Life Coaching for Positive Change

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Women and Legacy

Currently, I am working on the Women and Legacy Project. I am interested in how women view their life experience and how that has an impact on how they give back to the world. Legacy is not necessarily limited to one's career or paid work. It may be formal, such as working on projects for social change. This could be anything from neighborhood initiatives to even national or international work. But equally important are the more personal ways that women give back such as how you parent your children or care for the environment. One's legacy could also be interpersonal, such as one single parent supporting another or a business woman mentoring a woman new to the profession. These are all ways that women give back to the world in the form of personal legacies.

I am conducting a survey using "The Hero's Journey" as a model for both personal and societal transformation. This is inspired by anthropologist Joseph Campbell's work where he studied myths, archetypal stories and world religions and distilled them down to their basic elements. This is the basic "journey" of life and how we are changed by our experiences. We can use this "journey" as a way to think about our sense of purpose and how we give back. Through this lens, you are the hero in your own life story.

I am working on a book about Women and Legacy and plan to create an on-line community of women around the idea of legacy.

Working on issues of how you give back, contribute, or pay-it-forward is a great focus for coaching.

To learn more about the project, check out my blog:

www.coachforthejourneyblog.com

Or feel free to email me at

Meredith_Whelan@yahoo.com