Meditation teacher, spiritual coach, and writer Ben Katt presents...
Discovering The Hero’s Journey in Midlife
Oct 27 - Nov 1, 2025 in Baja, Mexico
Led by: Ben Katt, Thérèse O'Neill
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Find your path to wholeness and fulfillment by following the hero’s journey
When you’re dealing with the life-altering transitions of midlife, it can be all too easy to get sidetracked on your quest to live a life of meaning and purpose.
But no matter where you are in your journey, or how lost or stuck you feel, there is a proven map you can use to pinpoint your location and chart your route forward to the life you want to live.
And the map that reveals your path forward is the universal “Hero’s Journey” that’s common to the myths and stories of all the world’s belief systems.
As famed mythologist Joseph Campbell taught us, nearly all ancient wisdom traditions feature stories about a hero who is forced to venture out into the world and undergo a series of trials and adventures that help him become the person he needs to be to defeat the villain and return home to his village with the treasure.
All of these stories follow the same pattern – from legends about ancient heroes and religious figures such as Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Moses, Jesus, the Buddha, Mohammed, King Arthur, and Beowulf, all the way down to modern heroes such as Luke Skywalker and Frodo and his companions in Lord of the Rings.
The specifics may be different – but the stages we go through and the skills we must acquire to overcome the challenges each stage are the same.
And when you understand the stages and discover where you are in that journey, it becomes so much easier to understand what you need to do to advance to the next step and accelerate your progress to your desired destination.
In this Owning Wisdom workshop co-facilitated with mindfulness teacher Ben Katt, author of The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness in Midlife, you will explore how the Hero’s Journey can help you chart your path forward and achieve your quest of living a joyous, meaningful, and deeply fulfilling life.
What you’ll gain
Through Ben’s experiential Hero’s Journey and mindfulness teachings, you will:
By the end of your five days with Ben and the other MEA faculty, you will be bursting with clarity and renewed purpose and feel energized and inspired to take the next big step on your Hero’s Journey.
Meet your faculty
Ben Katt
Author of The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness in Midlife
Mindfulness Teacher | Speaker | Coach
Ben Katt has been helping people experience deep transformation and create lives of greater joy, compassion, and purpose for the past twenty years. His first book, The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness at Midlife is a guidebook and memoir about the inner journey we all must embark on in order to live our fullest lives.
Ben is the founder of the WITHIN Prison Meditation Project, serves as a hospice chaplain, and writes regularly about identity, purpose, creativity, and belonging in his weekly STILL newsletter.
Ben is a certified advanced meditation teacher of the 1 Giant Mind technique, holds a Master of Divinity degree, and was an ordained minister for over a decade. Previously, he led The On Being Project’s work in supporting religious and spiritual leaders in the work of social healing.
Ben is an expert at adapting ancient personal development practices for modern contexts in order to help people wake up to who they are and why they are here.
This workshop is for you if...
Struggling to find yourself and longing to live a life of greater meaning and purpose
Excelling at the game of life but something’s missing and you’re not sure what it is
Dealing with midlife transitions involving endings and loss and uncertain how to find your way forward to your next chapter
Ready to let go of what’s no longer working so you can create room for what’s to come
Excited to embark on your life’s next adventure but aren’t sure where to begin or what you need to navigate the journey successfully
Interested in spirituality and curious to explore the deeper mysteries of life
Searching for practical tools to help you feel grounded and connected to the universe around you
Wanting to cultivate a regular mindfulness practice that makes it easier for you to connect to your inner self
Meet your MEA facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Ben, you will be guided through the core MEA curriculum by our faculty members:
Thérèse O'Neill
MEA Facilitator Lead
Thérèse O’Neill is the Facilitator Lead for MEA’s Baja campus. She is a longtime educator in California and in Mexico, working with Nest Global to provide education access to young asylum seekers and refugees. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford, with a background in trauma-informed education and psychology. She is a resident of Baja, where she makes textiles and travels in her free time.
Baja, Mexico
El Pescadero Resort
A stunning oceanfront property offering all of the amenities of a luxury hotel with beautiful beaches perfect for swimming or surfing. Located on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, just a short drive from Todo Santos, the “Pueblo Magico”.
When you answer the call, you discover who you are and what you’re capable of achieving
Embarking on the Hero’s Journey requires you to leave the familiar, get help from others, befriend the darkness, wander in the wild, face your death, defeat the villain, and return home with a gift to share with others.
This is the archetypal journey that all heroes experience when they answer the call to rise to their potential and find their path forward to wholeness. Now it’s your turn.
