Quotes
22-02-21
Clarissa Pinkola Estes: Do you have forgiven?
How does one know if she has forgiven?
You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage.
You tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him.
You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born January 27, 1945) is an American Jungian analyst, post-trauma specialist, author and spoken word artist who was raised in now nearly vanished oral and ethnic traditions.
Her doctorate, from the Union Institute & University [1981], is in ethno-clinical psychology on the study of social and psychological patterns in cultural and tribal groups.
As a post-trauma specialist, Estés began her work in the 1960s at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois. She also ministers in the fields of childbearing loss, surviving families of murder victims, as well as critical incident work.
Estés, is the recipient of numerous awards for her life's work, including the first Joseph Campbell Keeper of the Lore Award for her work as La cantadora and for her books and many spoken word series; the Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis; and Catholic Press Association award for her writing.
