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What is your Obi-Wanism?

We’ve all seen a movie or read a book that shows us the universal story of challenge and the many fears and self-doubts they bring. ...

Applying the Heroic Journey to Healing From Sexual Trauma

The heroic journey was made famous by mythologist Joseph Campbell and even won Emmy Award for his series on PBS about the topic, but the...

Susan Gabriel: One Writer’s Heroic Journey

Susan Gabriel is an award-winning author of a seven novels and a Kirkus Best Book Award 2012. In the month of August, The Heroic Journal...

Books

In the United States alone, the publishing industry sells over $29.5 billion books yearly. The motion picture industry has grossed over a...

Doorway of Life

Today you probably walked through many doors…whether it was on the way to take a shower, leaving the house, stepping into your vehicle,...

Blueprint for Resilience

Humans, as well as animals, are born with a blueprint for resilience. We are born with a predisposition to survive in order to keep the...

Crossing the Finish Line

A little over five years ago, then 37 year old Robert Fitts suffered a massive stroke. His world change irrevocably and in ways which no...

From Homeless Street Performer to Business Owner

Guy Laliberte once seemed to be an unlikely success by traditional standards. In 1977, the then eighteen year old Canadian, hitchhiked...

Random Acts

1. prepare a meal for a homeless person, give packs of cheese & crackers or a meal card at a fast food restaurant 2. smile :) at someone...

Bravery Is In the Eye of the Beholder

This morning I was felt inspired. I read a blog post by the wise young soul Hannah Brencher who wrote about the anatomy of brave. You...