“We dismantle the predator by countering its diatribes with our own nurturant truths. Predator: You never finish anything you start. Yourself: I finish many things. We dismantle the assaults of the natural predator by taking to heart and working with what is truthful in what the predator says and then discarding the rest.” PredatorSelf CompassionWild WomanWomen Who Run With WolvesDismantle Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves
“(Young girls) are taught to not see, and instead to "make pretty" all manner of grotesqueries whether they are lovely or not. This training is why the youngest sister can say, "Hmmm, his beard isn't really that blue." This early training to "be nice" causes women to override their intuitions. In that sense, they are actually purposefully taught to submit to the predator. Imagine a wolf mother teaching her young to "be nice" in the face of an angry ferret or a wily diamondback rattler.” PredatorNice GirlBe NiceWomen Who Run With WolvesMake Pretty Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves
“Many women do not even have the basic teaching about predators that a wolf mother gives her pups, such as: if it's threatening and bigger than you, flee; if it's weaker, see what you want to do; if it's sick, leave it alone; if it has quills, poison, fangs, or razor claws, back up and go in the other direction; it it smells nice but is wrapped around metal jaws, walk on by.” NaivePredatorInitiationInner And Outer WorldsMaternal GuidanceShocked AwakeUninitiatedWise MotheringWolf Wisdom Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves