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The Hero's Journey: From Recovery to Redemption

Where are you now?

Many people in recovery from addiction and trauma make the mistake of thinking their end goal is sobriety or freedom from trauma triggers. But that’s only part of the journey. God has so much more in store for you.

We believe your recovery is just the beginning of your Hero’s Journey, where the hard work of recovery can lead to living a redemptive life where God uses your learned experiences and hard-earned wisdom to help others.

But first, you’ll need a roadmap that will help you move through The 4 Stages on your road to redemption. And it all begins with this question…

Where are you now? Wherever you are on your journey, we can help you reach your destiny. Join us and we’ll help you heal and learn how to use your story for God’s glory.

We'll Help You At Every Stage

Hopeful

Expectant & Optimistic

Gutsy

Dedication & Endurance

Braveful

Growth & Wisdom

Heroic

Bold & Courageous

Stage 1: Hopeful

Frustration, despair, or hopelessness may have worn you down. But somehow, you summoned up the courage to fight and not give up on yourself. And now you’re here, Hopeful and looking for solutions. You’ve come to the right place. Our Daily Disciplines™ and Certified Professional Mentors™ will guide you and set you on a course for freedom. If you’re a man who struggles, your fastest way to freedom would be signing up for Mentoring with Michael!

STAGE INDICATORS
  • Early crisis, decision, and information gathering stage
  • Likely experiencing shock and grief or ambivalence
  • Focused on self, you may still blame or try to fix others
  • Sees pain and consequences, ready to ask for help
  • Unconscious incompetence (Ignorance)
  • Unaware of skills needed and lacks proficiency

Stage 2: Gutsy

On your Hero’s Journey, Gutsy is where the hard work and heavy lifting of recovery and healing happens. Expect to be here for a while because recovery is a marathon, not a sprint. The help and guidance of your Daily Disciplines™ and a Certified Professional Mentor™ are essential. Again, if you’re a man who struggles, your fastest way to freedom would be signing up for Mentoring with Michael! After at least a year of good solid progress in your recovery, you might want to consider enrolling in our Mentor Training and Certification Program so you can start learning about how to help others as a Certified Professional Mentor™. Giving back to others wherever you are able is an important part of the hero’s journey.

STAGE INDICATORS
  • Shock and grief give way to lots of repair work
  • Focus still on self, but able to help others, too
  • Owns problems and consequences, surrendered
  • Transformation, deep internal restructuring occurs here
  • Conscious incompetence (Awareness)
  • You’re aware of skills you need, but not yet proficient

Stage 3: Braveful

Braveful is a beautiful place to be. While there’s still more recovery work to be done, you now look forward to it as you shift your focus from repair work to growth. Your Daily Disciplines™ will help you to stay motivated.  If you’re a man who struggles, signing up for Mentoring with Michael would help you solidify your recovery work. Assuming you’ve been making good progress in your recovery, now would also be an ideal time to enroll in our Mentor Training and Certification Program so you can start serving others as a Certified Professional Mentor™.

STAGE INDICATORS
  • Your time is shifting from repair work to growth
  • Focus shifts from serving self to serving God and others
  • You’re crossing the chasm from recovery to redemption
  • Major progress addressing underlying, root cause issues
  • Conscious competence (Learning)
  • Able to use new skills, but only with conscious effort

Stage 4: Heroic

Congratulations! You’re now living a redemptive life. As you continue to use the Daily Disciplines™ and other tools to maintain your recovery, your focus is now on serving God and helping others. By now you should be enrolled in our Mentor Training and Certification Program and actively serving others as a Certified Professional Mentor™.

STAGE INDICATORS
  • Recovery maintenance mode, primarily focused on growth
  • Able to partner with God in ministering to other’s needs
  • Spiritual growth and maturity increases godly wisdom
  • Wisdom, maturity attracts mentoring opportunities
  • Unconscious competence (Mastery)
  • Recovery, growth skills come automatically, 2nd nature

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