Some people say they feel it’s selfish or self-indulgent to invest in coaching for themselves.
But let me share a different perspective.
Coaching can benefit our community and the earth. Here’s how.
When I was an undergrad, I was walking across the university campus, where there was a mini-protest going on. I don’t remember what the cause was, and I was actually annoyed they were in my way trying to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. I was also stressed about something happening at school and my personal life, so I didn’t bother to stop to learn what the protest was about.
But then it hit me; when someone is so stressed about their own life, they have limited energy and capacity to care about anything outside of themselves.
And if you think about it, if someone is unhappy in their life, not only do they not have energy to care about things outside of themselves, but they could also behave badly towards their family and friends, which can then negatively impact their own friends and family, and ripple out to become a negative impact towards the community, society, and the world.
So for someone like YOU to be investing in your own well-being, fulfillment, and happiness, it is NOT a selfish act;
it’s only when we each feel heard, feel seen, feel confident, feel fulfilled, feel happy, and feel a sense of purpose can we really give our full selves in a positive way to others and our planet.
In fact, a global study has found that happier countries “were better at reaching sustainability goals and recycling” (despite consuming more than less happy countries). It seems that “they consume in a more responsible way.” They go hand-in-hand.
Your investment in yourself in transforming your life via coaching with me will not only benefit you, but it has potential to benefit your relationships, your community, society, and even the planet.
Not only do we have one life, we also only have one planet. And it’s scary for me to see and hear how people are treating the earth, as if we have unlimited resources, and as if nothing us individuals do matter to help save the planet.
But it does matter. I donate 1% of my clients’ investments and all my other income towards land and ocean conservation. I sign petitions related to climate change that goes to politicians who are making decisions that impact entire industries and the world. I vote for parties that have sustainable and realistic green policies.
The Covid-19 crisis has shown us that, when the world works together towards a common cause, something like vaccine technology and approvals, which usually take forever, can come into fruition in mere months!
The more we can work together towards saving the planet, the more likely the scale is to tip in that direction.
Think about it, coaching doesn’t matter if you’re not breathing oxygen, produced by plants on land and planktons in the ocean; it doesn’t matter if there’s no place to live due to the icebergs melting and there’s less land; it doesn’t matter if you can’t go outside because it’s too hot or the air quality is unbreathable; and it doesn’t matter if there’s more infectious diseases due to climate change and the increase of human population encroaching on wildlife.
In order to create a life of your dreams, we also have to ensure the place you’re living out this dream is healthy. No life can exist without our planet sustaining us.
