Another way to try to discern your destiny – your myth – would be to follow [Carl] Jung‘s example: observe your dreams, observe your conscious choice, keep a journal, and see which images surface and resurface. Look at stories and symbols and see which ones resonate.*
Joseph Campbell

To know her well, you would need to know her identity – you would need to know what it is about her life that provides her with meaning, unity, and purpose … It is story. To know my wife well, you have to know her life story.**
Dan McAdams

In the United States in 1948,^ followed by
the UK in 1955, This Is Your Life began to map the
lives of guest celebrities from different walks of life
for their audiences;
The franchises have long since gone, but
we haven’t missed the opportunity to
hear our own story.

It’s unlikely that the original participants heard
anything to surprise them, but our own stories can do exactly this
when we focus on their meaning, unity, and purpose;
In my work with people concerning these dimensions of their lives,
I may be an audience of one, thrilled
by all that emerges, but the real audience is made up of those
these dreamwhisperers^^ will come to serve:
the good life story is
one of the most important gifts
we can ever offer each other.**

*Joseph Campbell’s Pathways to Bliss;
**Dan McAdams’ The Stories We Live By;
^Firstly on radio;
^^My name for those I work with on their dreams, listening to the whispers of their lives.