Christopher R. Edgar
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Christopher R. Edgar is a success coach certified in hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming. Through his coaching business, Purpose Power Coaching, he helps professionals transition to careers aligned with their true callings. He may be reached at http://www.purposepowercoaching.com.
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If you've read any self-help literature, you've probably heard about the "inner critic"—the inner voice that denigrates us and dredges up painful memories for us to relive. We're often told that we need to develop more positive beliefs about ourselves to deal with the critic. This may be so, but I believe there's another dimension to the problem. I suggest that most of us are addicted to conflict with others, and to the feeling that we're "right" and someone else is "wrong."
Even when we know we want to make a career change, the thought of giving up what we do right now can feel life-threatening. We can become so identified with our careers that leaving them almost feels like removing a part of our bodies. In this article, I discuss some meditative techniques for overcoming that fear and becoming able to pursue your true calling.
I recently read an article on how people should shake hands in business interactions to appear assertive and in control. To me, there's an irony in writings like these, because the authors learn what they teach by observing people who aren't self-conscious about their body language. In this article, I suggest that coming to terms with that self-consciousness--not imitating others' body language--is a better way to make a good impression.
Most of us have had anxiety dreams--often recurring ones--about going back to school. Although these dreams are such a regular feature of our dreamscapes, we often dismiss or laugh at them instead of looking for their deeper meaning. In this article, I suggest that, through school anxiety dreams, our unconscious minds are trying to show us that, no matter how stressful or difficult the situations we get into, we have the strength to survive and keep loving ourselves.
Often we feel the need, particularly when we are making a career transition, to "justify" the choices we make to others, or to defend them against others' criticism. In this article, I discuss ways to overcome that need and make the choices, both in your career and other areas of your life, that you feel are right for you.
