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Mothering as Hero’s Journey with Nicole Chaison

July 15, 2009 by ssradmin

Nicole Chaison is author of The Passion of the Hausfrau about the experience of motherhood as a form of the mythic hero’s journey. She speaks about the courage it took to write honestly about her experiences as a mother and her struggles with both shame and loyalty in deciding to go public with her stories.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, hero's journey, Hidden Emotions, motherhood, mothering, mothers, myth, Parenting, personal narrative, raising children, Shame, vulnerability

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