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Several years ago, a growing number of people who had read my and Briana’s books or taken our courses began asking us to train them to coach others using the concepts we teach. Without consulting with me, Briana announced that we were going to do it.
I can’t say I was delighted when I heard the news. I said something like, “You do realize this means creating an entire, comprehensive curriculum on life coaching?”
“Yes!” she said. I think she was actually clapping and maybe even jumping up and down.
“I mean, like, everything a person should know before being in a position of guiding others,” I added.
“Of course!” she said. Then she asked, “Can you make me a sandwich?”
“It’s going to be sooooo much work,” I said.
“Not really,” she replied. “Just mayonnaise, mustard, arugula, tomato, capers, goat cheese, and bread.”
“The capers are going to fall out,” I sighed.
“Oh, and avocado too, please! It’s going to be AMAZING!”
“The sandwich?”
“No, silly. The coaching program!”
And that’s our work/marriage dynamic, folks. It’s like this (almost) all the time.
A couple years and many sandwiches later – which was longer than Briana expected and shorter than I expected – we had a coaching program. And despite that ridiculous first conversation, it turned out really, really well.
If you’ve ever thought about doing work like this – helping others to get clear, achieve their goals, hone their gifts, become organized, forge a stronger spiritual connection, build community, come into their power, heal their relationships, and more – now’s the time. Everyone has already learned how to use Zoom for video conferencing.
Besides offering a thorough, heart-centered curriculum in how to be an excellent life coach, we include a great additional course in how to run your own business. After all, you can only really dedicate yourself to this noble work if you’re able to earn a living doing it.
Enrollment in our amazing Dragontree Life Coaching Program is now open! We'd love to have you join us in our mission to spread peace by seeding the world with peaceful individuals. I know you’ll grow so much through this work, and I know you have SO much light to offer.
Be well,
Peter
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What do you like about your anxiety?
This is a question I’ve asked many of my patients. Unsurprisingly, almost everyone’s initial response is “nothing.” But over time (especially in people who are determined to get the most out of their unpleasant experiences) I’ve seen anxiety become a gift that re-orients people in a profound way.
I’ve learned many strategies for managing anxiety directly, some of which I shared in my
last article. They can really help. However, my greatest intention isn’t merely that we can effectively manage anxiety when it arises, but that our basic orientation is to be attuned to what’s good, what’s working, and what we
love about life.
So this time I’m going to share self-care practices to guide you back to the love beneath that fear.
It’s true that fear isn’t usually a
healthy expression of love, but sometimes it is – like when love spurs fear in a parent and they rush into harm’s way to save a child. Most of the time we’re afraid, though, the underlying love is so contorted by the mind that it doesn’t feel like love at all. It just feels nasty and horrible, and we get into a vicious circle whereby the feeling prompts fearful thoughts and the thoughts heighten the feelings, and so on.
But deeper than all of that craziness, we love life, we love ourselves, and we love others. I would like to invite you this week to bring your anxious feelings back to the loving point of their origin.
1) Practice good posture. Having a straight spine automatically helps you to breathe more fully. It also has a subtle effect on your mood. It’s easier to feel threatened, weak, or like a victim when you’re slouching; conversely, when you sit or stand tall, with a straight spine, you’ll naturally feel clearer and more confident.
2) State the facts (in the morning and always). What you do in the morning affects your whole day, so start with a brief and enthusiastic session of truth telling. What is good right now? Are you alive? Are you breathing? Did the sun rise again? Do you have enough to eat? Say it.
Who do you choose to be today? A light-hearted person? A truth-telling person? An emissary of love in the world? A devoted servant to the highest good of the world? Say it.
Pausing, noticing, and stating the facts about what’s good in your life is like hitting the save button. It programs your mind to continue to spot the good stuff. It reconfigures you for peace.
And stating the facts during fearful times is like becoming a warrior with a razor sharp sword. With your loving fierceness, you cut through the collective illusions and emotional fog, reminding yourself and others,
We didn’t jump into the world just so we could cower from life. The truth is bigger (and better) than the story we’re telling each other.
3) Get connected to the elements. Spend time in nature, ideally including some direct contact of skin to earth and natural bodies of water. Some people with anxiety also report that they feel much better with sun exposure. Others feel a benefit from sitting in front of a fire or even several candles. Besides helping to realign you with the rhythm of the natural world, it’s also a nice break from your electronic devices and media.
4) Establish a daily routine and stick to it. Predictability helps stabilize a wayward mind and helps the body get into a consistent rhythm. This means setting a regular bedtime and wake time, having meals at the same time each day, exercising on a regular basis at the same time, meditating at the same time, bathing at the same time, etc. Of course, your routine shouldn’t be strict in a way that generates stress if you stray from it – it’s something you do out of kindness for yourself.
5) Love actively. There’s no use in trying to obliterate fear. That would be like trying to destroy the sound of ‘middle C’ on a piano. Fear is a frequency of energy. No matter how you train yourself to cut it out of your life, you can always call it up again. Instead, focus on the love beneath.
What do you
love that your mind tells you is threatened? Give your attention to loving what you love instead. Love is so much stronger and bigger than fear, and unlike fear, love is a unifying and creative force. If you’re out of practice, find the things that are easiest to love, like kittens and donuts, and feel the love opening your heart. Then practice expanding that love to envelop yourself, your neighbor, your houseplants . . . and your fear. Then go bigger.
All along, keep opening your heart. Just imagine it opening like a golden ring in the center of your chest. Learn to feel when it closes, and patiently open it again and again and again.
Love will prevail. Always.
Dr. Peter Borten
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Check out this interview I did on The Raw and Wild Hearts Podcast! We talk about how to strengthen your immune system, keep infections mild, and manage the psychological, emotional, and spiritual implications and opportunities presented by the Coronavirus pandemic.
I did this interview with an an aim to share my knowledge about how all of us can increase our personal levels of sanity and physical health in the throes of this pandemic.
Please share this with anyone you know who might benefit, and feel free to add your questions and comments below ... I'd absolutely love to hear from you.
Be well,
Dr. Peter Borten
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“Yes!” she said. I think she was actually clapping and maybe even jumping up and down.
“I mean, like, everything a person should know before being in a position of guiding others,” I added.
“Of course!” she said. Then she asked, “Can you make me a sandwich?”
“It’s going to be sooooo much work,” I said.
“Not really,” she replied. “Just mayonnaise, mustard, arugula, tomato, capers, goat cheese, and bread.”
“The capers are going to fall out,” I sighed.
“Oh, and avocado too, please! It’s going to be AMAZING!”
“The sandwich?”
“No, silly. The coaching program!”
And that’s our work/marriage dynamic, folks. It’s like this (almost) all the time.
A couple years and many sandwiches later – which was longer than Briana expected and shorter than I expected – we had a coaching program. And despite that ridiculous first conversation, it turned out really, really well.
If you’ve ever thought about doing work like this – helping others to get clear, achieve their goals, hone their gifts, become organized, forge a stronger spiritual connection, build community, come into their power, heal their relationships, and more – now’s the time. Everyone has already learned how to use Zoom for video conferencing.
Besides offering a thorough, heart-centered curriculum in how to be an excellent life coach, we include a great additional course in how to run your own business. After all, you can only really dedicate yourself to this noble work if you’re able to earn a living doing it.
Enrollment in our amazing Dragontree Life Coaching Program is now open! We'd love to have you join us in our mission to spread peace by seeding the world with peaceful individuals. I know you’ll grow so much through this work, and I know you have SO much light to offer.
Be well,
Peter
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Great article, thank you 🙂
You’re welcome!
Compels me to examine my focus, thank you
You’re very welcome.
You are so right about what is most important, and that is loving life. I have been teaching that for years, as the foundation of what I call an Enchanted Life. To have a world of people who love life, would bring about tremendous change quickly. When we love life, we want to tend to, nurture, protect and enjoy that life. Since I am a teacher of the Sacred Feminine, the message she brings is exactly this, love LIFE herself. The more you love life, the more she will love you back. So many people blame “life” for their woes. They say, life sucks, life is hard, etc. But I say, Life is extraordinary, life is incredibly beautiful, life is a magical mysterious creative play. It is the way that we conduct our lives that might suck or be hard. And the good news is that, we have a choice in this, we can refashion our lives, with the energy of life as our guide.
You are a wise man
with love
Rhianne Teija NewLahnd
Thanks for sharing, Rhianne. You are doing such important work in the world! The sacred feminine is the medicine for this time!
Be well,
Peter