Mindful Monday - Hero's Journey

About This Talk

From Star Wars to The Lion King, the hero’s journey shows up in stories everywhere, and Chris argues it shows up in our own lives too. He traces Joseph Campbell’s pattern of call to adventure, trials, transformation and return, and lines it up with how people grow through any change. He invites listeners to see their own challenges, big or small, as a hero’s journey.

Key Ideas

• The hero’s journey follows four stages: the call to adventure, the trials, the transformation and the return home changed.
• Personal change follows the same path, moving through discovery, development, mastery and actualization.
• Every challenge, from learning an instrument to starting a real estate career, follows this pattern, whatever its size.
• Chris keeps a “rule of threes”: when something comes to him three times in close succession, he acts on it.
• To go deeper, he suggests The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers’ interviews with Joseph Campbell, on YouTube or as a book or audiobook.

“Every challenge we face follows the path of the hero’s journey regardless of the scope.”