“Life is the only Game that doesn’t come with a set of rules”
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to live my life in the best way I know, and to continually try to improve it. The question is always “What is the best way?”
Ever since studying Psychology in the 1970’s, I’ve searched for guidelines, tools, or structures that simplify the ‘rules’; for me it wasn’t Freud, and it wasn’t religion.
Meditation and Yoga have been invaluable. Then I studied Solution Focused Life Coaching and it all came together for me.
My underlying philosophy comes from practicing Meditation – do the practice, still the mind, experience life for yourself. Gain clarity, recognize when your mind wanders and stop; then simply come back to focus - no judgment, no force. With heartfelt respect at its deepest level, the path of least resistance; always aiming towards excellence without clinging, is easiest and most effective (not that it doesn’t take discipline to learn!).
Solution Focused Life Coaching is based on Neurolinguistic Programming (how language and the brain function) and scientific studies of successful people (what works!). This holistic system has a dynamic structure that pushes the “envelope” of awareness; it asks future based questions in a goal oriented way (forward movement), and is results oriented. For example, asking “What results do I want here?” as opposed to “Why did I do that?”
Put the two together, and voila! Gentle journey and dynamic movement; it works and it feels good too!
So if Life has no rules, it sure is easier to find some guidelines along the way!