By Robert Bautner and Lara Helmling
The Wolf Cycle
How to Overcome the Wolves in Your World by Living in Your Divine Innocence
The classic tale of The Three Little PIgs suggests only the brick builder got it right-but what if that’s not the whole truth?
In this book, bestselling author Robert Bautner and his co-author Lara Helmling reveal that all three pigs built with good materials. The pigs’ failure wasn’t in what they used-it was in how they built.
Using the fable as a metaphor, the authors introduce a groundbreaking theory of human personality: we are each a straw, stick, or brick builder by design. More importantly, we each carry the light of divine innocence. When we lose sight of our innocence, the wolf within awakens, huffing and puffing to tear others down.
THe wolf Cycle is a call to remember who you are, to reclaim your innocence, and to build a life strong enough to withstand any wolf.
Authors
Robert Bautner and Lara Helmling
Robert is an author who owns a horse farm where he boards and cares for horses on his 11 acre property in a beautiful mountain valley of Utah. He writes to educate and inspire people to look at themselves and life through a new lens, particularly people who are struggling with identity and differentness. This new lens is a product of his autism, yielding him a unique perspective that shifts readers’ paradigms and turns the dominant narratives in society on their ear.
Lara Helmling is a publisher, editor, author, and advocate for authors. She founded Forest City Publications, where she assists writers and entrepreneurs in enhancing their writing skills and empowering them to publish professionally and independently. Lara’s academic background weaves together literature, psychology, and the study of science in society, giving her a unique interdisciplinary lens on human behavior,
storytelling, and cultural evolution. She also spent twelve years early in her career teaching elementary and middle school, where she learned the beauty and importance of the perspectives of people with special needs. Learn more about Lara’s work at: https://tickledpinkflamingos.com and https://forestcitypublications.com.
The Real Three Little Pigs
The Stick Builder
The myth is that the stick builder built his house wrong. The truth is that he used sticks because he loved creating something beautiful out of the wood he saw around him in the forest. The sticks represent his creativity in action, his desire for creating value out of what he sees with confidence and courage to overcome obstacles.
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The Brick Builder
The myth is that the brick builder was the only one who built a worthy and safe home. The truth is that the brick builder’s house was different but not better than her brothers’. She used her ingenuity to create a building material from scratch, constructing her home according to an orderly plan, with perfect faith that her plan would work.
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The Straw Builder
The myth is that the straw builder used the weakest material, and his house blew down in a second when the wolf showed up. The truth is that he used straw, because it was efficient and cheap, according his research into how to use the leftovers from his harvest. He saw that straw was easy to obtain and always available.
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Blog
Return to Innocence
One Man’s Junk
What is a toxic person? Who decides what is toxic?By Robert BautnerOne way to maintain our innocence when differences arise is to remember the adage that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. I read recently that there are ten things people should avoid, and...
I Wasn’t Born Broken and I Won’t Die Broken
This isn’t because I’m not broken (that is, flawed) in and of myself, because I am. But I’m NOT broken because I have the love of Jesus around me and within me that has healed my brokenness forever. There is nothing I can do to break apart what He has sealed together. If I were not flawed…
The Unsung Hero Named Strife
There’s an order to tragedy and scarring of life...found in the unsung hero named strife.By Robert Bautner Dear mother, Looking back, it may not have been about me nor about you, but the pain of strife like a dagger of a knife, that tears up one’s life, through...