Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

Written by Sharon Blackie

Narrated by Sharon Blackie

Unearths the stories of the little-known but powerful elder women in European myth and folklore, inspiring listeners to radically reimagine the last decades of their lives as the most dynamic of all

Western folklore and mythology are rife with brilliantly creative, fulfilled, feisty, and furious role models for aging women, despite our culture's focus on youthfulness. In her exciting new book, mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie explores these archetypes, presenting them in a way sure to appeal to contemporary women. Drawing inspiration from these examples, women can reclaim midlife as a liberating, alchemical moment rich with possibility and their elder years as a path to dynamic power.

After menopause, women can expect to live another forty to fifty years, making this stage of life longer than childbearing years. As Blackie describes it, midlife is the threshold to decades of opportunity and profound transformation, a time to learn, flourish, and claim the desires and identities that are often limited during earlier life stages. This is a time for gaining new perspectives, challenging and evolving our belief systems, exploring our calling, uncovering meaning, and ultimately finding healing for our accumulated wounds.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Sep 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765048528

Sharon Blackie

Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myth, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets - among them the Guardian, the Irish Times, the i and the Scotsman. Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise. Her awards include the Society of Author's Roger Deakin Award, and a Creative Scotland Writer's Award. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world. ww.sharonblackie.net

Reviews for Hagitude

[Sadie Norcross · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is in the same vein of all her other books. This time tackling the elder years. It's not just for older women to read though. It offers wisdom to any woman. We all grow older. We all some day die.

[kathryn newsham · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was so entertaining and informative, made me laugh, and kept me hooked.

[Artist Kim · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A necessary book for any woman who is growing older. Beautifully written and full of wisdom.

[Nancy Steinhausen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoy hearing the stories about elders and the shapes that women can become as we age. It piqued my curiosity and want to explore more about embracing my elderhood.