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From an older interview with Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves.
Estés added, "I think that it is all right if people want to control their weight, as long as they don't make themselves sick about it. But I also think that there is something to be said for not causing a woman to spend a huge amount of her entire life preparing food, shopping for food, fixing food, and eating food in order to maintain a weight that's less than her body would like to be.
"Robbing women's creative life from them - to set them after a foolish task - that happens in fairy tales and in mythology a lot. It shows the separation of the person form their own soul life. The person is set upon a foolish task, and finally in the midst of their life they wake up and say, 'Oh, my, this is a foolish task.'" Estés laughed.
"I can't even imagine that we were put on the face of this Earth in order to be thin. I think most of us are here on a mission different from a job or a career. I think we're here to do helping and healing and discovery and creation.
"I think the idea of body size is a diversion and a distraction from the real work. The process of being here is the most important, and we must honor that with respect and love."
Okay, one comment. Women Who Run With the Wolves is an incredible book. Dr. Estés is incredible.
Estés added, "I think that it is all right if people want to control their weight, as long as they don't make themselves sick about it. But I also think that there is something to be said for not causing a woman to spend a huge amount of her entire life preparing food, shopping for food, fixing food, and eating food in order to maintain a weight that's less than her body would like to be.
"Robbing women's creative life from them - to set them after a foolish task - that happens in fairy tales and in mythology a lot. It shows the separation of the person form their own soul life. The person is set upon a foolish task, and finally in the midst of their life they wake up and say, 'Oh, my, this is a foolish task.'" Estés laughed.
"I can't even imagine that we were put on the face of this Earth in order to be thin. I think most of us are here on a mission different from a job or a career. I think we're here to do helping and healing and discovery and creation.
"I think the idea of body size is a diversion and a distraction from the real work. The process of being here is the most important, and we must honor that with respect and love."
Okay, one comment. Women Who Run With the Wolves is an incredible book. Dr. Estés is incredible.