Become The Master Of Your Own Narrative
- How do you express experiences meaningfully to showcase your worth?
- Do you know what will happen once you learn to effectively tell yours?
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
- Create your PEAK Story to demonstrate your unique style
- Prepare for interviews and create a personal statement
- Develop your public speaking skills
- Develop a decision making matrix
- Answer the question “Tell me about yourself” to show your value and worth
The Self Discovery Development Program is designed for students and individuals who are looking for an opportunity for self development and personal growth. With the support of our Self Discovery Coach, Dr John Burke, students will receive
- 6 individualized 1-hour coaching sessions to support progress throughout this narrative development experience
- a professor-as-guide approach to each session allowing the individual to drive the process yet still pause for conversation
- a partner in co-developing a personalized life-work narrative suitable for storytelling, interviews, life decision-making & public speaking
You can now enroll in the Self Discovery Development: StoryPathing™ PEAK Storytelling program with me as a coach! Follow this link to sign up. More information can be found through this link.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς κλαῖε καθήμενος, ἔνθα πάρος περ,
δάκρυσι καὶ στοναχῇσι καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἐρέχθων.
πόντον ἐπ᾽ ἀτρύγετον δερκέσκετο δάκρυα λείβων.
Odyssey 5.82-84
“But he [Odysseus], just as before, sat weeping on a promontory, tormented in his heart with tears and groaning and pain. He was gazing intently upon the barren sea, shedding tears.”
The quote above is how Odysseus is personally introduced as the title character in his story, the Odyssey. Strangely, although it’s early in the story, it sure seems like the end of line as he intently gazes out to sea, weeping inconsolably: no homecoming, no story, no identity. He’s not even named here! It’s only the beginning, though. Through the lens of StoryPathing™, the Odyssey can be read as a story about the role of personal narrative in (re)claiming personal identity. This is the essence of StoryPathing™ and is the means by which Odysseus returns home in the largest sense: to personal identity in terms of place, role, and relation to others
This is the human endeavor; Odysseus’ story is our own. StoryPathing™ can be your guide in this process of learning who you really are through the discovery, development and delivery of your personal narrative. After reading and teaching the Odyssey for many years, I call my practice ‘Odyssey Consulting and Guidance’ as a nod to the Odyssey as an enduring example of the transformative power of StoryPathing™.
If you are trying to see the way forward: a student in transition, a mid-career work-role or career change, or at the end of your professional life, the time is now for you to take the next step. The way forward starts with you. You can help yourself by learning the themes and patterns of your life in terms of the people, places, motivations, and competencies that have consistently furnished both meaning and fulfillment. Understand that developing your personal narrative means a growing awareness of the energy that connects your past, now and next.
