The Hero’s Journey is a fascinating exploration into personal growth, leadership and human experiences. It’s deep and insightful because it can help you to be aware of who you are and can predict the next steps in your life. It can also help you to improve your leadership skills so that you become more authentic and effective.
Furthermore, it reveals and illuminates the powerful story within you. It shifts and expands your reality. And this will give you more clarity and focus to lead and succeed.
The Journey consists of 12 universal phases of human development that you’re encountering in daily life. For example as a parent, student, entrepreneur, artist, executive, or manager. These stages give an overview of where you are. And this awareness adds meaning, purpose and value to your life.
Therefore, the Hero’s Journey gives a clear structure that can help you to be a better leader. In addition, with its insights, you more understand the hero’s dynamics in your own life. With this wisdom, you have the confidence to guide others with faith, belief and clarity.
Background
The Hero’s Journey is based on the revolutionary life’s work of Joseph Campbell. Campbell was a philosopher, university professor and, above all, storyteller and mythologist. In 1938 he wrote his magnum opus The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
The Journey is a dynamic framework of the universal human experiences that originate back to the great stories from all around the world. Until now Campbell is still regarded as the authority on comparative mythology, human experience and existence.
Manfred van Doorn, international Top Executive Coach and Leadership Trainer, upgraded Campbell’s groundbreaking insights. Consequently, he created the leadership framework Double Healix.
I was personally trained by him. I further infused Campbell’s work with abundance mindset practices, success principles, management practices and my life experiences.
And I have more than 10 years experience in working with The Hero’s Journey and Double Healix. I just love working with my clients and help them grow while using this powerful framework.
The 12 phases of The Hero's Journey
What does each phase tell you?
The initial preparation for your journey. Your roots as the fertile foundation.
A powerful event sets the journey in motion. The impulse to act.
The refusal of change. Staying in your comfort zone.
Getting help of the master. The time to learn new things.
The moment to test yourself. Entering the new world of power.
Celebrating your first success. Shining and feeling confident.
Inner preparation for the next step. Adding form and structure.
A dramatic event turns your wheel of fortune. Ability to surrender.
The sense of urgency in your toughest and darkest hour.
Remembering who you are and finding your true voice.
Living with full integrity. Standing for your principles.
Being purified by your experiences. Living your purpose and serving others.