INNER JOURNEY 
Psychology, Inc.

In an achievement-driven world that prizes action, productivity, and external success, many women feel a quiet inner imbalance. Drawing from Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey, this series explores an inward path of development—one that honors loss, longing, and healing as essential movements toward wholeness, especially within masculine-dominant cultures like Silicon Valley.

[Stage 1 — Ordinary World] This post is part of The Entrepreneur’s Hero’s Journey, a 12-stage series exploring entrepreneurship as a Hero’s Journey. In this stage, reflect on your ordinary world—the familiar routines, environments, and tensions shaping your professional life—to notice subtle signals from your inner entrepreneur before stepping into the adventure ahead.

As the New Year begins, not all of us feel ready to move forward with clarity or resolution. Sometimes, what we need most is not another goal, but a moment of listening. This reflection invites a quieter way of beginning—one that honors pause, discernment, and the wisdom of starting from within.