Courses & Events
Live events & teaching programs
Below, you’ll find information on any current live events, as well as online lectures and teaching programs.
Please visit the self-study page for on-demand courses and workshop recordings.
ONLINE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE
finding ourselves in fairy tales: a narrative psychological approach
This program will run again in spring 2025
This 8-month graduate certificate program (which offers Continuing Education Credits) offers an archetypal approach to understanding and working with fairy tales. We’ll be guided by ideas and practices from the field of narrative psychology, and we’ll excavate fairy tales to interrogate our self-narratives, identify problem-saturated stories and then learn to rewrite them so that we can more fully participate in the process of our own becoming. We’ll use the Fairy-tale Heroine’s Journey as a framework for exploring the archetypal feminine in fairy tales and the ways in which these stories can illuminate the process of individuation.
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Join me at ‘The Art of Enchantment’, my publication and community on Substack: a gathering place to explore the wisdom of myth and fairy tales, and the ways they can help us find ourselves. You’ll have access to exclusive articles from a depth psychology perspective, live monthly Fairy Tale Salons, podcasts, chat and much more. For all those looking to unlock the magic of the everyday.
Become a member of The Hearth for live online retreats with me, to deepen your work with story and the mythic imagination.
Forthcoming book readings and lectures
September 19, 1.45pm, Instagram Live on Wise Women with Borzoi Books @borzoibookshop
October 4, 2–3pm, West Sussex Libraries (online) as part of their Positive Ageing Month. Free; register here.
October 5, Exhale Festival (online): ‘Wise Women: Reimagining the second half of life’. Book here.
October 7, 5–6pm, ‘Hags and Wise Women: An Analysis of Older Women in European Fairy Tales’. Online lecture, Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-tale Studies, University of Cambridge. Book here.
October 13, 2.30pm, Ilkley Literature Festival. Book here. SOLD OUT
October 15, 8pm, Dartington Trust, Totnes: ‘Wise Women: In conversation with Sharon Blackie’; book here. SOLD OUT
October 16, 7-8.30pm, 5×15 Bristol: ‘Wise Women: the menopause and beyond’. In conversation with Kate Muir. Book here. SOLD OUT
October 21, 7.30pm, Topping & Co, Edinburgh: ‘Wise Women’. Book here
October 22, 7.30pm, Topping & Co, St Andrews: ‘Wise Women’. Book here
November 6, 7pm, Bookends, Carlisle. Booking info here.
November 8, 6pm, Bookshop by the Sea, Aberystwyth: ‘Wise Women’. Online event.
November 23, 10am-4pm, Alternatives London: workshop on ‘Wise Women’. Book here
November 27, 6.30pm, Collected Books, Durham. Book here.
2025 EVENTS
January 11, 11.00–13.00 Eastern time. Lecture: ‘The Post-Heroic Journey’. Jung Association of Western Massachusetts. Book here.
February 22, 15.30 – 17.30. Cambridge Jung Circle (online). ‘Hags and Wise Women: an archetypal analysis of older women in European myth and fairy tales’.
May 10, 10.30–12.00 Central time. Lecture: ‘Hagitude: an archetypal analysis of older women in European myth and folklore’. Minnesota Jung Association. Online. Book here.
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