Helping Others
Tom Griffin
Helping Phoenix Fly. As a mentor and coach I help people who are going through extraordinary things, achieve extraordinary things. As a writer I explore what it is to be a conscious being, being conscious.
The most effective way of achieving what you want for yourself in your life, is to help someone else in theirs.
It is also the wide path leading to a fulfilling and rewarding life well lived.
This edition of Phoenix Rising takes you on a journey along that path.
In the spirit of 'helping others', at the end of the newsletter I have added a FREE PASS to the Thought Experiment Course on 'Help Yourself by Helping Other'.
Please feel free to share it with others.
So here's what's in this edition...
Help Others Get It
Imagine the kind of world we would be passing on the future generations if we each did just three random acts of kindness for others every day.
Why not start today, and find out?
Is it too much to ask?
Here’s a question....
How often do you ask for help??
Isn’t it funny how a simple request for help can sometimes feel so impossibly difficult to utter?
We feel we should be able to manage on our own, and that asking for help somehow says something negative about us. So, we carry on help-less.
Here’s another question.
How does it feel when you help others??
If feels good doesn’t it, which is just as nature intended.
When we perform this evolutionarily advantageous behaviour, we receive the gift of a delicious neurochemical cocktail of oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine to encourage us to do it more and increase the strength of those vital social bonds.
But in our independent, self-reliant ‘don’t show weakness world’, we’d rather dance with danger than ask for help. And in adherence to the same self-sufficient code, if not directly asked for help, we shy away from offering it for fear offending others.
In doing this we disinherit ourselves from the better part of our true nature, the shared experience of life and living. Worse, we walk toward the lonely demise of our extinction of our species.
So here’s a thought experiment that will help you, as much as it will help others.?
Call to mind the most openly helpful person you know, and in particular some of the acts of kindness they've done for others.
[PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO ENJOY THE FOND RECALL...]
Notice how you feel as you bring these memories to life.
I bet you’re smiling :-)
And as you allow that smile to broaden across your face, ask yourself what it would be like to have people smile that way about you?
What would it be like to be thought of by others as a role model for the giving and receiving of help??
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It would be wonderful wouldn’t it? Well… becoming one is very simple.
Is that too much to ask?
And remember, the helping hand that reaches out to others, reaches back to you.
The best way to achieve the life you would love to live, is to help others achieve their own.
Imagine the kind of world we would create together if we all did that!
Create What you Receive
"Reach out a hand across a lake and feel the fingertips of your own generosity reaching back."
Here is a story for you subconscious mind that will take you on a journey into the space between you and me and any other many others.
Find yourself a space where you won't be disturbed for the next 10 minutes, put on some headphones and enjoy the ride.
It is sublimely beautiful there.
Free Pass
An Invitation to work with me...
I work with entrepreneurs, business owners & leaders and others who've achieved extraordinary things, but for whom, despite all their success, life has lost its meaning and purpose.
Through my work as a coaching, I help these extraordinary people use the challenges and obstacles, opportunities and fears they have right now, as the keys that unlock the rewarding and fulfilling life they’d love to be living.
Central to my approach is what I call Phoenix Rising which you can learn more about here.
Please feel free to DM me for more information on how it works, or simply set up a conversation by using the link below. It will be a pleasure to help you in any way I can.
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Many thanks and have a lovely day,