Women Who Run With the Wolves

Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.

A book club pick for Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf.

Within every woman lives a powerful force—one filled with instinct, creativity, and ancient wisdom. This force is the Wild Woman, the embodiment of a woman’s instinctual nature. Yet in the modern world, she has become endangered. Though every woman is born with this wild, intuitive spirit, society often pressures women into rigid roles that silence the deep, life-giving voice of their own souls.

In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés explores a rich collection of intercultural myths, fairy tales, and folk stories—many drawn from her own traditions—to help women reconnect with their instinctive and creative selves. Through these stories and her thoughtful interpretations, readers are invited to rediscover the Wild Woman within: the fierce, wise, and visionary spirit that has always existed inside them.

This remarkable work offers a powerful new language for understanding the female psyche—one rooted in intuition, storytelling, and the wisdom of the soul.