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    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Inspiration for Mature Women, Aging Gracefully, Divine Feminine, Gift for Women)
    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Inspiration for Mature Women, Aging Gracefully, Divine Feminine, Gift for Women)
    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Inspiration for Mature Women, Aging Gracefully, Divine Feminine, Gift for Women)
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    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Inspiration for Mature Women, Aging Gracefully, Divine Feminine, Gift for Women)

    By Jean Shinoda Bolen

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    Discover the Power of Crone Wisdom in this Wonderful Gift for Women

    “Skip the midlife crisis and embrace the joys of aging with this “lighthearted manual on how to become a juicy and wise old woman”. —Isabelle Allende, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

    #1 Bestseller in Adulthood & Aging and Mysticism

    In Crones Don't Whine, embrace the power of the crone years and unlock personal growth as you age gracefully. In other works like Goddesses in Everywoman and Goddesses in Older Women, bestselling author Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., inspired a generation of women to realize their potential and value. Hundreds of thousands of copies later, she still has a profound effect on the lives of women.

    Discover the transformative power of embracing your crone years. Celebrated by renowned figures like Isabel Allende, Gloria Steinem, and Alice Walker, acclaimed author Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. presents thirteen essential qualities to nurture personal growth during what could be your most empowering stage of life. Embrace the wisdom and vitality that await you and celebrate the divine feminine within.

    Forget about getting old and start embracing the beauty of aging gracefully. Through thirteen lighthearted yet thought-provoking essays and practical exercises, Dr. Bolen invites you to listen to your inner wisdom, reinvent yourself, and savor the goodness life has to offer. Join the ranks of wise women who have embraced their crone years and realized their true potential. Your journey towards personal growth and self-discovery begins here.

    Inside, you'll find:

    • Thirteen essential qualities to cultivate personal growth during your crone years
    • Thought-provoking essays and practical exercises
    • A lighthearted yet profound exploration of the transformative phase of a woman's life

    If you’re a fan of Dr. Bolen, or have liked books like Women Rowing North, Wild Mercy, or Goddesses Never Age, order a copy of Crones Don’t Whine!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMango Media
    Release dateSep 1, 2003
    ISBN9781609250126
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    Jean Shinoda Bolen

    Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don't Whine, Urgent Message from Mother, Like a Tree, and Moving Toward the Millionth Circle. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women and the International Transpersonal Association. She was a recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing's "Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award", and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was in three acclaimed documentaries: the Academy-Award winning anti-nuclear proliferation film Women—For America, For the World, the Canadian Film Board's Goddess Remembered, and FEMME: Women Healing the World. The Millionth Circle Initiative www.millionthcircle.org was inspired by her book and led to her advocacy for a UN 5th World Conference on Women. Her website is www.jeanbolen.com.

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    Crones Don't Whine - Jean Shinoda Bolen

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    Other books by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

    The Tao of Psychology

    Goddesses in Everywoman

    Gods in Everyman

    Ring of Power

    Crossing to Avalon

    Close to the Bone

    The Millionth Circle

    Goddesses in Older Women

    Copyright © 2003, 2021 Jean Shinoda Bolen.

    Published by Conari Press, a division of Mango Media Inc.

    Cover Design: Lisa Levart

    Layout & Design: Maxine Ressler

    Cover Photograph: Lush Photography

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    Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.

    ISBN: (print) 978-1-64250-473-6

    BISAC: OCC019000, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth

    Printed in the United States of America

    The third aspect of the ancient Triple Goddess

    was the Crone.

    The third phase of a woman’s life is after menopause.

    To aspire to be a crone

    is to want the psychological and spiritual growth

    that she symbolizes.

    The crone is an archetype

    an inner potential that we grow into

    becoming.

    CONTENTS

    1

    A New Perspective on the Crone Word

    2

    The Thirteen Qualities

    1.   Crones Don’t Whine

    2.   Crones Are Juicy

    3.   Crones Have Green Thumbs

    4.   Crones Trust What They Know in Their Bones

    5.   Crones Meditate in Their Fashion

    6.   Crones Are Fierce about What Matters to Them

    7.   Crones Choose the Path with Heart

    8.   Crones Speak the Truth with Compassion

    9.   Crones Listen to Their Bodies

    10.   Crones Improvise

    11.   Crones Don’t Grovel

    12.   Crones Laugh Together

    13.   Crones Savor the Good in Their Lives

    3

    Possibilities and Thoughts

    1.   Exceptional Men Can Be Crones

    2.   Crones Together Can Change the World

    3.   Musings

    Selected Bibliography

    1

    A New Perspective on the Crone Word

    A New Perspective on the Crone Word

    There is a medieval sound to the word crone and a mischievous note to the suggestion that a woman would aspire to be one. It’s not what any of us aspired to be in our youth, but that was when an older woman never told her true age, and before women came into their own as people in their own right or lived as long as we now do. We of the Women’s Movement generation or its subsequent beneficiaries continue to have opportunities that never existed for all the generations (as far back as the ancient Greeks) that preceded us. We have been reinventing ourselves at each stage of life. I am proposing that it is time to reclaim and redefine crone from the word pile of disparaging names to call older women, and to make becoming a crone a crowning inner achievement of the third phase of life.

    To be a crone is about inner development, not outer appearance. A crone is a woman who has wisdom, compassion, humor, courage, and vitality. She has a sense of truly being herself, can express what she knows and feels, and take action when need be. She does not avert her eyes or numb her mind from reality. She can see the flaws and imperfections in herself and others, but the light in which she sees is not harsh and judgmental. She has learned to trust herself to know what she knows.

    These crone qualities are not acquired overnight. One does not become a full-fledged crone automatically following menopause, any more than growing older and wiser go hand in hand. There are decades that follow meno­pause in which to grow psychologically and spiritually.

    Crones don’t whine is a fundamental characterization. It’s a basic rule that describes conduct unbecoming of a crone. Whining is an attitude that blocks spiritual and psychological development. Whining makes genuine communication impossible and extorts what then cannot be freely given. To catch oneself whining is an aha! moment. This insight can be the beginning of wisdom for a whiner who has the ability to

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