Assets of self-awareness in helping others

Self-awareness is a tool of essence, as it invites us to observe, reflect, learn and grow to enlightenment of mind, body and spirit consciousness. Self-awareness serves as an asset  because it allows us the opportunity to watch the inner workings of our minds, the struggles we go through and the progress we make. 

I thought how may this reflect onto the lives that cross my path. The one who is struggling with self-acceptance, the co-worker who doesn't think she is good enough at her job, the student who is fearful she will fail, the friend who doesn't understand why she doesn't fit in. Then I realized that our experiences are what give us knowledge and anyone can pass this on to any living creature.  

In order for us to learn new and different techniques to support those who seek our help, we must be fully present in the way we think, feel and behave. Are we positive in our thoughts, do we treat ourselves with dignity and respect, are we compassionate towards others, are we quick to anger, do we commit to a meditation practice?   Do we live in love, compassion and self-awareness?

Healing prescence in my words

A healing presence is finding the balance between internal and external phenomena, and being aware of how life unfolds around us. It is watering and tending to the seeds of love and compassion.  It is accepting the observations of love and suffering and committing to Large Mind responses.  Tom writes in Dancing with the Ten Thousand Things, "A healing presence learns to transform compassion and good intentions into actions...these students learn not to just insert a needle, they learn to be the needle." This offers a example of healing presence in that we can learn the material and recite the material, but we must be, feel and live the material to be the presence.   Healing presence is also definitive of practice and mindfulness. Through enriching our lives through practice and reflection can we then enrich that of another.  

Helping Others Help Themselves

Helping others help “themselves” is in my opinion, a prerequisite for living a life of service. We are born to inspire, empower, motivate and learn from each other. What better way to live a life of fulfillment than to be a personal advocate of positive well- being. The passion of helping others help themselves has always been a part of my journey. Only recently has it come to light that I can pursue this passion in more ways then one. Over a year ago I participated in a coaching seminar through SHRM, and have been using the techniques I learned every day in my role as an HR professional. I find excitement guiding people through questions and insights to allow them to come up with their own ideas and assist them in pursuit of accomplishment. This realization allowed me to strike a conversation with a dear friend who currently attends MUIH. It was her that suggested I look through the MUIH website to seek options. I stumbled upon the MA of Health and Wellness Coaching, and I thought to myself, this is the path I had been looking for.

As a working woman of almost 17 years, I have been in situations where giving up felt like the only way out. Living a balance of work and life is a daily struggle at times and with our current economic state is only twice as hard. Pursuit of a coaching degree will give me the tools I need to effectively, passionately and professionally provide services to employees who live with the same struggles I have. It’s not easy being knowledgeable, honest and human. Our minds wrap us in webs of lies and turmoil only to end in defeat of our own Being. Professionally I have a goal to offer support and resources to the working men and women who truly want to be a value to not only their work but also to themselves.

I’ve been known as the external processor. I tend to answer my own questions and find advocacy through my own struggles. We as humans tend to learn through experience rather than words. Our earth and society is ever changing and it’s a blessing to be in the midst of change as it teaches us new beginnings and allows us to lay rest to the past. I tend to be very coachable in all areas of life. I recently completed an 8-week Awakenings course through the Inspiration School of Consciousness. Through practice and praise was I able to find my voice, my purpose and to become awakened. Being open-minded is crucial to my existence and has offered me a life of many open doors. It’s my job to walk over the threshold.

In my Human Resources experience I feel as though I gain increased exposure and training everyday through my relations with the staff, my co-workers and the Executive team. In working in this field I have learned much about myself and my fellows with regard to communication and presence. While working with the human population and their day to day struggles and triumphs, I’ve learned that the world of coaching and well-being is ever growing. I myself have gone through several counseling sessions, both talk and breathing focused to increase my overall understanding of myself and the way I present to the world. It has been an amazing journey and I’ve grown very rich in awareness and understanding of the struggles we have and how to help myself as well as others overcome these hurdles.

It is through giving that we receive.

Scribbles of Struggles

Lost in translation of what my mind thinks it thinks. Do I go or do I stay. Since I have opened my energy centers and given myself permission to look inside myself I'm finding a host of vulnerability. My perception of boys, work, love, strengths, weaknesses and passions are just to name a few. For years I was sure I knew who I was. Who was I kidding. Today I am finding that I have no clue, well yesterday I have no clue, today the questions are starting to shine. They say that our journey is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to. When I was using I was convinced that life existed inside a drink.  The color of the booze, the shine of the bottle, the effects all defined who I was after that first drink. As I look deep within myself today (which I didn't know could be inifinity) I'm finding that there is a lot to learn.

I've learned of a new person. Loving and lovable, smart and articulate, open and shy, a dancer, a writer and a coach. When we open ourselves to new opportunities and walk through the unknown; life awaits.  The shell of me carried a dormant soul for many decades. Recently passions have evolved that I never knew possible. For years I assumed I had figured it all out. The purpose of life was to work, eat and walk as fast as possible to get to the next window. Today I find peace is the purpose and living a life of love and presence. Days come and go and we can not rewind. To live in the present moment was a foreign concept. What does this mean, how does one do this, what does it feel like. These are the questions my soul wondered but could not declare. Centuries come and go in a blink of an eye. The universe gives us all the wonders we need to live fulfilling, meaningful lives an we greedy people take and take and take. We start our path as part of a vibration of the universe. It's pulsating day and night, naked to the human sense. We give and take vibrations of love, humility and service to find peace