The Rest of the Adventure: Base Camps, Fallow Land, and Riptides

With a renewed understanding of how time allows us to heal, slowing down and resting is an overlooked part of the wheel of the mono-myth of the hero’s journey. This is part of a series of episodes exploring, with fresh eyes, the hero’s journey on the healing path. Based on the good energy and wisdom of Joseph Campbell, the author of The Power of Myth.

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The Call To Adventure: Saying Yes to the Extraordinary

In this episode, we take the very first steps of the journey to discover the spirit of “you.” Along the way, you voyage away from the stale and stubborn life of limitation to the extraordinary life. Right away, there is the choice of refusing the call. But there is also the choice to answer the call with the smallest step forward to begin the cycle of growth, awakening, and revelation. The word is simply “yes.” “Yes” to bring forth new creations. “Yes” is the opposite of refusing. “Yes” to the call to of the hero’s adventure. Furthermore, “Yes and…” is the welcoming phrase of playfulness, joy, and wonder. Why embrace this path?… Because the hero’s journey is, in fact, a healing journey too. If you have an awareness of answering the call to adventure, you can see for yourself where you are in the mythology of your own life.

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Hilary Crowley
Surfacing with The Fish: The Hero's Journey, Campbell's Parting Gift, and Beginning Again

This is the beginning of a new series about growing consciousness to live more fully. Crediting Joseph Campbell as a brave teacher who taught about collective belief systems in the late 20th century to awaken everybody to their own adventure. Appearing as stories that share unifying lessons for our human experience, we walk the path of the mono-myth- the cycle of adventure, revelation, and restoration.

This first step is to simply desire to become aware ….relating to the metaphoric story by David Foster Wallace… about a couple of fish discussing the water. they swim in. This episode is about awakening to the possibility that you can choose your journey of discovery. You can even choose what you want to discover. And ultimately, you can be sure that the treasure you’re seeking has been with you all along…but now is the time to unearth your gifts because you’ll need every one of them on your new journey. It is time to begin again.

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No Really, What Is Energy Healing?

Because the experience of energy is beyond words, I loved the challenge to describe energy through vignettes and subtle metaphors created from real life case stories. Instead of having the answer in my hand now, the book simply invites the direct question: What Is Energy Healing? In this episode, this question is asked and the answers reveal themselves through more stories, and more imagery, and the great works of Monet.

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Shake, Shake, Shake: Serendipity and Synchronicity

There is peace within us. When we pay attention to all the happenings that occur in life, we can observe, expectations or measurements, good things unfolding. Serendipity means when fortunate things happen that are not planned. Inside of the word Serendipity is the word “serene” — in this episode, the story of an Rottweiler dog and another story of a donkey delve the topic deeper into the understanding of how this beautiful experience of life is weaving together day by day.

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Let It Go: Enough of the Constant Competition

Surrendering to the constant competition of today’s life, maybe it’s time to think differently about doing our best another way. Maybe our best is to stop chasing, sizing, grading, and measuring ourselves against our neighbors. Exploring how to reach out a hand to help your opponent up instead of pushing others down. Here we explore how to truly connect to our whole humanity.

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Resilience with Rome Rose: The Silence Between the Rounds

Rome Rose voices his truth on authentic resilience. Inspired to explore what “Resilient Health” claims to be, Rome joins the conversation with Hilary to uncover the unexpected power of silence and patience. Boxing, meditating, and twelve-mile runs are all expressed as metaphors for resilience in action. Rome is a philosopher on healthy lifestyles, thinking differently, and respecting our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Follow Rome Rose on Instagram@ L_Rome_Rose.

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