Storyteller, Author, Librarianhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3mibzyiswd22jWoven: Telling the Heroine’s Journey https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-de3?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web30 Mar 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibzyiswd22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lsc5vspyus2zThe Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey Today! My second podcast on the Fairy Tale Heroine's journey on Substack. I'm excited to share the role of the stepsister, those archetypal characters, in the feminine quest with a Slavic folk tale and my true story. Listen or read: https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-1ec?r=38cri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false23 Jun 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsc5vspyus2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lhttg46ass24The timeless evil stepsisters have a purpose in our lives. Find out in this episode of the Fairy Tale Heroine's Journey!! What's your stepsister story? Read mine here: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-b2510 Feb 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhttg46ass24https://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lhttg46ass24The timeless evil stepsisters have a purpose in our lives. Find out in this episode of the Fairy Tale Heroine's Journey!! What's your stepsister story? Read mine here: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-b2510 Feb 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhttg46ass24https://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lhaiilr5ts2iThis weekend the Elon Musk/DODGE invasion of the US Treasury requires real, on-the-ground action. Trump and Musk systematically and forcibly removed those who would resist until they found those willing to give them access to the payment system of the US government. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/03 Feb 2025 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhaiilr5ts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lhaiilr5ts2iThis weekend the Elon Musk/DODGE invasion of the US Treasury requires real, on-the-ground action. Trump and Musk systematically and forcibly removed those who would resist until they found those willing to give them access to the payment system of the US government. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/03 Feb 2025 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhaiilr5ts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lg6uw7bcj22yWomen are the wild card! Today, a solemn day of remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and an historic day of the presidential inauguration dominated by tech billionaires, woman are the wild card. Read of the historic power of women in ages past: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-72120 Jan 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6uw7bcj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lg6uw7bcj22yWomen are the wild card! Today, a solemn day of remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and an historic day of the presidential inauguration dominated by tech billionaires, woman are the wild card. Read of the historic power of women in ages past: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-72120 Jan 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6uw7bcj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lfnaiejxr22bThe Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey These times call for the feminine heroic! With this chapter, we begin her journey, step-by-step, from the very start, with interactive prompts to follow along. I look forward to reading your stories and comments each week. https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-f89?r=38cri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Jan 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnaiejxr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lfnaiejxr22bThe Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey These times call for the feminine heroic! With this chapter, we begin her journey, step-by-step, from the very start, with interactive prompts to follow along. I look forward to reading your stories and comments each week. https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-f89?r=38cri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Jan 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnaiejxr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lf3tqyimrs2rHappy New Year from Woven: Telling the Heroine's Journey! We're off and running in 2025 with an online workshop and exciting new chapters in the serialized Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey. Join us! READ more: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-97806 Jan 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3tqyimrs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lf3tqyimrs2rHappy New Year from Woven: Telling the Heroine's Journey! We're off and running in 2025 with an online workshop and exciting new chapters in the serialized Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey. Join us! READ more: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-97806 Jan 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3tqyimrs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3ldgxql3vb22nAs the old year ends, celebrate women of the year who showed up in all their power and glory, in politics and in the arts! It was an amazing year for women and the feminine heroic. There is so much more to accomplish as we empower one another through our stories and our lives. Read to be inspired: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-4ed16 Dec 2024 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgxql3vb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3ldgxql3vb22nAs the old year ends, celebrate women of the year who showed up in all their power and glory, in politics and in the arts! It was an amazing year for women and the feminine heroic. There is so much more to accomplish as we empower one another through our stories and our lives. Read to be inspired: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-4ed16 Dec 2024 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgxql3vb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lcvflixwp22tDid you see Wicked, Part One? I did and was amazed how closely the screen writers follow the first two stages of the Fairy Tale Heroine's Journey! See how and why in my Substack post below. No Spoilers! The Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-1cb?r=38cri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web09 Dec 2024 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvflixwp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lcvflixwp22tDid you see Wicked, Part One? I did and was amazed how closely the screen writers follow the first two stages of the Fairy Tale Heroine's Journey! See how and why in my Substack post below. No Spoilers! The Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Create Her Journey https://open.substack.com/pub/farrellk/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-1cb?r=38cri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web09 Dec 2024 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvflixwp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lcingh3eks2zThe December 2024 newsletter from WOVEN: Telling the Heroine's Journey is out—announcing an online class in the New Year! Registration is limited for the 3-session workshop on Saturday mornings, January 25, February 1 and 8, 9 – 11 AM / PST. Read more, Register: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-0c804 Dec 2024 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcingh3eks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lcingh3eks2zThe December 2024 newsletter from WOVEN: Telling the Heroine's Journey is out—announcing an online class in the New Year! Registration is limited for the 3-session workshop on Saturday mornings, January 25, February 1 and 8, 9 – 11 AM / PST. Read more, Register: https://farrellk.substack.com/p/woven-telling-the-heroines-journey-0c804 Dec 2024 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcingh3eks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lbscpi7bbc2cSeeking balance in the political is personal. We are witnessing a fight between the hero v. heroine on the world stage with severe consequences for all. Tap into your own heroine's journey during the holiday week and draw strength from her story. Read how Campbell's MONOMYTH eliminated the heroine. https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-9ec25 Nov 2024 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbscpi7bbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lbscpi7bbc2cSeeking balance in the political is personal. We are witnessing a fight between the hero v. heroine on the world stage with severe consequences for all. Tap into your own heroine's journey during the holiday week and draw strength from her story. Read how Campbell's MONOMYTH eliminated the heroine. https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-9ec25 Nov 2024 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbscpi7bbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lbar7oa4dk27Read how the American Fairy Tale of the "Wizard of Oz" is a parallel to current issues and how the heroine's journey is the way to success, then and now. It's all in the layers of meaning that tells how the feminine heroic is the way forward. WICKED! https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-fc418 Nov 2024 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbar7oa4dk27https://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lbar7oa4dk27Read how the American Fairy Tale of the "Wizard of Oz" is a parallel to current issues and how the heroine's journey is the way to success, then and now. It's all in the layers of meaning that tells how the feminine heroic is the way forward. WICKED! https://farrellk.substack.com/p/the-fairy-tale-heroine-live-and-create-fc418 Nov 2024 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbar7oa4dk27https://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lb5q3jtvoc2bIs DJT a Coyote Trickster? As a lifelong storyteller, I notice a story archetype when I see it. In native folktales around the Americas, the Coyote is a trickster, while in other tales he is revered and powerful. They need to shake, rattle and roll the center. And like coyote, DJT keeps coming back.17 Nov 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5q3jtvoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lb5q3jtvoc2bIs DJT a Coyote Trickster? As a lifelong storyteller, I notice a story archetype when I see it. In native folktales around the Americas, the Coyote is a trickster, while in other tales he is revered and powerful. They need to shake, rattle and roll the center. And like coyote, DJT keeps coming back.17 Nov 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5q3jtvoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katefarrell.bsky.social/post/3lascl3sdmc2sGreetings, everyone!13 Nov 2024 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:pb65sqx3o7qqmlvamysxzbxx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lascl3sdmc2s