Myths & The Creative Life

Unlock your creative potential and strengthen your connection to your true self.

A workshop for women seeking to reconnect with their creative power, explore the wisdom of timeless myths, and gain insights into the symbolism and themes that can support their personal growth and transformation.

Myths and The Creative Life workshop explore 3 timeless stories that, when woven together, unleash our creative potential as women. These stories remind us of who we truly are, reveal our deepest dreams, and dismantle what is holding us back from stepping into a space where we can fully claim ourselves.

Join this workshop for an enlightening journey into the heart of your creative life and unleash the creative force within you through powerful storytelling.

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Words from Those Who’ve Experienced the Journey

"The Myths and The Creative Life workshop last Friday was so powerful! It inspired me and gave me a boost of energy: today, after many months, I went back to writing my novel. Thank you! You're a healer!"

Juliana Moreira

Embracing the Fullness of Your Creative Life

Women are soulful and creative beings, but sometimes something holds us back, preventing us from feeling the courage and ability to claim our creative Self.

The stories in this workshop will remind a woman of her power, her ability to create, and the immense gifts she can offer to others and herself. It will awaken and unleash her Creative Life which nourishes a woman on all levels: emotional, soulful, mental, and economic.

The Creative Life is not only about a specific work in the world, but it’s about a deep understanding that everything stemming from our hearts and flowing from our hands is part of our creative self: cooking, painting, tending to a home, caring for and raising children, studying, nurturing a marriage, gardening, writing, weaving, developing a business and so forth…

The Creative Life

"Gifted women, even as they reclaim their creative lives, even as beautiful things flow from their hands, from their pens, from their bodies, still question whether they are writers, painters, artists, people, real ones. And of course they are real ones even though they might like to bedevil themselves with what constitutes “real.” A farmer is a real farmer when she looks out over the land and plans the spring crops. A runner is real when she takes the first step, a flower is real when it is yet in its mother stem, a tree is real when it is still a seed in the pine cone. An old tree is a real living being. Real is what has life."

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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During the workshop, you will experience the storytelling of the Central American folktale of La Llorona, the Greek myth of The Three Gold Hairs, and the Celtic tale of Fox Woman, followed by a broader discussion and symbolic interpretation that empowers and guides women to reconnect with their Creative Life. There will be time for conversation, questions and small exercises.

A few of the themes we will work with:

Sovereignty of the Soul
Balance between the archetypal feminine and masculine within
Protecting our Creative Life
Equilibrium between cycles of action and cycles of rest
How to nourish our vital self
Symbols: Pelt, Home, River, Children, Death, Hairs, Forest

and more...

Join us to question and reflect: What can you do today to nourish your creative self? What is blocking you from claiming your creative work? How can you balance times of creation and times of incubation?

Workshop Content

A woman's creativity is her greatest treasure, as it enriches her on multiple levels: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and economically. It continuously flows with limitless possibilities, serving as a source of renewal and vitality, fulfilling our yearning for a profound and untamed existence.

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What Will You Gain

• Practical exercises to awaken your creative self

• Reflective exercises to begin your creative work

• A deeper connection to your Creative Life

• Understanding of symbols and motifs within myths

• Tools to clear blocks preventing creative expression

• Insights on embracing and nurturing your Creative Self

• Healing and activation of your feminine creative force

• A supportive community of women to share, connect, and empower each other

About Your Facilitator

Maria Souza

Maria Souza is a Writer, Mythologist and Educator. Maria is the author of the mythopoetic book Wild Daughters and is a member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation Myth Maker Network. She is the host of the podcast Women and Mythology in which she shares and interprets myths and fairy tales. Maria has been delivering programs on mythology since 2016.

Words from Those Who’ve Experienced the Journey

"Thank you so so much, Maria! It was such an amazing workshop. I needed this inspiration so badly. You are very eloquent and structured and it helped me to see where my energy is going up and down. With that being said I finally decided to make a little announcement on my page which I was afraid to do for so many years. Thank you so much, I’m very happy I ‘met’ you on my way to my creative life.

Yesterday, I finally realized that when I don’t bring my creative ideas to life, I become like La Llorona—lost and sorrowful. But I don’t want to be her; I want to be the brave, fearless Fox Woman. This realization filled me with so much internal power and courage that, after the workshop, I put my fears into a box and opened another one where I had stored The Pelt. I’ve always wanted to share what I’ve been learning and reading, and the tools that help me get through tough days. But I’ve been too shy and fearful. However, yesterday, looking at you and listening to the stories you shared with us, I realized it’s now or never."

Kristina Shan

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INCLUDES

2 Hours Workshop Recording
Workbook with a summary of the seminar, stories, exercises, and bibliography
Workshop PDF Presentation
Certificate of Participation