This document discusses Joseph Campbell's concept of the hero's journey and how it relates to personal development. It outlines the typical stages of the hero's journey, including the ordinary world, call to adventure, meeting the mentor, crossing the threshold, trials, and return. It discusses how the hero's journey is reflected in stories, myths, fairytales, and psychological concepts like individuation and self-actualization. It provides an example of how the hero's journey framework can be applied in an NLP context to understand personal growth and awakening of the inner self into human consciousness through life challenges and symptoms.