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.

Since February 2025, Inner Journey began a weekly blog project rooted in reflection, meaning-making, and connection beyond the therapy room. As the year comes to a close, this post offers a review of our 2025 writing—organized by category—for readers who are new, returning, or simply curious to explore at their own pace.