Be Your Own Dang Hero

You built the life you thought would make you happy. So why doesn't it feel that way? In this season opener of Be Your Own Dang Hero , Pauline McKinney explores the hidden truth behind success, burnout, self-discovery, and the question so many of us are afraid to ask: What do I actually want? If you've ever felt disconnected from your own life—even when everything looks good from the outsi...

Coming Home: Mining the Wisdom of Returns In this week’s Go Deeper episode of the Be Your Own Dang Hero Podcast , host Pauline McKinney invites you to reflect on the powerful theme of returns and homecomings —those moments when you re-enter everyday life after a transformative experience.

Do you have your own hero's journey to share? I'd love to have you as a guest! Click ⁠here ⁠ to submit your story! email: pauline@beyourowndanghero.com In this episode of the Be Your Own Dang Hero podcast, host Pauline McKinney discusses the final chapter of the Hero's Journey: the return. Titled 'Returns and Homecomings,' this episode explores the ways heroes share their newfo...

This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it!

Temptations and Refusals: Navigating the Hero’s Journey Back to the Known World In this episode of Be Your Own Dang Hero , host Pauline McKinney dives into a crucial but often overlooked stage of the Hero’s Journey: the Refusal of the Return . After the hero overcomes challenges, gains mastery, and receives their reward, there’s one final test—bringing those lessons and gifts back into the real wo...

This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it!

Sweet Rewards: What Comes After Facing Your Monsters In this episode of Be Your Own Dang Hero , host Pauline McKinney explores the powerful concept of the reward that follows facing your biggest fears and inner dragons—the “ordeals” in your personal Hero’s Journey. Every challenge we face, whether a professional leap, a personal transformation, or confronting deep-seated limiting beliefs, carries...

This is your invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it! This we’re going to be digging deeper into a current or past ordeal for better understanding.

It’s Giving Final Boss Energy: Facing the Ordeal in Your Hero’s Journey In this episode of the Be Your Own Dang Hero Podcast , host Pauline McKinney explores the thrilling and terrifying stage of the Hero’s Journey known as the Ordeal —the moment when you face your biggest fear, your shadow, or your very own “final boss.”

As humans, we have so much rich experience in our lives to draw from, but often it can get lost in today’s fast paced world.  This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it! This week we will be asking questions and going deeper into the trials and monsters we are...

This episode is all about the road of trials! What’s growth without tests? And what are tests without monsters? This is where your initiation as a hero begins….

This week, we'll be going deeper and reflecting on a transition you're experiencing whether you're just beginning one, in the middle of one, or having just finished one - there are questions for each stage! Grab a beverage and a journal, and let us being our inner work!

Have you ever finally gotten something you wanted - only to find yourself unable to enjoy it and longing for what was? If so - you might be experiencing the belly of the whale aka transitions! This is one of the most important episodes (imo) - because transitions are fundamental to the human experience and yet rarely talked about.  Join me as I break down what’s happening, and what you can do when...

As humans, we have so much rich experience in our lives to draw from, but often it can get lost in today’s fast paced world.  This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it! Questions are potent tools to help you access the wisdom inside yourself, and so every oth...

I made you a visual map of the hero’s journey to use along the way!  👉 Click here to download it 👈! This episode is all about what happens when you’re ready to accept the call and embark on the hero’s journey.  Listen and learn about: Why starting is so hard  The two ways to start a hero’s journey (and how they are different from one another) How supernatural aid works & what forms it takes...

As humans, we have so much rich experience in our lives to draw from, but often it can get lost in today’s fast paced world.  This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it! Questions are potent tools to help you access the wisdom inside yourself, and so every oth...

Today’s episode is all about refusing the call - aka - saying no to our dreams.  Saying no to the call is so normal, that it’s literally it’s own step in the hero’s journey!  In this episode, I’ll share: The 3 categories of refusal (number 1 is my usual go to) The cost of refusing the call to your dreams Reframes & tools you can use when refusing the call.  For show time stamps and journal pro...

Today’s episode is an invitation to go deeper and remember that you’ve been on the hero’s journey before. We will make space to do a powerful exercise and remember: the adventures we’ve been on the treasures we’ve reaped, most importantly - we will restore our confidence that we did it before and we can do it again! 

Have you ever made a decision that made absolutely no logical sense to anyone, but just felt like something you had to do? If you’ve ever made one of those crazy decisions - it was most likely you being lured into a new hero’s journey! In this episode, I’ll talk about how you enter a hero's journey through enticement and being lured into something more exciting and adventurous! Our biggest lif...

In this week’s go deeper episode, I’ll share my ultimate cheat code to help you navigate & orient yourself when your cheat codes stop working.  As humans, we have so much rich experience in our lives to draw from, but often it can get lost in today’s fast paced world.  This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much g...

Who doesn’t love a good cheat code?  It’s human nature to find/design hacks that make our lives easier, and then come to depend on this cheat code always working.  Buuuuuuut We end up getting very comfortable with the way things are with these cheat codes and when life changes (as it always does), we resist with all our might.  In this episode, I’ll give you my tips on how to reframe and work with...

As humans, we have so much rich experience in our lives to draw from, but we so easily forget how much we have persevered through, accomplished, and learned! This is your sacred invitation to drop in and mine your own inner world for answers, ideas, and inspiration. There’s so much good stuff inside of you - let’s dig deeper and access it! Questions are potent tools to help you access the wisdom i...

This episode is all about setting the stage and introducing you to the hero’s journey and this podcast! Listen in and you you’ll hear about: What is a hero’s journey? Why is it something I want to learn? What is a hero’s journey vs what isn’t Who the heck is Joseph Campbell? What are the 3 acts of a journey? What tools will help you as you embark on the journey Do you have your own hero's jour...

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