The path of the everyday hero : drawing on the power of myth for solving life's most important challenges

Every day, life is challenging. Discovering what you truly want, how to goafter it, how to form deep relationships--these are the on-going questions that may tripyou up or even completely block your path to success. But instead of being frustrated bysuch challenges, you can learn to see them as the very heart of life and meet them withzest. In this unique book, Lorna Catford and Michael Ray present a new way toaccomplish all your important human tasks: to become an everyday hero, someone who,like the great figures of ancient myths, learns through life's varied adventures to thinkcreatively, choose wisely, and trust his or her own inner resources. The Path of the Everyday Hero taps into what Joseph Campbell, RobertBly, Sam Keen, Jean Houston, and others have identifies as the instructive power of myth.Here, the authors connect five classic stories to five of life's most important challenges.By reading and contemplating these stories, you can glean fresh insights for your ownjourney. In Perceval and the Holy Grail, you will learn how to live to fulfill your truepurpose. In Beauty and the Beast, you will see how to create loving relationships. In The Peasant Who Married a Goddess, you will discover how to use your innerresources to reduce the stresses and confusions of modern living. In Theseus and the Minotaur, you will find a way to balance the competingdemands of your personal and professional life. In Cinderella, you will explore values beyond material wealth to enrich yourlife. Wherever you may be in life right now and whatever challenges lie in front of you,The Path of the Everyday Hero will help you see your journey in a heroicperspective, and live everyday with greater joy, strength, and fulfillment.… (more)