My name is Dr. Tracy Marrs. Among other things, like mom, I am a researcher, educator, and writer. I received my doctorate in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in September 2021 after 8 long years in the myth program. My dissertation is titled “Transformational Literacy in Education.”

It took me eight years to get my bachelors’ degree and eight to get my second masters and doctorate. I was born in 1978, live on highway 38, my favorite number is 28, I spent eight years at each of my three significant employers – the Press Enterprise, Noli Indian School, and San Bernardino Valley College, and my husband and I were married on August 8th (8/8). I guess you can say eight has been a significant number in my life. (By the way – I love that my doctorate is done and I can write a rambling sentence if I want to, if you haven’t noticed.)

My family and I live in the mountains and enjoy the small town atmosphere of mountain life.

Currently, I do mentorship, tutoring, subbing, remodeling, and hold workshops on myths for every day life. I also research and write, paint, and I really want to try to learn to play guitar again – third times a charm.

My past work experiences include photo editing at The Press Enterprise, teaching junior high and high school students at Noli Indian School, and at San Bernardino Valley College teaching students how to read at a college level. I’ve also taught education courses at University of Redlands and sub for Fallsvale Elementary. Reading is my passion, but education is my calling. Even when I don’t mean to, I end up sounding like a teacher.

The goal for my dissertation was to create a curriculum that would teach college students how to read more meaningfully to increase reading comprehension and also to improve their personal academic skills for success in college.

A few years ago, I began a little side project called Storytellers Retreats. In September 2016, I hosted a retreat at Camp de Benneville with my friends, Sally June, Kathy Jaffe, and Julia Sophia Paegle. Since then, I held a couple of day workshops, one with the Storytellers group and one solo, but due to dissertation studies and personal life craziness – the Storytellers has mostly fizzled out. It stayed alive through the years through our social media connection and we hosted our “come back workshop” five years and one day after our last workshop together. This “come back workshop” made me realize how much I missed this and I began hosting local myth talks to get more interest in mythology. The plan is to continue the talks, build some workshops, and host a retreat again. (It was a major life experience and something I’d like to do even better to reach more people. I believe stories are key to life – stories teach us how to make meaning from experience and connect us to each other, to nature, and to the inner voice that is your own.

It hasn’t always been easy, but I love the life I live and especially the people in it.

You can also find me on facebook – Tracy Marrs and Storytellers Retreats 🙂

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• From fishing to bean soup
• Grandpa Jack‘s anniversary
• New artwork
• The descent of Inanna – Part 2
• Thanksgiving history
• The Descent of Inanna – Part 1
• Artwork
• Samhain, Halloween, Dia de los muertos
• Samhain: How to approach darkness and descent?
• Transformational Literacy in Education
• Academic Reading Skills for Transformative Learning Curriculum
• Bird singing the blues: Revival of a native tradition
• Academic Reading Skills
• Creek on a winter day
• Silver goddess
• Blood Moon Embrace
• Blood Moon Independence
• Mythic expeditions
• So, I decided to write a casual blog …
• Among Snakes and Clovers
• Rachel and Leah – Wife and Mother
• From Wife to Mother to Married Mother
• Rachel and Leah – Wife and Mom
• Lovers, Fools, and Sufism
• Last Event of 2016
• The lack of Aphrodite in “The Sopranos”
• The lack of Aphrodite in “The Sopranos”
• Parvati, Kali, and Balance
• Parvati, Kali, and Balance
• Storytellers: Weekend retreat for women with a story to tell
• Readlationships: The Art of Reading Soulfully
• Transformative power of story
• C.G. Jung and victim mentality
• Readlationships: The art of teaching reading soulfully
• Fly fishing – hobby, sport, or ritual?
• Sticking it to the Rabbit: B’rer Rabbit and the Tar Baby Revisited
• Transmuted interpretations
• Right or Privilege?
• Transformation
• Problems
• Books
• Art
• Transformation: Amduat, the college student, and the river that unites them
• Dante’s midlife transition: Learning to live and love
• Purpose of Education
• I am not defined – I define myself
• Rising Tall
• Sunset