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Learn about the final step in the Hero’s Journey: Claiming your truth and power. Our Leadership coaches are here for you every step of the way.

It’s interesting to explore this phase of Transformation and Return when some of our clients and colleagues are facing a return to the workplace. Some are trickling back into the office one by one, others as determined by level or role, and still others are making plans for 2022.

So often, we are our most challenging dragon. We question ourselves: are we good enough? Smart enough? Equipped for the task in front of us? We work with so many men and women who face these questions every day.

So often, we are our most challenging dragon. We question ourselves: are we good enough? Smart enough? Equipped for the task in front of us? We work with so many men and women who face these questions every day.

In this final stage, the hero returns having a NEW TRUTH and the POWER to help others with it. It’s not about speaking truth to power; it’s not about having power over…it’s about power from within, and the courage to claim that power.

Transformation can be scary. It’s a leap into the unknown. It’s about change: changing your beliefs, changing your actions, or changing your perspective.

Allies come in many forms, and with various messages: some welcome, and some that we might be more resistant to hearing or acknowledging.

Allies come into our lives with a mission: they are there to aid in our transformation.

The first dragon we often face is ourselves: are we good enough? Smart enough? Well suited for the task in front of us? We work with so many clients – men and women – who face these questions every day.

Calls to Awaken can come in many forms, some obvious and life-altering, some more subtle, and some evolve over time: a gentle nudge or sense of intuition that tells us that something needs to change or shift. These calls can originate from our environment, from our interactions with others, or when we take time to reflect, and look within. Each is compelling.

New year. New start.

What’s your journey? What are you being called to do? If you expand your vision – take a step back and really look at how you’re spending your time and energy, is it aligned with where you want to be headed? If not, what steps can you take today to redirect to a path that’s more aligned with the true, authentic you?

If you need some ideas on how to trigger your creative thinking, try one or all of these suggestions:

We’ve been doing a lot of writing and thinking about the hero – or heroine’s - journey lately. You know the arc: in a nutshell, a hero goes on adventure, encounters a decisive crisis, meets a guide who helps on the path to a decisive victory, and the hero emerges forever transformed.