Episode 26- Recovering the Lost Stories: Why Myth Matters After High-Demand Systems
In this episode, we explore one of the most important—and misunderstood—stories in the feminine archive: Bluebeard.
This tale isn’t about morbid curiosity or a woman “disobeying.” It’s about awakening. About reclaiming the instinct to know what you know. About refusing to live in a house of secrets and silence. Bluebeard is the archetype of any system—religious, cultural, or relational—that says: “Don’t look. Don’t question. Don’t open that door.” But when a woman opens the hidden room, she isn’t betraying anyone. She’s returning to herself.
We talk about: Why the “forbidden room” is always the room of truth
How high-demand systems cultivate fear of inner knowing
Why awakening is never passive—it requires seeing what’s actually there
What this story shows us about feminine intelligence, boundaries, and freedom
This is a must-listen if you were taught that obedience is safety, that questioning is dangerous, or that following your intuition makes you ungrateful or rebellious.
Bluebeard is the patron saint of every woman who has ever whispered, “Something feels wrong,” and then opened the door anyway.
If leaving a high-demand system has left your nervous system on constant alert—or if waking up to your own truth feels both empowering and terrifying—these simple art exercises will help. They’re gentle, grounding, and made for moments when your body says “this is too much.”
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References:
Zipes, Jack. The Origins of Fairy Tales: From the Middle Ages to the Present. Princeton University Press, 2012
Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion. Routledge, 1983
Zipes, Jack. The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood. Routledge, 1993
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (New York: Ballantine Books, 1992)
