2021: Recalculating the Mom Factor

Mother’s Day 2021

And so it begins….

Heroine’s Journey: Reconciling with the Mother

It is not lost on me that healing the mother wound is the last major turning point on the Heroine’s Journey. For those only familiar with the Joseph Campbell work on the Hero’s Journey, I recommend the work of Maureen Murdock.

The two journeys are in some way similar, yet unique. I believe that for our own self-actualization, we all need to take our own Hero and Heroines Journey regardless of gender. We all embody both masculine and feminine characteristics and wholeness involves the acknowledgement of both. The Hero’s Journey is more about the development of a healthy ego through overcoming obstacles, finding true power and making our own unique mark in the world. The Heroine’s Journey involves a deep inner plunge. After we have made our mark in the world and served our tribe, how do we re-focus our inner longing, to the embrace of the Self? I view The Heroine’s Journey as a profound aspect of our spiritual journey. At its essence, it is the turn from looking for adventure in the outer world, to the deepest embrace of adventure in our inner world. It is the adventure of intimacy. It is the infinite adventure of love.

I find it fascinating that the forgiveness of the mother is what sets us free. In this patriarchal culture, mothers carry more negative projection, expectation and demands than any other role that can be played. Ultimately, in loving our…