Motherhood, Lisa Marchiano
Motherhood, Lisa Marchiano
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Motherhood
Facing and Finding Yourself

Author: Lisa Marchiano

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

Motherhood is the true hero's journey—which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano, this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery.

In Motherhood, Marchiano draws from a deep well of Jungian analysis and symbolic research to present a collection of fairytales, myths, and fables that evoke the spiritual arc of raising a child from infancy through adulthood.

Divided into three major segments similar to the stages of a hero's initiatory journey, (Descent, Sojourn, and Return), Motherhood charts how events like pregnancy, the calamities of childhood, and the empty-nest experience are all parts of an odyssey to which every mother receives an invitation. Here Marchiano emphasizes that when you take up that invitation, it will lead to an adventure into the wild frontier of your own soul. And once you return from this inner journey, you'll possess the treasured knowledge need to clarify your values, embrace your disowned parts, and claim the mantle of motherhood in the full bloom of your empowerment.

About Lisa Marchiano

Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, certified Jungian analyst, and a nationally certified psychoanalyst. She cohosts This Jungian Life, a podcast devoted to exploring current topics through the lens of depth psychology. She lives in Philadelphia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ritu

Loving it! A guide for all women. I am partway through this book. And I felt like I needed to stop and give it a review. I LOVE Lisa Marchiano's podcast This Jungian Life, which she cohosts with two other Jungian analysts (therapists in the tradition of Carl Jung). I bought this book even though I a......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

A beautiful, thought-provoking and generous book. A generous book because Lisa shares so much from her personal experiences and her clients, that it is impossible to feel alone on the journey of facing and finding yourself. Motherhood is full of timeless stories and myths which gives you a connection......more

Words do no justice to how incredible this book by Lisa Marchiano is. I'm a first time mother and it was through my personal healing journey that I stumbled upon the support of archetypes and myths to help me make sense of the postpartum fog. Just when I wanted to dive deeper, Lisa's book came out.......more

Goodreads review by Narcisa

O carte despre maternitate și înfruntarea acesteia. Autoarea folosește simboluri din basme și personaje mistice pentru a desemna tipologii de mame care se confruntă cu aspectele mai puțin plăcute ale maternității. Mi-a plăcut mult capitolul despre sentimente negative asupra propriului copil. Este pr......more