Important Concept
In this wonderful audio, Dr. Estes treats an important concept--the effect in the psyche of Abandonment. The full extent of the impact of the archetype of Abandonment in the collective unconscious of the American people has yet to fully realized. There's a Stone Child in all of us.

About the Audio CD
Though Dr. Estes is a wonderful writer... she is a terrible reader. Her reading is halting and her breathing is audible as if she were short of breath.
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healing
For years, I have been listening to Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Her voice is as professional storytellers should be: calming, thought-provoking, and leading you into the realm of myths, symbols, and fairy tales. With no doubt, she is gifted. It is not possible to listen to her tapes and not get in touch with your inner world, creativity, possibilities, and abilities. Warming The Stone Child is a deep, rich, and healing tape. The amazing thing about this tape is that no matter how many times you listen to it, each time you discover something new. I strongly recommend Clarissa Pinkola Estes' work to anyone who wants to rediscover their inner world or be aware of it. Clarissa Pinkola Estes is a storyteller that feels and demonstrates this feeling in each word that she expresses. Warming The Stone Child could be and should be a healing instrument for people who work with wounded souls and individuals who aim to heal their wounds in a loving way without numbing themselves or escaping them. All of Clarissa Pinkola Estes' tapes are a gift to the soul.

Excellent insight re: mothering at all times in life
Estes is such a capable interpreter of myth. She helps to identify the crises in the life of the unmothered and offers hope.

Insight into Emotional Hunger
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. is the author of Women Who Run With the Wolves and is an award-winning poet. Her voice is mysterious and beautiful. In "Warming the Stone Child" she introduces myths to give insight into the psyche of adults who felt they were abandoned in some way during childhood.

This 2-CD set reveals the secrets from the English tale of the Stolen Woman Moon, the Inuit fable of the Stone Child, The Fisherman's Wife and the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

The CDs present the following topics:

The Light within the Unmothered Child
The Story of the Stolen Moon Mother
Fairy Tales and the World of the Psyche
Clarity from the Darkness of Life
The Story of Little Red Cap
The Perils of Adolescence
The Stone Child
An Orphan Psyche's Hunger
Engaging the Transformational Process
The Fisherman's Wife
Fighting Death and Winning
Discovering Your Own Story

At first haunting (imagine being told a fairy tale by an expert story teller) and then revealing, this CD set can bring healing and insight to obsessions, emotional hunger and depression. I was amazed at how fairy tales can explain childhood issues that haunt us as adults. Even if you only have an interest in the revelations in myths, fairy tales and Jungian analysis, this will intrigue you. I can also recommend this to anyone who is interested in comfort, nurturing and re-creating the inner mother.

In conclusion, I think unconditional love from a man or a woman can heal you if it is nurturing and true commitment love. What I think the heart longs for is safety in which to blossom. It can take time to heal, but if you find someone to truly love you, then you can be reborn and let the hurts of the past dissolve into the mist of memory.

To healing,

~The Rebecca Review