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Your Big Story
Your Big Story
The Way We Narrate Our Lives Shape What They Become
The Way We Narrate Our Lives Shape What They Become
You finished The 7 Concepts. You have the framework.
Now begins the personal journey.
Your Big Story is a guided workbook that walks you through every stage of the Hero's Journey — the archetypal pattern running through all human experience, in every culture, across all of recorded time — and helps you identify where you are in the epic tale of your own life.
It's not a metaphor. It's a map.
Your Pain Has a Pattern
Your struggles aren't random.
Your struggles aren't random.
Most of us carry two versions of our story. The one we tell at dinner parties. And the longer one — marked by old wounds, quiet battles, and the parts we're not sure how to explain.
Here's what this course unpacks: your struggles aren't random, and they're not proof something is wrong with you. They're part of a pattern that humans have been living — and narrating — for thousands of years.
| We assume our circumstances shape our stories. But the opposite is true: the way we narrate our lives shapes what they become.
| We assume our circumstances shape our stories. But the opposite is true: the way we narrate our lives shapes what they become.
—Lori Gottlieb, MA, LMFT
This course reveals the deeper story you didn't realize you are living.
The Stages You'll Move Through
The Hero's Journey — mapped to your life.
The Hero's Journey — mapped to your life.
Each stage unlocks a new way of seeing where you've been, what you've survived, and what the point is.
STAGE 01
You Are the Hero
You Are the Hero
Heroes aren't rare. They're ordinary people who decide to live intentionally — who meet pain and keep moving. You're already one. This stage helps you see it.
STAGE 02
The Ordinary World
The Ordinary World
The early rules and expectations you absorbed before you knew you had a choice. The world that shaped you before you started shaping yourself.
STAGE 03
The Call to Adventure
The Call to Adventure
Pain, longing, and disruption as invitations. The moment something inside you said: not this.
STAGE 04
Refusal of the Call
Refusal of the Call
Hesitation is universal. Resistance doesn't mean you're a coward — it means you're human. This stage names it honestly.
STAGE 05
Meeting the Mentor
Meeting the Mentor
The guidance that arrived when you most needed courage — a person, a book, a flash of unexpected clarity.
STAGE 06
Crossing the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
The moment you couldn't go back. When going forward felt like falling through space.
STAGE 07
Tests, Allies & Enemies
Tests, Allies & Enemies
Your real enemies aren't people. They're the beliefs that limit you. Your real allies are the ones who see you clearly and don't flinch.
STAGE 08
The Ordeal & Reward
The Ordeal & Reward
The fears you faced. The freedom you found on the other side.
STAGE 09
The Road Back & Integration
The Road Back & Integration
Bringing what you've learned into ordinary life — often the hardest part of any journey.
STAGE 10
The Elixir & Mastery
The Elixir & Mastery
Living the truth you earned. Becoming the mentor you once needed.
| Also: Becoming a beginner all over again.
What You Move Forward With
Two versions of your new story.
Two versions of your new story.
A full Hero's Journey narrative of your life — written by you, in your own words, from your own experience.
And a short, portable reframe you can hold onto:
| I once thought my life was about [...]. Then [...] happened.
| At first I [...], but over time I [...].
| Now I know [...]. And I want others to know [...] too.
The Shift
The Shift
You stop waiting for the story to make sense on its own.
You stop waiting for the story to make sense on its own.
Before
Before
Pain is suffering. Pressure is everywhere. Life feels like something that keeps happening to you.
After
After
Pain has shape and meaning. You can see where you've been, where you are, and — more clearly than before — where you're headed.
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