Psychological “Personal Trainers”

The only real difference between up and down is in our understanding of a situation and our capacity to deal with it. ~ Swami Chetanananda ~ The Paradoxical Nature of Resistance by Reg Harris In his wonderful book, Will I Be the Hero of My Own Live?, Swami Chetanananda refers to a Buddhist scripture from […]

Resilience in the Hero’s Journey

When we are resilient, we are able to respond quickly, creatively and effectively to external events, whether everyday challenges or life-changing crises. ~ Linda Graham ~ Toward a Transformation of Consciousness Joseph Campbell intended the Hero’s Journey to be more than a heuristic for studying myth: he meant for it to be a guide for […]

Millennials and the Hero’s Journey

We in industry have a responsibility to help this amazing…gen- eration build their confidence, learn patience, learn social skills and find a balance between life and technology. ~ Simon Sinek ~ Four Challenges to Fulfillment We never take our journeys in isolation. They are always taken within a context: a culture, a family, a social […]

Richard Leider: A Life that Matters

The number one fear was a fear of nulli- fication…that they would go to their graves and no one would notice…They had a deep hunger to have mattered, to have made a difference. I recently rediscovered New Dimensions radio. I first heard of New Dimensions in the mid 1990s through a book called An Open […]

Follow the Fallow Deer

Story shapes our lives and our worlds, and the Hero’s Journey is at the heart of story. It is both the process through which we build and rebuild our stories and the form of the stories themselves. Several years ago when I rebuilt this website for the second time, I chose the fallow deer as […]