Welcome to Hero’s Journey

We are always on a journey. Sometimes it is a short journey. Like the short journey we need to take this year to earn all our CPD points. Sometimes it is a journey to build our toolbox to serve our clients better. Professionals are all gatherers of tools and techniques because the client dilemmas we are dealing with are getting complex.

When working with my clients, I often find I am busy with goal setting and the next moment, a limiting belief pops up. Then, I have to take a detour in my clients’ journey because the limiting belief will always keep them stuck.

I also noticed that we might be busy resolving why they hate to go to work every morning. Then, the next moment I realise they are not unhappy because of their initial complaint. They are unhappy because they do not have the slightest idea why they are at work in the first place or what unique offering they bring to the situation. Being a psychologist, for over twenty-seven years, I have noticed certain patterns. My personal journey with clients and, of course, myself brought me to the realization that the onion theory is as real as often mentioned in literature.

But do all psychologists start at the same centre to peel the layers of the onion? Or are we just randomly uncovering the limiting beliefs? Is there a core? What is this core? How do we peel the onion from the core? These were the questions that haunted me over the two- almost three-decades of working with clients.

Often my clients included leaders from large corporate entities or CEOs of small businesses. I mentored various consultants and aspirational psychologists and even they struggle with the same existential questions. Questions me and my colleague, who is the co-creator of this journey, started researching, categorizing and applying with our clients. The results were phenomenal. “You saved my life.” “You saved my marriage.” To be totally honest with you, I think we saved their “souls”!

The Hero’s Journey is an inside-out growth model. It starts with what we believe is the core of our existence, our purpose. We compare this purpose with a diamond. It then guides us to reflect on our talents, gifts and competencies to live this purpose or shine our diamond. However, for most of us or our clients, the diamond is not shining as bright as it could. We do not always see the achievements or the performance we expected. This is due to how our brains protect us by forming beliefs. But these beliefs are limiting, not liberating. Our beliefs form from early in our lives and we sometimes do not even know it exists. The most challenging process is to identify these limiting beliefs. Peeling this layer in the onion model deals with an easy approach to identify the limiting beliefs or filters in ourselves and our clients. Once we understand our filters and attitudes, it is time to make decisions and execute our commitments. This is important to close the loop from purpose to destiny to leaving a legacy.

Journey with us through three online modules, consisting of six chapters and loaded with informative videos, reflective manuals and insightful exercises. I have travelled this journey many times and every time, I learn something new myself!

The detail of our offering

MODULE 1

PURPOSE AND DESIGN

CPD: 6 points – receive certificate directly after successful completion of questionnaire for Module 1

Learning outcomes per chapter:

CHAPTER 1: PURPOSE

Purpose explains your reason for being or existing
Purpose stems from a need in the system
In light of the need in the system, something is designed for a specific purpose.
Purpose and design are interwoven
You and I form part of a network of purpose
Purpose cannot be fulfilled in isolation
When you live your purpose, you enable others to live their purpose and vice versa. To ensure a healthy and vibrant system, the world needs every person to live the purpose for which he or she was created

CHAPTER 2: DESIGN

Every person has a unique design
Gifts and competencies flow naturally into and from purpose
Design and purpose can never be separated
How important an understanding and appreciation of your design is
How different platforms can be used to live your purpose
The role of training and development in shining your “diamond”
Why your purpose and design are a gift to the world

MODULE 2

FILTERS AND FEELINGS

CPD: 8 points – receive certificate directly after successful completion of questionnaire for Module 2

CHAPTER 3: FILTERS

How the Journey through life enables the writing of a life story
How the programming process of the brain impacts your life story
Why the map is not the territory
The impact of different filters on behaviour
The power of beliefs and belief systems
What “stuckness” is and how to overcome it
The role of different brain and mind functions

CHAPTER 4: THINKING AND FEELING

The importance of the conscious awareness of limiting beliefs or vows
Possible limiting beliefs or vows that might have formed subconsciously
The impact of limiting beliefs or vows on the display of emotional intelligence
Different elements that constitute the energetic self
How the embedded self, acts to ensure survival
How the deserving self contains all our feelings, emotions and sense of self-awareness
The role of the unique self in differentiating and making decisions
How the relational self helps to create awareness of others and a feeling of connection with them
The role of the creating self in communicating my talents and creativity to others
How the perceiving self provides perspective of the self in the bigger picture as well as the ability to set a vision and goals
The role of the conscious, connected self in enabling a sense of making a difference and leaving a legacy in the world through selflessly serving through my purpose

MODULE 3:

DECISIONS AND DESTINY

CPD: 6 points – receive certificate directly after successful completion of questionnaire for Module 2

CHAPTER 5: DECISIONS

It is possible to move past limiting beliefs and decide to be your authentic self
The ability and responsibility of making decisions
The power and impact of making decisions
Different decision-making styles used
How to develop a decision-making process
How to formulate powerful goals
Decide how you would like to live your purpose

CHAPTER 6: DESTINY