Man/Woman Know Thyself
We are all born beautiful, pristine little babies complete with our own tendencies hard wired in the brain (the beginnings of personality), our own uniqueness and our own gifts. As we interact with our parents, siblings and the world beyond our family patterns begin to form in our responses to the external world, based on what seems to work for us, what gets us what we want and helps us to feel a sense of belonging.
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players", from Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' pretty much sums up our life experience when we are identified only with our personality with ego (a fabricated, false image of who we think we are or would like to believe we are) at its centre. We mistake our thoughts and beliefs for our true self and this is how we get lost. This identification with mind and ego is the source of all human suffering and difficulty. We are distanced, and at worst disconnected, from our true Self and feel constantly dissatisfied as if something is missing in our life. We then go looking for something or someone 'out there' who will help us to feel complete again. Like the characters in The Wizard of Oz we go searching for the wizard who will help us to be happy. This creates a lot of complications. Life is meant to be, and can be, much simpler and enjoyable.
The coaching pathway I provide is an opportunity to understand the patterns of belief that stand between you and the beautiful life you are meant to have. You reconnect with yourself at a deeper level. You become conscious of how you create your reality. This paves the way for you to express yourself more freely, to embrace life more fully, experience inner peace and fulfilment. In addition, depending on your needs, you will learn new communication, leadership, career management or business skills increasing your effectiveness at work.
Turn Your Attention Within
Your attention needs always to come back to what is happening within you and to what is real and true, not a distortion of your mind. The real work in life, the work that gives meaning to all your endeavors in the world, is first and foremost about knowing yourself. The world in and of itself is only important as a forum for learning and expressing yourself.
Sometimes new clients come to me and say they feel as if they are too old, or too time poor, or too poor to do this work. To these objections I boldly emphasise what quantum physics has taught us: that everything is energy. Nothing is as fixed as it seems. With effort, willingness and awareness, anything is possible. Shift your thinking from scarcity to abundance, for example, and your energy changes. Physically you feel lighter and more energised. This immediately alters your circumstances. This inner work of raising your awareness naturally translates into income producing activity to support the lifestyle of your choice. Energy is unlimited, and so are you once you free yourself of the misconceptions that are holding you back.
Self awareness and freedom from mental blocks has so many benefits. In our relationships seemingly insurmountable conflicts can suddenly dissolve because your energy has shifted to a higher frequency as you become free of limiting beliefs and more present in the moment. To your utter amazement obstacles fall away and you find you are experiencing something entirely different: high self esteem and real connection.
Life is a choice: will you be fully alive, or only half alive living the 'life' you have been conditioned to live?
As H.D Thoreau so aptly put it:
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
to front only the essential facts of life,
and see if could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die,
discover that I had not lived.
So in a nutshell, the Transformation and Empowerment Pathway helps you to realise your full potential and has three components:
Deep Sense of Self
You connect with yourself at a deeper level freeing you of any negativity, doubt or self-defeating behaviour that might hold you back.
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Vision
You develop a clear picture of what you want which equips you to handle challenges and achieve your goals with greater ease and certainty.
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Transformation
You embrace a new beginning and go forward with your action plan with conviction and a newfound sense of meaning and purpose.
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A Holistic Coaching Journey: Body-Mind-Heart-Soul
The late education innovator Sir Ken Robinson pointed out that we are all born artists but then have it educated out of us. In other words, we are all born creative. Einstein said, "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind its faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift". We cannot direct our own life creatively without our intuitive guidance, but many of us have been taught to only use our left-brain logic and analysis. This is simply not enough if you are to live a vibrant, authentic and fulfilled life.
The process of awakening to all your capabilities so that you function as a whole as you were born to, unfolds in stages. Coming to truly know yourself so that you can live an independent, self-directed life is not as easy as learning new skills. Many of us are successful at climbing the career ladder as we have been taught to, until it reaches the point where we want to experience more meaning. Often, it's when something goes wrong, or we hit a wall where we can no longer progress, that we stop and wonder what it's all about. This is when your inner work starts. But at first, it can be quite daunting trying to work out what is going on inside you. This is where your coach steps in and provides guidance. "When the student is ready, the teacher appears".
I describe this journey of self-discovery using two different metaphors. In one way it is like taking off coats (limiting and incorrect beliefs and assumptions) until your true self is free and living in reality. (able to see and appreciate things as they are). In another way the process could be likened to walking up a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse. At each level you turn on a light until all of the lighthouse is lit. The lighthouse of course, is you.
I believe you need to have lived a lot before you can be really ready to find your own way. Inner work requires resilience, and this is learned through experiencing challenges and even adversity. I tend to work with people from their thirties onwards. Many of my clients are senior managers and people quite progressed in their current careers either wanting to go further or to make a major change.
Inner Work
While working with me you will 'follow' a pathway. You will explore and experience the following states/stages:
Session 1 – Understanding how to sustain emotional balance and flow
Session 2 – Connecting with your innate creativity, optimism and inner guidance
Session 3 – Moving from self-doubt and resistance to self-confidence, courage and authentic communication
Session 4 – Developing conviction in your ability to sustain your own authenticity
Session 5 – Using challenges and obstacles as opportunities to develop strong boundaries and resilience
Session 6 – Integrating right and left brain functioning and being whole
Session 7 – Understanding responsibility as the foundation for joy and empowerment
Session 8 – Embracing vulnerability as the basis for fulfilment
Session 9 – Realising the actual nature of vision and living it in your daily life
The process of awakening to all your capabilities so that you function as a whole as you were born to, unfolds in stages. Coming to truly know yourself so that you can live an independent, self-directed life is not as easy as learning new skills. Many of us are successful at climbing the career ladder as we have been taught to, until it reaches the point where we want to experience more meaning. Often, it's when something goes wrong, or we hit a wall where we can no longer progress, that we stop and wonder what it's all about. This is when your inner work starts. But at first, it can be quite daunting trying to work out what is going on inside you. This is where your coach steps in and provides guidance. "When the student is ready, the teacher appears".
I describe this journey of self-discovery using two different metaphors. In one way it is like taking off coats (limiting and incorrect beliefs and assumptions) until your true self is free and living in reality. (able to see and appreciate things as they are). In another way the process could be likened to walking up a spiral staircase inside a lighthouse. At each level you turn on a light until all of the lighthouse is lit. The lighthouse of course, is you.
I believe you need to have lived a lot before you can be really ready to find your own way. Inner work requires resilience, and this is learned through experiencing challenges and even adversity. I tend to work with people from their thirties onwards. Many of my clients are senior managers and people quite progressed in their current careers either wanting to go further or to make a major change.
Inner Work
While working with me you will 'follow' a pathway. You will explore and experience the following states/stages:
Session 1 – Understanding how to sustain emotional balance and flow
Session 2 – Connecting with your innate creativity, optimism and inner guidance
Session 3 – Moving from self-doubt and resistance to self-confidence, courage and authentic communication
Session 4 – Developing conviction in your ability to sustain your own authenticity
Session 5 – Using challenges and obstacles as opportunities to develop strong boundaries and resilience
Session 6 – Integrating right and left brain functioning and being whole
Session 7 – Understanding responsibility as the foundation for joy and empowerment
Session 8 – Embracing vulnerability as the basis for fulfilment
Session 9 – Realising the actual nature of vision and living it in your daily life
Career Management Skills You Can DevelopWoven throughout this one-on-one coaching pathway can be the traditional career management tools and processes depending on your needs and direction:
Delivery Methods: 9 sessions are held weekly either face to face or online using Microsoft Teams. Various materials tailored exactly to your needs are provided along with agreed tasks to be applied in the intervening weeks. In this way no two client's journeys are the same, each one is unique as we journey together to realise your potential. This is a commitment to your learning, your growth, and your life. Well done for taking this bold step! You will look back and see that this was a marvelous turning point for you with lasting impacts. Best Wishes, Sarah To book a free 30 minute consultation to discuss your coaching needs go to the contact page and submit your details, you will be called within an hour. Alternatively, call Sarah now on: +64 21 460 202 |
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