Susanna Liller - You Are a Heroine: A Retelling of the Heros Journey

Praise for

You Are a Heroine:

A Retelling of the Heros Journey

You Are a Heroine is an operating manual containing all a woman needs to navigate her personal journey. Susanna Liller brings myth and theory to life with examples from the lives of real people, including the author, and well thought-out tasks and exercises the reader can use to claim her identity and her place in the world. Use it as a GPS. Refer to it often.

Patricia R. Adson, Ph.D. LP, coach and psychotherapist

You would think that a book entitled You Are a Heroine would be a beacon for women who want to step out of the comfort zone society fashioned for themand of course it is. This book is a roadmap for any woman who is ready to claim the day. But this is also a very useful book for men who want to better understand the complex journey women have endured for so longa journey that menfolk can be all but oblivious to. This is a very special era, a time when a deeper truth is finally coming forth. Susanna Lillers brave book presents this truth in a way we can all understand.

Jack Barnard, writer and creativity coach

You Are a Heroine provides women with important knowledge about the transformative path they walk, while Susanna Liller teaches us about the heroines journey in a readable, accessible and real-life way. My focus is helping women become bigger players in the marketplace. This book will help all women become bigger players in life.

Bonnie Marcus, author of The Politics of Promotion

Susanna Liller came into my life when I was at a critical juncture, stuck professionally, without a clue as to how to move forward. Through her coaching, I found the strength to take the leap from a miserable, but well-paid, job to starting my own business. Now she is sharing her expertise, wisdom and good humor in this brilliant book. It will benefit any woman who wants to step out of her cookie-cutter role, yet faces daunting challenges. Following Susannas guidance, readers will come to know that there is a larger framework in which theyre operating, a framework thats shaping them into strong, wise change agents in todays world.

Catherine Fellenz, retired change manager

With so many distractions and choices to sort through, its not easy to land on the right life path for you. Susanna Liller, a gifted coach and mentor to women, is your sure-footed guide through the overwhelm and into a place of confidence, calm and clarity. No matter what your circumstances or obstacles, reading this book will ease the challenge of finding a way in the world that feels fully resonant and richly rewarding.

Amy Wood, Psy.D., author of Life Your Way

In You Are a Heroine, Susanna Liller takes you by the hand to the edge of your heroines journey and sends you off with a map of the signposts youll encounter, to know youre never lost. This book serves as a worthy guide to living to the fullest the great story that is your life.

Gail Larsen, author and teacher, Transformational Speaking

You Are a Heroine connects every woman to her strong, courageous and transformative self at a time when we all need to be reminded of our resilient nature. In a consistently convincing way, author Susanna Liller sends us the message that our best selves are only a journey away. Her book deliberately describes the Heroines path in universal and manageable steps and provides a you can do it theme as a backdrop. With her personal anecdotes and real life examples of Heroines journeys, Susanna conveys the truth: that any woman can embark on this challenging journey and emerge whole and transformed as she arrives back home to herself.

Barbara Babkirk, master career counselor

In her book, You Are a Heroine, Susanna Liller gently nudges us out of our comfort zone and into a place of deeper listening. She helps us to identify our profoundest truths and then inspires the courage and action necessary to honor them. Her expert guidance compels us all to leapto embrace a life of greater authenticity, satisfaction, and joy.

Jennifer Richard Jacobson, author of The Dollar Kids

Is life getting uncomfortable? A persistent voice is calling you to let go of the known and take a different route. You are attracted by this calling, yet something is not allowing you to move This is the book for you. The warm voice of Susanna Liller will fill you with confidence and shine a light on the blessings that lie ahead. Trust your intuition. If you are reading this, you are a heroine and all you need to know to embark in your heroic journey is here.

Blanca Vergara, author of One Couple Two Careers

YOU ARE A HEROINE

YOU ARE A HEROINE

A Retelling of the Heros Journey

by Susanna Liller

You Are a Heroine

A Retelling of the Heros Journey

Copyright 2018 Susanna Liller

Cover design by Mark Gerber

Cover illustration and chapter embellishments copyright 2018 Mark Gerber, Additional graphics copyright 2018 Katy Harkleroad

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following: Excerpts used by permission of the Joseph Campbell Foundation (jcf.org) include:

Excerpt(s) from The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, copyright 2008.

Excerpt(s) from Pathways to Bliss, Mythology and Personal Transformation by Joseph Campbell, copyright 2004.

Excerpt(s) from Reflections on the Art of Living; A Joseph Campbell Companion by Joseph Campbell, copyright 1991.

Heros Journey schema from The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (New World Library), copyright 2008.

Excerpts(s) from The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, Betty Sue Flowers, Editor, copyright 1991. Used by permission of Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.

Excerpt from The Journey of the Hero: Personal Growth, Deep Ecology and the Quest for the Grail by Friedemann Wieland, copyright 1994. Used by permission of Prism Press.

Excerpt from The Fisher King and The Handless Maiden by Robert A. Johnson, copyright 1993. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

Excerpt(s) from Theres No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent, copyright 1975, renewed 2003 by Penguin Random House LLC. Used by permission of Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

For a New Beginning from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, by John ODonohue, copyright 2008. Used by permission of Doubleday, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

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