About me and how I got into what I'm in to!
Ok... about me. I'm a divorced mom of five, grandma of one, an actress, an English teacher and a writer. I'm also a Life-Coach-in-training. Believe it or not, all these things have a common thread... the Journey of the Hero. I studied Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell in college and became fascinated with their work. I apply The Hero's Journey pattern to everything in my life as a way of checking my own progress:
- As a mom, it has been a heroic quest to bring them up on my own. I've had my trials, slayed some dragons, and collected many rewards. I've just entered the Grandma phase, and I like playing the Wise Woman role!
- As an actress, I use this pattern when I build my characters and bring them to life.
- As an English teacher, I constantly have my students analyze literature using The Hero's Journey, and I evne created an on-line commmunity for them. We just finished The 60 Day Sojourn through the Hero's Journey, and we are working on creative writing. See http://herosjourney.ning.com for more details!
- I am also a writer who has begun to self-publish. I decided to take my writing career in my hands instead of going the traditional route of piles of rejections letters before MAYBE getting it in print. Pfft! I did it myself! Just LAST WEEK! I published my first book on January 1, 2009! I intend to keep writing and keep publishing my own work... and I just know in my heart that I will be successful!
- AND I'm training to be a Life Coach. I intend to use the Hero's Journey as part of my practice, and the book I published will be my clients' workbook. I have ALL KINDS of ideas for how I intend to approach life coaching, and they are all based on my passion... the Journey of the Hero!
This button will take you to my Sequential Sojourn workbook
This button will take you to my poetry collection: Beau Fleuve. It's about my journey through and recovery from sexual abuse.
SOOOOO my business is writing and publishing! I intend to publish student anthologies of short stories by the end of this school year based on the stories they will be writing in our on-line community!
- As a mom, it has been a heroic quest to bring them up on my own. I've had my trials, slayed some dragons, and collected many rewards. I've just entered the Grandma phase, and I like playing the Wise Woman role!
- As an actress, I use this pattern when I build my characters and bring them to life.
- As an English teacher, I constantly have my students analyze literature using The Hero's Journey, and I evne created an on-line commmunity for them. We just finished The 60 Day Sojourn through the Hero's Journey, and we are working on creative writing. See http://herosjourney.ning.com for more details!
- I am also a writer who has begun to self-publish. I decided to take my writing career in my hands instead of going the traditional route of piles of rejections letters before MAYBE getting it in print. Pfft! I did it myself! Just LAST WEEK! I published my first book on January 1, 2009! I intend to keep writing and keep publishing my own work... and I just know in my heart that I will be successful!
- AND I'm training to be a Life Coach. I intend to use the Hero's Journey as part of my practice, and the book I published will be my clients' workbook. I have ALL KINDS of ideas for how I intend to approach life coaching, and they are all based on my passion... the Journey of the Hero!
This button will take you to my Sequential Sojourn workbook
This button will take you to my poetry collection: Beau Fleuve. It's about my journey through and recovery from sexual abuse.
SOOOOO my business is writing and publishing! I intend to publish student anthologies of short stories by the end of this school year based on the stories they will be writing in our on-line community!
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