Powerful Quotes from Women Who Run with Wolves

1. The wild woman is a woman who is in touch with her own instincts and emotions, and trusts them to guide her.

2. To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in the natural state of being.

3. The wild woman is not a myth; she is a reality. She is both the lover and the fighter, the nurturer and the warrior.

4. We are all wolves at heart, longing for the freedom to run wild and live authentically.

5. Embrace your wildness, for it is the source of your deepest strength and wisdom.

6. Society may try to tame you, but never forget that you are a wild woman, untamed and free.

7. Listen to the whispers of your soul, for they will lead you back to your wild, untamed self.

8. In the wild woman’s heart, there is a fierce and unyielding love that cannot be broken.

9. Do not be afraid of your own wildness; it is a source of power and healing.

10. The wild woman is a force of nature, unstoppable and untamed.

11. Be like the wolf, fierce and loyal, unafraid to roam the wilds of your own soul.

12. Embrace your wildness, for it is the truest expression of who you are.

13. The wild woman knows that she is a part of nature, not separate from it.

14. In the presence of a wild woman, the world comes alive with color and vibrancy.

15. You are not a tame creature; you are a wild woman, born to roam and explore.

16. The wild woman is a creature of passion and instinct, unafraid to follow her own path.

17. To be wild is to be free, unbound by the constraints of society or convention.

18. Embrace the wildness within you, for it is the source of your true power and beauty.

1. The body knows things the mind does not.

2. Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing, painting, prayer making, singing, drumming, active imagination, or any activity which requires an intense altered consciousness. A woman arrives at this deep place through yearning and by seeking something she can see just out of the corner of her eye.

3. It is worse to stay where one does not belong at all than to wander about lost for a while and looking for the psychic and soulful kinship one requires.

4. And we all need stories – stories that give us hope, that give us courage, that give us the power to do.

5. The instinctual life, the life one is born to, is fundamental. If one respects it and follows its promptings, it will give the greatest pleasures, bring one into one’s most meaningful, original, authentic life, give one freedom, place them in the front line, allow them to participate in the work of the world.

6. She is strong but not rude,
She is kind but not weak,
She is bold but not loud,
She is fierce but not violent.

7. It is within the animals that the secrets lie.

8. Be brave. As brave as the women who came before you.

9. The doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.

10. Kindness heals what is hardened, understanding softens what is rigid.

11. You are who you are for a reason. You’re part of an ancient tribe and you’ve forgotten. Remember what usually lies buried.

12. In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

13. The wild nature within even the tamest woman will not be taunted, abused, or maimed. She will not be forbidden, she will not be silenced.

14. When a woman logs on to the instinctual nature, she is tapping into the profoundly sacred.

15. The aspects of the wild woman cannot be ordered around, forced into boxes or trivialized. They will not be alluded to in quick sound bites. And they won’t go into 140-character tweets.

16. The important thing is twice born, the growing of a new soul, the breaking open by the paws of a bear that are sole, the breakthrough, the shedding, the fertilization of new seeds.

17. If you’ve forgotten the dance of the wild, go back to the forest and be led by the animals and the trees. If you’ve forgotten the song of the wild, return to the mountains and be serenaded by the wind and the rivers. If you’ve forgotten the language of the wild, let the land speak its secrets to your bones and your blood.

18. Even if you are the lone wolf, you are never alone. The wild sisterhood is always with you.

1. Within every woman there is a wild and untamed spirit, ready to run with the wolves.

2. Embrace your inner wild woman and let her guide you to greatness.

3. The strength of a woman lies in her ability to harness the power of her instincts.

4. May we all be brave enough to unleash our wild side and run with the wolves.

5. A woman who runs with wolves is a force to be reckoned with.

6. Listen to the whispers of your soul, for it knows the way of the wolf.

7. In a world that tries to tame us, let us be wild and free like the wolves.

8. The power of a woman can move mountains, just like a pack of wolves running together.

9. Never underestimate the strength and resilience of a woman who runs with wolves.

10. The true essence of a woman can be found in the untamed wilderness of her soul.

11. To be a wolf is to embrace your primal instincts and trust in your own power.

12. Let your inner wolf howl with the freedom and fearlessness of a warrior.

13. She is a force of nature, a woman who runs with wolves.

14. In the heart of every woman beats the spirit of the wolf, wild and fierce.

15. A woman who runs with wolves is a woman who knows her true power.

16. To run with the wolves is to embrace the wildness and strength of your spirit.

17. Trust in the wisdom and intuition of the wolf within you, for it will guide you on the right path.

18. May we all have the courage to run with the wolves and discover the depths of our own power.

1. You have to understand that the wolf is not the problem. The problem is the way we have been taught to view the wolf. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

2. The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, it is a door, if you have an old, old story, it is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

3. The psyche is self-regulatory, and in large part, will heal itself if the environment is right. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

4. The way to maintain one’s connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

5. When women reassert their relationship with the wildish nature, they are gifted with a permanent and internal watcher, a knower, a visionary, an oracle, an inspiratrice, an intuitive, a maker, a creator, an inventor, and a listener who guide, suggest, and urge vibrant life in the inner and outer worlds. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

6. To learn to exclaim, to lick, to love in a thousand ways, to laugh and to pat somebody on the back, to make this servitude, which we know so dreadfully well, loved by another situation, is a necessity in our lives to be bearable and sweet. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

7. The more we honour the inner self, the more we honour the world. In every case, women already know the path. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

8. Too often the female spirit is defined by ambition or the projection of male attributes onto our personality—desires such as aggression being equated with personal power; assertiveness being seen as combative or non-feminine; the warrior-like callings being associated only with males who need struggle. These all have become part of the modern story of women out of balance, or out of her own agenda… It’s been easy to point the finger at embryonic qualities that could have served more healthfully but were twisted into artificial expressions of power or wimpiness or worry or shunning the deep feminine altogether. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

9. The wild soul world is a place filled with dappled light and leaping flame and thickets. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

10. The way we imagine the world, the way we describe it to ourselves, the stories we tell the world all are forms of consent to historical and current conditions. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

11. To remain healthy we must ever be renovating a picture of what we intend to be. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

12. One of the most valuable lessons I learned from ‘Women Who Run With The Wolves’ is the importance of being in tune with our instincts and intuition. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

13. We were never meant to stay in one place, to stagnate, to be tamed. We were always meant to run with the wolves, to be wild and free. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

14. The wildness within us is not to be feared, but embraced. It is what makes us strong, powerful, and unapologetically ourselves. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

15. Women who run with wolves are not afraid to be themselves, to speak their truth, and to embrace their wild and untamed nature. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

16. In a world that often seeks to tame and control us, it is essential that we remember our wild, untamed nature. We were born to run with the wolves, not to be kept in cages. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

17. The call of the wild is strong within every woman. It is the voice of our ancestors, urging us to reclaim our power, our strength, and our connection to the earth. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés

18. To be a woman who runs with wolves is to be free, fierce, and fearless. It is to reclaim our wildness and embrace the fullness of who we are meant to be. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés