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[REPLAY] Michael Mervosh – Invest in Yourself (Capital Allocators, EP.68)

Apr 27, 2020

Michael Mervosh, Executive Director of the Hero’s Journey Foundation, shares his insights on personal transformation through experiential learning. He discusses the significance of Joseph Campbell's myth of the Hero, emphasizing self-discovery amidst adversity. Mervosh explores themes like perfectionism, vulnerability, and the deeper meanings of success beyond material wealth. He highlights the power of community and connections, encouraging listeners to embrace uncertainty as a pathway to growth.

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INSIGHT

The Hero's Task

The hero's journey involves venturing beyond the familiar.
It's about reshaping and renewing culture by bringing back insights from the unknown.

ADVICE

Embracing the Unknown

The hero's journey requires leaving behind known assumptions and embracing the unknown.
This involves confronting unexamined beliefs about life and reality.

INSIGHT

Showing People How to Live

A major source of suffering stems from not understanding how the world works.
Showing people how to live is crucial for helping the world.

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Both times I was interviewed (by Khe Hy and Patrick O'Shaughnessy) and shared those conversations on Capital Allocators, I made reference to a special experience I've participated in for the last five years called the Hero's Journey. The weeklong journey in the mountains of West Virginia provides a setting and platform for each participant to access their best self.

Michael Mervosh is the deeply insightful Executive Director of the Hero's Journey Foundation, an organization he created that provides experiential learning opportunities for human development and transformation based on Joseph Campbell's mythic hero's journey. He has a passion and indescribable skill in enlivening the developmental process and fostering vitality, meaning and well-being in individuals, groups, and organizations. When not running programs or training others, Michael practices psychotherapy at the Nuin Center in Pittsburgh, where he has professionally resided for 25 years.

Our conversation took place in the mountains towards the end of this year's journey and is quite different from those you may be accustomed to hearing on the show. We cover Michael's path to creating the experience, the myth of the Hero, lessons in how the world actually works, the call to adventure, perfectionism, uncertainty, fear, and poetry.

If you're intrigued, I strongly encourage you to check out herosjourneyfoundation.org. Spaces are limited for the annual summer Men's and Women's Journeys, so sign up for next year's trip at the website or reach out to me. I intend to be back on the mountain next year and hope to see you there.

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Book Links

Phillip Shepherd, New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century

Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Jack Kornfeld, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path

Joseph Jastrab, Sacred Manhood Sacred Earth: A Vision Quest into the Wilderness of a Man's Heart