Higher Learning
What did you get out of school? More importantly, what didn't you get out of school? Did you learn how to be more creative, how to solve problems, how to develop your own talents and abilities, how to have workable relationships, how to think for your self, how to manage your money, how to live spiritually? Do you know what your purpose is in life? Few of us learned that in school. Whether you are a high school dropout or a Ph.D, this is a chance to learn all the most important things about life that you never learned in school. Stop comparing yourself with others, and learn how to live the life you were meant to live — now.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: What you didn't learn in school
Lesson 2: Think it through
Lesson 3: Finding your own way
Lesson 4: Being your authentic self
Lesson 5: Being in relationships
Lesson 6: Money, money, money
Lesson 7: Purpose, goals, and success
Lesson 8: Spirituality
Lesson 9: Being prepared for the future
The goals are to:
• ease the transition from being in school to being out in the "real world"
• think for your self, and recognize what is right, good, and true for you
• validate your own creative ideas, goals, and purposes
• understand the nature of problems, and how to get past them
• take control of your life, your thoughts, feelings, and desires
• learn about relationships, money, work, and spirituality.
The Course in Problem Solving
If you can think, you can learn to solve problems. You can open your mind to further or more progressive thoughts, and learn to follow through on them creatively. The way to do this is to become more familiar with the process of opening to the flow of creative intelligence within you. Whether you are a beginning or an advanced problem solver does not matter. In fact, it is easier to learn to think creatively (as a child often does) if you are simply innocent and do not have a lot of preconceived ideas. We all have this ability, and it is very enjoyable and rewarding to develop it.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: Problem solving theory
Lesson 2: Identify the problem you want to work on
Lesson 3: Critical approaches
Lesson 4: Intuitive approaches
Lesson 5: Creative flow
Lesson 6: Goals and intentions
Lesson 7: Problem solving stages
Lesson 8: Solutions
Lesson 9: Planning
Lesson 10: Review
The goals are to:
• encourage and unfold your own creative thinking ability
• experience a more creative flow of thoughts and feelings within you
• find more effective self-expression, and gain confidence in your abilities
• learn a variety of problem solving approaches, and find what works for you
• gain mastery in the art of problem solving.
Managing Your Self
Managing your self is about knowing who you are, drawing upon your inner strengths, and overcoming whatever may unduly limit you. True success means more fully appreciating your individuality, originality, and creative self-expression. You have a purpose in being here, something you want to do, something that matters, something that makes a difference, to you or others. And there is a way to do it. Being true to your self — the highest qualities within you — is the basis of doing what is right, good, and true, for you and others. You can learn to find a place to stand, within you, from which you can more effectively deal with everything outside you.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: The true self
Lesson 2: How to simply be you
Lesson 3: Purpose
Lesson 4: What works for you
Lesson 5: Decision making
Lesson 6: What isn't working for you?
Lesson 7: Success
Lesson 8: Obstacles and limitations
Lesson 9: Creative self-expression
Lesson 10: Review
The goals are to:
• experience more fully who you are, and how to be true to your self
• practice being centered, to find a strong, stable place from which to act
• find a sense of purpose, and learn how to fulfill it
• learn what works for you and what doesn't
• gain mastery in the area of success.
Personal Relationships
Relationships are a way of knowing your self better in relation to others. Your most basic relationship is the one you have with your self. Do you recognize your own best qualities, and can you bring them forward in relation to others? Do you recognize the best qualities in others? Do you know how to deal with the issues that come up in relationships, which tend to bring a relationship down instead of raising it higher? Do you know how to work with, live with, share with, and be with others, in a way that really works for you — and them? These are things we can all learn better and benefit from in our lives.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: Your relationship with you
Lesson 2: Learning to love yourself
Lesson 3: How to be with others
Lesson 4: More successful relationships
Lesson 5: Relationship problems
Lesson 6: Understanding needs
Lesson 7: Overcoming limiting patterns
Lesson 8: Issues and answers
Lesson 9: Lasting relationships
Lesson 10: Review
The goals are to:
• be more aware of how your relationships are working for you, or not
• learn to come from a place of love, peace and joy, within you
• learn to deal with your feelings, properly
• recognize self-negating patterns of behavior, and get past them
• develop a true basis for lasting, long-term relationships.
Spiritual Realization
Spirituality is a way of knowing who you are, and mastering your relationship with the world-at-large. True spirituality is about self-mastery. There is a new paradigm for spirituality, which departs from old ritualistic traditions, religious dogma, and indoctrination. It is a way of being, and a way to be free from all that might otherwise oppress you. It is about liberation from the system of suffering which has been in place in this world for a very long time. And, rather than being just another belief system, it is a practical, simple, and realistic way of embracing a Greater Reality — by simply being more of who you truly are.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: The spiritual self
Lesson 2: A world of illusions
Lesson 3: Indoctrination, dogma, and delusion
Lesson 4: Grace
Lesson 5: Spiritual practice, meditation, and prayer
Lesson 6: Stepping out of the karmic system
Lesson 7: Spiritual healing and wholeness
Lesson 8: A "path" with heart
Lesson 9: Spiritual freedom
Lesson 10: Review
The goals are to:
• transcend illusions of self, and come closer to your true spiritual Self
• step out of illusions about the world, and come closer to a Greater Reality
• move beyond unconscious living, into a higher consciousness
• open to and align yourself with your highest good, true grace, and healing
• realize your spiritual freedom, even while living in the material world.
Whole Life Coaching
Whether you are new to coaching or experienced, the Simply Self whole life coaching course will give you a new perspective on coaching at its best. Coaching can help a person to simply be more of who they truly are — with less effort, struggle, problems, suffering, or obstacles. But, rather than merely supporting a person's desires, in this approach we help them to get more in touch with what they truly want on a deeper level. We consider the whole person, body, mind, and spirit, affirming the true self, within.
Coaching is a way to develop a personal philosophy about life and live it, in the highest sense, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: What is whole life coaching?
Lesson 2: Our coaching system
Lesson 3: Well-being, goals, and desires
Lesson 4: Dealing with common issues
Lesson 5: Creative change
Lesson 6: Belief systems
Lesson 7: High level functioning
Lesson 8: Best practices
Lesson 9: Other coaching approaches
Lesson 10: Review
Examination
The goals are to:
• learn what distinguishes this approach to whole life coaching from other approaches
• expand your awareness of life, its interrelated parts, patterns, and wholeness
• learn to deal with the most common things that keep people stuck where they are
• understand what releases a person from a place of limitation, hardship, or suffering
• master the resources to deal with the whole of life, calmly, clearly, and objectively.
Note: Certification in the Simply Self Coaching system requires completion of four prerequisite courses as well as this course: 1. The Course in Problem Solving, 2. Managing Your Self, 3. Personal Relationships, and 4. Spiritual Realization. The examination for certification tests understanding in all of these key areas. (Examination and certificate upon successful completion cost an additional $50.)
(Those who do not wish to apply for certification can still take the Whole Life Coaching course by itself, but should know that the four courses referred to above provide insight and understanding as to how this approach differs from common approaches in the most important ways.)
Financial Freedom
How is your financial vision; can you see what looms over the horizon? Today, people live in debt, without real financial freedom — so, it isn't realistic to go along with the way the majority think or act, and expect to do well in the future. Yet, financial freedom is not just for the rich. Most of us can learn how to meet our financial needs, envision and plan for a better future, find opportunities to build wealth, and enjoy the things that money can and cannot buy. Financial freedom is about having the highest quality of life you can, beginning now.
This is the basic outline of the course:
Lesson 1: Your money and your life
Lesson 2: The world of finance
Lesson 3: Learning how to make money
Lesson 4: Wealth creation
Lesson 5: Money myths
Lesson 6: Investment
Lesson 7: The world of business
Lesson 8: Having greater success, now
Lesson 9: An eye to the future
The goals are to:
• overcome illusions and limiting social conditioning about money
• gain understanding about credit, debt, and finances
• learn how to make better financial decisions, and create wealth
• learn about saving, business, and investment
• gain perspective on everything money can and cannot buy.