For our eighteenth podcast, listen to Gen-Y writer Gloria Min Synn read and discuss her powerful piece, "Wild," in conversation with Intuitive Writing Project founder, Elizabeth Perlman.
Beginning with a conversation on the pressure we feel, as women, to be "good," we then dive deep into "the heroine's journey," the universal quest to break free, to heal "the mother wound" and reclaim our true, authentic nature—as the embodiment of the earth and Mother Nature. In Gloria's words, "It's not about having to become something or change something... It's a homecoming."
If you've ever wondered how to find you way back to your own wildness, you can read Gloria's wise words on our blog, The Intuitive Voice, at https://intuitivevoice.org/2024/02/11/wild/. We're also including the writing and writing prompts that inspired Gloria's writing, in case you'd like to explore your own creative process.
For those who want to jump right to the reading of Gloria's poem, start at minute 14:13.
And for those who are interested in exploring the books we talked about and recommend, they are:
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Discovering the Inner Mother: Healing the Mother Wound by Bethany Webster
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer
Meditation Secrets for Women by Camile Maurine
Last but not least, here is the writing from our women's class that inspired Gloria's writing, including the prompts we offered to get everyone started. (Feel free to use any of these prompts yourself or just write stream-of-consciousness in response to whatever comes up for you.) With deep thanks to @TaraIsisGerris of @WildWomanSisterhoodOfficial for posting these beautiful words:
There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders and whispers, “It’s time. You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start grower wilder. There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and hindsight and you will let go. It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and scheduling and conformity and start experiencing the joy that a life can bring—free from containment and guilt.”
She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you that you’ve done your bit. You’ve given too much, cared too much, suffered too much. You’ve bought the book and worn the t-shirt. Worse, you’ve worn the chains and carried the weight of a burden far too heavy for your shoulders.
“It’s time,” she will say. “Let it go. Really let it go and feel the freedom of fresh, clean spaces within you. Fill them with discovery, love and laughter. Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day with the excitement of a child.”
She will remind you that if you choose to stop caring what other people think of you instead of caring what you think of you, that you will experience a new era of your life you never dreamed possible. “It’s time,” she will say, “to write the new beginning of your own story.”
To learn more about The Intuitive Writing Project, visit us at: https://www.intuitivewritingproject.org/
Thank you for your time and presence, supporting female-identifying voices!
Music: Forest Lullaby was composed by “Lesfm” (the artist Oleksii Kaplunskyi) for Pixabay.com.
