21: Dr Vanya Leilani - Creative Transgression

Follow us www.instagram.com/creativemagicpodcast Access extended episodes and bonus content for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceVanya Leilani is a depth psychologist, writer, teacher and storyteller.Her first book, The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression is out this week from Womancraft Publishing. She has spent decades exploring the threshold where the external “shoulds” in our lives Vanya holds a PhD in Depth Psychology with emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies.n She has also completed a certificate training intensive with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes and has served as an adjunct professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute teaching on the creative power of archetypes.  Vanya was born and raised in southeastern Brazil and currently lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, where she tends to the land and many animals. Instagram.com/drvanyaleilaniwww.drvanyaleilani.comWe talked about:Her first book – The Flesh and the FruitCreative transgression – why disobedience is vitalBelonging to ourselvesHer upbringing in a fundamentalist Christian communitySpiritual crisisArchetypal psychology In the extended episode we discussed:Her curseHow our unconscious often helps us to stay invisibleDrumming and midlife women ResourcesHer first book – The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative TransgressionWomen who Run with the WolvesCare of the SoulClarissa Pinkola EstesThomas MooreHer podcast – Belonging to the Wild  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.