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The Hero’s Journey—Your Journey
Nancy Goodman, MSEd, LPCVocatus—”rethink what you know about life
and work”208-406-3234, goodnanc@yahoo.com
http://vocatusidaho.blogspot.com
Who has ever…
• Experienced an unexpected life change— job loss, divorce, illness, and so on
• Resisted change• Married, had a child, started a new job,
relocated• Had to make a terrifying decision• Embraced a new challenge• Dreamed of pursuing a long-held
passion• Longed to live life authentically; on your
own terms • Felt life was in a rut
Dust off your suit of armor and…
WELCOME TO YOUR HERO’S ADVENTURE!!
Your Tour Guide—Joseph Campbell
• Sarah Lawrence College
• Mythology and Comparative Religion
• George Lucas and Star Wars
• Carl Jung• “Follow Your Bliss”• Power of Myth with Bill
Moyers—featured on Gilmore Girls episode
• The Hero With a Thousand Faces
• www.jcf.org
Who is a hero?
Who else is a hero?
The Hero as Metaphor
• Stories of Mythology and Religion have common themes, characters, and outcomes
• The adventure of the hero is ultimately psychological
• Change in worldview as a result of the adventure
• The hero is us
Types of Heroes
• Physical• Spiritual• Willing• Hero-in-training• Reluctant–Serendipitous
Types of Adventures• In the village• Cast out of the village
• Rite of Passage
The Serendipitous Hero
• The “Magic” of Life• When the student is ready, the
teacher/lesson appears• Adventure evokes aspects of
character that have been dormant– Courage, creativity, brilliance, spirit,
self-reliance…
• “You might not get that which you seek…”
Hero’s Journey Cycle
KNOWN
UNKNOWN
Refusal of the Call
Refusa
l of the
Call
Refusal of the Call
Refusa
l of the
Call
Refusa
l of the
Call
Refusal of the Call = The Abyss
The World of Common Day
• Our comfort zone• Our not-so-
comfortable zone• things are
predictable and known
• Established set of “rules”
• Some people spend life in this world, unless…
The Call to Adventure
• Event or circumstance that shatters status quo–Divorce, job loss,
act of God, any transition
• Urges toward a more authentic life–Vocation, avocation–Big calls, small calls
Refusal of the Call
• The voice of NO• The “yeahbuts”• Fueled by fear,
uncertainty, lack of self-trust and confidence
• Occurs at beginning and throughout adventure
Threshold Crossing• Ready or not, there
you are• Transition between
known and unknown worlds
• Meet allies, gather resources
• First day of class, parent orientation, grad school!
Road of Trials…and Revelations
• Challenges elicit hidden strengths
• Getting lost, dead-ends, receiving help, improving skills
• developing new mindset
• Ups and downs
The Abyss
“It is by going into the abyss that you discover the treasure of life. Where you stumble,
there lies your treasure.” –Joseph Campbell
• The darkest times, but ultimately the most enlightening times
• Exhaustion, hopelessness, fear, uncertainty
• Patience and Ego battles• Question purpose, self-doubt, feel
alone• “Hanging by a thread”
“Slaying the Dragon”
• Dragons are internal• The bound ego• Epiphanies, insight,
self-awareness, taking risk, conquering fears, challenging old ideas
• Surrendering, acceptance, patience, restoration of faith
• Neutralizing negative feelings, “letting go”
The Return• Return with boon to
share with those around you
• How will you be received?
• New center, new “home state,” new way-of-being
• What will this adventure have taught you for the next one?
The Journey is…
• Spiritual• Psychological• Social• Transformative• Cyclical• Catalyst for positive growth
Thank You!
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