I BELIEVE ARTISTS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED THESE DAYS
to help us to credibly imagine paths to reconciliation, restoration, and hope.
Podcast Interview with Katarina Spaic, ND
“Take the Forest Path” is a podcast produced and hosted by Katarina Spaic, a naturopath and transformational coach who has had many insights doing and teaching WonderLit.
Michelle tells a brief version of the fairy tale “Catherine and Her Destiny”, which is followed by a fruitful discussion about how the story has changed Michelle and Kat’s attitudes toward work, suffering, and destiny.
Walking with Catherine
You can also click here to go to the Spotify website if you want to learn more about the podcast Take The Forest, where this episode is published.
Podcast Interview with Lauren Walsh on “Time of the Feminine”
Time of The Feminine is a podcast hosted by Lauren Walsh and Shaina Conners, stewards of the Global Sisterhood movement. Michelle talks with Lauren about her journey with fairy tales and the way stories have helped her to turn suffering into inner knowledge and a richly creative life.
Time of the Feminine (segment)
The FULL podcast interview can be heard here on the Apple Podcast website.
Tower Princess Interviews in Print
Kirkus Review: “Reshaping Lived Experiences through Storytelling”
Read the Kirkus article it here.
IndieReader Intervew: “The Tower Princess: A Fairy Tale Lived.”
Read the IndieReader interview here.
Meet Michelle Tocher
An introduction to Michelle Tocher and her work with myth and fairy tales.
The Healing Power of Fairy Tales
Michelle discusses the healing power of fairy tales and the way the story of Rapunzel helped her to meet the challenges of chronic pain.
Real Imagination
Michelle talks about two different uses of imagination, and compares it to two types of “wands”.
Seeing with New Eyes
How can fairy tales change the way we look at the world? Michelle talks about the way we can engage fairy tales to broaden our perspectives and see other points of view.
Fate and Fairy Tales
Michelle talks about the relationship between fairy tales and fate, and the themes in the stories that are common to all human beings.
Breaking Spells
Michelle talks about how fairy tales can become guides to breaking spells and re-animating life.
Rapunzel
Michelle briefly tells the classic story Rapunzel to illustrate how the elements of the story speak to our deeper narratives.
Dame Gothel in Real Life
Michelle reflects on the relationship between Dame Gothel and Rapunzel and how it spoke to her about the real life situation of being imprisoned by an external authority.
Towers in Real Life
Michelle talks about how the story of Rapunzel changed the way she saw towers in the world.