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How to Reclaim the Embodied Woman You Were Always Meant to Be
- Antonie Kjosas
- Nov 10
- 4 min read
With the feminine archetypes, we can understand ourselves better, reclaim lost parts of ourselves that we were told are "too much," and we can step into true self-leadership as an embodied woman.
Up until now, we've explored the seven feminine archetypes:
Each of these archetypes offer insights that guide you back to the real you. The one who's energetic, curious, and empowered. The one who's grounded in who she is and open to the joys of life. And they impact everything in life, from your personality and dreams to your work and relationships.
But... there's more. There are actually eight archetypes within the feminine psyche. The final one is a bit different than the other archetypes...
There has always been something deeper, something older, something more primal that we haven’t fully named yet.She's not just another archetype; she's something more. Something wilder.
She's the wind in your hair, the fire in your gut, the ocean that crashes and soothes all at once. She is a whisper, a knowing, a force that doesn’t ask for permission. And she has always been with you.
She is... the Wild Woman.
Wild... so you mean bad, uncontrollable, and a problem..?
For so long, we have been taught that ‘wild’ is something dangerous - something chaotic, something to be tamed. But that’s not the truth.
To be wild is to be free. To be natural. To be whole.
And it is through reconnecting with the Wild Woman that you begin to heal, not just the wounds of living as the "good girl," but the disconnect from your intuition, your instincts, and your most untamed, powerful self.
Who Is the Wild Woman?
The Wild Woman is ancient. She is the primal force within you that instinctively knows, that deeply feels, that creates and destroys without apology. She is both intuition and instinct - your inner knowing and your untamed fire.
In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés describes her as the soul-life of a woman, the part of you that has been buried under cultural conditioning, expectations, and fear. But she has never left. She has only been waiting for you to remember.
If the other archetypes are like members of your inner council, the Wild Woman is the force that moves between them.
Sometimes she takes shape by standing beside you as a wise guide. Other times, she is the wind that rustles through the room, a feeling in your gut, a deep-rooted knowing that guides you and the archetypes within you even when you don’t have the words to explain why.
She is the part of you that:
Knows before she knows. When something doesn’t feel right, when a truth is stirring beneath the surface, she is the whisper that tells you to listen.
Feels without shame. Rage, grief, passion, desire - she does not filter or dilute her emotions to make others comfortable. She lets them flow. She’s not afraid.
Creates without perfection. Whether it’s art, movement, ideas, or self-expression, she doesn’t wait for approval - she follows the pulse of creation.
Protects fiercely. She sets boundaries like a mother wolf, not from cruelty, but from a deep knowing that her energy, loved ones, and essence are sacred.
Reclaims lost parts of herself. She digs into the forgotten, the shamed, the abandoned parts of you, calling them home to heal you, empower you, guide you…
The Wild Woman is not something you must ‘become.’ She is already here.
Why She’s Been Hidden (and Why It’s Time to Set Her Free)
The good girl you've been has spent years trying to keep the Wild Woman at bay. You’ve been taught to:
Keep quiet when you want to speak.
Be agreeable when you feel the urge to rebel.
Make yourself small so others don’t feel uncomfortable.
Contain your emotions so you don’t seem “too much.”
Work harder, prove more, and never, ever let them see you fail.
But the cost of this?
Exhaustion. Because you’re constantly managing, filtering, and proving.
Disconnection. Because you don’t trust your own intuition.
Loss of who you are. Because you’ve spent so long trying to be what others expect, you don’t know who you are without the performance.
And this is why the Wild Woman matters.
She is your reclamation. She is your return to yourself - the version of you that exists beneath all the expectations.
She's the one who doesn’t need permission to take up space, feel deeply, or follow her instincts.
The Wild Woman matters because she's a big part of everything within women’s natural powers and beauty that has been shamed, belittled, or exiled in society.
And so, it is only by reclaiming our wild, instinctual nature - our Wild Woman - that we can truly ensure that who we are and how we contribute remain aligned with our truest nature and highest potential.
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