From Black Dog to Grey Wolf (S21E2)
The response to last week's episode about fairy tales and voice notes has been extraordinary - so many of you shared your own stories with me, and I wanted to spend this episode reflecting on what came through, and inviting you a little deeper into mine.
There are three threads running through today's conversation:
- I share the fuller story behind my own fairy tale - Little Red Riding Hood - including a sculpture that changed how I related to a part of myself I used to call anger, and how that part has since transformed from a black dog into a grey wolf who watches over me from the hillside.
- I reflect on some of the fairy tales you shared with me - Rapunzel, The Happy Prince, Parsifal, the Magic Porridge Pot and more - and what might be sitting underneath each one.
- And I share a little about the Weekend of No-Requirements, the retreat I'm running with Adam Lind this October - a space where nothing is required of you at all.
Henny x
Resources & Ways of Connecting
- Discover the Weekend of No-Requirements... with Adam Lind, 16-19 October
- On animal parts work... if this resonates, Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse and Richard Schwartz's Internal Family Systems (IFS) are both beautiful places to go deeper
- Explore Paul Smith's sculptures
- Missed the fairy tale question... listen to last week's episode S21E1
- Share the Animal Parts who show up for you... by email, on YouTube, or through the contact form
