Stop your World!

I did, and discovered who I am, not who I think I am...
and with that came true wealth

So many times I have tried to sit and write about about meeting Mick and the enormous impact it has had on my life... but where to begin?

I really wanted a man. I knew I could have any man I wanted, yet when I found one, I turned into a "girlfriend" who then managed to make my man responsible for my happiness, my life even! As if I gave the responsibility to someone else, then I could beat the living daylights out of them for not achieving what I wanted for myself! Convoluted eh?! Well, over the last five years I have managed to greatly simplify my life. I have become aware of who I was and how mean I truly am. But through it all I figured that I liked this woman! She's got balls, she's loud! Very, very loud (did I say LOUD?). She's benevolent, a ruthless bitch at times, a gifted organiser (OK bossy!), and loads of fun! But all this I can now be when required and I do it consciously... not from a reactive unconscious space. Boy when I read this back, I really like me! I found out who I am and now I manage to make sure I keep aware of that I am not who I think I am.

People enjoy being around me now. I exert much less pressure than I used to - and believe me that is a welcome relief to everyone. Just hearing Mick acknowledge the tremendous amount of pressure I was exerting on others (which was actually small compared to the amount I was putting myself under!) was one moment where he held me accountable to who I was and made me right for it! How many times do we make ourselves wrong for being who we are? It's easy eh! I can now see who I was and the effect or impact that had on my life. I knew what I wanted, but life always felt it was an arms length away, like I was grappling to get a foothold.

Believe me, my journey has been rough at times. I feel that my strength of character (a Taurus-Rooster) depicts how much of a struggle I put up to keep holding on to the character I had built. It was, after all, if nothing else... comfortable. It's only now, in retrospect, that I see how much I have changed. I can see how I had learned to make everyone wrong for being who they were - myself included!

Oh don't think I live this wonderous clinical existence that I don't ever feel my perfection getting in my way - I am human. I just manage to love life a lot more now. In reality I have less material wealth than I have ever had, but my mental wealth and happiness far outweigh a plasma screen TV!

My advice to you is don't miss out. If you are at all curious about what you want from life, your life, take a class - in fact take as many as you can! Through the number of years I have worked with and for Mick MacKenzie, I know that each and every participant has their own class. Yes, the loose format is the same, but everyone is different. Just to spend an hour with someone who is so curious and so aware is amazing... he will show you a way to look out for you. You will experience you for being you - not the mask you portray as you. Mick has vision like no other... believe me, you could find yourself learning all about someone you thought you knew, but really all you knew was the cover of your book.

I left my old job of project managing and now coach full time using Mick's methodology in a setting of coaching. I have found what I love to do. It's quite simple - find it and then enjoy it. And when you stop enjoying it, stop your world! Go find Mick MacKenzie's next class and book yourself on. Buckle up and enjoy the ride - I promise it will be nothing like you expect... just how life should be!

Love and laughter,

Kerry Hales
Whitstable, Kent, UK