We all have potential from the moment we are conceived, regardless of how, when, and where. We all have specific unique skills and abilities that are a part of what and who we are as a person, whether we realize it or not. How do we know and understand who we are and our abilities, let alone reach or grasp our potential? As human beings, it is a part of our nature, the desire to learn, grow, seek, and understand. However, most of us fall into and end up in routines, most often of necessity than desire, without even realizing it. Busyness, routines, and habits take over our lives and can sometimes overwhelm us. The days can turn into weeks, the weeks into months, and months into years, yet we still feel as if something is unresolved or missing from a part of who and what we are. If we let them in time, these feelings can and will get buried deep within our subconscious, often left there for a lifetime, or we attempt to ignore or dismiss these feelings completely. Yet, we still feel empty or void, as if something is missing from us and our lives.
The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas asserts that all living things have potential or exist in constant potentiality. All living things have skills, sort-a-speak, nature, and essence that make them what they are and can do. When an acorn falls to the ground, it is but a seed with nothing more than potential. If it falls on good soil and gets ample sun and water, it will grow into an oak tree; it may get eaten by a squirrel, picked up and used for decoration, or may just end up rotting into the dirt. Regardless of what happens to the acorn, it is made for and has the potential to be an oak tree. When something becomes what it is meant to be, Aquinas calls that potentiality realized or actualized, meaning it has become what it has the ability and nature to become.
My coaching philosophy is to help you find and be you, to see the untapped potential that you may or may not know exists in you. No two people are alike nor have the exact needs and expectations. I apply my coaching philosophies and scope of practice to fit your specific dynamic. I will never do for you or to you but rather walk with you on the journey one step at a time, offering insight through and into self-awareness, discernment, and potential. I will provide you with insight, understanding, positive affirmation, and support while holding you accountable. You can begin to make the foundational changes in your life fueled by your intrinsic desire and motivation to live a happy and balanced life. As you seek new and different goals, the foundational changes will let you find and be you, without fear, regret, or apprehension, but with renewed confidence to set out and obtain worthwhile goals and desires for a satisfied and fulfilled life. The journey of finding your untapped potential lies only within you.
