Sugaring the Psyche: Crafting Sweet Narratives from Life’s Essence

We begin by identifying personal “Mother Trees”— key stories, myths, or figures that have influenced our growth and understanding of the world. Next we tap into a story stream and experience the calling forth of sap in a story by focusing on title, opening, characters, symbols, and archetypes. We use the alchemical process of “sugaring” as a metaphor for extracting and sharing the wisdom gained into fairy tale translations that can support and inspire others. Rendering insight into action, we then explore why we need fairy tales now more than ever before, as we learn how to let a fairy story have its way with us.