FAQ
1. How long have you been doing this and how did you become a personal development mentor?
2. What is Personal Growth and Development?
5. For what type of person is this program not going to work?
6. What exactly is The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System and what does it include?
7. What can be expected of me as your client?
8. What kind of a commitment is this?
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How long have you been doing this and how did you become a personal development mentor?
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I’ve been working with women to make personal growth and development a priority for more than 15 years. I began in the health and fitness industry, working with women one-on-one to help them build confidence and strength, to combat their challenges with weight and exercise.
The lesson for my clients during this rigorous training was, “If I can do more physically, I can do anything!” I saw so many women make amazing physical and mental transformations, and it inspired and energized me.
After nine years, I worked my way up into management, and discovered my work was no longer inspiring, nor energizing. It was all “business,” and no longer about the people. I realized then that I needed to get back to working directly with people. That was where my gift was.
At that same time, I was also at the end of a very long, emotionally abusive relationship. In that relationship I remember feeling so stuck, just praying, “Something happen to me to get me out of this. I don’t care what it is, but I’m stuck, and I don’t know what to do.” I heard (and ignored) a very little voice inside telling me there’s more for me in this life.
To make a long story short, I broke off the engagement moved back in with mom and had to essentially reinvent myself. And let me tell you, at age 33 after being out on my own since I was 18 was a humbling experience.
So there I was . . . no job, no career, no home to really call my own and I was certainly not in the frame of mind to consider a new relationship. As a matter of fact at this point I had sworn off men forever!
The only other thing I really enjoyed doing other than working at the health clubs, was to take care of kids. I was 11 when I started babysitting. So I found myself an agency and signed a contract for a year with a family as their Nanny. My goal was to clean up my act in that year and get on with my life.
Four years later . . . I was still cleaning house.
But what I learned and experienced during the four years I was with this family changed the direction of my life. By example of the parents I saw a new and different way of raising a family, without the yelling and without the conditions. I saw that even when you misbehave, you still were loved. This was a different experience from my childhood.
I realized that this was how I wanted to be in my relationships. However in order to do that I had to make some changes on the inside. After all, I was the common denominator in all my failed relationships. And if I was going to effectively change them I had to start with myself.
I began to see glimpses of hope for my future. My heart began to mend, and soon I was ready to live my life again.
Soon, it was time for me to move on, but I didn’t know what I was going to do. I was healing, I was happy, but I had this gnawing feeling that there was something more for me. I thought, ‘I’ve come so far, is it fair to ask for more? Aren’t I being greedy? Shouldn’t I just be happy with what I have?’ In a much loader tone this time I heard “NO!” I didn’t know it then, but that was my inner wisdom telling me to make life extraordinary, that I was meant to do more than this. And now it was time to figure out how to do that.
That is where the journey began. I soaked up as many self-help books as I could get my hands on, went to seminars, took personality tests – anything I could do to learn about me as much as I could. I wanted to learn as much as possible, figure it out, and then teach it to other women who were in a similar position — that “Help – get me out of this – I’m stuck!” mode. I began to build the tools – The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System – to help them get out of that place on their own, without waiting as long as I had to wait, and without suffering as much as I did!
Soon I found coaching — clearly the next step for me, to continue my own personal healing and give me the tools to help others. I knew this was my calling.
Around the same time I began my coaching career, my heart had healed enough to consider another relationship. I then did something I said I would never do, and joined an online dating service. Very quickly, I met the man who would eventually become my husband. My inner wisdom had not only guided me toward a new mission in life, but it also led me toward someone with whom I could share my journey!
A lot of extraordinary people have experienced great self-doubt and suffering on their way to finding out just how powerful they really are. I want to shorten the learning curve for others. I have the tools. I know the steps. I went through them. I can say to you, do THIS, and it will happen so much faster. ALLOW it in. Become an ACTIVE participant in your life. Play on the court, full out.
There’s a lot of stuff out there that can help you grow and develop yourself all on your own. It takes a good amount of time, effort, and energy. I took the ideas and tools that resonated best with me, combined with my own life experience, and created The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System. I started using this with my clients, and found that I could help them accelerate the self-discovery process and discover a new relationship with SELF, in a shorter period of time than if they were to do it on their own.
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What is Personal Growth and Development?
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The idea of Personal Growth and Development in my opinion is about building and strengthening your relationship with your SELF. It’s about understanding your SELF better, and improving your Self-awareness. The better you understand how you tick, what works for you and what doesn’t, your unique needs, the happier and more fulfilled you will be — and the easier life will flow for you.
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My clients are highly motivated women, go getters — they’re “on their path.” They know what they want — there’s just that one thing that’s been missing. Their life might be good – they may be successful, have a wonderful home or job or family — but they have each experienced a gnawing feeling from within that says “there’s more.” The more has to come from within. When my clients come to me, they may be “stuck,” and don’t know what the next step is, or how to take it, but they are ready, willing, and able to do what it takes to get there.
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The people I enjoy working with most and who get the fastest and best results are people who understand the value of developing their SELF and their life, and have no doubt that they are ready to make this a priority. They understand that by doing this work and making an investment in themselves they will enhance all other areas of their lives.
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For what type of person is this program not going to work?
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Please understand that I am very particular about with whom I work. I select my clients based on their level of commitment, enthusiasm and readiness to do this inner work.
It has been my experience that people who are not absolutely ready for this inner journey or are making excuses as to why they are still in the same place, with the same problems and issues, will not get results from this program, mainly because they have not accepted responsibility for their lives, and are still pointing blame for their circumstances.
I choose not to work with people who are having this experience in life. We most likely wouldn’t work well together, and chances are, they won’t get the results the program intends to deliver. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. Sound fair?
So, this program is NOT for you if you are not certain that you are ready, willing and able to make the time, energy and personal commitment to invest in your SELF.
If you find that you are not at this level of readiness, that’s OK. It’s very important that you move at your own pace, and take the steps that feel right for you at the right time. For a very long time I resisted this process and it wasn’t until I was ready that I was able to fully embrace it.
What I recommend is that you sign up for the free Personal Growth and Development tools (click here to subscribe) in my bi weekly e-zine “Core Connections.” The free tools and assignments will give you guidance and support to help get you on your way until you are ready to work with me one-on-one.
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What exactly is The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System and what does it include?
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If you want to get to the next level in your life, in your relationships, in your career, you are the one standing in your way. To get out of your way so that you can be more, live more, do more, you MUST develop your SELF. The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System is about building and strengthening your relationship with your SELF in order to maximize success in both your personal and professional lives.
Here are the steps that I use with my clients and have used myself that will shorten the learning curve and accelerate your personal growth and development to a fraction of the time it would take if you were to do it on your own.
1. Dump Your Junk
Here we will examine the old patterns, beliefs and habits that have been operating in your life and holding you back. Then through a powerful visualization we will clean out the junk and gunk and reveal open clean space where you will create new thoughts and ideas that serve you.
2. Manage Your Emotional Energy
Using both journaling and breathing techniques you will learn how to have more control over your thoughts and emotions in a way that will help you manifest more of what you desire. Instead of just going through the motions and feeling like you merely exist in your life, you will become an active participant playing full out and reaping the benefits along the way!
3. Create a Powerhouse Support Team
Let’s face it, building a strong healthy relationship with your SELF can often feel like a lonely journey. After all you are essentially in this on your own. There is an amazing amount of power that comes from building an inner team that provides you with the support you need to tap into your inner guidance and wisdom and direct you towards the solutions you are seeking.
4. Clean Up Your Past & Rebuild Your Core Relationships
Often we find ourselves in relationships that aren’t working. When we look closely, we see that we have been holding on to grudges and resentment for circumstances and experiences we no longer even recall. Or we find that we lack full expression in our relationships and harbor resentment and blame.
In this section you will clean up your past and take full responsibility for your life. You will rebuild the relationships that are most important to you and gift yourself the freedom to let go and move on.
5. Clarify Your Values
Here, we will identify your values, and where you are honoring them, or “stepping over” them in your life. When you are honoring your values, life typically flows smoothly. When you are stepping over them, you may feel that “low level” energy, like frustration, anxiety, resentment or resistance.
Based on our discoveries, we will create new boundaries where necessary to help you honor those values, which will result in an increase of confidence, control and freedom.
6. Time Travel
During this transformative exercise you will get a glimpse of the future and a sense of where you might be 10 or 15 years from now. This has given many clients more confidence about their future and even some information about how to get there!
7. Make ME time ~ Create Life Systems
The reality is if you don’t take care of your SELF, you won’t be taken care of. Here we will address your SELF-care and how to become your own guilt-free prior-i-t-y! You will implement systems designed for your life and your unique circumstances that will create ease and efficiency, freeing up your time to practice SELF-care and SELF-nurturing activities.
8. Here is the Bonus!
The result of The 7 Steps to Strengthen Your SELF System is about living with personal integrity. It’s about saying what you mean, doing what you say you will do and taking responsibility for your life. At the end of the day you are the one who ultimately holds your SELF accountable.
In this bonus step you will learn to hold your SELF accountable. You will discover your personal unique design and align with your inner guidance system in such a way that you will be so solidly grounded in who you are that nothing will be able to shake you!
You will stand in a place of empowerment and confidence about your choices and decisions and be so peacefully at ease that the direction in which you are moving is exactly the right one for you.
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What can be expected of me as your client?
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Many people say I am like a personal trainer for your Personal Growth and Development. As such I will give you the exercises and tools you will need to strengthen and build your relationship with your SELF.
You need to do the work, however. I cannot do it for you. But like a good personal trainer, I will be there on the sideline to say, “Hey! You can do this! Come on, five more! I’m here for you!”
You will be expected to follow through, take action, implement the tools and exercises, and be accountable. No excuses anymore, this work must be a priority in order to get results.
Consider us a team — a co-active team working together to take your life to the next level. Are you willing to do your part? I know I am!
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What kind of a commitment is this?
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By the time we decide to receive this kind of help, many of us have gone through three – four – five decades where we’re realizing there must be a different way. After decades of thinking a certain way, transformation is not instant. Most of my clients have seen fabulous results practically immediately, (in fact, one client applied the first tool and saw changes that day).
I remember my very first session with Aimee. She gave me two tools that I put into practice right away. I could see evidence of success from these tools on day one. I love instant gratification – and WOW this was instant!
- Kendra M. Larson Director of Sales CORT BUSINESS SERVICES
Remember, this is a process, my programs are 6 months and after that we will revaluate your progress and decide together what feels like the right next step for you.
Are you ready to take this first action step toward building and strengthening your relationship with your SELF? Click here, or call (781) 956-8584 to set up a time for a “get acquainted” call with Aimee and have all your questions answered to help you feel confident about the next best step for you.
