Follow the call to be(come) an Untamed Woman
Even when your not living a wild life
hi, I am Irene and I write about what it means to live according to your visions and desires. I share stories on my travels, ideas and revelations and what it means to do things a bit different…
The last months I have not been publishing here. I also stopped being on Instagram and minimised my time on other social media. It was a calling that I followed. And looking back now I can see that I needed to hear the calling of the wise woman inside me. She was rearing her voice. In the last weeks she turned the ideas I had around my purpose in life upside down and when I thought I was settled to go for it, she suddenly leads me on a pelgrimage to England and France…
Are you crazy?
That’s what I thought…, because this summer wasn’t about travelling for me. I wanted to stay in Greece and not get out of my newly built bubble in my lovely new apartment. But when a good friend asked me to come to England to help her out, it all made sense. It completely connected to the calling of the Wise, Wild and Untamed woman inside of me.
It was clear that I needed to go to Avalon…
Why Avalon?
A couple of weeks ago I started writing my third novel (the last one of the Sara-trilogy). After editing the manuscript of the second book, I didn’t want to stop writing. These books seem to write themselves.
So when I felt the first words coming to me, I decided to see where the writing would lead me. And suddenly my main character and her partner are on a pelgrimage from France to Avalon.
One of the most interesting parts of the book is the fact that the two women travel without money. They want to experience the generosity of the people they meet and want to experience how much love and kindness there is in the world.
It is becoming such a beautiful and lovely story, with a lot of knowledge shared by all the people the two women meet. It is not only a story about the pelgrimage, it is also a story about what it means to be a woman, on having your period, living with your cycle, going through menopause and on following what feels right.
And while I was telling myself I would do the research ‘one day’, I didn’t realise this would be tomorrow ;-).
Intuitive Writing
As a writer I find it extremely interesting to let Sara’s stories flow through me. I never know what will happen when I start writing. I don’t have a plot in mind, I don’t force ideas into the story, I just let it flow. Every day is a surprise.
That is why these stories are so fun to write. But it seems that almost everything I write, becomes a reality. Which is one of the reasons book number 2 took a while to be finished, because the first drafts didn’t feel right. They were too dark, so I changed the course of the story and am way happier with it now.
And while I was writing the book, another subject that I couldn’t ignore came into my life…
Being an Untamed Woman
This summer the theme of being an untamed woman came to me regularly. It started when Erika, a friend I met on Corfu, and I had been talking about organising a retreat together. We were looking for a name and Erika wanted to use the term Untamed. The first thing I thought was, no way, how can I take people on a journey to become an untamed woman, when I am not there yet?
But Erika reminded me of the fact that I am already way more untamed than I think. She reminded me that I have released myself from the idea of how we should live life and that I step out of the system with every step I take. For her this is part of being untamed. When I started to think about it, for me being untamed is following the call of my inner wise woman. A voice that I have ignored often, because I was afraid to disappoint others by doing so.
But with every step I take, with every invitation I get, I trust that I will be guided in the right way. Even when I feel guilty when I choose what feels best for me. And I know that I will make mistakes, but I do believe that this is what we are allowed to do… Make mistakes, make a mess, that is part of being untamed as well (and which is definitely not my best trait of character).
So I changed the name of this publication (again)…
To remind myself (and you) that we all are Untamed Women, but that we sometimes need to be reminded that we are… (and for the men reading this, you are free to unsubscribe, or to stay, if you want to learn more about the wildness of your partner, sister, mother or best friend).
It is my aim to share more about my pelgrimage to Avalon during my trip and it would be great if you join me by reading these blogs.
This journey is not just a journey for myself, it is part of a larger goal for humanity and especially women who are yearning to be untamed and want to share their inner wisdom.
I am forever grateful if you want to support this journey by becoming a paid subscriber. Together we can make the world a better place, by sharing our visions and ideas for a healthy and loving future for humanity and the earth we live on.
Sometimes the fear of doing it, is bigger than the act itself.