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I remember when the hunger ignited for me. When I opened to the pattern and the point.
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I had spent decades seeking and striving and believing that my happiness, my peace, and my joy existed on the other side of a goal. That I had to suffer and work hard, work endlessly to earn my success. Work to be enough. Work to be worthy.
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And I succeeded. And I suffered. And I worked. On repeat. But being enough and being worthy kept getting farther away. My ability to enjoy my success was short-lived; hollow.
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And I was on to the next thing...
I surrounded myself with achievers and immersed myself in learning from them and their teachers. I spent the equivalent of a college education. Learning, trying new methods and chasing a finish line that kept moving farther away.
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And I realized all of them were seeking the same thing. The same unspoken hope,
“If I just get this one more thing, then it will work.
Maybe this time.
Maybe this time.
Maybe this time!”
But the truth is, I was chasing a state of Being inside myself. So why did I keep looking outward?
The cliche is true…
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All the answers are within.
The deeper my understanding of myself, the greater the experience of being enough and of feeling worthy. It’s bliss. And every day I learn how to live here even more.
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In retrospect, I see that every step I made was leading me to this. Especially the “backwards” ones!
This became most clear to me in the successful exit from my business.
I followed guidance and went in more deeply to the operations; even though I had been stepping back for years. Nothing worked as it used to, it was a failure before it even started. And it brought me to the final decision point to leave.
In retrospect, I see that it was my fastest route to exit. Which had always my primary goal. When we allow ourselves to be guided by our internal knowing, we step out of logic and reason. The steps will look backwards and sometimes judged as failures as we live them, but all comes clear in the end.
After that it almost felt like my world was divided into those consciously working toward understanding themselves and those that weren’t yet conscious to the intelligence within them.
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What hit me though, even though they were blindly seeking; as I was.
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The pattern, once illuminated, can’t be unseen.
I suddenly understood the deeper meaning of my life events, the purpose behind struggles and moments of grace, and I became comfortable with the fact that the meanings that are still out of my reach are not a problem to be solved. They will reveal themselves in the right time and in the right way.
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“Do these things to have that stuff so you will be this.”
As I said, walking this path steps outside of logic and reason. It is the reverse of the success formula that most of us have been taught.
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When I prioritize my state of Being first, what happened is my actions are certain, and effortless. Work becomes joyful. And what I receive is overwhelmingly abundant.
I know on the surface this may come across as a bunch of fluffy words describing some magical and utopian state of being. So I’ll be more practical and paint you a picture of what this looks like for me.
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What I mean when I say this is that I no longer force anything to get what I want. I become very clear in my desired end goal and use my internal “knowing” to guide me there. The path through can appear backwards but in retrospect I always see that it was the most direct route to my desire.
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I ran from this work when I first started. It scared me. I thought I would lose myself. It went so deep, it voiced my cringy, terrible beliefs I had not even admitted to myself. It took time for me to realize that those nasty beliefs were not me, and I could replace them with soul-deep understanding.
This is not a method or a results course. It’s a remembering of your true self. A commitment to turning inward for answers. It is your returning to the home within you.
You direct this journey.
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This is not a “one size fits all solution”. It is entirely unique to you. I walk with you as a guide. But you will determine the direction and depth of your awakening. No one has a right to step on your path and force you. That doesn’t work and doesn’t keep. I will only stand beside you.
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Whatever stage that you're at, it doesn't matter. All that is required is a curiosity and willingness to look at the hard Truths within you. And most importantly, an intuitive tug in you that says this is the next step on your path. My promise to you is that, (I will work with you before you have to make any kind of commitment).
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Because I know that the only way this works is if I work with individuals that are called to and ready for this work. If you are here, then it is for a reason. Whether that is only for a session to learn more and satisfy your curiosity or it’s the beginning of a long and rewarding relationship; I don’t know. That’s the fun of the work!
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One way that I can describe this is that it’s the mechanics of standing in the desire of things you want for your life and allowing your internal guidance, not logic and reason, to carry you through. You will learn the value of the journey over any result. So much so that before any circumstance in your life has changed, you have the experience of joy and fulfillment as if it is already complete. An author client saw the completion of her book before she wrote a single page. She lived into the reality that it was already done. You will know the end, from the beginning. The “how” is revealed to us as it is needed.
The experience is dependent on everyone present.
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I am seeking individuals that are willing to be vulnerable and be a support for others.
I will teach fundamentals, but the real work gets done in the organic moments of working in real-time on issues that are happening for you right now.
I can’t make any promises of what is going to happen. What I can guarantee is that you will get a deeper insight into yourself and will be able to let go of any belief that is ready to go. And You’ll discover to discern the voice within you, to recognize it for what it is.
If you are looking to understand the principles but not participate in the group, this process and container may not be for you.
This is why a conversation comes first before any kind of commitment. If this isn’t right for you right now, together we’ll find what is!
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At its core, this is spiritual work.
The voice we are accessing within you is called many names. I ask you not to get hung up on the name. I just want you to know that the power comes from learning to listen to it! If any of this has fallen into the “woo woo” bucket for you (as it would have for me at one time), then this may not be for you right now.