Hags, bears and magic — what fairytales can teach us about modern life

Podcast: Conversations · ABC Australia

Opublikowano: 2026-11-04

Instructions on how to forge a path through a darkening world, according to former neuroscientist and psychoanalyst, Dr Sharon Blackie. Sharon grew up in what she calls the edge lands — on a council estate, near marshes full of migrating birds, next to the chemical factories of North-Eastern England. She was given fairy stories to read that mirrored her own experience in a way — Sharon knew the world was not always a safe place and that little children should be careful. After her violent father left the family, Sharon’s mum turned to alcohol to cope...