The Good Girl was built to perform. The wild self was built to live.
Unraveling female archetypes through the ancient medicine of myth, folklore, and story.
For generations, women have been taught to be agreeable, quiet, pristine, and safe. We learn to shrink into rooms that are too small for us, to sit under glass coffins of perfectionism, and to trade our true vitality for approval.
Beyond the Good Girl is a podcast for the woman who is done performing.
We don't do surface-level self-help or neat productivity hacks here. Instead, we descend into the dark woods of myth, fairy tales, and ancient folklore to discover what happens when a woman stops being good — and starts becoming whole.
Upcoming Live events
- Fairytale Women: What is the Heroine's Journey?Tue 01 SeptOnline via zoom
How to work with me
My work is all about one thing — the transformative power of story and voice.
Audiobook
Narration
Are you an author looking for audiobook narration? Now booking for December 2026
Read more about my audiobook work click the link
The speakeasy
Take the Story Deeper
The podcast is just the beginning of the conversation.
Every fortnight, we gather online for an intimate, live group session to explore these stories together through deep storytelling, reflective journaling, and real community discussion.
Workshops
Storytelling Off the Page
Coming Soon
Gillian Wray
I used to think the "Good Girl" was just a set of bad habits—perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the constant urge to keep everyone comfortable. But over years of working deeply with story, I realised it’s much larger than that: it’s a cultural blueprint that keeps women living under glass, safe admired and entirely tamed.
My work sits at the intersection of myth, folklore, and archetypal inquiry. Through storytelling, reflective journaling, and deep group exploration, I help women unspool the subconscious conditioning that tells them to shrink.
I don't offer neat advice or quick fixes. Instead, I bring ancient stories back to life so we can hold up a mirror to our own lives—finding the courage to leave the "too-small rooms" we’ve built and step out onto our own unscripted paths.
