{"product_id":"how-to-be-an-elder","title":"How to Be an Elder","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#E5E5E5;padding:15px;\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“What makes an elder, a heartfelt spirit, a clear mind, a talented heart, one who is young while old and old while young, an activist for the Soul? Is it formulae, schemas, lexicons? It could be. But also, and often more so, I think it is very like the flowering of the trees in the forest, as we gather more years: we straggle and stride onward in our better learned ways to give out even more seeds for new life, and to blossom wildly in so doing for self and others … The old ones are yet traveling underground and overland toward us as we meet by the fireside one more time. \u003c\/em\u003eLa Vidente, the Seer. La Que Sabe, \u003cem\u003ethe Knowing Woman. \u003c\/em\u003eLa Levantadora, \u003cem\u003ethe Lifter of Curses—the Dangerous Old Woman in her many likenesses calls to you to ‘get down to business.’”\u003c\/em\u003e —Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Be an Elder\u003c\/em\u003e presents the culmination of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ masterwork, inviting us to “come into our own as wiser and wild souls” through six sessions of teachings, stories, poetry, and blessings. In this fifth and final volume of Dr. Estés’ landmark series, we will explore how it is that through the gathering of our years we become a beautiful refuge for ourselves, our Souls, and for those who come after us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003e“Did I mention, dear brave souls,” reminds Dr. Estés, “that you came with all the seedlings needed to do your work, to take your venerable places in life? Now is the just-right time, like Sleeping Beauty, to break the enchantment, to truly awaken and awaken others, as either a rookie Dangerous Old Woman, or a mid-career Dangerous Old Woman, or as Crone with Crown complete!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eJoin in the unfolding of the great gifts and vast new life you were meant to share, with \u003cem\u003eHow to Be an Elder.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/products\/spacer_02.png\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 1: \u003cem\u003eLas Recordadoras\u003c\/em\u003e, The Rememberers: The Wildest And Wisest Ones of All: They've Learned, That Is, Earned, Their Ways Through Life by Gathering their Years As Chapters in a Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAunt Edna on Becoming a Venerable \"Old Squinty Eye\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Time for All to Live and Let Live\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eIf You Were an Old Fairytale Crone, This Is What You Would Be About\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eMaps Through: Sacred Offerings Made More and More as One Gathers Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eSharing Wisdom with Others Who Ask: Measuring Intent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"La Arbol De La Vida: The Tree of Life: To Know What Lasts … Not What We Were Taught To Believe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Memoria, Stars Over the Forest\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eBlasting Falsehood: Regard and Respect Earned by Growth in Consciousness, and Actions, Not by Years Lived\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eTeaching Self and Others: Attitude Is the Essence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eList of \"Matters That Matter\" to Support Self and the Young Who Burgeon with Their Own Forms of Wisdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#E5E5E5;padding:15px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 2: \u003cem\u003eLa Vieja\u003c\/em\u003e, The Awakened Old One in Fairy Tales: Her Ways of Not Simply Knowing, But Her Actions That Follow the Soul's Path Faithfully\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAunt Edna on Dummies vs. Demons (Unconsciousness and Consciousness)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eShadow and Light: Daily Practices of \"Blessing-Consciousness\": What Is Blessing-Consciousness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\"The Gritty Forest Path\": The Truth About Opportunities in Age to See More Clearly, Act More Clearly, Love More Clearly, Set Limits More Clearly … For the First Time, or Again, or At Last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Health of the Loving Consort, Your Body; This Blessing-Consciousness Is up to You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Sleeping Beauty\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eDaily Practice of What Matters; This Blessing-Consciousness Is up to You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eCreative Life As Oxygen; This Blessing-Consciousness Is up to You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Aerial View: Relationships Based on Infinity Rather Than Mundane Circumstances Only. This Blessing-Consciousness Is up to You.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eStrong Life Force in Age: Becoming Comadres (In Spanish this Means, \"I Am Your Sister-Mother-Daughter-Friend … And You Are All These to Me Too).\" This Blessing-Consciousness Is up to Us All.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 3: \u003cem\u003eLa Vidente\u003c\/em\u003e, the Seer: The Old Woman as Seer of Other Realities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAunt Edna on \"Being Spooky\" As Only Old Women Can Be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eTree in Winter: First Frost, Last Frost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eHardening Off the Heartwood; Breaking the Heart Open\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003ePoem line, \"What Is Cold, Bursts, What Is Warmed, Blooms\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Rumpelstilskin\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eGranting the Map: Teaching the Young to Name Names, to See Under and Around and Through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Negative Complex of Narrowed Vision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"The Loathly Bride\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eDrawing Sovereignty Boundaries for and Against Others' Best Intentions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eWhat Is Honoring, What Is Not: How to Bless Self and Others, and Why\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#E5E5E5;padding:15px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 4: \u003cem\u003eLa Levantadora\u003c\/em\u003e, The Lifter of \u003cem\u003eMaldiciones\u003c\/em\u003e, Curses: Reconciling the Shadows Which Sometimes Have Fallen Over Every Soul's Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eOn Mal Ojo, Aunt Edna on the Evil Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eForms of Shadow, Bidden and Unbidden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eHow Does Shadow Turn into a Curse, Psychically?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"The Faithful Tree Seeds on the Trochimochi Wind\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Rapunzely: On the Lifting of Curses\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Victim As a Stage of Healing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eIntrojects: Removing the Poison Darts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003ePractice for Rewriting Life's Endings (And the Past, via Aerial View and Mythic Context)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Value of the Four Kinds of Forgiveness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eDifficult and Devastating Twists of Fate: Serious Callings Made Visible by No Other Means\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorycito: \"The Faithful Gardener\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 5: \u003cem\u003eLa Que Sabe\u003c\/em\u003e, The Knowing Woman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAunt Edna on Strength: The Seed Buried Underground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Tree, Even without Eyes, Can See Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Stolen Mother Moon,\" The Hidden Wholeness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eLa Luna; The Aeternal Beacon of Silver Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"The Fire Seed\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eTruths that Often Become Much More Apparent As One Gathers Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eNo One Is Allowed to Be Innocent Forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003ePart of the Great Cycle Is Sometimes to Be Lost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\"The Old Cherry Tree\": We Live Each Day in Hopes of Seeing the Beautiful World Anew … And One More Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Modern Rite of Passage Is the Same As the Ancient One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Old Man on the Train\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Acedia\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#E5E5E5;padding:15px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession 6: \u003cem\u003eLos Enamoratos\u003c\/em\u003e, Lifelong Love: The Troth for Life and Afterlife, I Shall Ever Walk with You in Love\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod_para\"\u003eSession highlights:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod_box_list\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAunt Edna and Nagymama Viktoriá on What Makes a Good Lover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Archetype of the Old Lover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Seaworthy Heartwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerezia's Talk on \"Perfect Love\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"Baucis and Philemon\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eOn Choosing Resilience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Ties of Life-Long Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"The Rebbe's Advice to the Heart of the Home\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eAn Odd and True Definition of \"Soul Mate\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I Belong to You, You Belong to Me: 10 Practices of Loving for Life.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003eThe Lifelong Love of Creatures, of Creator, of Nature, of Justicia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory: \"The Mountain of Old Lovers\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"prod_list_lireg\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The 185 Last Words\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sounds True","offers":[{"title":"Online Learning","offer_id":35715454501022,"sku":"WC02697N","price":39.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/1337\/3854\/products\/2116.jpg?v=1597564901","url":"https:\/\/soundstruemhs-com.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-be-an-elder","provider":"soundstruemhs.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}