{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Community Programs during COVID part two: Nurturing Your Inner Hero","description":"Dear Friends, Welcome to today\u2019s Journal entry, which begins with a heartfelt conversation among Windhorse Community Programs members\u2014moderated by Chuck Knapp and JoAnn Burton\u2014about coping with the pandemic from the perspective of the Hero\u2019s Journey, a notion made popular by Joseph Campbell. In addition to the podcast, we\u2019re so pleased to be offering a paper recently written by JoAnn Burton, titled, Hero\u2019s Journey of Recovery: A New Narrative for People with Long Term Mental Health Issues. Between first-person accounts of our experiences of the \u201chero\u2019s journey\u201d in the podcast, and JoAnn\u2019s paper, this entry presents an unusual opportunity to learn about what we know to be powerful help for those of us on a path of recovery. Each of us has an inner hero. Some of us were fortunate enough to have parents who nurtured our little inner hero and helped point us in a good direction in life. Others of us had to figure things out for ourselves and came to understand that we needed help. Sometimes, it takes a while and many wrong paths to find what is most useful. And those who are willing to guide us become trusted mentors and allies. Of course, dragons confront every traveler on such a journey, and coronavirus has been our particular foe since March. As you will hear from Alicia, Joe, and myself, we have needed to \u201csuit up and show up\u201d for the obvious external threat and those inner dragons produced by our own thoughts and fears. The Hero\u2019s Journey surely gave me a compass with which I could direct my steps. Thank you, JoAnn, for encouraging us to find our inner heroes, and showing us how to do that! Our own inner hero is there waiting for each of us. If you haven\u2019t found yours yet, you will. Dig in! Laura Hale ","author_name":"Windhorse Journal Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/windhorsecommunityservices.com\/journal\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17348333\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/92210762"}