Memoirs of a Coach…
VOLUME 1 July, 2016
Aristotle once said, “the unexamined life is not worth living,” I agree! What’s more, I believe examining one’s life is the very basis of our existence. I have always been a seeker of truth, drawn to more esoteric teachings such as Kabbalah and Buddhism, and I have now come to the conclusion that whatever gives you peach is worthwhile, whether it Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, psychology, meditation, or skydiving… Because, this much I know, the path to peace and prosperity differs with each individual…
There are life-lessons everywhere and some recent teachers who have influenced my life include, Gandhi, Carl Jung, Albert Einstein, John Lennon (check out the words to “Imagine”) to mention a few. Their knowledge and wisdom can illuminate a path for us all to follow. I am grateful for their insights and teachings that have helped me to grow in compassion and wisdom.
As a seeker of truth, for the longest time I have sought personal growth and self-actualization* ( a term coined by Abraham Maslow). As I reflect on my life thus far, I believe I can say that at some level, I have been doing just that! From the words of Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, which I also discovered in my 20’s, to the facinating theories of quantum physics, which I have learned about more recently, it continues to be a facinating journey.
I am confident that I will always be a seeker of truth and of course I realize that suggests that I am still “seeking,” however, recently I must say that I have made a major shift in my perception to that of just knowing! I have released the need for perfection that I believe has held me back, and I now accept that some to the best attributes a Coach can have are humility and vulnerability. There is no room in the life of a Coach and a seeker of truth to be an egotist in any way, and I believe the process of facing my own fears and limitations has given me great empathic advantage. I can say that I know first hand what the path of pain and despair looks like because I have been down it a few times. I prize these failures and, disappointments, and disillusionments, which I now “see” more clearly as the steps I have taken for my own evolution…
The past few years have been a very intense, accelerated quest of personal development and inner transformation to find my own true purpose. Among others I have studied Neuro Lingusitic Programming , Hypnosis, Timeline Therapy–all of which are amazing, trans-formative and easy to use. As a Personal Development Coach, and Zen some… I utilize my knowledge, skill-set and personal experience to effect positive change in my clients.
*Abraham Maslows self-actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism or, more accurately, what the organism is. Therapy of any sort is a means of restoring a person to the path of self-actualization and development along the lines dictated by his or her inner nature.