Ep 192 Interview Sessions with Maureen Murdock PhD | The Heroine's Journey

On episode 192 I am joined by Maureen Murdock, PhD. Maureen is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of Unreliable Truth, The Heroine’s Journey Workbook; Fathers’ Daughters; Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children and is the editor of an anthology of memoirs written by her writing students entitled Monday Morning Memoirs: Women in the Second Half of Life. Murdock’s research on myth and memoir culminated in her book, Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory. She teaches memoir writing in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program as well as privately in Santa Barbara, California. Murdock was Chair and core faculty member of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and is adjunct faculty in depth psychology at Sonoma State University. She has been a guest lecturer at The C.G. Jung Institute, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, University of British Columbia, The Naropa Institute, The Omega Institute, The Oasis Center, University of Creation Spirituality, University of Massachusetts, and others. She has been an educational consultant for a number of school districts and she co-created a program in human development for students in the Los Angeles City Schools to deal with conflict resolution and diversity issues after the uprisings in the early 1990s.  In this episode you will hear: 03:30 30 years of The Heroines Journey 06:00 The Heroes Journey left something missing for women 09:30 A back injury and the separation from the feminine 12:30 why she might disconnect from the feminine 13:30 all the responsibility, no respect 16:45 thank you Disney! You can be evil or dead! 19:00 rejecting the feminine and all those who show it 24:00 ascending to the Goddess 25:30 the universe is partnering with the woman along the journey 27:30 coming face to face with the Goddess 28:30 not rising to the light too soon 31:00 the essence of the feminine 33:00 healing the wounded masculine 36:00 integrating the masculine and feminine 39:30 Mother - relationship to matter 42:00 Memoirists are contemporary myth makers 44:30 what is home and where do I belong? I hope this interview inspires your heroine’s journey. Please do subscribe, leave a little review, and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Reminder! For more information on our Good Fathers programme please visit www.abty.co.uk/good-fathers Connect with Maureen Websites: https://maureenmurdock.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maureenmurdockauthor/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/murdockmaureen/ Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Visit: www.elevateom.com  Please email your questions and comments to [email protected]