Why me? The Hero's Journey

About this episode

Tricia Duffy explores The Hero's Journey through the lens of The Wizard of Oz, discussing its twelve phases and what they mean for personal growth.

The Wizard of Oz  is, obviously, a fantastic film and a compelling story. But what can we learn from it? In this episode Tricia introduces us to  The Hero’s Journey,  which sets out the twelve phases of any creative quest: from the ordinary world to great rewards, all via the spooky sounding ‘innermost cave.’ Have you received your call to adventure yet?  Follow me on Instagram  @intenyearstimeofficial Mentioned in this episode The hero with a thousand faces by Joseph Campbell  (Book) The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler  (Book) Combining Crafts, Skills and Medium  - Series 3, episode 5 of In Ten Years Time (Podcast episode) Every person has a unique brain anatomy  (Scientific research, University of Zurich) Support me with a donation https://www.intenyearstime.com/donate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tricia Duffy

Topics covered

• Hero's Journey
• creative quest
• personal development
• storytelling
• film analysis

Keywords

• Hero's Journey
• The Wizard of Oz
• Joseph Campbell
• creative quest
• storytelling
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Zurich

Books & works: The Wizard of Oz, The hero with a thousand faces, The Writer’s Journey

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