You're a Hero...

How to get started sharing your story

Before we get into today’s newsletter, make sure you check out our most recent podcast. It was awesome to get Callan from the Blood Run to interview two R4R legends in Jess and Shooter, and it’s an even better listen.

And remember…

If you can’t make tonight’s community forum, we’re getting a live stream up and running! It starts at 7pm from inside the pub and you can watch it via the link below, but if you can make it in person, get there at 6pm for the run and chat beforehand.

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You’re a Hero...?

How to get started sharing your story

Stories help us understand the world, and they can help us comprehend whatever we’re going through.

We’ve written earlier about an easy way to get started in telling your story, by starting to tell it chronologically, and adding layers of meaning by linking each event with “therefore” or “but then”.

But, if you’re looking to understand your story more, or if you’re still struggling to get started, it might help you to consider a well-known story telling structure.

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The Heroes Journey

You’ve probably heard of it, and fair enough... It’s a framework applied to countless stories, and given we’re all the hero of our own, you can apply it to yours too. My interpretation of the structure is the following:

A call to adventure,
A struggle,
Personal growth,
And a new beginning.

My story with Running for Resilience began with my Dad’s suicide and I responded as best I could (a call to adventure), but I’d adopted a naïve belief structure that I could avoid pain, which was shattered when my Mum was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer (a struggle).

Therefore, I was forced to find a new belief structure, that we can’t control what happens to us, but we can always control how we respond… (personal growth)… and this new mindset has helped me through a number of struggles since (new beginnings).

That’s my story in less than 30 seconds, and using the Heroes Journey structure can help you view your own. Viewed in a series of questions, maybe it can be viewed in the following:

What happened to you?
What struggles followed?
How did those struggles change you?
How have you approached new struggles since?

If you get a roll on with comprehending your own story and would like to share it with our community, please email hello@runningforresilience.com