When Life Gets Hard You Could Be At A Turning Point.
Every individual's life is a mosaic of moments, experiences, and decisions that shape their path. Among these, there are pivotal turning points that define our journey and steer us toward the life we desire. Recognizing and embracing these moments of change is crucial for personal growth and fulfillment.
What are Turning Points?
Turning points are significant events or decisions that alter the course of our lives. They can be triggered by various factors such as:
Challenging circumstances: Encountering troubling hardship, adversity or opposition.
Personal experiences: A life-changing event like overcoming a health challenge or losing a loved one.
Career shifts: Deciding to pursue a different profession or starting your own business.
Educational milestones: Completing a degree, attending a transformative workshop, or acquiring new skills.
Relationships: Forming meaningful connections or making the tough decision to part ways.
Self-discovery: Realizing your passions, values, and true aspirations.
Turning Points matter because they cause you to make decisions that can alter your life journey, enabling you to live a life you’ll love.
A Turning Point Conversation: Direction for Your Life So You Can Create a Life You’ll Love
How One Moment Can Change Everything!
In the vast tapestry of life, certain moments stand out as pivotal, often altering the course of our existence in profound and unexpected ways. Among these transformative experiences, conversations hold a unique power to shape our destiny. They can be the catalyst for change, the spark of inspiration, or the nudge towards a new direction - the turning point of a lifetime.
A Turning Point Conversation is a profound dialogue that can radically alter the trajectory of your life. It involves deep reflection, honest self-assessment, and the courage to envision a future that aligns with your true desires and values. By engaging in this conversation, you can uncover the underlying motivations driving your current actions, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, and identify opportunities for growth and transformation.
This journey of self-discovery allows you to set clear and meaningful goals, develop actionable plans, and cultivate the mindset needed to achieve them. It empowers you to take control of your destiny, make informed decisions, and embrace change with confidence. Ultimately, a turning point conversation serves as a catalyst for creating the life you genuinely want, enriching your sense of fulfillment, purpose, and joy.
I invite you to schedule your Turning Point Conversation here.
“A wise elder”
About me
As of this writing I’ve been on the earth over 6 decades and I live a satisfying life. I’ve been coaching for over 40 years, in addition to a number of other iterations I’ve had along the way (e.g. financial services executive, development professional, pastor, little league coach, composer, speaker, author, father of four adult children, grandfather “Baba”, world traveler, wine drinker, coffee lover, brother, uncle, descendant of the enslaved, of Fulani lineage, son of an opera singer, recovering french hornist, and more). Life for me hasn’t been easy, I’ve been through many crisis and hardships throughout it. What has happened started early judging from a 10” scar on my right arm, a scar of unknown origin that I’ve had for as long as I can remember. I don’t ever want to minimize that and other life changing events that involved: family, children, work, relatives, 3 near death experiences, parents, church, employers, employees, finances, housing, death, murder, job loss, bullying, violence at home, welfare, discrimination, racism, and much much more. However, what I’ve endured, I’ve grown because of not in spite of.
Hard and painful experiences always helped prepare me to accept the invitation into the next phase of my life. They are the roots of my work helping others successfully get through life’s inevitable and unavoidable problems. They are what has helped me find joy in things like my kids and grandkids, sunsets in the Pacific Northwest where I live, watching clients’ lives metamorphosize, having coffee with new and old friends, playing games, teaching Stillness Practice, leading workshops, walking the beach, staring at the ocean, hearing peoples’ stories, and just waking up each day.
I look at my life this way. I AM because hard things: made me learn, gave me skills that changed me, imparted wisdom I’d not know any other way, provided perspective to understand, compelled humility that quenched my pride, and enabled me to love myself as is.
I’ll repeat the word of encouragement from above because it is true. Consider this, happiness is all the more joyful because you've known sorrow's grief. The celebration of success is sweetest after you've suffered great and repeated failure. Ease feels even lighter if you've carried the weight of pain. Difficulty is an important part of life. When we learn to see it that way it becomes a process we go through in order to gain what we never could have without it.
Foundation Approach Qualification (FAQ)
Coaching. I’ve been coaching for over 40 years. More than just my certified coach training, my coaching education is my Brown University BA in Organizational Behavior (human growth, development and behavior, in organized systems). I’m a C.O.R.E. Practices* Master Coach. Get the full FAQ!
Sharing Wisdom. I’ve given a TEDx Talk at University of Paderborn Germany, been a featured speaker for National Education Association NH, Clinical Lab Managers Association, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Community College of Vermont, and Banknorth Group on these signature topics: Foundations of Well-Being; Dealing with Difficulty; and The Practice of Stillness. Get the full FAQ!
Lived Experience. In addition to being a master coach, the lived professional experience I have also plays a key role in what I offer to clients. And that’s a lot, in case you missed it above, here’s the recap: a dad of 4 adult children, a grandfather, an adjunct college educator, a writer, a nonprofit board member, an athlete, arts advocate, recovering french hornist, former senior financial services executive, former minister, an entrepreneur, and world traveler. Get the full FAQ!
Let me help you
I’d love to work with you! You can achieve how you want change, and find the inner strength and serenity you need. If you’re ready or just curious, click the button below and let’s set up a Turning Point Conversation and begin your journey back to a life you’ll love.
Eric
*C.O.R.E. Practices is a systematic approach to coaching that I created. It’s based in my 40 years of coaching, proven science, research, wisdom traditions and spiritual practices. I’m proud to use it as my modality to help clients achieve the lives they need and show up in life as their best selves.
Changing Lives
Dr. Jaih Jackson, DDS
“My experience with Eric Russell as my life coach has been incredibly rewarding and transformative. From the moment I started my journey with him, I knew I was in good hands.
The catalyst that led me to seek coaching was the loss of my mother, and Eric has been an invaluable source of support throughout this challenging time. He has shown unwavering empathy and understanding, helping me navigate the complex emotions that arise from grief.
What sets Eric apart is his approach to coaching. His words are always thoughtful and insightful, offering me valuable perspectives that I hadn’t considered before.
Eric is an exceptional life coach who possesses a remarkable ability to connect with me on a deep level. His kind and caring nature, combined with his commitment to establishing healthy routines and providing the tools, make him a true asset in the field. I am grateful for the positive impact Eric has had on my life, and I wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone seeking compassionate support and guidance on their personal journey of growth and healing.”
“Eric is a wonderful coach. He guides his clients gently and joyfully into a new and better direction for their lives.”
Ryan M. Weisgerber, Stories and Tips for Evolving on Purpose
“I love working with Eric. It can be so hard to see new solutions after I’ve sat with a problem for a long time, and Eric’s ability to highlight subtleties in my approaches that aren’t working for me and offer alternatives is invaluable.
Essentially, what Eric does is help construct a path from where you are to where you’re going. He’s helped me identify a group of mentors and helpers who’ve already achieved pieces of what I’m building so I can learn from them and hasten my arrival; he’s highlighted a new audience I can serve with what I’m creating; and he’s repeatedly helped me reframe the questions I’m asking myself to make sure that the questions I’m asking can produce the answers I need.”
“Thank you for giving me the tools and courage to set off on this new course. Things have been moving very quickly over the past two weeks. It’s not lost on me the role you’ve played in my trajectory.”