HEROINE Stands
June 16, 2020 11:00 - 7 minutes - 9.97 MBToday, I want to talk about where HEROINE stands with Black Lives Matter and my commitments to being anti-racist. ~ Majo References: Me & White Supremacy by Layla Saad – https://bookshop.org/books/me-and-white-supremacy-combat-racism-change-the-world-and-become-a-good-ancestor/9781728209807 Guide for How to help your Black friends and your non-Black friends today by Kat Vellos at https://weshouldgettogether.com/blog/how-to-help-your-black-and-nonblack-friends-right-now
New Season [Teaser]
June 11, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 5.16 MBThe new season will begin on Thursday, June 18th. It’s going to be a good one! Here’s who we’ll have on the show: Amy Yeung | Navajo Fashion Designer & Activist Rana el Kaliouby, PhD | Egyptian-American Computer Scientist Elise Loehnen | Chief Content Officer at GOOP Coco & Breezy | Twin Designers & Founders of Coco and Breezy Eyewear Brit Morin | Founder & CEO of Brit+Co Randi Zuckerberg | Founder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media Krista & Lindsay | Hosts of the Almost 30 Podcast Sophia Amoruso | F...
Trusting Your Vision — The Making of a Book Cover & Icons
February 20, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBHow do you design a book cover and icons that encapsulate the message of women breaking their good girl myths to unleash their power? Go behind the scenes as Majo, her editor from HarperOne and design collaborator Vanessa Koch from paladarstudio.com to create the book cover and special icons to her new book Break the Good Girl Myth available NOW for pre-order at goodgirlmyth.com –!
The Key To Your Clarity
November 21, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBI’ve asked many of you a simple question: Have you thought about striking out on your own and starting your own business (freelance, studio, consulting, coaching, company, startup, etc.) in the future? About 98% of you say yes. So, then comes the follow-up question: Well, how come you haven’t started today? What do you think is the most common response? While there are many excuses around readiness, and enjoying the stability, prestige, and recognition of your current job, the most common r...
Managing Impostor Syndrome — Vanessa Larco
November 14, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBHi Heroine, Imagine you worked so hard building a startup you really believed in and then it crashed. Would you keep going until you succeeded or give up? My guest today is Vanessa Larco who decided to keep going. When regulatory changes killed her startup she fled to Greece for two weeks, to swear off Silicon Valley forever. That’s when people there assumed, in her sad state, that she was a bride who had been left by a man at the altar – a wake-up call that lead her to stop mopping aroun...
The Courage To Be Seen — Cathy Heller
November 07, 2019 12:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBHave you ever felt like the deck was totally stacked against you and it just made you more determined to succeed? This is one of the main themes for my guest Cathy Heller. She gets really real and vulnerable so grab your favorite tea and settle in. Her story so clearly shows the heroine’s journey from the dark hopelessness of being told she couldn’t succeed, that her sister was the talented one. The only time her parents paid attention to her was to complain about each other. Even after havi...
Reclaiming Your Inner Witch
October 31, 2019 11:00 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBHappy Halloween witches! We’re continuing with female archetypes (and stereotypes!) in old fairy and folk tales. We started with this series last season with the Queen and Princess Archetypes (make sure to check them out if you haven't already for context) and this is the last part of that series. Today, on the witch’s new year – Samhain, we are going to look at the witch and the hermit archetypes. They’re more connected than you might think. The witch needs very little introduction. She ...
Broadening Your Impact — Debra Silverman
October 24, 2019 11:30 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBHi Heroine, One of the things I’ve been thinking about lately is how the practice of astrology could help me step up as a leader. How could it help me broaden my impact and align with my purpose? And that’s a huge part of what my guest Debra Silverman opens up by applying astrology in a practical way to our lives. Debra holds an M.A. from Antioch University in Clinical Psychology and trained for her mental health credentials at Harvard University. What’s super interesting about astrology ...
The Three Things You Need to Design Your Purpose
October 17, 2019 11:30 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBHi Heroine, Today’s podcast episode is a minisode, where I share the three elements you need to become creative badass like the women who come onto the show. These elements will be helpful to each and every one of you. But I especially want to invite you to read closely if you are a creative female professional who is a leader at her company, what I mean is you’re in a senior or lead creative role, a manager, director, or executive. As you go into your work day after day, you’ve been aski...
Why We Need Other Women — Ashley Sumner
October 10, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBHave you ever felt like you would like to take the leap into entrepreneurship but you imagined that it might be a lonely place? I speak to a lot of women who want to strike out on their own but feel the desire to be a part of a team as well. Ashley Sumner is helping solve this tension by providing an online and in-person community for female entrepreneurs with her friend Gianna Wurzl. The daughter of parents who both ran their own businesses, Ashley learned very early on the benefits of crea...
Leaving Our Invisible Cages
October 03, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBDiscover your creative, feminine power with my free online quiz at http://majo.co Have you ever felt like you were in a costume, caged in a life that just isn’t you? In this week’s podcast for the first time in Heroine history my editor, Anne Hoffman, flips the tables and interviews me. It quickly gets raw and real as we dig deep. We talk about everything from loving rubrics in school to how I felt like I was wearing a costume when I worked an outwardly perfect cubicle job at a research or...
Carving Your Own Path — Ann Shen
September 26, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBDiscover your creative, feminine power with my free online quiz at http://majo.co Have you ever had the urge to follow the opposite of what you learned in school? That’s a theme for my guest Ann Shen – an illustrator and author of Bad Girls Throughout History and Legendary Ladies, books that depict women as they are: complex, funny, dark and everywhere in between. In fact, her book Bad Girls Throughout History resonated so much that it has even been picked up by Universal Cable Productions ...
Fall Season [teaser]
September 19, 2019 19:31 - 4 minutes - 3.76 MBI’m so excited to be back and running for this Fall season. We have a lot of exciting interviews for you with incredibly creative, badass women including an extremely gifted illustrator Ann Shen who wrote Bad Girls Throughout History, as well as a renowned astro loger and businesswoman Debra Silverman here to ground astrology for us, and make it super practical and applicable to our lives as creative women. AND we’ll be continuing with the archetype series, looking at two archetypes that exis...
Boundaries with Tech & Social Media (Bonus)
June 27, 2019 11:00 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBThis is our summer bonus episode! Last month I moderated a panel at The Assembly in San Francisco. I interviewed two guests: Adereni Fashokun - a Life Coach, Co-Founder and Sr. HR Business Partner at Amazon AND Lauren Harper - the Director of Marketing at Palm. The topic? Technology and mental wellness. Does that sound like a contradiction to you, heroine? Sometimes it does to me, too. Technology is increasingly a part of our lives. It can feel impossible to get away from it. A frie...
Feeding Your Own Longing — Lynsey Addario
May 30, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBEarlier in this season we talked about fairy tales. Queens, specifically…. and waifs. The waif is a passive figure, like the stereotypical vision of Rapunzel. She sits, in a tower, waiting for someone to come and rescue her. (Quick note: This episode is from the archive and available when you subscribe to the podcast on ApplePodcasts.com/Heroine or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also stream it live from any browser on spreaker.com/heroine). As the writer and cultural critic Glori...
Eileen Fisher on Embodied Leadership
May 23, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBEileen Fisher is more than a strong, female leader. Eileen Fisher is an icon. Her clothes - and her signature style - soft, elegant, warm - are an entire way of life. But unlike many famous leaders, and especially many famous FASHION leaders, Eileen is not driven by ego. She is humble. Midwestern. The Devil Wears Prada...she is decidedly, NOT. Throughout our interview, I wondered, how can such a strong leader speak with such a down to earth realness? Perhaps it’s because Eileen is an exampl...
Disrupting the Fairy Tale — Justine Musk
May 16, 2019 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBWhat happens when you marry someone who becomes rich and famous? Perhaps you find yourself becoming a bit blonder, a bit more stylish, and less, well, you - to fit into his life. I think we’ve all done this to a certain extent. Changed ourselves to fit the needs of someone we wanted to fit with. (Quick note: This episode is from the archive and available when you subscribe to the podcast on ApplePodcasts.com/Heroine or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also stream it live from any b...
How To Create Your Own Myth — Roz Savage
May 09, 2019 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBI can’t believe it’s been about three years since I first aired this episode with Roz Savage, the first woman to row solo across three oceans. Honestly, I remember feeling so nervous, not so much during the conversation, but more so in sharing the interview, as it was the first show that launched the podcast. Today, my editor, Anne, recut this so it’s lively, fresh and even more revelatory. (Quick note: This episode is from the archive and available when you subscribe to the podcast on Appl...
On Rapunzel, Feeling Trapped, & Healing (Part 2)
May 02, 2019 11:00 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBToday, we’re going to sink deeper into the waif archetype to understand the true essence of the powerful fairytale and heroine Rapunzel. This episode is available when you subscribe to the podcast on ApplePodcasts.com/Heroine (or wherever you get your podcasts). You can also stream it live from any browser here. Let’s bring back Kate Forsyth – an incredible novelist and fairy tale connoisseur – from the last episode. Kate argues the motifs we believe are passive in the tale, or that look...
On Rapunzel, Feeling Trapped, & Healing (Part 1)
April 25, 2019 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBToday, we’re kicking off the first part of exploring the waif archetype, also know as the very passive maiden in the tower, the princess waiting to be rescued, and the good girl – an archetype I’ve long been fascinated with and am even writing a whole book about (coming out next year, still can’t believe it!). Today’s episode is available when you subscribe to the podcast on ApplePodcasts.com/Heroine (or wherever you get your podcasts). You can also stream it live from any browser here. ...