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"Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name. On Fairy Tales, Imagination, and the Creative Mind is a spectacular combination of encounter with psyche and its rendering into consciousness. I’m smitten.” —Deborah C. Stewart, LCSW Jungian Analyst, host of This Jungian Life podcast

"Laden with profound wisdom, lightened by humor, this beautifully limned heroine’s journey…offers a trustworthy guide for anyone seeking their own pathway through the darkness to the light." — Barbara Graham, NY Times bestselling author of What Jonah Knew

For fans of Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being and Alva Noë’s Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, multifaceted author Dale M. Kushner examines the creative mind by looking back at her own creative work—a fairy tale she wrote decades ago.

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During a personal crisis novelist and poet Dale M. Kushner wrote a fairy tale to survive it. Decades later, she returns to that story to ask a larger question: what do fairy tales teach us about creativity, trauma, and transformation? That inquiry became Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name - On Fairy Tales, Imagination, and the Creative Mind (Chiron Publications, 5/5/26), a hybrid work of fairy tale, memoir, and reflection that explores imagination as a vital psychological and spiritual practice.

Join us for a lively afternoon celebrating the launch of Jungian multidisciplinary writer Dale M. Kushner’s newest book, Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name. Dale welcomes world-renowned analyst Murray Stein, alongside esteemed Jungian analysts Henry Abramovitch and Dariane Pictut, to the virtual stage for a dynamic panel discussion on the book. Together, they will explore what fairy tales can reveal about creativity, trauma, and transformation, suggesting readers partake of their own journeys of self-discovery.

Dale M. Kushner, MFA, is a novelist, poet, and essayist. Her debut novel, The Conditions of Love, was nominated for the Texas Library Association Award for Outstanding Adult Fiction, and her poetry collection M received Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize 2024. She is the author of the popular Psychology Today column “Transcending the Past,” which bridges art and psychology. Her work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies, and she has been featured in international conferences and documentaries. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and has just completed her second novel. https://www.dalemkushner.com/wild-freedom 

Murray Stein Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. He was president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) from 2001 to 2004 and President of ISAP-ZURICH from 2008 to 2012. He has lectured internationally and is the editor of Jungian Psychoanalysis and the author of many books and articles. The first and second volumes of his Collected Writings, titled Individuation and Myth and Psychology, have been published, and a third, Transformations, is in press. He lives in Switzerland and has a private practice in Zurich.   

Henry Abramovitch is a teaching analyst and the founding president of the Israel Institute of Jungian Analysis in honor of Erich Neumann. He is Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University and past president of the Israel Anthropology Association. He is author of Brothers & Sisters: Myth & Reality, Why Odysseus Came Home as a Stranger, and Panic Attacks in Pistachio, a detective story. He has contributed numerous essays and has co-authored a series of plays with Murray Stein, including The Analyst and the Rabbi, Speaking of Friendship, and Eranos, all available on YouTube. A native of Montreal, he lives and practices in Jerusalem.

Dariane Pictet was born in Geneva, Switzerland. She attended Drama School in Paris, worked as a Poetry Editor then trained as a Psychotherapist. She worked in a primary care setting for three years (SHARP) as an addiction counsellor. She was in private practice in London as a psychotherapist and Jungian analyst for over twenty years. Back in Switzerland, she continues to lecture internationally and supervise therapists in training. Her interests include yoga, poetry, embodiment, Eastern philosophy and consciousness studies.

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