ARE YOU ON A HERO’S JOURNEY?
Nigel Jones
Life Coach | Certified Positive Psychology Coach | NLP Practitioner | Author | Speaker | Founder 9KM BY 9AM | Brand, Marketing, Sponsorship & PR Expert | Fellow RSA | Marketing Agency Owner
If you live an ordinary life all you’ll have are ordinary stories.
In 1949, the writer Joseph Campbell published,?The Hero With A Thousand Faces. The book explains the journey of ‘the hero’ that runs through thousands of the world’s mythic traditions including Hiawatha, Dante’s Inferno, The Golden Fleece, King Arthur and more recently Star Wars and Harry Potter.
For me, stopping drinking alcohol is going on a hero’s journey. By going against the grain, by doing something different for the good of you and others, you become ‘the hero’.
Campbell describes a number of stages or steps along the journey.
-???????The hero's adventure begins in his ordinary world.
-???????They must depart from this world when they receive a call to adventure.
-???????With the help of a mentor, the hero will cross a guarded threshold, leading them to a supernatural world, where familiar laws and order do not apply.
-???????There, they will embark on a road of trials, where they are tested along the way.
-???????The archetypal hero is sometimes assisted by allies. As they face the ordeal, they encounter the greatest challenge of the journey.
-???????Upon rising to the challenge, the hero receives a reward, or boon.
-???????The hero then returns with this boon to the ordinary world, where they face more trials on the road back.
-???????Upon their return, they use the boon or gift to improve the ordinary world.
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE
You can be ‘the hero’ of your own life journey by choosing an adventure, such as an alcohol-free life.
The hero’s journey showed me what I am capable of achieving. The hero in my book is not just me, it could be you! Change Your Story and Change Your Life. See https://youtu.be/d1Zxt28ff-E
My book ‘Walking Back To Happiness - The Secret To Alcohol-free Living & Well-being’ is a hero’s journey. I share ALL the obstacles I faced, the wisdom I gained and the challenges I overcame during the first year of going alcohol-free. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nigel-Jones/e/B0B7RP6LH6/ ?
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