Product reviews for The Hero's Journey (Paperback edition)

I have read many NLP books, and have become tired of the sameness of many of them - the same NLP stories, the same exhortations to brighten those sub-modalities or collapse those anchors !. Consequently I was very excited to discover this new angle on self-development through NLP. “The Hero's Journey” provides a pathway to help identify your inner calling and deal with the negative energies holding you back. It's a refreshing approach, seamlessly building in many NLP and hypnosis tools including timeline, parts integration, and perceptual positions.

I hope this book stimulates a new NLP literature to replace the stagnation of many current NLP works.

This is not to say that this book is the whole answer. I have a number of reservations about it - I find the self-congratulatory style of the presenters irritating and the use of pseudo-intellectual language offputting (“the following exercise applies the systemic NLP processes of spatial sorting, somatic syntax and the concept of characterological adjectives ...”). Why can't the book be accessible to everyone ?



But put aside the “new age” gloop (or as the authors have it - “extend into a field of fields, where there is an intelligence ... a mind beyond mind”) and you'll find a very interesting and useful resource for advanced NLPers seeking to help themselves and others along the path to self-fulfillment. If NLP is a major part of your self development, then this book is well worth reading. It helped me clarify my goals and issues. I hope other authors will develop the route further.