The Legend of  Jumping Mouse

A Sacred Tale of Transformation and Courage

At the heart of Her Sacred Journey lies a timeless Native American story — The Legend of the Jumping Mouse — a parable rich with symbolism, courage, and the call of the soul’s awakening. This story follows a small, humble mouse who hears a whisper on the wind — a promise of something more. Though afraid, the mouse chooses the path of becoming, facing trials, surrendering comforts, and leaping into the unknown… until at last, she transforms.

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This legend is a map of the Heroine’s Journey, a sacred invitation to leave behind the known and walk the path of trust, sacrifice, and radical becoming. Like the mouse, we are all asked at some point to listen beyond the noise, to leap without knowing what we’ll become, and to remember the courage it takes to follow the soul.

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“I hear something calling me… something beyond the noise of the walled city and beyond prairie.  It's in the distance. A whisper.”

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“You must give a part of yourself,” said the wise frog. “Only then will the vision be yours.”

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“Jumping Mouse knew now that she had nothing left to fear.”

 

This story is the mythic foundation of my upcoming book, Jumping Mouse: The Heroine’s Journey, where I guide women through their own alchemical path of awakening. We each carry the medicine of the mouse — the one who listens, the one who leaps, the one who becomes, the one who soars like the eagle.