From my perspective, the point of Simplicity is to clear away any obstacles on the path to self-actualization.
Self-actualization is the ability to have a vision for growth and to actualize that vision -- to bring my vision to reality.
Examples include:
-The desire to find a new purpose in life.
-The desire to reach a new goal on my career path.
-The vision to create a new committed relationship and have a family.
-The vision to feel empowered in my body, to loose weight or become healthier or stronger or leaner.
-The desire to experience the home as a peaceful sanctuary.
-The desire to learn any new craft, language, instrument or skill.
I believe that the process to become fully empowered, to have Personal Freedom from the bondage of ego, will require that we get *really, really organized*-- both internally and externally.
Simplicity Consulting is about two things. It is about Yin and Yang.
YIN
Manifesting the Unseen, or the Texture of our Experience
It is about organizing our internal resources so that we can handle the tremendous responsibility of personal freedom and empowerment. Anyone who owns their own business and employs others feels this imminent responsibility.
The path of organizing our internal resources involves removing negative mental, emotional and physical habits; and replacing them with healthy self-esteem and habits of well being.
It is about learning how to Anchor From Within, so that we can handle the external obstacles that are inevitable on the path to expansion.
It is about creating a Vision Map of how we want our experience to FEEL, so that we don't end up with all the stuff we want while plagued with a feeling of emptiness. This is a map of things you cannot see (YIN).
YANG
Manifesting that which can be Seen, Touched, Felt
Simplicity Consulting is also about organizing external resources (wellbeing practices or home office systems) so that we remove any obstacles to creating the life we want and so that we have the space and physical capacity to achieve our goals.
Clutter creates drag on your life. Period. Just like extra weight creates drag on your ability to walk.
If you need to organize your space, we will roll up our sleeves and physically dig in to create space for you to grow your life.
It is also about creating a Goals Map to achieve the external things in life: the physical things, the job, the business, the new talent, the family, etc. This is map of how you want your life to look (YANG).
THE PROCESS
Overcoming Resistance
We can work in as little as 1 session, or for as long as you wish. I have had some of my clients for 6 years now. Why? Because they keep growing, they keep setting new goals. Or they keep fine-tuning their felt experience.
Every time we set a new goal or vision for growth, Resistance Arises. Every single time. We are called upon to test our Internal Resources again. And our Habits for Wellbeing become more essential.
Simplicity Consulting can be about coaching clients through Resistance. As Steven Pressfield points out in book The War of Art, resistance is protean, meaning it will morph into new more creative ways of self-sabotage if we aren't paying attention.
But we do not do the heavy lifting for you. Sorry friends. Not happening. :) We will gently nudge you when you seem to be dropping off the path you wanted. We will support you in setting boundaries, clearing clutter, creating new habits, and help point out your blind spots. Again, we will not do it for you.
FREEDOM
Ultimately, the process of becoming the person we want to be, in the context of the life we want, is one of Freedom.
Rather than submitting to the life you are given, you are choosing to exert your power to create your life.
It is a personal choice - not just one, but ongoing choices. Minute by minute, hour by hour, the choices arise to stay in integrity with who we want to become.
True Freedom to create the life we want will require tremendous organiziation of our Internal Resources and our External Resources.
In other words, it will take all we've got to make it happen.
Life will throw curve balls of it's own -- and the capacity to respond will be directly proportional to the amount of drag/clutter/bad habits we have removed from our lives as well as the strength and resilience to respond with wisdom or compassion.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
The Outcome
The outcome depends on your personal experience.
One of my clients has not changed very much about how her life looks (same business, same home, same family), but the entire way she experiences her life is different. Her self-esteem, self-awareness, personal responsibility, feeling of wellbeing, all of these things have changed.
A different client started out being about only two things: a Vision Map and organizing closets. A year and a half later, she had transformed her space, left her job and moved to Bali.
All of those choices evolved out of her increased personal responsibililty for her happiness and wellbeing. I did not coach her to take those risks, they were borne out of her process of personal freedom.
So the results depend on you.
To be redundant, Simplicity Consulting is about organizing your internal and external resources to set you up to attain the life you desire.
"A vision board is a collage of images, pictures and affirmations of your dreams and desires. It can also be called a dream board, treasure map or vision map.
Vision boards are a great way to make you feel positive, and are helpful if you are using the law of attraction" ~ WikiHow
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