Leonie Raffaelli is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her expertise and experience.
She started her coaching and mentoring career long ago. Today she is a certified business coach, certified life coach, and NLP practitioner. She is close to becoming a Reiki master. And that’s not even her full time job.
She is the Head of Service during official royal meetings and dinners in Norway, the Nobel Prize ceremony, NATO meetings, state dinners, etc. She is also the Branch Director for “Europe at Business in Heels”, a large worldwide company based in Australia that supports, coaches, mentors, and teaches women in business to grow, develop, and support each other. And if that’s not enough, she started writing her own book and will soon be a published author.
Her achievements and career speak a lot about her, but she was not always that successful and confident. In fact, one of the greatest obstacles in her life was her self doubt, believeing in her own self. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Leonie Raffaelli:
Name: Leonie Raffaelli
Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to build trust and achieve a better work and life balance, managers who want to become better leaders.
How they can help: Through coaching, goal setting and following customized plans taylored to the specific needs of each client.
First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?
Our family is doing fine after the pandemic.
How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
During the pandemic, I continued working, adapting to online sessions, although I had fewer clients initially.
As the pandemic continued, I gradually gained more clients.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
I noticed that many people were thankful for my work and talked about the time and effort I dedicated to them, truly listening to their needs.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I come from the Netherlands and live in Norway with my husband (he is from Argentina).
I am a certified business coach, certified life coach, and NLP practitioner.
I provide training, coaching, and mentoring.
I am also close to becoming a Reiki master.
Not only do I want to help my clients, but I also want to teach and learn from other coaches, sharing my skills to help them grow.
I am the Branch Director for Europe at Business in Heels, a large worldwide company based in Australia.
We support, coach, mentor, and teach women in business to grow, develop, and support each other.
I will soon be a guest speaker at a major summit, where I will give a workshop on empowering employees.
Additionally, I have started writing my own book.
In addition to my work as a coach and mentor, I also have a full time job.
I am the Head of Service during official royal meetings and dinners in Norway, the Nobel Prize ceremony, NATO meetings, state dinners, and more.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
One of my biggest obstacles was believing in myself more, but I worked on building that confidence and belief.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
I began my career as a coach and mentor many years ago.
During my work, I provide training and act as a mentor, continuously developing myself to better guide my clients and expand my own knowledge.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I approach my clients with respect, regardless of their needs.
All individuals are equal to me, and I listen to and respect everyone, offering my help.
I work together with them, guiding them to find their own way.
After our sessions, I always maintain contact with my clients if they wish to do so.
They are my number one priority, and I continue to assist them as if they were family.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
I help them build trust, achieve a better work and life balance, and assist managers in becoming better leaders.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I don’t use special tools.
I create customized plans for each of my clients.
These plans are tailored to their specific situations.
I set goals and guide them, adjusting the plan as new issues arise during coaching, remaining flexible in order to establish new goals.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
My message to the world is that people should be true to themselves instead of trying to be what others want them to be.
By embracing their true selves, they can stand with confidence, self esteem, and find happiness naturally.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The most important lesson I have learned in life is that nothing comes without effort.
We need to create our own happiness, our own life, and our own social connections.
By doing so, we become more authentic.
Your final thoughts?
Nothing to add.
Where Can You Find Leonie Raffaelli?
If you liked this interview and if you would love to learn how to build trust, achieve a better work and life balance, or maybe even become a better leader, go to www.heemskerkconsulting.com and see how Leonie can help you.
If you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through Facebook or by sending her a message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Abraham Joseph Ajenifuja is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his straight to the point answers and expertise.
He is a person that has a beautiful combination of critical thinking, he can give practical advice, mixed with deep wisdom and kindness.
He has more than 30 years experience in business and faith leadership, and that naturally led him to leadership mindset coaching. He is focused on the mindset and leadership, but that’s just the tip of the mountain.
His coaching approach is focused on helping people find certainty, simplicity, become healthier, stronger, and live a happier life. In his life he struggled with his own faith, and his greatest obstacle was crossing the bridge from being an unbeliever to believer. Here is what he said.
Meet Life Coach Abraham Joseph Ajenifuja:
Name: Abraham Joseph Ajenifuja
Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind, The Body
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to find certainty, simplicity, become healthier, stronger, and live a happier life.
How they can help: Through his own proprietary framework of coaching.
First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?
Better than coping.
How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
Stalled operation.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
The brevity and fragility of life.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
My more than 30 years in business and faith leadership led to leadership mindset coaching.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Crossing the bridge from unbeliever to believer in Jesus Christ.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Study, research, test and prove, implement.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
It is not based on best practices.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
Certainty, Simplicity, Healthier, Stronger and Happier Life.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
My proprietary framework.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
Do not let the clock run out on you, before you decide to change.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
All problems are solvable.
Your final thoughts?
You only have one life to leave under heaven.
Live it to the fullest.
Where Can You Find Abraham Joseph Ajenifuja?
If you liked this interview and if you would love to see how Abraham can help you find certainty, simplicity, help you to be healthier, stronger and live a happier life, go to Peace Profit and discover your next step.
If you would like to connect more personally with him, you can do that through Facebook, LinkedIn or by sending him a message on his Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with him.
Conducting an intervention can be a powerful way to help an addict recognize the severity of their addiction and motivate them to seek help.
When done with care and preparation, an intervention can provide a supportive and structured environment for expressing concerns and offering support.
5 Steps How To Conduct an Intervention:
1. Planning and Preparation.
Choose a group of individuals who are close to the addict and have their best interests at heart.
This may include family members, close friends, and even a professional interventionist, if necessary.
Research the specific substance or behavior the addict is struggling with, as well as the available options for addiction treatment in orange county.
This knowledge will help you communicate effectively during the intervention.
Determine the logistics of the intervention, including the date, time, and location.
Plan what each team member will say and decide on consequences if the addict refuses help or does not follow through with treatment.
2. Express Concerns and Share Impact.
Begin the intervention by expressing love and concern for the addict.
Use “I” statements to avoid sounding accusatory or confrontational.
Each team member should take turns sharing specific instances when they observed the negative impact of the addiction on the addict’s life and relationships.
Use concrete examples to illustrate the consequences of their behavior.
It may be beneficial to write down notes before the intervention begins, as it can be highly emotional and difficult to remember everything that needs to be said.
Research reputable treatment facilities, therapists, or support groups in advance, and provide information about these resources.
Emphasize that treatment is available and that the team is ready to support them throughout the process.
Offer to assist with logistics, such as arranging appointments, transportation, or childcare, if needed.
When possible, provide information about the benefits of specific treatment options to make it easier for them to make a decision that is going to be right for them.
4. Set Boundaries and Consequences.
Clearly define the boundaries that will be set if the addict refuses help or fails to follow through with treatment.
These consequences should be meaningful and enforceable, such as limiting contact, withdrawing financial support, or no longer enabling their addictive behavior.
It is important to follow through with the consequences if the addict does not seek help.
Enabling behavior can prolong the addiction and hinder recovery.
5. Remain Supportive and Seek Professional Help.
Reiterate your love and support for the addict throughout the intervention.
Encourage them to take the opportunity to seek treatment and make positive changes in their life.
Be prepared for different reactions, including denial, anger, or defensiveness.
Remain calm, compassionate, and focused on the goal of helping the addict.
If the addict refuses help or the intervention becomes emotionally charged, it may be necessary to involve a professional interventionist who can guide the process and provide expertise in managing difficult situations.
What You Should Remember?
Remember that conducting an intervention can be emotionally challenging for both the addict and the team members.
It is essential to prioritize safety, open communication, and empathy throughout the process.
The goal is to motivate the addict to seek help and begin the journey toward recovery.
After the intervention, continue to provide support and encouragement as they navigate their treatment and recovery process.
Elizabeth Garvey is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her expertise and vast arsenal of skills and techniques.
She was a business coach and vice president of a Mexican corporation when she suffered an abusive marriage and had to return to the US with her 2 children.
There, she started learning about Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, TIME techniques, Emotional Intelligence, NLP, she became board certified and developed the Removing Heart Blocks Program that helps people identify and remove emotional blocks that are preventing them to be happy and live the best life possible.
She grew up in a household with a war veteran who was constantly battling the war decades after transitioning to civilian life, that’s why after her father passing in 2022 she decided to honor him by focusing on helping veterans and military families sleep better at night.
She developed the U Sleep Now Program and now she is also working with the veteran focused non profit, “Warrior Transition Outdoors”, to help veterans and families transition to civilian life. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Elizabeth Garvey:
Name: Elizabeth Garvey, CCHt, NLPP, EFTP, TTP, CSLC, EILC
Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind, The Body, The Heart
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to remove emotional blocks, reframe negative beliefs, and find clarity on how to achieve their goals and live the best life possible. Veterans and military families who struggle with sleep at night.
How they can help: Through the Removing Heart Blocks Program, the U Sleep Now Program, and by using various tools and techniques like Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, TIME techniques, Emotional Intelligence and NLP, just to name a few.
First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?
My family and I are doing well.
The pandemic had little effect on us personally, as we already had experience living in a foreign country with little interaction with others due to language barriers and work schedules.
So, we experienced less of the negative effects when the quarantine happened.
We already knew how to entertain ourselves and spent a lot of time in nature.
The hardest part for my sons was online school and the lower level of interaction with teachers.
How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
The pandemic did not affect my coaching and hypnotherapy business at all, as I was already working remotely.
I saw an uptick in depression and anxiety among my clients, but that was quickly resolved during sessions.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
One of my biggest life lessons wasn’t learned in the pandemic, but I practiced it during the pandemic.
While living in Mexico, I learned if you ask someone how their day is, you had better stop to listen to their honest and complete answer. Unlike the US, where we say “fine” in passing, Mexicans value honest interactions and compassionate conversation.
You are expected to have a conversation on the street about how a person is honestly feeling.
So, when the pandemic hit, I made it a point to ask how a person was doing.
When the US standard response of “fine” came, I pressed in a little further.
What does fine mean? How are you really feeling?
Being that compassionate listener gives a person a moment to focus on themselves, be mindful of the sensations in their body, and feelings they may not have noticed.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I was working as a business coach and vice president of a Mexican corporation when I left an abusive marriage and return the USA with two small sons.
After returning, I increased my skill set, studying Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), TIME techniques, Emotional Intelligence or EQ, and more.
After becoming board certified, I started working with others who were unhappy and ready to make a change.
This program helps clients pinpoint specific Heart Blocks (stressors) causing problems in their life.
We then work together to remove the blockages and transform his or her life.
When my father passed away in December 2022, my passion for helping veterans in my youth was reignited and I founded the U Sleep Now Program, helping veterans and military families sleep peacefully.
Often addressing poor sleep habits can fix issues.
Other times, negative emotions and events must be reframed or eliminated.
Now, I am also working with the veteran focused non profit, Warrior Transition Outdoors, to help veterans and families transition to civilian life.
I have joined their 2% initiative to help provide services to those who cannot afford them.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
The biggest obstacle in my life was overcoming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
I had several instances in my childhood that were traumatizing, like growing up with a Vietnam Veteran who was constantly battling the war decades after transitioning to civilian life.
Couple that with a mother who was undiagnosed bi polar, and it was a perfect storm for trauma.
Then my life choices led me into two abusive marriages, dealing with life threatening circumstances in Mexico, and the struggles of becoming a single mother to two small children with no family support.
The compounded trauma had to be dealt with and wasn’t being relieved through traditional talk therapy.
So, I looked for alternative methods to heal myself.
It was a natural progression to help others as well.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
Every client is unique and has a story, so each person gets a plan tailored to his or her needs.
While certain issues have specific tools that work best for resolution, I consider each person’s background.
While hypnosis may work for one person, another may not be comfortable with traditional trance work and may need to have a conversation instead.
That’s where NLP comes in.
The point is, while I have a framework to identify blocks in a person’s life, the method for removing those blocks is adjusted individually.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
What sets me apart as a coach is my strong intuition, which acts as a guide through the complex journey of personal growth and self discovery.
By carefully observing and actively listening to clients, I pick up on the subtle nuances in their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
It helps me recognize the slight changes, hidden desires, and silent fears that often escape conscious awareness.
By bringing these unspoken aspects to light, I facilitate breakthrough moments and empower clients to gain a deeper understanding of themselves.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
When clients choose to work with me, they gain a multitude of invaluable benefits that contribute to their personal growth and success.
First, I bring a unique combination of expertise and experience to the table, allowing me to offer insights and guidance tailored to their specific needs.
Second, my strong intuition enables me to pinpoint underlying issues and challenges that clients may have difficulty articulating, leading to breakthrough moments and a deeper understanding of themselves.
Additionally, my empathetic and non judgmental approach creates a safe and supportive environment, fostering trust and encouraging clients to explore their inner world freely.
Together, we navigate the complexities of their personal journeys, unlocking their full potential and facilitating transformative changes.
By partnering with me, clients can expect unparalleled support, guidance, and the tools they need to achieve their goals and lead fulfilling lives.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
Yes, I utilize specific tools that allow me to be highly efficient in helping my clients achieve their desired outcomes.
One of these powerful tools is the Removing Heart Blocks Program, which enables me to identify problem areas that might be causing dissatisfaction in their lives.
By delving deep into the core of these issues, we can effectively address and resolve them, paving the way for a more fulfilling and joyful existence.
Additionally, I offer the U Sleep Now Program, specifically designed for veterans, to help them overcome sleepless nights without the need for visiting another clinic.
This program combines various techniques and approaches to address the root causes of sleep disturbances, providing veterans with the restful sleep they deserve.
In my coaching practice, I draw upon a range of techniques such as Hypnotherapy, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Techniques, and the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping.
These approaches are powerful in eliminating negative emotions and limiting beliefs without the need to revisit traumatic events.
By working with these techniques, my clients experience profound shifts in their emotional well being, allowing them to move forward with newfound confidence and clarity.
By incorporating these efficient and proven tools into my coaching process, I ensure that my clients receive the most effective support and achieve lasting transformations in their lives.
My goal is to empower individuals to overcome obstacles, find inner peace, and live a life filled with joy and fulfillment.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
If I had a super megaphone that could reach the entire world, I would passionately proclaim a message of hope and empowerment.
I would let everyone know that they have the power to transform their emotional well being and break free from the shackles of sleepless nights, anxiety, and other distressing symptoms.
Through my coaching, I guide clients on a journey of self discovery, equipping them with the tools and strategies to easily change their emotional status.
Together, we unravel the underlying causes of their struggles and work towards lasting solutions.
I want everyone to understand that they no longer have to be prisoners to their negative emotions.
By working with me, they can embrace a life of serenity, resilience, and inner peace.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The greatest lesson in life I have learned is that you cannot force anyone to change.
The person, whether client, friends, or family, must choose for themselves.
You can only lead towards potential change by demonstrating it in your own life.
Your final thoughts?
I feel grateful for the opportunity to share my journey and the unique aspects of my coaching approach.
It’s inspiring to see how my experiences have shaped my career and allowed me to make a positive impact on the lives of my clients.
The pandemic has reaffirmed the importance of genuine human connection and compassionate conversations.
Taking the time to ask someone how they truly feel and listening with empathy can make a significant difference in their well being.
The greatest lesson I have learned is that genuine change can only come from within.
As a coach, I can guide and support my clients, but they must choose to embark on their own transformative journey.
Leading by example and showing personal growth has the power to inspire change in others.
Where Can You Find Elizabeth Garvey?
If you liked this interview and if you would love to remove emotional blocks that are preventing you from being the best version of yourself, achieving your goals and living your best life, go to https://wayoftheheartapproach.com/ and see how Elizabeth can help you.
If you want to capture a glimpse of her coaching, watch this video:
If you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn, Facebook, or sending her a message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.
Victoria Hollen is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her expertise and unique approach to coaching.
She has been a hair stylist most of her life, but she also pursued her passion for coaching and learned various techniques and modalities online. She is a certified The Brave Thinking Institute Consultant, and she uses a proven 12 week course that helps her clients go from where they are to where they want to be.
She innovates with her coaching by helping her clients see the amazing things they are capable of doing, finding the positive part of themselves, and breaking free from their limiting beliefs. Her approach is focused on guiding you how to ignite the fire within and create a better life for yourself.
She is a coach who cares deeply about her clients and who has the experience and the tools to help them succeed. Her wisdom and expertise come from her own life, overcoming many obstacles, such as moving 28 times during her childhood, being a single mother of three, and finding her purpose and identity. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Victoria Hollen:
Name: Victoria Hollen
Pillar: The Spirit, The Heart
Who is this coach for: Anyone who is wishing for a better life and really wanting a change or transformation to become the best version of themselves.
How they can help: By finding the right dream for them, eradicating fear and releasing suppressed emotions through forgiveness, aligning their values and beliefs with the person and life they desire to live.
First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?
Thankfully the Pandemic is on the way out and there is freedom again.
I was okay being cautious, just really nice to be able to travel and be out and about without worry.
How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
What I found during the pandemic, as I was a hairstylist and wearing the mask and the vaccine, were all the different opinions.
Yes, there have been different opinions forever, but the pandemic really brought the opinions out.
It was very fascinating to observe, as I had been studying Life Coaching for years before, and all the different certifications, I really became an observer.
Helped people calm down and helped by listening to everyone as they needed to vent.
The affect the pandemic had on me was the 2 months we couldn’t work.
I sure made up the lost by getting people back in and worked more than usual, I worked 10 to 12 hour days and was booked out for 4 months.
Everyone made it the best that they could and things slowly got back to normal.
Those few months I was able to study and really loved that time!
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
The biggest lessons I learned was the value of freedom that each individual sees is quite different.
I don’t think people expressed their opinions as much before being told what they could or couldn’t do.
And with having so many clients as a hairstylist I heard everything.
I know what I think is not important to most people, so I for the most part listened.
I know it caused a lot of stress for so many, so I did try to be helpful and used a lot of my coaching to help people find some peace within.
I also never heard so much political rhetoric, though politics is an issue with so many, during the pandemic it was just a lot.
I am not political at all so it was fascinating hearing how strong the opinions became during the pandemic.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
I am a mother to 3 grown children and have 4 grand kids.
I have been a hair stylist most of my life and love working with people.
So, as I learned about coaching I plunged right on in and for the last 6 years I have been learning on line.
I love all the studies.
From NLP and CBT to mind body healing and hypnotherapy and more.
My favorite studies which I call my foundation came from “The Brave Thinking Institute”.
I learned an amazing 12 week course that is proven to really take people from where they are to where they want to be.
It is a proven reliable system and my clients love it.
I still love doing hair and being with people, so the transition to being able to give my body a break and work from home helping has been wonderful!
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
Oh wow….. so many obstacles.
First was my childhood.
My family moved 28 times during my upbringing.
I was at a few different schools a year, and never went to a school two years in a row.
No internet back then or cell phones, so connections were tough, making me quite naive.
The positive is I have not had fear of change.
I never had support as a young adult so I had to figure out life.
I started out young being fascinated by people.
I divorced after 11 years of marriage when my children were all under 10 years old, so a single mother.
My children were very important so helping them become strong adults was my top priority.
I never remarried.
My children have all become wonderful successful adults, and I have 4 grandchildren!
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
When someone is wishing for a better life and really wanting a change, my coaching helps them see the amazing things they are so capable of doing and finding the positive part of themselves that the conditioning of the past has hidden from them.
I get to help ignite the fire within.
I am able to help them with their limiting beliefs, help them make sure their values and beliefs are where they need to be to move forward and not use the past to keep them from their dreams.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
My past has so many huge lessons, in family, in a partner, being the best you can be to support your children, owning my own business, moving and starting over as an adult and creating successful business.
There is a lot more, but I have so many experiences and with working with people all my life, I know so many things people go through, where they really think they are the only ones in the position they are in.
I am a fantastic listener with a lot of insight so I can connect with people easy.
I also am a very calm person, so I can really feel and have great intuition.
My coaching clients have said to me after I give them an idea, that I have helped them more than anyone and they just get so excited!
I just love when I have helped someone find their power and see how it has changed their life.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
They actually have totally changed and are out there doing things they never thought they could do but just dreamed of it!!
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
I go through a sequence starting with the dream they want and making sure it is truly what they want, and then as each session goes on, we check their dream and move towards what is holding them back.
We look at their fears and why they are there.
I help them learn how important forgiveness is and help them see that it is for them to forgive.
It opens them up to receive the most amazing future.
I help them see if their values and beliefs are good for them.
The tool that I use that is just amazing is to let them see the future they can have, and not to look at the past that is holding them back!
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
Stop thinking limiting beliefs…. they are not you!!
They are words and your thoughts that are holding you back.
You are powerful and amazing and you have so much potential and lets take you to your dream!!!
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The greatest lesson I have learned in my life is not taking things personally.
When we are young everything we learn is from our childhood, parents, and friends.
Going through the young adult years I thought the way that I thought was the way most people think.
There can be a personal impact and a feeling of being hurt when others have their own strong opinion.
Learning to not let what others think and what their opinions are be a personal attack, is life changing.
As their values and beliefs are different than mine, and everyone has a different way of thinking.
It allowed me to just look at the way they are, and not compare it to what I think is important.
Once you quit taking things personally and listen and not care what someone thinks of you…. it is the greatest lesson in life.
Your final thoughts?
My final thought is to let so many know that there is so much potential to become amazing, and to know that everyone is worth the investment to become the best they can be.
To know the universe is open to so much abundance and having a belief in a higher power with the universe, be it God or Jesus or a spiritual being is the way to having all you need.
Having that, will help you become the best YOU possible, and live the dream that you want.
Where Can You Find Victoria Hollen?
If you liked this interview and you would love to get rid of the limitations that were put on you so you can be the best version of yourself, go to victoriahollen.dreambuildercoach.com and see how Victoria can help you do that.
If you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn or by sending her a message on her Email [email protected].
Dealing with addiction triggers in recovery can be one of the most challenging aspects of the journey toward lasting sobriety.
These triggers may stem from people, places, emotions, or situations.
Whatever their origin, they can lead individuals back into harmful patterns or even a relapse.
However, by developing effective strategies to manage and navigate these triggers, people in recovery can strengthen their resolve and maintain their sobriety.
So, let’s explore five powerful strategies that can help you successfully manage addiction triggers, reclaim control over your life, and build a solid foundation for long term recovery.
5 Best Strategies for Dealing With Addiction Triggers:
1. Identify and Understand Your Triggers.
Seeking professional help in addiction therapy rehab is a brave and crucial step toward recovery.
It provides the tools and support needed to break free from addiction.
However, the recovery process doesn’t end once the treatment program concludes.
It is a continuous journey of rebuilding and transforming one’s life.
A fundamental aspect of successfully navigating this journey is identifying and understanding triggers.
Triggers are stimuli or situations that can evoke cravings or lead to relapse.
You must recognize and comprehend these triggers to handle them healthily and proactively.
Identifying triggers involves reflecting on personal experiences and patterns.
It requires deep self awareness and a willingness to explore the underlying causes of addictive behaviors.
Common addiction triggers may include certain social environments, specific individuals, emotional states, or even particular times of the day.
Each person’s triggers are unique, and understanding them is crucial for developing personalized strategies for managing them effectively.
Keeping a trigger journal can be immensely helpful to aid in the identification process.
Documenting triggering events and the emotions you associate with them will help you gain insights into their patterns and vulnerabilities.
This information is a foundation for creating tailored coping mechanisms and strategies for handling triggers.
2. Build a Strong Support Network.
Recovery from addiction is a journey that you should not face alone.
While having professional help is essential, the support doesn’t end there.
Building a strong support network can help deal with addiction triggers and is crucial for long term recovery and maintaining sobriety.
A support network provides a sense of belonging, understanding, and encouragement.
For instance, engaging with recovery groups and communities allows you to connect with others who have experienced similar struggles and triumphs.
Sharing experiences, challenges, and successes in a safe and supportive environment can be therapeutic and empowering.
In addition to recovery groups, seeking professional help and therapy can also contribute to building a strong support network.
Therapists, counselors, and addiction specialists can provide guidance, tools, and a non judgmental space to explore emotions and triggers and develop coping strategies.
However, a support network doesn’t have to be limited to professionals and recovery groups.
On the contrary, it can also include family members, close friends, or mentors who genuinely understand and support the recovery process.
Surrounding yourself with positive influences and individuals who respect your commitment to sobriety can provide an invaluable source of strength and accountability.
3. Develop Healthy Coping Mechanisms.
For people in addiction recovery, some everyday activities or situations can be triggering, especially if they don’t know how to cope with them.
That’s why addiction recovery specialists at Little Creek Recovery emphasize the importance of developing healthy coping mechanisms to navigate the challenges of addiction recovery successfully.
So, what are these coping mechanisms?
They are strategies and activities that individuals can engage in to manage stress, cravings, and emotional triggers, such as encountering familiar places or people associated with substance use, without resorting to substance use.
So, it is imperative to pursue healthy activities and hobbies actively.
Focus on the ones that promote your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being during recovery.
The key is to find the coping mechanism that suits you best while avoiding harmful behaviors.
For instance, you can engage in regular exercise, practice mindfulness, and meditation, or pursue creative outlets.
Art, music, DIY projects, or writing can all serve as healthy distractions and perfect outlets for self expression.
You can also learn and use relaxation techniques like deep breathing exercises or progressive muscle relaxation.
These techniques can also be effective tools for managing stress and anxiety.
They can help restore a sense of calm and balance, reducing the likelihood of turning to substances as an escape.
4. Modify Your Environment.
Changing your surroundings is another powerful strategy for dealing with addiction triggers in recovery.
Your environment plays a significant role in influencing thoughts, behaviors, and temptations related to substance use.
Instead, you can intentionally change your surroundings and create a supportive, substance free living space.
First, you need to recognize your environment’s impact on triggering cravings and relapse.
Identify specific places, situations, or even relationships that may pose a risk to your sobriety.
Then, take proactive steps to modify or eliminate those triggers.
That may involve rearranging your living space, avoiding certain social settings, or distancing yourself from toxic relationships that enable substance use.
5. Create a Relapse Prevention Plan.
This strategy is ideal for safeguarding your recovery progress.
While triggers and temptations may arise, a well thought out plan can help you navigate high risk situations and maintain sobriety.
Start by understanding the potential high risk situations that may jeopardize your recovery.
These can include stress, social gatherings, or encountering substances in your surroundings.
Then, identify specific strategies and action steps to counteract these situations effectively.
That may involve utilizing coping mechanisms, contacting your support network, or engaging in alternative activities to distract yourself.
A relapse prevention plan should also include a list of emergency contacts.
This list can include trusted friends, family members, or your therapist, whom you can contact during times of vulnerability.
Regularly review and update your plan to ensure its relevance and effectiveness as you progress in your recovery journey.
What You Should Remember?
Dealing with addiction triggers in recovery is a challenging but conquerable journey.
When you recognize the importance of managing triggers and implementing effective strategies, you can take control of your recovery.
With determination, resilience, and the right strategies, you can overcome addiction triggers and embrace a fulfilling and substance free life.
“The most dangerous place in the world is the comfort zone”
This is your prison!
Your cage.
It prevents you from living fully…
It keeps you a slave…
It makes you weak…
But it’s a freakishly shiny cage.
And most people will do anything to stay inside!
How to Conquer The Comfort and Gain Your Freedom Back?
I will give you 3 perspectives right now.
One of the past, one of the present and one of the future!
It’s like the famous story of the 3 spirits that visit on Christmas to show you a bigger picture of your life.
But this story is not about you…
It’s about the world you live in!
So,
Get in the delorean Marty, you are going to read some serious shit!
Here we go!
…
(1000 years ago)
A normal person called Joe wakes up as the sun starts to rise.
He is laying in his wooden bed filled with wool, next to his wife Beth. All their family sleeps together in one room.
No TV noise, no jostling traffic, no hum from the computer fan, no background noise from the fridge, no wifi radiation, no music, no radio, no electricity and artificial light!
There’s just the peace of Nature that comes with the start of the day.
You can hear the wind playing with the branches of the trees, the song of the birds, the water of the nearby river rattling on the rocks…
As the village wakes up you can hear common people’s voices and wooden doors closing and opening, the chatter of kids playing…
As the villagers start working you can hear the hitting of a hammer from a blacksmith, the sound of shovels, the farm animals, the strike of stone on stone, the thud of a rock axe against thick wood, a fire’s crackle, the women singing, sharp words between a husband and wife, laughter of kids…
In the wilderness you can hear wild animals, thunder storm, rain approaching…
You don’t have hot water running, you need to go every day and collect water.
You don’t have heating, you need to heat yourself with wood and fire and dress in 10 pairs of clothes.
Nature is trying to kill you every step of your way, and your job is to outsmart it just enough so you can get your necessities for you and your family to survive.
And it smells like shit!
Everywhere!
Yeah, when I said you will see some serious shit, I meant it literally Marty!
What you don’t realize when you think about the past is that it smells like shit almost everywhere you go here.
All that common people do here, Marty, in this time of human history, is working from dawn to dark.
They can produce just enough food to feed their family, maybe help their fellow villagers.
No dreaded Monday, no waiting for TGIF and the weekend. Work. All day. Every day. To survive.
It’s hard work, but it’s a simple life.
What does a life in a day of these people look like?
Wake up, work, socialize with villagers, spend time with family, have sex, sleep.
It gets really boring, but they are too occupied to be bored.
And they sleep a lot.
Occasionally, there will be war and they will need to defend their land and kingdom.
And all of them are willing to go to death to defend their village and their family, at any moment.
Especially if it gives them a sense of aliveliness, a sense of purpose and honor, outside of the boring village life.
Are they mad?
No!
These people face death every day.
Animal dies. They need to kill an animal. Villager dies. Someone is eaten by wild animals…
They see corpses almost daily. Death is natural to them.
The relationship with death these people have is much healthier than the one people in the future have.
These people are reminded of death daily.
They know death comes, so they are not afraid of it.
In a way, their life enhances in meaning because they have this healthy relationship with death in their lives.
These people tell stories, myths, legends when they gather together and drink. These are tools they use to spark up that sense of wonder deep within, to see a loop hole out of the mundane every day life. To have faith that there is “something more”…
They drink, they smell, they act as animals in many occasions…
There are no fancy shampoos, no deodorants, every person is as hairy as a monkey, both women and men, and the average life expectancy is around 40 years, at most!
Far deep within the kingdom, where the king lives, it is a complete different picture.
But still the same…
You’ll understand when you see it!
We’ll go there right away, Marty!
…
There, do you see it?
There is the big white castle!
Within the castle of the common king and queen, live also the servants.
The king and queen live at the top of the castle. They have their own personal room, with a balcony.
Bellow them is the banquet hall where they would eat, all the important meetings would be held there as well.
There are long tables and long chairs where guests would sit and eat, and there are big personal chairs for the kings, queens and their family to highlight their importance.
There is also a small chapel in there so the king and queen can pray without living the castle.
Everyone is really religious because they have no fucking idea about how 99% of the things in the world work!
A storm is a punishment, a sick person is possessed, sacrificing people for fertile crops is logical…
For you it might be ridiculous, but you know how the weather works, what a disease is and what crops really need to grow…
These people here don’t!
They don’t have meteorology, advanced medicine, science, technology…
They don’t know psychology, the power of the mind, they do not understand cognitive biases…
F@#k they don’t even have electricity!
They don’t have the tools your world has, Marty.
So they explain everything to themselves trough religion, and they find shelter in it.
Bellow the banquet hall there is a room where the servants, knights and stuff would sleep.
There is also the toilet, that is nothing more than a giant hole in the ground that empties through passages in the wall.
The castle needs to have its own supply of water, in cases of siege and attack. So there are many reserves of wine and water near the dungeons of the castle.
As we said, no electricity.
Light only by candles.
Warming up only through a fireplace.
And it still smells, maybe less like shit, but it smells.
The people and servants living near the castle would grow food for all. The servants would prepare food for all.
The knights would spend their days guarding and defending the castle.
Many kings and queens had their own library, collections of books, gathered through generations from every genius and idiot that managed to play with ink throughout history.
They would need to go there with a candle, take a book and read it to get an information.
They would need to manually search for the information by looking through many books, day and night, under a dim candle light and, nobody guarantees that the information they’ll find is not false.
No search engines!
No fact checkers!
No translators!
And they cannot read by traveling…
The main transport is a horse!
To get from one place to another takes days. That’s just traveling within the kingdom.
And you cannot take selfies, post on Instagram, call, message, chat, play games, listen to music or audio books while traveling.
What would the king and queen do every day?
Sleep, wake up, pray, eat, then the king would attend meeting, hear possible laws he should pass. After that they would have a big lunch, then they are free to practice some hobby like sword fighting, reading, hunting with his dogs. When it gets dark the king and queen would eat again, say prayers, have sex and sleep.
They are most protected inside the castle, but the risk of them being attacked is high!
No cure for diseases as well, brutal surgeries!
No pills for anxiety, depression…
No pill for headache…
Most of them didn’t even have a freaking coffee!
People here have so little knowledge of what’s happening in the world, Marty, what The Nature of reality is, that they invent things to blindly believe in just so they can go to sleep at night.
And their life expectancy is no more than 40 years on average, most of those years they are trying to survive, worried about their life!
No TV…
no internet…
no video games…
Boring!
Their life is giving me depression as we speak Marty…
Let’s get out of here!
…
(Present Day)
I kind of missed the present, it got really weird there Marty!
In here we have our usual comfortable world!
Sound of computers, traffic, people hurrying to commute…
Malls and parks, coffee shops and bars, clubs…
We have fridge, hot water, and heating…
Markets and grocery stores…
We can work remotely, we have the internet, devices to go on social media and mindlessly scroll…
You can sit all day, watch videos of animals, or funny memes!
You can order food, clothes and toys from your home!
The world is safer than it ever was in human history!
You have more comforts than any King or Queen in the past could have ever imagined possible.
Think about this!
Really do!
What you have right now, no matter how rich or poor you are, a King, any King would have killed armies in order to get that.
With all you have free access to right now, you would have been called a God 1000 years ago!
People would have prayed to you, worshiped you, fought wars for you…
Just of what you have right now!
And yet, depression, anxiety, panic attacks are on the highest rise…
Sadness!
Dissatisfaction!
People are looking most miserable than ever!
Why am I telling you all this?
You know, let’s get back to the present later…
In order for me to explain, I have to bring you to the future Marty!
If my calculations are correct, 11 years from now it’s enough for you to understand what I am trying to say!
And Marty, where we are going, we don’t need ro… actually we need roads, we don’t need drivers!
Here we gooo!
…
(11 Years Into The Future)
Here we are Marty! Why 11 years into the Future and not 10 you might ask? Well, I am writing this within the Coronavirus pandemic and we can say that this whole situation has retarded the world 1 year on average! Ok, to be honest, 10 sounds cliche! You got me! So we go for 11!
There you are!
You just woke up.
We all have our own personal Jarvis! You know, like in Iron Man!
You have a smart bed that adjusts to your body, a smart bedroom that customizes the atmosphere uniquely for you.
You have a smart apartment.
It is adjusted to you and it customizes to all your preferences.
90% of the items in there are connected to the internet!
As you wake up, you go to the bathroom, and you take a pee.
Your overall health is checked through your pee and immediately your smart toilet is giving you a health report.
There is a touchpad for blood check near your sink as well. And as you look yourself in the mirror face recognition technology checks your physical and mental health.
In just 5 minutes of bathroom time you have a complete health report.
You have chips installed in your skull that are connected to The Cloud that is operating on supercomputers.
These chips prevent all neurological diseases and enhance your cognitive abilities.
Whatever question you think of, you immediately know the answer, if the answer is on the internet!
You put on your VR glasses, or lenses, and your personal Jarvis is giving you the agenda for the day.
It’s calculated based on your health, job, needs and preferences.
As you go to the kitchen to get your meal, you call your sister, and you see that the smart kitchen prepared you the eggs with bacon.
It has also prepared your daily dose of pills and vitamins customized for your current optimal health requirements.
They are customized based on your health report from that morning, and your requirements that your Health Monitoring System you wear on your wrist is reporting to your Smart Home Cloud!
There are no eggs in the fridge anymore.
So the smart fridge sends an order to Amazon Foods to get pack of eggs to be delivered at your door, because you allowed the application to automatically make orders for you whenever an item in your fridge is emptied.
Your sister answers and her digital avatar is present with you as your VR glasses are rendering it in your reality!
You talk briefly, you eat and before you go to work you tell Jarvis to call you Automatic Uber.
The Tesla vehicle is arriving in 3 minutes.
On your VR screen you are modeling a new 3D design of a village in your Virtual World.
That’s your job, you are creating and designing Virtual Worlds into the Metaverse.. an evolved version of the internet that hosts trillions of Virtual Worlds.
You sell your 3D models online in exchange for cryptocurrency.
There are few tabs open!
One tab is showing you the weather, the time, the outside safety based on criminal records, viral pathogens and zip code.
Soothing music is playing directly to your brain through the Neuralink chips!
It’s some YouTube radio with music for concentration!
Another tab is showing you your health monitor reports in real time.
You have couple of Video Chats open with friends…
Social media…
Then, at the bottom right corner pops up your Virtual Life Coach, LEA!
You scheduled a session for 1PM today.
Every person who has a personal Jarvis and uses the VR glasses has an option to use Jarvis’s Life Coach LEA, short for Life Enhancing Assistant!
LEA is an AI that tracks your health reports, that saves and records all your conversations, that tracks your mental health and is connected to the Life Coaching Archive on the internet to immediately find any solution to any problem and give you real time advice.
She has a customized personality, you can make her funnier, more philosophical, more direct, playful…
You can customize her to look and speak like it’s most suiting to you!
She shows up in your VR interface and asks you “Hey, how do you feel today?”
You have a little chat with her, you tell her that the Anxiety is creeping in again.
She asks you “what do you think it’s the main thing causing your Anxiety?”
You tell her that your trip to the ATSS, short for Amazon Tourist Space Station, is approaching and you are afraid of flying with a rocket.
You and your wife booked a romantic commercial trip.
While Elon Musk focuses on colonizing Mars, Amazon focuses on closer more tourist friendly destinations.
LEA shows you statistics of how safe flying with a commercial Amazon rocket it actually is.
She pulls up on your VR screen 10 comparisons of what’s more dangerous than rocket travel, like being killed by a flying cow or something.
You feel better, less anxious!
You reschedule another talk for tomorrow.
You can take a pill, but you prefer life coaching to deal with it.
As you enter the automatic uber vehicle you keep modeling your Virtual World without being fazed.
You arrive at the Hyperloop station to meet your wife that is traveling from California to New York in just 30 minutes.
You are communicating with her all the time she travels, as she is scared of traveling.
You are communicating through the Intimate Network established between both of you using the Neuralink chips installed in your skull!
To establish Intimate Connection with someone you both need special permission from each other and personal passwords.
You can also use the Neuralink connection with smart objects that you possess.
You have special password you get after purchase for each item that is allowing your Unique Identity, UID, to operate that item by thought.
Each person’s Neuralink generates a Unique Identity, something like a personal IP address, a mental thumbprint.
The password you get after each purchase of a Smart Item is a key customized according to your Unique ID and biometric ID to give you access to the smart devices that you own.
Only you can operate that device by thought. And only you can give permission to others to operate devices that you own, with their thought.
As your wife arrives, you both get into the automatic uber that is driving you back home.
On your way home, you look at one of the buildings that has ad screen installed, and on the ad screen a customized advertisement shows up based upon your search history and personal needs.
You can immediately buy the item if you touch the “Yes” button on your VR interface.
The item will be delivered at your home as your VR account has the information where you live.
How you pay?
Well your card is linked to all your accounts.
It’s instant payment once you agree.
How you earn?
You design 3D models for virtual worlds and you sell them.
But your passion is couples!
You design Virtual Lands for couples.
Every person who uses your land is charged an amount from their crypto account or credit card, depending on how much time they spend there.
That amount goes straight to your account.
The world has few currencies left, everything else is digital and cryptocurrency is accepted in 90% of the countries.
And it’s safer as well!
As you arrive home, your wife asks you about your grandparents.
She wants to talk to them for some reason.
And you want to see them too, you haven’t seen them for a long time.
They passed!
But Jarvis used all information it had from their chips that were monitoring their neural activity every second per day, so it recreated a Virtual Version of them.
And you can communicate with them as if they are here!
How they think… Their personalities… Their micro movements and behaviors… Their fears, desires, wisdom…
The virtual versions have it all!
You can learn all of that about them by talking with them, even if you haven’t met them while they were alive.
Except that they are virtual, it is impossible to tell the difference between them being there and not.
They look the same in ultra HD, smooth movement, same voice, same behaviors…
There is no difference that you can see!
Of course, it’s not them…
But for you, there is no difference!
Not one you can tell at least.
Do you remember when you watch a 3D movie, and the person in the movie comes so close to you that you feel its presence, like they are violating your private space?
Well think about Ultra HD Virtual version that talks, walks and thinks just like them.
You will not be able to fight the fact that they are not really there.
And there will be no difference your human mind can perceive.
You simply cannot tell it!
So just as you lose sense that TV characters of your favorite TV shows are fictitious characters, and you sometimes worry about them, argue with the them, think about them… you will accept these Virtual versions of people as real part of your reality.
You prepare for dinner!
As you set the table you realize that you miss a fork. You immediately 3D print one.
You set the table and you open the file of your grandparents.
The AR device in your smart home projects them onto the dining table as you and your wife eat dinner.
By wearing the VR gloves you can touch them.
You eat,
You talk,
You laugh together!
All of you have a wonderful dinner together.
You are done.
You add the dishes into the dishwasher and go to the bedroom.
The bedroom is almost empty!
Just one bed and few plants.
As you lay with your wife you play a movie onto the Virtual Screen.
You both share a Virtual connection called VR Room, where every augmentation you make appears on her VR interface as well.
You put a big screen and you stream the movie.
You have sex!
Before going to sleep, your wife asks if you would like to have a child together.
It’s a big decision, but both of you have been thinking about it for a long time now.
You decide to at least check out some variants.
So you both see possible options you can choose from, based on your mutual DNA code all the variations you have together are listed on the Virtual Screen.
You play around and you customize your baby!
You make it smart, not too much though, it’s easier life to be average.
Tall.
Blue eyes.
Brown hair.
Male.
To be dopamine dominant, meaning it will be more liberal in nature.
To have strong body built, but not too muscular.
To be inclined for more artistic activities.
And to be stubborn like his mother.
You can immediately order this variant of your child, schedule an appointment with the doctor and get that embryo inserted into your wife.
Now this, Marty, this is not in 1000 years from now, not in 100 years, but in 11 years from now!
You might think I am crazy,
Or that I am lying to you…
But ALL THIS, it’s in 11 years!
The technology is accelerating so rapidly, that for futurists it is impossible to predict 30 years from now!
And most of the technology for the world described, it is already here!
It’s nothing new!
It’s not fiction!
There are chat bots you cannot differentiate from humans…
people playing games through thoughts all across the world wearing just a device on their head…
museums that use AI to recreate Salvator Dali and you can meet him, you can interact with him, he has his expressions, personality, voice…
people are genetically modifying animals and humans, they made a sheep that gives spider web in its milk that is 10 times stronger than steel…
scientist in china modified his children to be immune to HIV and to be smarter, we know the language of the DNA and we can write it…
super computers that calculate math problems that would take normal computers years in few seconds…
5G network…
clouds that store data…
smart objects…
cryptocurrencies…
3D printers that can print whole houses and buildings…
there are already automatic cars…
Uber exists…
Hyperloop…
Elon Musk is installing chips inside human skulls in an year from now with Neuralink while SpaceX is planning to colonize Mars with active missions by the end of the decade…
We have ALL of that already!
And we didn’t have almost any of that 5 years ago!
So brace yourselves!
What we described here is happening, like it or not!
It’s coming!
You cannot do anything to stop that!
Now Marty, why am I telling you all this? Let’s get to the present, and I will explain everything!
…
(Present Day)
Whoa!
Crazy little adventure, right Marty?
What does all of this have to do with The Greater Game?
Why did we go to that little journey through time?
So you can get a sense of how fast things are accelerating!
I wanted you not just to see The Comfort, but to sense it.
I wanted you to REALLY feel it, to grasp its sublime presence!
To capture the fast evolution of our comfort that’s just accelerating!
1000 years to go from candles to a light bulb…
100 years to go from a light bulb to the internet…
11 years to go from the internet as it is today to the Virtunet, a virtual world where you can have anything you want with a sole thought!
I wanted you to really get a sense of it…
To become aware of what The Comfort can do!
I wanted to show you how blind you are to it,
and how it can damage all of us!
But Doc, why is The Comfort bad you might ask?
How can it damage us?
You see, part of why we went on that little adventure through time was to show you that no matter how much things get comfortable…
It’s not EVER enough!
In fact, we become more and more demanding.
There is nothing wrong with making our lives more comfortable.
Advancing science, inventing Godlike technologies, that’s an essential part of the human spirit.
But not if it comes from a place of avoiding discomfort!
And avoiding discomfort is what really damages us in the same way as not using your muscles makes your body weaker.
The world becoming more comfortable is not bad.
That’s not The Comfort I am talking about!
That’s not The Comfort you are pushing against!
Do you think people in the past, smelling shit all day and not having hot water to wash themselves were not comfortable?
Funny thing is that they were.
They had their own comfort zone.
They probably felt the same sense of a Comfort Zone as someone today.
The Comfort is subjective.
We all have our own individual Comfort.
You have your own personal Comfort, and for most people it’s not even that comfortable.
Most people find comfort in 9 to 5 jobs they hate, being a victim, even staying in dysfunctional relationships.
You can have a hole as a toilet or a health scanning throne, The Comfort you feel has nothing to do with that.
It’s personal!
But it grows collectively!
Do you remember when we waited to download 3MB songs for one hour?
We waited without a problem!
But now if the 4K video we watch online buffers for 1 second, we make drama of how slow the internet is.
That’s The Comfort, growing!
And when The Comfort grows we become weaker.
We whine for trivial things that don’t really mean shit in your life.
We waste energy on BS!
We create unnecessary drama!
“My smoothie doesn’t have enough avocado inside, I want to speak with the manager!”
We get so addicted to our comfort that we believe we are entitled to it!
We believe the world owes us avocados and fast internet!
And to maintain such comfort, to make us shut up whining, we need to make more comfortable world, to advance science, technology…
But it comes from a place of avoiding discomfort.
We can advance science and technology from a place of strength, by pushing discomfort, exploring the cosmos, uncharted territory…
That’s our real pioneering spirit!
Not by finding ways how to have everything delivered to us at home so we don’t have to make that 5 min conversation in an elevator with our neighbor.
As we create more comfortable world, our muscles to push past The Comfort slowly atrophy and we become weaker.
Healthy food disgusting, sugar tastes better…
Exercise is hard, let’s watch Netflix…
Outside is cold, stay inside…
My head hurts a little, the pill will take care of that…
Too strong emotions, there are more pills for that…
Feel stressed? Get some alcohol…
Math too hard, make computers calculate for us…
Chips memorize for us…
Alarms wake us…
Reminders remind us…
We don’t train our strength!
We stay stagnant, safe, hiding from the scaaaaaary world!
And the one thing that grows is our weakness!
They say:
tough times create strong men,
strong men create easy times,
easy times create weak mean,
and weak mean create tough times!
The Comfort is the place where our Weakness thrives.
And the world will get just more and more comfortable as you have seen.
Computers will even think for you!
Yeah, most of that sounds appealing, exciting…
But did you notice, and I hope you did, something just felt off!
While you were reading about the advancements of the future you felt a strange sensation…
Like cold hollowness inside of you…
It was like this background hum inside your belly, something is just off with this world!
You know what’s that?
Meaning!
Freedom!
The problem with majority of the population today is that they are willing to trade their freedom for comfort!
They are willing to give up on their life’s meaning for momentary pleasures.
People 1000 years ago felt more meaningful and alive than people 11 years in the future who can travel half the world in 30 minutes.
Why?
Because like it or not, they had to push past their Comfort daily if they are to survive.
And discomfort is the price of admission we pay for a meaningful life.
People in the past had to exercise their freedom to stay safe, as much as they could.
Nowadays, you don’t need to be free to stay alive, the system will take care of you as long as the system benefits from you.
People prefer comfort over freedom!
And the appeal of comfort will just get bigger and bigger.
That’s the real problem with this villain!
If you always choose Comfort you will not be able to discover the beautiful potential your Body has…
The power your Mind can develop…
The greatness your Spirit can reach…
The beauty your Heart can birth…
You will not ever realize the true potential YOU have if you always choose comfort!
And guess what else happens if you lay eggs inside your Comfort nest for too long?
Fear, anxiety, depression, panic attacks will rise even higher!
Why?
Two reasons!
First, you lose a sense of meaning, a sense of purpose.
And meaning is essential spiritual organ.
Without meaning and purpose you dissolve.
You lose point of living and direction in life!
Second, we are not showing to ourselves our own capabilities.
We do not train our strength.
We do not face potential danger every day like people 1000 years ago.
And we are unsure of ourselves…
Insecure!
And what do you get when you mix no sense of direction in life and insecurity?
The holy trinity of today’s world’s psychological status:
Anxiety!
Fear!
Depression!
And these emotions are not the problem we need to cure.
They are alarms!
Your being is doing all it can to get your attention…
To make you slow down and reevaluate the way you are living your day to day life…
To show you that your life sucks donkey balls so you can change something!
So you can find meaning, push past your Comfort, train your strength!
What do we do instead?
Hide in phones, social media, games, tv shows, pills and alcohol.
I am not an alarmist!
But things are serious!
And when I say serious I mean that the last date we should have started doing something was 10 years ago!
Right now, at this moment in human history, we are at level 99, at the doorstep of The BOSS!
And we are approaching it with Level 2 armor and a stick.
On top of that everything is advancing SO fast, so quickly, that we are not just slower than the evolution and the adaptation to the new worlds we create, but things evolve faster than what we aim to adapt to!
The time for Overcoming The 12 Villains is now!
It’s game time!
There is literally no more opportunities to wait!
And The Comfort is the one villain that we must conquer NOW, or at least become aware of it.
Because as we play around with our sticks, The Comfort holds a double machine gun.
As we whine about the internet being slow, weather being cold, the food delivery being late 10 minutes and the lack of avocado in our smoothie…
The Comfort does a Navy Seal training as a warm up, grows its 6 pack inside a freezing pond, hunts its food with bare hands and its about to take testosterone!
As we worry if our photo will get enough likes, The Comfort upgrades 2 levels at once, and it’s going for 3…
It will become more invisible, more addictive, more dense, stronger than anything we would be able to go against!
What you do not realize is that, if we approach it with our current state we are in as humans, with our Weakness right now, we are literally trading our humanity!
We are trading our freedom!
Nobody will be able to resist being a God in their own Virtual World so they can be a normal human in the real world, training their strength, pushing past discomfort…
Nobody will be able to resist artificial strength to transform real weakness into real strength!
Anything you do from a place of weakness, makes you weaker.
Any responsibility you should have, but you assign to something else, makes you less.
Any task you give a tool to do for you because it’s hard, you trade part of your autonomy and the tool becomes part of you.
Any muscle you replace for a machine, you trade piece of your strength, and you start to become dependent on that machine.
Any thing you can do, but you invent something to do it for you because you are lazy, a piece of your potential is traded into that invention.
And for anything that thinks for you, a piece of your freedom is taken away!
If we do not train our strength in these few years, we have no chance to control what we are going to create!
Don’t believe me?
Just look at the world!
Look around you!
We have created the most powerful tools in human history, in size to fit in your pocket.
What do people do?
They scroll through their feed like mindless zombies more hours than they sleep at night.
They are zombies!
They don’t use this borderline magic tool that is more powerful than what a rocket was few years ago…
They are used BY this tool!
Why is that?
Because the tools we have created are more powerful than the strength of our own human psyche and character.
The tools we have created are new, but our human weakness is still primitive.
Greed, fear, jealousy, we still serve the same demons.
We didn’t work on ourselves collectively, to become stronger than these primitive mechanisms…
Few brilliant people invented these genius devices, these tools…
But the majority of the world is comfortably weak!
And that’s why it’s being used by these tools!
If we were stronger to resist the urges of scrolling through social media, making selfies to boost our ego and spying on a person you don’t even know, you can use the same tool to become Godlike!
To learn anything…
To build a business…
To make a positive change in the world!
But what do people do?
Instead of using Facebook to be more connected than ever with each other, to share ideas and network.. most people use Facebook to argue about politics…
Instead of using Instagram to learn, inspire and educate.. most people use it to jerk off watching Instagram “models” and scroll mindlessly for hours when they are bored…
Instead of using their smartphones to build empires.. most people use them as their best companion while they sit on the toilet taking a shit, playing idiotic games…
We are weak!
Too weak for the technology that we have created!
Too weak to avoid lower urges!
Why is that?
Because we have been within our Comfort zone for too long, afraid to push its limits on a regular basis…
Avoiding discomfort!
But do you know what’s the worst part about The Comfort?
It screws up your sense of reality.
It distorts your intuition that tells you how much work is “too much” work to get a desired result.
Let me give you an example…
I’ve realized this once I got back into serious exercising after a long period of dubbing around.
The results I expected to get after that first, intense training week were results that you should realistically expect after few months.
I was in sweat 5 days a week, I gave 100%, I thought to myself this is “too much” it’s “too hard”. And yet, that was not even enough.
I was supposed to keep doing that for months. And not just do that, but increase the intensity, make each workout even harder, all that so I can get a fragment of the results that I wanted.
And when I finally got the results that I wanted, what was “too hard” for me, what was “too much” work was actually a warm up.
That’s what The Comfort does
It screws up your perception of what you should expect with the work you are putting.
It can be bodybuilding…
Relationships…
Launching your startup…
Things start getting “too hard” for you!
“It’s too much work for nothing!” That’s what you’ll say.
And you’ll quit before you get any real result!
Why? Because you are used to live in that fake bubble of reality that The Comfort provides.
But here is the kicker buddy…
Reality doesn’t give a fuck about what you think is “too much” work!
It doesn’t care about what you think you “deserve” for what you did.
Reality is reality. If you want to get something out of it, you have to put the necessary work to get that thing.
It doesn’t work on “fairness” or “pity”. It’s math. You put 2 and you add 2 more, you get 4 no matter who you are.
And if you stay in Comfort for too long, the necessary work that is required out of you to build your dream life will most certainly be “too much”, it will be “too hard”.
You will settle for less and less.
You will look for shortcuts and cheats.
And most definitely you will not get any real lasting results, for anything!
You will be too weak to endure the pain on the path to your desired results. The path will appear too long, and walking it will seem as not worth it compared to the momentary pleasures of your Comfort.
You will not ever build your dream life that way. You will remain in your Comfort until you grow old and die.
What a waste of life!
You trade everything for short term Comfort that makes you miserable in the long term.
No technology can save you from yourself if you do not train your strength actively.
And how do you train your strength?
You push past your comfort!
Daily!
You do something that is outside of your comfort zone.
Befriend discomfort!
It’s your training partner.
Discomfort is your fitness coach.
Train daily!
Don’t get too obsessed, but make it a habit.
And when I say things are severely serious, it’s no less true!
Technology is going to get more integrated into our lives…
Devices will take even more data from you every minute…
Algorithms will get better at predicting our behaviors, wants and needs…
And you will be hooked on this system without even knowing that you are in one!
We are designing our own matrix right now, and we are probably the last generation that observes it from the outside.
We have brains that evolved to face discomfort and we are creating a world without any.
If we feed these algorithms with weakness, taking the easy and comfortable way, all the time, that’s what these tools will magnify!
And we will become society of weaklings, slaves to the systems we have created, batteries to our own matrix!
We will be too weak to have autonomy and free will!
We will trade all of our humanity to remain bi@#hes of our comfort!
[This whole article is a sneak peak from the book “How to Play The Greater Game of Life“. If you want to discover all of the 12 villains that retard your full potential, and learn how conquer them, how to defeat the enemy of humanity, get the full book here]
P.S. 5 out of 6 photos in this article were generated by AI.
Erin Wood is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her honesty and strength of character.
She transitioned from mental health to coaching clients seeking to realize their fullest potential and their dreams in 2022. Armed with a psychology degree, a background in crisis work, undertaking a yearlong ontological life coaching training program through Accomplishment Coaching, and being a ICF certified coach, she founded her own business.
But that’s just the tip of the cake. Her life long transformational journey started when she was 16, she was diagnosed with debilitating chronic health conditions that plunged her into depression, anxiety, and a lack of self worth. When she was 33 she endured four strokes. But when she was in her lowest point, she showed a miraculous strength of character and instead of going down on the downward spiral and feeling sorry for herself she realized that she can choose happiness. But something was still missing.
It was not until January of 2022 when she realized that all that she was missing in her life was self love. Here is what she said.
Meet Life Coach Erin Wood:
Name: Erin Wood, ICF certified coach
Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind, The Heart
Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to live up to their fullest potential, cultivate their ideal way of being, and make their dreams come true.
How they can help: Through various techniques and tools like active listening, asking powerful questions, reflection, and visualization just to name a few.
First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?
My husband and I are thriving right now.
We are both starting exciting new journeys.
He has just been accepted into Luther Seminary and has a dream of becoming a pastor.
I am an Ontological Life Coach and have started my coaching business Empower ME Coaching LLC.
We are on an exciting journey of personal and spiritual growth.
We are grateful for the presence of our two beloved rescue dogs, Pippin and Gracie Mae, who bring joy and companionship into our lives.
With hearts full of gratitude, we embrace this season of growth, love, and fulfillment.
How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?
The pandemic impacted my clients in diverse ways.
Some faced loss and grief, while others encountered challenges to their hope and faith.
Many experienced isolation and sought connection, while others dealt with fear and a sense of powerlessness.
Overwhelm and the desire for control were common themes, as well as the need for meaningful connections.
Through our work together, we navigate these challenges, fostering healing, resilience, and growth.
What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?
The pandemic has been a profound teacher, imparting invaluable lessons that have shaped my perspective and transformed my life.
Firstly, it taught me the power of gratitude.
I developed a deep sense of appreciation for what I did have, recognizing the blessings and beauty in the ordinary moments of life.
Gratitude became a daily practice, helping me cultivate a positive outlook and find joy in even the simplest things.
Secondly, I discovered the true value of family and community.
During challenging times, my relationships with loved ones became even more precious.
I nurtured a stronger bond with my husband, cherishing each interaction as a precious gift.
We adapted to virtual connections and cherished outdoor visits, making each other a priority and deepening our connection.
Additionally, the pandemic led me to rediscover the beauty of life.
I reconnected with nature, finding solace and inspiration in its wonders.
I developed a newfound appreciation for the small, everyday miracles that I used to overlook.
This awakened a sense of awe and reverence, infusing my days with a renewed sense of wonder.
Lastly, the pandemic taught me the value of solitude and the importance of strengthening my relationship with God.
I embraced moments of being alone, using them as an opportunity for self reflection, introspection, and spiritual growth.
Through prayer, meditation, and deepening my faith, I found solace, guidance, and a profound connection to the divine.
In essence, the pandemic served as a catalyst for personal growth, teaching me to embrace gratitude, cherish relationships, appreciate the beauty in everyday life, and deepen my spiritual connection.
These lessons continue to shape my journey, allowing me to navigate life’s challenges with resilience, faith, and a greater sense of purpose.
The Origin:
Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?
My coaching career emerged as a pivotal part of my transformative journey towards self love.
It traces back to my lifelong battle with chronic illness.
As a child, I thrived with health, happiness, and confidence, excelling in sports and academics.
However, at the age of 16, I received the diagnosis of debilitating chronic health conditions that plunged me into depression, anxiety, and a lack of self worth.
Although I never gave up, life became a constant struggle, overshadowing my dreams.
From age 16 to 38, I navigated life in survival mode, encountering numerous mountains to climb.
At 33, I even faced the challenge of enduring four strokes.
Yet, amidst my lowest point, a profound realization struck me, I consciously chose happiness.
I collaborated with both traditional and non traditional medical professionals, embarking on a journey of self care.
However, something was still missing.
In January 2022, during a New Year’s resolution to improve myself, I delved into personal development and had an epiphany.
I discovered that I lacked self love and belief in my deservingness of joy and success.
Becoming a personal development enthusiast, life began to flow effortlessly.
Rather than life happening to me, I became a conduit through which life flowed.
By prioritizing myself, I experienced incredible results, including an 89 pound weight loss that enhanced my overall health and I was able to think clearer like I did before my strokes.
My growing self belief allowed me to recognize the value I had to offer others.
Armed with a psychology degree and a background in crisis work, I chose to transition from mental health to coaching clients seeking their fullest potential and the pursuit of their dreams.
Undertaking a yearlong ontological life coaching training program through Accomplishment Coaching, I founded my own business.
Recently, I had the privilege of being a guest on three podcasts, where I shared my transformative journey.
I invite you to watch and join me in exploring the profound power of self love and personal growth.
What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?
I transformed my biggest obstacle: myself.
I once struggled with self love, believing I wasn’t deserving of joy or success, and doubting my own value.
I identified as a chronically ill disabled woman, trapped in a victim mindset.
I let my health circumstances dictate my life, allowing things to happen to me.
But now, everything has changed.
I rediscovered self love and learned to get out of my own way.
I realized that prioritizing self care isn’t selfish, it’s a gift that enables me to help others without sacrificing myself.
I’ve become a different person.
By putting myself first, I embraced exercise and healthy eating, resulting in an 89 pound weight loss and newfound vitality.
I’ve never been healthier.
I now have the confidence to run my own business and openly share my story, inspiring others and empowering them to embark on their own transformative journeys.
Through my personal transformation, I’ve gained the ability to help others and contribute to the community without neglecting my own needs.
I’ve become a beacon of inspiration, radiating the message that change is possible and that self love is the catalyst for a fulfilling life.
The Coaching Style:
How do you innovate with coaching your clients?
One of the ways I innovate in coaching is by fostering a deep sense of trust and belief in my clients’ innate wisdom and capabilities.
I recognize that my clients are the experts of their own lives, and I approach coaching with the understanding that they have the inner resources and answers to reach their goals.
Creating a safe and supportive space, I encourage my clients to tap into their inner wisdom, intuition, and unique perspectives.
I facilitate their exploration of thoughts, feelings, and experiences, helping them gain insights and clarity on their goals and aspirations.
Through thought provoking questions, I prompt deep reflection and self discovery.
I challenge my clients to explore new perspectives, uncover limiting beliefs, and recognize their own strengths and resources.
Instead of imposing my own ideas or solutions, I empower my clients to take ownership of their journey and make decisions aligned with their values and aspirations.
I provide support as they navigate their path, respecting their autonomy and honoring their individuality.
By trusting my clients completely and honoring their inner wisdom, I create a partnership based on collaboration and empowerment.
This approach allows my clients to develop self confidence, make meaningful progress, and ultimately achieve their desired outcomes in an authentic and sustainable way.
What’s unique about your coaching approach?
I look at you as whole and complete, with all the answers within.
You are the expert in your life.
I am there to walk alongside you as your champion asking thought provoking questions to evoke awareness and hold a mirror so you can see the reflection of the greatness of who you are.
Ontology, the study of being, forms the foundation of my coaching approach.
I focus on supporting you in cultivating your way of being.
Your way of being encompasses how you communicate, behave, and interact with the world around you.
It encompasses your perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs that may often operate at a subconscious level.
Through our coaching journey, we explore and bring awareness to these underlying aspects of your way of being.
We delve into the patterns, habits, and thought processes that shape your actions and responses.
By shedding light on these unconscious aspects, we can uncover opportunities for growth, transformation, and personal development.
Together, we work on aligning your way of being with your goals, values, and aspirations.
We explore how your perceptions and attitudes influence your experiences and choices.
Through targeted interventions and exercises, we create space for new perspectives, empowering beliefs, and conscious behaviors to emerge.
By elevating your awareness of your way of being, you gain greater clarity, authenticity, and purpose in your life.
You become more intentional in your communication, interactions, and decision making.
This deep exploration of your being allows for meaningful personal and professional transformations to take place.
Ultimately, my coaching approach revolves around the understanding that by consciously shaping your way of being, you can unlock your full potential, enhance your relationships, and create a more fulfilling and aligned life.
What benefits do your clients get after working with you?
Working with me as their coach, my clients experience a profound transformation that touches every aspect of their lives.
Through our journey together, they gain a deep sense of self awareness and a newfound understanding of who they truly are at their core.
Together, we embark on a co creative process, crafting a personalized plan of action that empowers them to navigate their desired path and become the person they aspire to be.
This plan encompasses not only their goals and aspirations but also the alignment of their actions with their values and purpose.
One of the most profound shifts my clients experience is in their relationship with themselves.
They learn to cultivate a genuine and unwavering love for themselves, embracing their worthiness and acknowledging that they deserve to lead rich, fulfilling, and meaningful lives.
Through this self love, they shed the limiting beliefs that once held them back, freeing themselves from the constraints of self doubt and self sabotage.
A pivotal realization for my clients is that the primary obstacle standing in their way is often their own limiting beliefs and self imposed limitations.
Together, we explore these beliefs, challenging their validity and empowering my clients to rewrite their narratives with empowering and supportive beliefs.
A cornerstone of our work together is the power of self care.
My clients learn the invaluable lesson of prioritizing their own well being and making themselves a priority.
They discover that by nurturing and caring for themselves first, they cultivate the energy and resilience necessary to care for others authentically and wholeheartedly.
Through self care practices tailored to their unique needs, my clients embrace self compassion, self nurturing, and self replenishment as essential components of their daily lives.
As my clients embark on this transformative journey, they discover a newfound sense of empowerment, confidence, and clarity.
They awaken to their own potential, stepping into their authentic power and embracing the endless possibilities that await them.
With each milestone they reach and each belief they shift, they become the architects of their own destiny, shaping a life that aligns with their deepest desires and aspirations.
Ultimately, the benefits my clients receive from working with me extend far beyond the coaching sessions themselves.
They experience a profound shift in their perspective, creating a ripple effect that touches their relationships, careers, personal growth, and overall well being.
They become agents of change, embodying their authentic selves and inspiring others to embark on their own transformative journeys.
In the words of my clients:
“Erin helped me look at life differently, from resigned to thriving. She encouraged self awareness, self care, and self love. Now, I see myself as open to possibilities.”
“Erin has helped me make great changes in my life. She recognized my strengths and helped me focus on my goals. I highly recommend her coaching and empowerment tools.”
“I have been meeting with Erin for about 2 months now, and I have made positive changes in my personal and work life. She assisted me with setting achievable goals that have allowed me to become more organized, energetic, and confident in making difficult changes. I am so happy that I found Erin to help coach me through this part of my life, and I recommend her to everyone.”
“Erin Wood has been a great life coach for me! I have worked with her for 6 months now. She is upbeat, friendly, encouraging, creative, and wise. I have made progress towards my goals and now feel empowered and confident in achieving them. I would highly recommend Erin as a Life Coach!”
These testimonials from my clients further illustrate the transformative benefits they have experienced through our coaching journey together.
Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?
When it comes to efficiency in working with my clients, I employ a range of powerful tools that facilitate their growth and transformation.
First and foremost, active listening is a foundational tool I utilize.
By giving my full attention and genuinely hearing what my clients are expressing, I create a safe space for them to explore their thoughts, emotions, and aspirations.
Through active listening, I am able to understand their unique perspectives and gain valuable insights into their inner world.
Additionally, I employ the art of asking powerful questions.
These thought provoking inquiries help my clients delve deeper into their foundational beliefs, values, and desires.
By challenging their assumptions and encouraging them to explore new possibilities, powerful questions ignite self reflection and facilitate transformative insights.
Another valuable tool in my toolbox is reflection.
I skillfully reflect my clients’ words back to them, allowing them to hear their own thoughts and gain fresh perspectives.
This process fosters self awareness, as clients often discover hidden insights and unlock their own wisdom.
In addition to these foundational tools, I have specific tools designed to enhance self discovery and personal growth.
One such tool is focused on uncovering the essence of who my clients are and how they are perceived by the world around them.
This deepens their understanding of their authentic selves and helps align their actions with their true identity.
Another tool centers around identifying self protection mechanisms that may be hindering personal growth and self expression.
By recognizing these patterns, clients can consciously release them and embrace their vulnerability and authenticity.
One of my favorite tools involves a powerful exercise where clients envision themselves already living their dream and embodying the person they aspire to be.
Together, we create a reverse timeline, mapping out the milestones they need to achieve to manifest that future self.
This tool provides clarity, direction, and actionable steps towards their desired transformation.
By employing these various tools, I strive to make our coaching sessions efficient and impactful.
Each tool is tailored to the unique needs and goals of my clients, allowing them to gain self awareness, overcome limitations, and ultimately create profound shifts in their lives.
The Impact:
If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?
With the super megaphone amplifying my message to the world, I would share these empowering words:
In a world filled with noise and distractions, let us find solace within ourselves.
Be kind and gentle with your thoughts, for they shape your reality.
Embrace the greatness that resides within each and every one of us.
Believe in our potential, our unique talents, and the incredible contributions we can make to this world.
Too often, we underestimate the power of our own self talk.
We criticize, doubt, and belittle ourselves, unknowingly holding ourselves back from reaching our true potential.
But today, let us be our own champions.
Speak words of encouragement, support, and love to ourselves.
Celebrate our successes, no matter how small, and learn from our failures, seeing them as stepping stones to growth.
To truly unlock the magic of our dreams, we must step out of our comfort zones and venture into the unknown.
It is in those uncharted territories that the seeds of possibility are sown.
Let us embrace the exhilarating feeling of uncertainty, for it is a sign that we are expanding, growing, and evolving.
Take risks, pursue passions, and trust in our ability to overcome challenges along the way.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?
The power of self love has been an incredible revelation in my life, profoundly transforming my journey.
Embracing self love has had a cascading effect on every aspect of my being.
As I started to cultivate love and acceptance for myself, I witnessed a remarkable shift in my confidence and self perception.
Gone were the days of doubt and self criticism, replaced by a deep sense of worthiness and a recognition of the unique gifts and talents I possessed.
Through the lens of self love, I began to see myself as a vessel of immense value, with boundless potential waiting to be unleashed.
This newfound self assurance propelled me forward, empowering me to step into my purpose and share my authentic self with the world.
I discovered that by nurturing self love, I not only elevated my own well being but also became a source of inspiration and empowerment for others.
With each step I took on my journey of self love, I realized that I held the key to unlocking my fullest potential.
It became clear to me that self love was not merely a fleeting emotion but a profound choice to honor and cherish myself unconditionally.
Through self love, I discovered the courage to break free from self imposed limitations and step into the light of my true essence.
I embarked on a path of self discovery, embracing my strengths, acknowledging my weaknesses, and celebrating the beautiful imperfections that make me who I am.
The power of self love has not only transformed my relationship with myself but also how I interact with the world.
It has allowed me to show up authentically, radiating love and compassion towards others, and creating a ripple effect of positivity and empowerment.
As I continue to deepen my practice of self love, I am reminded of the infinite wellspring of love that resides within me.
It is a constant reminder to honor my needs, nurture my soul, and embark on a lifelong journey of self discovery and growth.
I am forever grateful for the profound impact that self love has had on my life, as it continues to guide me on a path of purpose, joy, and limitless possibilities.
Your final thoughts?
My final thoughts revolve around the power of choice and personal responsibility.
You hold the key to making powerful choices and taking ownership of your actions, fully embracing the consequences that follow.
By authentically showing up and taking decisive action, you can actively create the life you desire.
Remember, the time is now to stand for yourself and step into your personal power.
Additionally, personal growth is a lifelong journey that often requires stepping out of your comfort zone.
It may feel uncomfortable at times, but the rewards are immeasurable.
It’s not only about acquiring knowledge through reading and learning, it’s about integrating that knowledge into your daily life and taking action.
Embrace the discomfort and allow it to propel you forward on your transformative journey of personal growth.
Where Can You Find Erin Wood?
If you liked this interview and you would love to live up to your full potential, go to empowermecoachingllc.com and see how Erin can help you do that.
You can listen to few of her interviews and podcasts here:
If you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn account, or by sending her a message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.
