Hero: Mastering The 17 Spiritual Stages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692909966)

In 1949, Joseph Campbell revolutionized how the world viewed legends with The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In that book, Campbell conceptualized the "monomyth"-the seventeen-stage journey that acts as a template for the heroic adventures of legend.

We may not slay dragons or rescue kingdoms, but we each have our own heroic odysseys-quests to achieve our dreams and fulfill our destinies. In Hero, motivational speaker and life coach M. A. Stephenson guides you through Campbell's monomyth, explaining how each step in the hero's journey applies to your own life.

Beginning with the hero's call to adventure, Stephenson reveals the inner changes necessary to fulfill your goals. Along the way he details the obstacles you'll face and how your inner hero can overcome them. He also discusses important moments of self-discovery and personal transformation and ways the universe aids heroes when they need help the most.

Stephenson introduces each step in your life trip with stories illustrating that stage of the monomyth. He also includes an example of the heroic journey in action in an ordinary life, in addition to exercise questions to help you reach your goals.

You're the hero of your story, and your story begins now.