Marion Woodman

Generations of readers have found sustenance in Marion Woodman’s books, such as Addiction to Perfection and Leaving My Father’s House.

This was the book that hit so many women with such power almost a decade ago, and which brought Marion Woodman’s analytical skills to public acclaim. It is, quite simply, a powerful and authoritative look at the psychology of modern women, examining dreams, mythology, food rituals, body imagery, sexuality and creativity.

Marion Woodman is a Canadian “living treasure,” a Jungian analyst and writer from Toronto whose books such as Addiction to Perfection and Leaving My Father’s House have been deeply helpful to many women—and men.

The natural movement of the human psyche toward wholeness and balance is known in Jungian psychology as the process of individuation. Here, the author of Addiction to Perfection and other books shows how this process is happening in the lives of three modern women.

This book is about the struggle to become conscious. It is about overcoming addictions—to food, drugs, work, etc. It is about the wisdom of the body, initiation rituals, dreams. It is about relationship and the search for personal identity. It is a celebration of the feminine, both in men and in women.