The Path of the Everyday Hero [Paperback]

Lorna Catford (Author), Michael Ray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1991

The Path of the Everyday Hero is a unique and powerful workbook to guide us along in our search for answers to five major challenges of life. Each challenge is compared to a great myth, and the reader is the hero or heroine who must "take a great journey" to overcome an obstacle blocking the path to success. Illustrated.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher; 1st edition (August 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874776309
• ISBN-13: 978-0874776300
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,074,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handbook for creative living, May 11, 2004

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David Newman "Professional Services Marketing... (www.doitmarketing.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Path of the Everyday Hero (Paperback)

This book is a fabulous guide to more creative living in business and in everyday life. Way before Julia Cameron and The Artist's Way came on the scene, Michael and Lorna's book broke new ground. Much more than a book on living creatively, it's a book on how to tap into your highest self, step into your own greatness, and realize that your struggles and challenges fall into an age-old pattern that once you understand and internalize, can be overcome with strength and confidence.

This would also make a fine book for anyone interested in the power of myth, or Joseph Campbell's work.

Just a fine, fine book. Sprinkled with quotes and bits of wisdom as well as hands-on activities, this is a rich and rewarding personal development book. Too bad it's currently out of print. I think Lorna and Michael are pursuing reprint options, but there are plenty of well-loved copies available, so grab one NOW!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Springboard for being the Hero in your Life's Endeavors, July 26, 2007

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Arturo J. Bencosme (Boulder, CO U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Path of the Everyday Hero: Drawing on the Power of Myth to Meet Life's Most Important Challenges (Paperback)

Through this book, Catford and Ray offer an outstanding avenue for anyone that wants to thrive in their own heroic journey on a day-to-day basis. The book's content hovers above that which is the usual tools of neurolinguistic programming and takes you further, in a most enticing manner, through a journey to bring discovery and fulfillment into your life. Fortunate enough, this book is not about "solving" life's problems. Instead, it is about exerting your own inner power to create a great life. Actually more than a greate life - a legendary one for yourself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A map for transformation...., July 14, 2005

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John Renesch - "The Great Growing Up"... (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Path of the Everyday Hero: Drawing on the Power of Myth to Meet Life's Most Important Challenges (Paperback)

This book describes a path I've taken on at least two occasions and it really helps to see I'm not the first one to take it...seeing the stages of transformation, from innocent high-ground to the depths of the pit and back up to the breakthrough and celebration helps, especially when one is at the bottom of the pit...a great companion for the seeker of new ground and new being.