Total Life Transformation: How Life Events Spark Personal Transformation
Life often presents moments that push us toward total life transformation, sparking personal transformation. These catalysts, whether a one-time event or a series of events, significantly impact our lives, acting as wake-up calls that push us to examine ourselves and our surroundings more closely.
NEEDS PROMPT CHANGE
Consider the times when you experienced the most growth – was it in response to a need, either your own or someone else's? Needs initiate the process of finding resolutions and solutions. They urge us to evaluate, consider, and dive into different aspects of our lives, including how we live, our self-worth, and our relationships. This includes how we allocate our time, have grace with ourselves, and navigate our emotional experiences.
It's natural, and honestly more comfortable, for us to want things to remain status quo, without requiring us to change or feel uncomfortable. However, I don’t believe this was God's design. I don’t think we were meant to remain stagnant, but rather to become the best versions of who He created us to be. This comes through refinement, growth, and continuous learning.
For me, the need for change happened over the years and required more evaluation as my parents' illnesses got worse to the point where authorities got involved and their overall safety and health were becoming a concern. I was forced to:
Evaluate my priorities in life.
Experience disappointment, fear, sadness, & grief.
Lean into my faith as my pillar of hope, strength, & wisdom.
Priorities: I found myself at a crossroads, contemplating how their situation would affect my life, marriage, relationships, career, and the role I’d play. Ultimately, I chose to respect their decisions made when they were mentally healthy, rather than taking on unnecessary responsibilities out of fear of not having control over the situation and the outcome I wanted. This realization came from reflecting on my values and understanding that supporting them without sacrificing my own well-being and family life was really important to me.
Disappointment, Fear, Sadness, and Grief: The emotion I was navigating was new. It required me to acknowledge and understand them. Once I did that, I needed to determine what I would do with the emotions I felt. Some required me to act upon, while others I had to embrace and let go of.
Faith: Life on Earth is hard, filled with many challenges we may never fully understand. In these tough times, my faith was critical. I realized I lacked the strength and wisdom to face these challenges alone. I needed both inner strength and external resources, like financial support, to care for my parents.
Life's experiences push us to grow by pushing past comfort and facing fears. Though tough, this kind of growth is essential. Through these unforeseen challenges, we become stronger and more resilient, ready for whatever life brings.
At SOAR Strength & Dignity, we're here to support you as you navigate life's changes and challenges, which often require us to evolve in how we perceive, experience, and respond to life. Together, we'll guide you through the essential steps of this journey. Additionally, we're currently developing ClearlyYou, a specialized program aimed at helping you re-establish yourself and understand your life and priorities following periods of growth or significant changes.
High-level program steps include:
✲ Preparing for Transformation
We begin our coaching by recognizing that you are made in the image of God and are fully known and loved. We'll reflect on the past, acknowledging losses, expressing gratitude, and understanding that some past thoughts and behaviors may no longer be helpful. We'll explore your values and how they've shaped your life.
We start here to get you to a place where you can envision and embrace a fresh start. It will become clear what you should build upon vs. what you need to let go of. To reach a place of authentic self-awareness and growth, you need to be open to change to achieve a more fulfilled and purpose-driven you.
Once you’ve taken time to reflect and prepare for your transformation, you will be ready to take another step on the journey of self-discovery, and self-awareness to achieve a more joyful, peaceful, and successful life.
✲ Discover Your Authentic Self
In this part of the program, we'll dig into your personality to understand more of who you are.
Using the Enneagram system, we'll work together to figure out your core motivations, including fears and desires, and how you can grow personally based on your unique personality. You'll start to see how these things show up in your life and more importantly, how you respond to them.
The Enneagram will help us discover your strengths, areas where you can grow, and things you might not see clearly. The assessment results don’t define you. They simply offer knowledge and information for us to use in the transformation process.
Even though this step might feel a bit intimidating, don't worry—we’ll be here with you the whole time. This part is super important for understanding your life better and setting goals for yourself.
✲ Create a Personalized Plan for Renewed Self-Awareness
Now that you know yourself better, we’ll plan for the life you want. We'll work together to figure out where you want to go and create clear steps to get there. We'll also make sure your values match what's important to you.
Without a clear plan and support, it's hard to achieve the changes you want in your life.
We'll tackle the journey of change together, using your strengths and letting go of things that hold you back. We’ll be here every step of the way to help you create a happier, calmer, and more successful life that truly reflects who you are.
✲ Successfully Execute Your Plan!
As you execute your detailed plan, we'll give you tools for success, like understanding emotions using the EQ-i 2.0 framework. Knowing your feelings and learning how to handle them will make your journey better. We'll also help you handle changes in your relationships because of the big shift in how you see yourself.
✲ SOAR!
With this refreshed understanding of who you are, we can't wait to see the incredible heights you'll reach! Embrace your newfound self with confidence and excitement.
If you’re interested in this program, let us know!
We are exploring interest in the program to be run in Spring or early Summer this year. There are limited spots, so be sure to claim yours below!
On your side and in your corner!
Lori
