Every problem is just Fear

- Reg Harris
Perfectionism is a formidable Threshold Guardian, a real quest-killer. It leads us into the 3Ps vicious cycle: perfectionism, procrastination and paralysis. It can prevent us from even starting our journeys. Recently I came across this 2014 series of short videos from an Oprah Winfrey “Supersoul Sunday” program. Winfrey interviews Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, […]

“Unblocking” Your Journey

- Reg Harris
Often life calls us to journeys of healing to revise a broken life narrative. Hakomi therapy offers us valuable insights into the journey’s healing power and how it can help us refocus and restart our lives. I was working on my Pinterest boards recently, and I came across a site called The Hakomi Institute. I […]

An Impulse to Something Greater

- Reg Harris
The Call signifies signifies death and rebirth, the death of our old self or old life and the rebirth of the new. We tend to think of the Call only as a call to rebirth, but it is also the end that allows the beginning. In his seminal book on the hero’s journey, The Hero […]

Recognizing Your Journey

- Reg Harris
We don’t really “take” a journey: we “unfold” a journey. Our journeys evolve organically as a dialogue between ourselves and our world. We act and the world gives us feedback. We evaluate the feedback, explore the potentials, and our journey unfolds. The questions I am most often asked in regard to the Hero’s Journey relate […]

The finger that points at the moon: Using the Journey

- Reg Harris
To use the journey in life, remember that the journey is a metaphor for a fundamental process of growth and transformation. To focus only on the journey is to lose sight of the lessons it teaches. Recently I received an e-mail from a reader who asked how to use the hero’s journey with clients suffering […]