Becoming Your Own Hero

Becoming Your Own Hero presents a comprehensive look at what may be our most important, challenging, and least understood pursuit—living authentically. When heart connected you become one with yourself, everything around you, and to a Spirit that is greater than yourself. At those moments life is fulfilling, flowing and heavenly. When you stay in that state of consciousness in the face of difficulties, you feel powerful and you are your own hero. Becoming Your Own Hero illuminates a path to attaining the kind of power demonstrated by our most revered heroes, such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Inspirational heroes distinguish themselves by their ability to remain true to themselves when facing adversity. We face adversity everyday at home and at work. But we have not been shown the way to meet and overcome upsets in ways that do not compromise our own integrity or the integrity of others. Becoming Your Own Hero fills this gap and points the way toward our yearning for inner peace, joy, abundance and meaningful relationships with others and ourselves. By integrating into the text five extended teaching stories that mirror real life, Becoming Your Own Hero not only provides enjoyable reading but makes its information accessible.

Becoming Your Own Hero presents a comprehensive look at what may be our most important, challenging, and least understood pursuit—living authentically. When heart connected you become one with yourself, everything around you, and to a Spirit that is greater than yourself. At those moments life is fulfilling, flowing and heavenly. When you stay in that state of consciousness in the face of difficulties, you feel powerful and you are your own hero. Becoming Your Own Hero illuminates a path to attaining the kind of power demonstrated by our most revered heroes, such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Inspirational heroes distinguish themselves by their ability to remain true to themselves when facing adversity. We face adversity everyday at home and at work. But we have not been shown the way to meet and overcome upsets in ways that do not compromise our own integrity or the integrity of others. Becoming Your Own Hero fills this gap and points the way toward our yearning for inner peace, joy, abundance and meaningful relationships with others and ourselves. Conventional wisdom teaches that hearts are weak and fragile. Beliefs such as, “The heart is mushy and unmanly” leads to clamping lids on emotional openness. With beliefs such as, “Being open leads to being taken advantage of” we grow into control freaks. Believing that “Heartbreak is devastating” inhibits our ability to give and receive love. Except for those magical moments, such as falling in love, walking on the beach at sunset, playing with our favorite animal or proudly watching our children perform on stage we keep our sensitivity hidden behind protective walls, while developing other abilities such as our Intellect and our sexuality. For many people it takes suffering a great deal of heartache before we realize that disconnection from our heart is responsible for: • Missing the meaningful connections for which we so deeply yearn. • Eroding our self-esteem by denying an essential part of ourselves. • Showering disrespect on others and thereby eroding the trust in relationships with those closest to us. By integrating into the text five extended teaching stories that mirror real life, Becoming Your Own Hero not only provides enjoyable reading but makes its information very accessible.

Dr. Jordan Paul is a psychotherapist, college professor, author, business consultant, and motivational speaker. Dr. Paul is the author or co-author of six books, including the national best-seller Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You? As a psychotherapist, Dr. Paul specialized in helping couples resolve sexual and relationship issues. He is a nationally known expert in conflict resolution and has created and taught workshops in effective communication since 1975. Dr. Paul is a popular motivational speaker who has spoken to a wide range of organizations from the World Business Academy and the Million Dollar Round Table to professional associations, substance abuse clinics and hospitals, and a extensive variety of spiritual and religious groups. Jordan has presented staff and professional trainings for many organizations including: DuPont Corporation; California Association of Marriage and Family Counselors; National Association of Social Workers; and Catholic Marriage Encounter. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows as a guest expert, and on the ABC radio network as a talk show host. During 2011-12 Dr. Paul co-hosted Connections Radio: Awakening Oneness Within Us All, a weekly internet radio variety talk show, featuring prominent cutting edge thinkers, business leaders, celebrities and humanitarians sharing their wisdom and practical experiences for living more connected lives.