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Heart Coach or Life Coach. by Mo Croness. It never ceases to amaze me when I see so many folk living their lives feeling disappointed and imperfect. Some will put it down to the phase of the current Moon, maybe the time of the season or even because the world is so fucked up and I'm sure there is some truth in all of the above but I also think that it has a lot to do with what I call today's modern Messiah or 'the Life Coach.' These people are trained or maybe self-trained to supposedly evaluate your life, your relationships, tell you where you are going wrong, map out your future life plan and if you give them some money, will give you a three hundred and sixty five day book of positive affirmations. You can even apply for an on-line course to become a life coach, which worries me, as this seems a far too clinical without any hands-on practice, to gain a qualification for a position that holds so much responsibility, after all these practitioners hold peoples feelings in their hands. It worries me to think that these so called learned people tend to hone in on folk who, for whatever reasons, are feeling that they have lost control over their circumstances and will look for magickal answers that will change everything and take away their problems. This is all well and good but glossing over a predicament is like painting over a moldy wall and will not take away the initial cause. If you don't get to the root of the problem and prepare things properly, the original cause will rear it's ugly head again and you end up with a complete fail and having to start all over again in the hope that any extra damage hasn't occurred. Now you might think that my comments make me sound like a know-it-all bitch who has her shit together and you may be right but I have been around the block many times in my life and I have burned and been burnt and through it all I have heard the same old cliche's, “It can only get better,” “it's always darkest before the dawn” and a personal favourite, “what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!” Then of course there are the 'You Can Do Its!' “You've got this,” or “You can do anything if you put your mind to it” and another personal favourite; “You're worth it.” Of course you're bloody worth it, isn't everyone? Although when you are feeling worthless, this comment is worth Jack Shit! There are also the well meaning people, who like most well meaning people are a pain in the arse by offering their well meant suggestions. Hey let's just face it, such platitudes are said by folk for two reasons. A, they don't know what else to say and B, their own situation is so shit that they need to keep saying these things so that they don't lose their own plot. Don't get me wrong, everybody hurts sometimes but to me it is more productive to be blatantly honest when 'counseling' someone and it is, in my opinion, more harmful to give false hope and also very risky to leave a desperado grasping onto an unsubstantiated truism. The way I like to offer help to anyone who asks, is to break down a problem into steps and work through each one in a logical way, giving honest and straightforward solutions so there is no room left for misinterpretation. You will find that if someone asks for help, they actually hope that there will be a resolution and not just an obligatory band-aid at the end of the conversation. Life is not an easy thing to live and there are always hills to climb but on the other side of the coin there are also wonderful times with amazing people who will cross your path and renew your faith in humanity. So if you are in the midst of some troublesome crap in an area or two of your life, go and find someone who will hold your hand and wade through it with you and not just offer a silver-lined cloud because as we know, clouds may look all fluffy and comfy but realistically they are basically made up of water vapour and ice crystals and you will fall through and end up falling on your butt. Please remember that we are all here on this Earth to help one another and the best way to do that is by offering a hand to hold, an ear to chew off and a shoulder to cry on. We are told that we only get one shot at life and I can truthfully say that is a load of bollocks and if this was the case there wouldn't be many of us left. So it's onwards and therefore upwards for us all, yeah? And that is this Croness's way of thinking. Mo 🖤