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“If you are living for an ideal and driving yourself as hard as you can to be perfect - at your job or as a mother or as a perfect wife - you lose the natural, slow rythmn of life. There's a rushing, trying to attain the ideal; the slower pace of the beat of the earth, the state where you simply are, is forgotten”

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Marion Woodman
Marion Woodman

Marion Woodman is an American author known for her profound insights into women's psychology and mythology. Her works explore women's identity, dreams, and the creative process. more

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