Category Archives: Self-Awareness

Time Management

So much stress stems from poor time management

Time is such an interesting phenomena.

At a recent online chat room discussion it was asked; ‘What would you prefer to save time or money?’ Surprisingly, many people said money. Yet, we may say that once our time has gone, we can never get it back. And yet, can’t we always, somehow recoup our finances? Of course, it’s only a hypothetical question, and the answer very much depends on individual circumstances. Also, to get clearer, we may ask, how much time and money are we talking about? We may ask, who would be prepared to set aside just a few minutes to claim a ten million winnings on the lotto? I’m guessing, most people would say yes! So we may ask, when did we buy this idea that time is money?

The biggest excuse that most people have for not doing anything is that they don’t have the time or money. I’ve heard this lame excuse many times. Of course they’d be prepared to invest both time and money if they saw enough value in it for them. We all have opinions on time and money. Yet how many of those opinions are well informed? Interestingly, I’ve observed how those who are the most ‘educated’ may also be the most ‘captured’ into the ‘matrix’.

It just so happens that most people rather spend their time and money on distractions as a way to escape what’s really going on. Most people are distracted with entertainment. Entertainment is used as a ‘numbing medication’. This continual use of this ‘numbing medication’ has become an addiction. So long as there’s bottles of beer and a footy game to watch, that night on the town or that 7 day get-away cruise to look forward to most people most of the time don’t care too much about anything else. The likes of healing and self-development courses are only attractive to most people while they’re in pain or in turmoil. Once they’ve found they’re distraction, so often, many are not prepared to invest in their self growth. It’s much easier to whinge and whine when things don’t turn out as expected.

It’s interesting what our beliefs are around time and money. What are so many people prepared to sacrifice for this crazy thing called money? Remember, whilst we may always be able to recoup our finances, there are many things that we can never get back. So here’s  a question for you … what does money really mean to you? Most people spend so much of their time trying to get more money. It’s just so interesting what people will do for it. Would it make sense to get to know a bit more about the ‘money’ that so many people spend so much time working so hard to get. Can we really trust what we hear on the ‘lame-stream’ media about money? How much of what we’re told is real?

I’m guessing, there’s likely to be horrific changes around money in the next few years. Although this probably won’t really mean much immediately for those not aware of what’s really going on. There’s much that can’t be said here – now, in a public domain about money. Interestingly, I’ve heard so many times over the years that many people often don’t know what I’m talking about … and I understand, as it seems that there’s so much conditioning in our world, today, in so many ways that it’s often very difficult to see things any other way.

So, that’s why I developed the ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course. The ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course has evolved from a series of seminars I presented in the early 90’s  … which I called the ‘aspirant’ or then the ‘initiate’ training course. Some of you reading this may remember those courses. ‘Awakening-Awareness’ is about presenting an introduction in preparation for the next series of courses, being the on-line life coaching course … with the main components of Self-care, Self-development and Holistic Healing arts.

The ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course is essentially an ‘initiate’ course to help prepare aspirants to become more familiar with the philosophy, principals, concepts and terminology of the upcoming components of this life coaching course. We may say that an aspirant is one who ‘aspires’ to achieving something and an initiate is a beginner along the path. The ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course is to help gain an appreciation as to ‘why’ we would venture into these ‘life-coaching’ modalities. The ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course is to help ‘open our eyes’ to what’s happening and also what’s not happening in our world today. It’s to help gain an insight into what problems currently exist with our life in this world so that we’re better focused on what results to achieve.

The aim of the ‘Awakening-Awareness’ course is to help us live a happier life in the modern world. These are interesting times. Our modern day world is an interesting ‘melting pot’ of many wide and varied influences, such as with many mixed cultures, concepts and conditioning … with this, it’s showing-up both good and bad. Diversity can be a wonderful thing … if it’s well integrated.

To apply for membership for the Free Intro. Awakening-Awareness Online E-mail course go to member.ronbass.com

How Life-Coaching Can Help You

To improve our well-being we need to enhance our life-style.

The main reason of many illnesses is due to a poor lifestyle … so simply to improve our well-being we need to enhance our lifestyle. Sadly, so many people are not happy. Interestingly, so many people work hard all of their life just to look forward to retirement. Yet, then many are not well enough then to enjoy their life. Those who love their life and are happier and live more-so in the moment. In enhancing our lifestyle, here’s 4 basic aspects of life to consider.

The first important aspect is to have meaning. Some find find meaning in their work, others in their relationships, in having children, in worshiping their body or just relaxation. Also there’s religion, exploration or self-development just to name a few. Finding meaning in any of these can be a wonderful thing. However, sadly, so many people lack a meaningful purpose in life, hence are not enjoying living in the present moment. The art of living is about embracing a meaningful purpose. It’s what we do and the contribution we make to others that really counts.

Another important aspect is to have an open mind. If one is narrow minded, their life will also be limited. An open mind allows us to be more receptive to ideas and inspired by others. It allows us to be more adventurous. Adventures allows for expansion, growth and evolution. Success is about getting the right balance. Often it may be about transforming the old negative stories int more positive outcomes. Remember, we are all a part of the world. Yet, be aware to not be a slave to the system but rather look at how to be a creator.

Also, another important aspect is learning how to be more consciously creating our reality rather than just being a victim of circumstances. As we look at our life, the lives of those around us, our world, we need to realise how this is a reflection of our inner-self. It’s important to have clarity. Be aware not to get caught up too much in the superficial, trivial matters of the world. Rather than entrapment, being a slave to the system, learn how to more consciously create your ideal outcomes. Don’t just educate your-self to be financially rich, for safety and security. Learn how to be rich with adventure, happiness .

Lastly for this article, another important aspect of life is about finding balance. As well as work and exercise, remember to get your share of relaxation and happiness. Happiness, comes from a healthy balance between work and pleasure, between sacrifice and embracing the experiences that life has to offer. Just following conventional, orthodox patterns are likely to suppresses adventure. Repetition can cause a gradual loss of appreciation of the moment. Without adventure we’re not awake to appreciate being alive. Achievements are great, but only if it also includes adventure.

Life-Coaching has helped thousands around the world to live a better life. In general, those who have greater ‘self-awareness’ and ‘self-care’ and also embrace ‘self-development’ live a happier life. If you’re considering embarking upon ‘Life-Coaching’ to help enhance your lifestyle, health, wealth and happiness, here’s 4 basic aspects to consider.

Self-Awareness is the prelude to self-development. Basically, it’s about getting to know our-self. It’s about being awakened to our abilities, our capabilities and talents, Also about acknowledging our limitations. Along with greater self-awareness also comes enhanced self-acceptance. This may be considered an essential component of well-being.

Self-Care is essentially about loving yourself. Self-help is about self-responsibility, an essential component to wellness. It’s a very beautiful thing. This may help cultivate an enhanced sense of freedom, increase in self-worth, in dependence and self-esteem.

Self-Development is about the evolution of consciousness. It’s about educating our-self and realising our potential. Along with this, learning about cultivating self-love, self-esteem, self-confidence and sense of self-worth. Also, self-compassion, with being happy in our own company, and being aware of what motivates us.

Self-Mastery is about being the best version of our-self. To to this, requires us to about embrace the art of responsibility. success happens as we are exploring and realising our potential. We need to have a hunger for growth and hence at times learn how to feel comfortable with uncertainty. Facing our fears can be transformational. Self-mastery is about the ability to respond to situations rather than react. We respond with awareness and conscious choices. Being conscious of our observations, our various thoughts, intentions, choices and actions to them. The more we enrich our life, the more we can also help those around us.

An essential first step in developing self-mastery is to become an observer. Be aware of our thoughts and our inner dialogue. It’s very much like a commentary that attempts to make sense of the world. Then be aware of our emotions which may reflect the conflict between what we’re thinking and feeling. Then learn how to resolve the conflict between our inner and outer worlds. This will allow us to make clearer choices. Often, to do this we may need to resolve our past issues. Whist it may be healthy to reflect, it doesn’t help to be convicted by our past experiences. Hence self-mastery is about being able to be more in the present moment. Although at times, we may need to break-through the ‘Spectator-Syndrome’ by following the necessary action needed for growth.

Join us for the upcoming free webinar; ‘How Life-Coaching Can Help You!’ In this dynamic webinar you will learn the 4 most critical aspects of a healthy lifestyle. Just for joining us you’ll also receive a complimentary bonus gift worth $100. Only 20 places avail. for a limited time – book now to get your ticket –

Lets Talk

Welcome to Counselling – Gold Coast – a service to help with enhancing Self-Confidence, Self-Development, Self-Esteem and Self-Empowerment … for being the best we can be!

Lets Talk! … with a series of counselling techniques to help facilitate ‘Conflict Resolution’, ‘Stress Management’, ‘Decision-Making’ ‘Relationship Issues’ and ‘Crises-Support’ to assist with improved outcomes such as clarity, focus and enhanced performance.

With 20 years with practicing various counselling modalities, I’ve observed how so many  problems are due to stress, and so much stress is due a poor lifestyle. So, to help resolve many issues, we need to address our stress levels and look at ways to enhance our lifestyle. Hence, I recommend life-style coaching. 

What is Lifestyle Coaching?

Now-a days, with so many people suffering excessive stress, along with this is also a poor diet, lack of exercise, lack of sleep, caffeine dependency, tobacco and alcohol addiction, etc. … hence there’s such a big need for a lifestyle change.

Our society has seen such vast changes in the last few decades. However, not all of these changes are ideal for us. As some examples, we can see such significant changes in our food, technology, entertainment, our expectations, attitudes and behaviour and our daily activities.

Unfortunately, in so many cases, these rapid changes in our lifestyle have contributed largely to the emergence of various problems. Some of these are such as fatigue, pain, stress and anxiety. However, a problem is that since these conditions creep up so gradually, most people don’t see any urgency to face them.

The big problem is that now-a-days, most people just want a quick fix, preferably just taking a pill. However, one of the best ways to take care of these chronic conditions is to modify our lifestyle choices. Lifestyle coaching is ideally, a multidisciplinary approach, made-up by embracing many different modalities. To be successful, it’s essential to identify and manage the underlying ’cause of the cause’ of these various chronic diseases. A big part of this successful management, many times requires much investigation and motivation at modifying our ‘lifestyle choices’.

Although maybe well intended, a major problem is that unfortunately many practitioners are not really well set-up for tackling these issues. This is mostly due to a lack of insight, skill, time and resources for dealing with addressing the complexity of these lifestyle issues. More often, with lifestyle coaching requires a deeper practitioner-client relationship discussion for any meaningful change.

Lifestyle Coaching is a fairly new, yet booming profession. Over the last few years, specialists in the medical fraternity have also started adopting ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ it as much as they can. They’re now quiet actively promoting ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ … and it’s gaining worldwide momentum among these band of specialists.

Many clients worldwide have expressed how they’ve benefited, as lifestyle related problems have been managed through appropriate modifications. In life-style coaching, often to make the necessary changes in our life, it may be required to make a considerable commitment, to be dedicated at addressing in depth the underlying ’cause-of-the-cause’ of our various issues, such as subconscious sabotage patterns. Hence, a life-style approach may sometimes need a little ‘soul-searching’ and the deeper we delve the higher we can climb.

Ideally, life-style’ coaching will be drawn from a wide array of disciplines. Maybe with integrating both the east and western approaches, ancient wisdom and modern science. To gain successful and sustainable results, ‘life-style’ coaching should embrace many facets. As an example, from the likes of awareness of our mindset, motivational factors, environmental awareness, behavioural awareness and dietary considerations, relationships … plus much more.  Successful life-style coaching also requires much support. Ideally, the whole program would include a combination of consultations, seminars, workshops, courses, online resouces, etc.

In summary, life-style coaching would ideally embrace a holistic approach. Ideally including a wide range of modalities, presented over a broad range of formats. In life-style coaching we need to remember, the WHO definition of health, which basically explains that it’s about complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely just the the absence of disease. Great life-style coaching is about learning how to care for yourself better … and discover more about yourself along the path.

An Intro to the Holistic Lifestyle Coaching Course. 

Awareness
Life coaching is about awakening awareness. One aspect of awakening awareness is about being more open-minded  and in having a wider perspective about our self and the world we live in. Awareness is the prelude to consciousness. We cannot have consciousness without awareness. Our life is a reflection of our consciousness.  Awareness is different to consciousness. Awareness is how our senses perceive our physical reality. Consciousness is about what choices we make. The more conscious of the unconscious we are, the more conscious we become. It’s about being aware and recognising our unconscious aspects. I venture into these concepts in much more detail in the ‘Awakening-awareness’ series of seminars.

Stress, Pain & Fatigue
The major reason people seek the help of a practitioner is because of stress, pain and fatigue. Many health complaints arise when the discomfort, aches and pain becomes greater than the perceived ability to keep resisting the various signs and symptoms. However, these signs and symptoms are merely the tip of the iceberg. Even so, stress, pain and fatigue is also the underlying cause of so many situations, such as accidents, injuries, conflicts, disputes, relationship breakdowns and generally a poor quality of life.

Consider some of the ways in which people attempt to cope with these modern day ailments. Some of the most common self medications are alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, sweets, sex, drugs, masturbation, television, sleep, exercise and holiday escapes. These are merely ways to pacify the symptoms, but don’t necessarily take care of the underlying real problem. Many people spend so much of their time and effort suppressing their true feelings and emotions. As they suffer the symptoms of stress, pain and fatigue, it’s gradually becoming obvious to many that what they’ve been doing for so long just doesn’t work. There comes a time when enough is enough, when it’s time for change. Life coaching is about cultivating more functional ways to manage our various issues in life.

Relationships
Relativity, basically looks at how, in some way, everything is relative to something else. Hence, for every seemingly negative aspect, there is also a relative positive side. The brightness of the day can only be recognised relative to the darkness of the night. Our spirit and soul are in a relationship. Spirit is that masculine driving force that lifts us, inspires us and moves us. Our soul is our very essence, our most inner core, the seed which holds our potential. Much more about relativity, relationships and sexuality is covered in the ‘Spiritual Sexuality’ components of the Holistic Lifestyle Mentoring Course.

Break-Thru to Success
Success will mean many different things, at different times to different people. It may be said that is freedom, is to be able to be, do, have, create and destroy as we wish. Simply put, we could say that success, ultimately is very much about loving your life, loving who you are and what you do. If you are not doing what you love, than what are you doing? To be successful, we need to awaken out of complacency. We need to break free from the shackles, that are holding us back. Success is created by the choices that we make. Our life is a reflection of our consciousness. If we fall unconscious, we fail to reach our full potential. Most people are not successful because they don’t love what they’re doing. Therefore, they don’t love their life. It just so happens, our life is a reflection of who we are. Hence, they don’t love themselves. Simply put, if we don’t love our self, we’re not successful.

So many people are unsuccessful because they have fallen unconscious. This is because they become complacent and fallen into a rut. This may be because they feel that they are forced to do what they don’t want to do. Then on the other hand, they believe that they can’t do what they want to do. We may say, many are stuck in an existence of resistance. This is resistance to change. Resistance to change causes conflict. Unresolved conflict tortures us and sabotages our growth. They have become are trapped, bound, imprisoned and enslaved as a victim of their circumstances. It has been said, that death is not the final collapse into the grave, more so it creeps into our life along the way, each moment that we are not fully alive. Hence, it just so happens, they are suffering painful emotions, fatigue and crippling pain. Maybe you know someone too who has somewhat withdrawn from life. As we truly love our-self, you will do what you love and when you do what you love you will love yourself. The way to ‘breakthrough to success’ is to ‘break’ the old sabotage patterns to allow you to do what you love and to love what you do. The key is being in integrity. It could be said that integration is about being more conscious about resolving conflicts. These topics are covered in much more detail in various segments; ‘How to Get what You want’, ‘Break-Thru to success’, ‘Conscious Creations’ and ‘How to Love Your Life!’

Responsibility
With ‘Life Coaching’ there is considerable emphasis on responsibility and accountability. It’s important to take self-responsibility for our wellbeing, our relationships, our success and failures. We may say that responsibility is the ability to respond rather than just suppress or react. Life-coaching is also very much about taking responsibility for nurturing our-self, to to allow our true nature to be expressed. It’s also about being supportive to others, to allow us all to express freely who we truly are without being too restricted. This may be facilitated through the practice of love. Love is embracing a deeper appreciation, acceptance and honoring the divinity of each individual. It’s said that ‘love’ is where healing begins. Much more about these concepts are covered throughout the Holistic lifestyle Coaching Course.

Awakening-Awareness Self-Development Course
The Awakening-Awareness’ course has evolved from a series of seminars presented in the early 90’s … called the ‘Aspirant’ and ‘Initiate’ training courses.

Awakening Awareness is about presenting an introduction in preparation for the next series of courses … with the main components of Self-Care, Self-Development and Holistic Healing Arts. The Awakening Awareness course is an ‘initiate’ course to help prepare ‘aspiriants’ to become more familiar with the philosophy, principals, concepts and terminology of the upcoming components of this life coaching course. An aspirant is one who ‘aspires’ to achieving something and an initiate is a beginner along the path. The Awakening Awareness course is to help gain an appreciation as to ‘why’ we would venture into these ‘life-coaching’ modalities. The Awakening Awareness course is to help ‘open our eyes’ to what’s happening and also what’s not happening in our world today. It’s to help gain an insight into what problems currently exist with our life in this world so that we’re better focused on what results to achieve. The Awakening Awareness course includes an introduction into ‘Chakras’. As well as acknowledging a tradition with the concept of appreciating the body as being energy – it’s also a valuable introduction to ancient eastern traditional philosophy.

There’s 2 parts to the Awakening Awareness’ course, each is of 16 week duration. The first part is a very gentle introduction whereas the 2nd part is more advanced. Upcoming in the 2nd part of the more advanced subjects of various health issues with their underlying causes, with an insight into what’s happening with ‘Orthodox Medicine’ verses the Natural approach to well-being. The aim of the Awakening Awareness course is to help us live a happier life in the modern world. These are interesting times. Our modern day world is an interesting ‘melting pot’ of many wide and varied influences such as with many mixed cultures, concepts and conditioning … with this, it’s showing-up both good and bad.  Just as one such example is with our food. We may have chinese dinner one night, Indian the next and Thai after that. Diversity can be a wonderful thing … if it’s well integrated. In the more advanced subjects of the Awakening Awareness’ course we’ll be looking more at such things as diversity, inspiration, integration and transformation.

The Awakening Awareness’ course is open by invitation only. Here’s your invitation to join us at the upcoming FREE 1 hour ‘Awakening-Awareness’ Life-Coaching seminar. I’ll be sharing ‘tips, tricks, tools & techniques’ with you for living a healthier and happier life in the modern world … plus you’ll also get heaps of bonuses for coming along & joining us. Please inquire when the next seminar is presented.

Who is this seminar for? … This seminar is ideal for entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, managers and all seekers of an improved lifestyle …

We’ll be discussing;
Solutions for Living a Happier Life in the Modern World!
‘Achieve Better Results’ and ‘Live an Enhanced Life’
… with greater Health, Wealth, Wisdom & Happiness

You’ll learn …
How to Beat Stress, Pain & Fatigue – main areas that decrease the quality of our life.
How to Find, Ignite and Boost your Mojo – your special niche in life where you shine.

Also; Holistic Life-Style Coaching – for business, environmental, relationships and consciousness.

Plus many extra BONUSES including:
Online support with resources, forums, & FREE follow-up private consultation.
Also included is a comprehensive 100 page manual of resources and references.

Your presenter is Ron Bass – who is a Qualified Counsellor (Dip. Professional Counselling – AIPC) and  ‘Holistic’ Life-Style Coach.

If you are interested in attending the upcoming seminar or to book a private consultation please phone: (07) 5535 9833