The Costs Of Risk Avoidance

Among the best-known quotes about risk is this observation by author, Anais Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more powerful than the risk it took to blossom.” We humans have spent so much time protecting our assumptions of safety that we have often lost sight of […]

The Hero’s Journey In Film and Fiction

One of the many intriguing aspects of The Hero’s Journey is its reflection in fiction. Famous examples of films containing elements of the Hero’s Journey are the various iterations of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. As you consider the plot lines, consider the ways in which your life has modeled the seven steps. […]

Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth Describes The Hero’s Journey

Joseph Campbell called the Hero’s Journey the “monomyth,” a powerful pattern that describes all myths, and, in the process, describes how we humans often navigate our way through life. From Wikipedia: “In laying out the monomyth, Campbell describes a number of stages or steps along this journey. The hero starts in the ordinary world and […]

Basic Seven Steps In The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey is an archetypal way of understanding the quests of our lives. Joseph Campbell wrote about the hero’s journey as a way to conceptualize how and why we take on the challenges we choose. Very simplistically, think knight in the castle who learns that there is a damsel in distress. He sets out […]