What Story Are You Living?: A Workbook and Guide to Interpreting Results from the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator

The profound influence of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung spans both literature and science. His concept of the archetype defines the deep, unconscious patterns in the ways we perceive, organize, and interpret the events of our lives. A wide variety of these shared human themes are reflected in both our cultural traditions and stories and in our personal experiences the stories we live. Discover the archetypal patterns and themes that influence your daily life with this new and expanded companion guide to the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator assessment, developed by the book s authors Drs. Carol Pearson and Hugh Marr, the PMAI indicates the relative influence of such archetypes as Seeker, Warrior, Creator, Sage, Jester, Magician, Lover, and more. Using the book and instrument together, readers will learn their strengths, challenges, growth opportunities, and strategies for self-improvement. Awaken your unrealized potential and hidden strengths to improve personal and business relationships, find new direction in career planning, or replace unproductive life patterns. Understanding your life story and the decisions you make along the way will help you on the path to a fuller, more satisfying journey. Since the PMAI instrument is intended to help guide and improve your journey through life, What Story Are You Living? includes two copies of the PMAI instrument.

Carol S. Pearson is director of the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and a Professor of Leadership Studies in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. Her work utilizes concepts from Jungian psychology to deepen and enrich the experience of the lives of individuals and groups as well as to encourage the narrative intelligence required to make choices that are healthy, spacious, and full of possibilities. Her publications include The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By; Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes that Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World; The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes, coauthored by Margaret Mark; and Mapping the Organizational Psyche: A Jungian Theory of Organizational Dynamics and Change, coauthored by John Corlett. Hugh K. Marr is a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed professional counselor in the private practice of psychotherapy in Alexandria, Virginia. He specializes in working with trauma and its impact on both substance use and on couple relationships. Dr. Marr teaches trauma therapy as well as group and individual psychotherapy to graduate students at The American School of Professional Psychology/Argosy University, and consult for Intensive Trauma Therapy in Morgantown, West Virginia, and mental health and substance abuse programs. He has more than 30 years of clinical experience, and he is a long-time student of narrative and of Jungian psychology. Dr. Marr s work on archetypes influences his clinical work and his teaching.