When I signed up for holobody certification I had just completed the life and business coaching programs. I wanted to learn cutting-edge science on our mind-body connection to push myself to a higher level of living. I set out to apply the knowledge to coaching clients, myself, and my family.
During the program, I was inspired by the depth of knowledge and passion with which the program was taught. I was carried on a wave of jubilation in learning and applying the knowledge.
Early on I engaged my father in health coaching, with a powerful agreement for change and coaching. At the start of this course my father, who is 77 years old, was in a place of victimhood and disease. He had a lack of hope for any change and resignation for his own body's failings. His eating habits were poor, and he lacked awareness of how his thoughts, actions, and beliefs were a part of his current health problems. I began coaching him, following the structure of the program in weekly segments, challenging his thinking, and going over cheat sheets from Ronan, guiding his meal planning and empowering him. I asked powerful questions to get him past limiting beliefs. Over the course of 12 weeks, my father began to take ownership of his life and to understand the things that damage his body. He Lost 23 lbs., and felt revitalized and empowered. He now believed he could change, that his health was something he had control over and started to embrace the idea that he created his own life. At his annual exam with is doctor he was surprised by them taking him off mediation for diabetes!!!!! I continue to work with my father on his mindset and overall approach to life. His strength training and understanding that he is the creator of his life experiences. I am deeply grateful for his renewed energy and believe that the remaining challenges for him in the upcoming month will be much easier with his renewed vigor and health transformation.
But my father’s transformation was not the only one taking place. When I started the certified life coaching program in February of last year, I had just lost a heart centered business, one I had built with creativity and courage. A multimillion-dollar design build enterprise transforming people’s lives by designing and building outdoor environments. I led a team of 35 and three business partners with a mesmerizing 21 awards in the industry. For 13 years prior I ran and built this business as a one woman show, by stepping outside my comfort zone, with tenacity, grit, a desire to learn, a vision for what was possible and a willingness to fail. In the last five years had built teams, created groups of collaborating professionals and organized transformational change of outdoor spaces for my clients.
One day everything changed, my former partners held a secret meeting which I entered unexpectedly. Upon entry I was told, “We don't wish to work with you. We are terminating our agreements and your position “. I was a leader one day, an exile the next. The series of events that followed were mindboggling, I was forcibly removed from the team, I was asked to leave, my email and social media accounts removed, my connections to the team, projects and partners severed. Suddenly I was plunged into deep grief and morning for the loss of something beautiful, intangible my own sense of purpose and impact. This was amplified by the pride I had in my own journey, how I had transformed my own life from one of adversity to one of accomplishment, recognition, purpose and meaning. Up to this point, I had already lived a hero’s journey overcoming impossible odds to believe that anything was possible that whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can create.
In my mind “if everything it took to build and create this was not enough, how could I possibly make a difference again”, with an understanding of how far I had come from the kid that left my mother behind at the age of 16. From the tormented and abused child of my youth. How much courage and fortitude it took to get to this place. “I kept thinking no one knows how hard it is to just be normal to come to ground zero from below the surface.”
One day everything changed, my former partners held a secret meeting which I entered unexpectedly. Upon entry I was told, “We don't wish to work with you. We are terminating our agreements and your position “. I was a leader one day, an exile the next. The series of events that followed were mindboggling, I was forcibly removed from the team, I was asked to leave, my email and social media accounts removed, my connections to the team, projects and partners severed. Suddenly I was plunged into deep grief and morning for the loss of something beautiful, intangible my own sense of purpose and impact. This was amplified by the pride I had in my own journey, how I had transformed my own life from one of adversity to one of accomplishment, recognition, purpose and meaning. Up to this point, I had already lived a hero’s journey overcoming impossible odds to believe that anything was possible that whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can create.
In my mind “if everything it took to build and create this was not enough, how could I possibly make a difference again”, with an understanding of how far I had come from the kid that left my mother behind at the age of 16. From the tormented and abused child of my youth. How much courage and fortitude it took to get to this place. “I kept thinking no one knows how hard it is to just be normal to come to ground zero from below the surface.”
As I entered the certification programs, first CLC, then CBC and finally CHC, I held a shattered heart and spirit that felt fractured. I knew that I had the power to create my future, but I was in deep grief and morning, deep shock from the event. The coaches, mentors and attendees become my teachers. I was held in compassion, understanding and awareness of my own experience. Suddenly free of the energy put into inspiring the team, of emotionally supporting the former partners and of holding a vision for clients and overcoming their limiting beliefs. I could direct my energy to work deeply on presence, future vision and asking the universe for guidance and help. I began to understand the dynamics at play in the team and the partnerships I had once been leading. Week after week I was placed randomly with the people I most needed to hear from, often their experiences and stories were exactly what I needed to hear to experience. Over time, I saw with more clarity the underlying conflicts that I had not seen, the ego structures of those around me. I saw the truth of my own failings as a leader. In this truth I saw things as they really were. I experienced firsthand the power of forgiveness to free me. The power of future vision to create something new and the power of gratitude to build a new life based on my essence. I understood that I had always been a coach. I still believed that whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can create. I Reconnected with the things that gave me joy, purpose and meaning. I remembered why I started on this path in the first place.
I was ignited by transformation as a process, my own and others. That through creativity, vision, knowledge we can be the architects of our experience.
There are no words to convey the power of this content for all who are willing to embrace humility, to see the truth of their lives, let go and evolve. When we evolve new doors open that we could never have imaged were possible for us to walk through.
With deepest gratitude for all those that shared this journey with me, who grew alongside me, mentored me, and inspired me in these programs. I am deeply grateful for this experience.