Empowerment through understanding your feelings
and emotions.

Conflict situations triggered apprehension and tension in me. I was pushing myself harder but the workload was increasing. In conversation, I was distracted and worried about lost time and pressing issues. I was getting hurt by negativity and my resilience and energy levels were evaporating. I was being increasingly challenged by difficult people and I was experiencing increasing self-doubt. My evenings and weekends were being overshadowed with internal dialogues that attempted to settle future conflicts. I didn’t think that I was out of my depth but I recognized that I was progressively needing anxiety treatments to sleep or to cope at work. I was the proverbial frog, immersed in rising heat but not noticing it until I emerged for the weekend or holidays. I was anxious on Sundays in anticipation of the return to work. I considered working weekends to stay immersed and avoid the pain but this was clearly a dead end remedy.

Jonathan has helped me to recognize my own capability and as it turns out I have all the solutions within me. I needed to give credibility to my instincts and have confidence to act on them. He laid down a breadcrumb trail that guided me away from my mind-centric existence towards a deeper grasp and trust in my feelings, a concept that was totally alien to me. It was not an easy path to take as I had to unpack behaviors that I had formed over a lifetime. This involved facing fears that I have pushed aside, to express my frustrations, and to trust in my own wisdom. Jonathan likes to quote me that 'there is no questioning a confident spirit’."

E.A.