Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces was published in 1949 — a book that is simultaneously timeless, and very much of its time. IDEAS looks at the massive influence of Campbell's theory.

Meshing the ageless narrative of the hero's journey, as detailed by mythologist Joseph Campbell, with Martin Seligman 's PERMA model from positive psychology creates a compelling framework to ...

Campbell described more than a dozen key elements of a Hero’s Journey, seven of which Rogers explored in his research: protagonist, shift, quest, allies, challenge, transformation, and legacy.

Combining Campbell's hero's journey with Seligman's PERMA model enables a deeper look at human well-being. The "monomyth" parallels people's internal transformations, intertwining with Seligman's ...