What is Archetypal and what do you do?

The story of Pinocchio says a lot about what we do. Pinocchio was a puppet who was made by his father/maker. His life story is an archetypical journey of a liar who learned to tell the truth. Player to sage. When he lied (aside from his nose growing) he got into all kinds of trouble that was really dangerous. Then he realized he needed to do something. different if he was going to survive. He began to tell the truth, and his life came into alignment and he was able to do amazing things. Most importantly he became human. We have 8 journeys we help people with and all of them help them elevate their lives and make the situations they are in safer.

Why is this not a common process?

Man’s penchant for tools has led him further from the real journey of being human. The idea is that the tool would mean we would not have to face the painful process of growing as a human. However, this is not true. Out tools are valuable but they were never intended to save us from ourselves.

How can being a better human help me make better decisions?

It is all about mindset. When we are in denial, faint-heartedness, and isolation, and deception, we make poorer choices. It is that simple. Recognizing when we are in the limiting mindsets is the key to elevating our mindset to a more expansive one, but not too expansive.

How did this work come to be?

The creator of Archetypal experienced a terrible tragedy and the reflections from that led him to a series of incredible people and their research that was not really being used in the risk management and safety world. Jung, Kegan, Brown, Frankel, and McGilchrist

How will it help me?

If you work in a hazardous environment, you are exposed to consequence. The best thing you can do is become aware of how you are showing up to the decisions yo make every day. If you can prevent your or other people from being involved in a tragedy it is better than the trying to heal from a devastating disaster. The side benefit of going on a personal development journey, is that all of the other aspects of your life will improve.