CHRISTIAN LIFE COACHING: MANAGING IN LOCKDOWN | HENRY FORD
I have been asked by Phil Mann and Matt White to let you know about Rewire Life Coaching and the work that we do. I would like to start by thanking them for the opportunity!
“Rewire” is a team of Christian Transformational Life Coaches, who are helping people to identify and get to the root causes of many of the symptoms they are experiencing in life such as anxiety, stress, depression, and guilt to name a few. Often life coaching is goal orientated or problem solving, but as Transformational Life Coaches we work with identifying the root issues, by helping people to grow in their understanding of what is happening to them within their internal world.
We believe the Bible gives us the principles for healthy living and neuroscience research supports these principles. Therefore, the basis of our work comes from Romans 12.2:
“Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world,
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.”
(Romans 12.2)
This is achieved not simply by reading good books and listening to stimulating podcasts, though these are helpful, but we know that it is actually possible through neuroplasticity (a posh word meaning repetition) to renew the mind and to create new neural pathways within the brain. These enable us to think differently and thus have a deep impact upon our emotional and physical wellbeing.
Within our work we are committed to the wellbeing of each individual and their growth by helping them to transform their core beliefs and their thinking. For many of us our core beliefs are, in fact, based upon lies which, in turn, affect the way we think about ourselves, others and the world around us. These thoughts affect our emotions and these will go on to affect our behaviour. As coaches our focus isn’t one goal, or only alleviating symptoms. We are looking for what is at the root of our problems. We seek to bring understanding to our “self-talk”, to identify our emotions and look at how this has affected our behaviour and therefore what we can do to bring change. Then, together we take action to change thought processes and attachment beliefs, to process destructive recycled emotions, and to develop healthy boundaries, etc. This change is transformational, helping us to grow and increase activity in constructive pathways in the brain, literally changing brain structure! Through all our work our desire is to help each client to increase their heart of love, the amount of love we both give to and receive from God and others.
It is our privilege to work with clients to see them experience growth emotionally and see change that is impacting the way they live, work and love.
Our work is usually either one-to-one coaching with clients or running seminars or training courses.
At Rewire we believe that the church can be leaders in the areas of Emotional Health and Wellbeing. It is becoming more widely known that many more people are struggling with their mental health. An extremely high number of work days are lost, as people have to take time out to manage their mental health and ever increasing numbers of people have to rely upon prescription drugs to help them cope with the daily pressures of life. But these same people know that these drugs are not a long- term solution, but they know of no other way to cope.
Over the last 10 years we have worked extensively with church leaders, pastoral teams and individuals, to equip them to be better able to help themselves and the people within their care. In addition, we have run seminars, workshops and weekends for such organisations as CWR, The Diocese of London, Pioneer Network, Salt & Light Ministries and YWAM.
Some of the areas we focus on are:
Stress Management Based On Biblical Principles – where stress comes from, its effects upon us both physically and emotionally. We provide people with tools to enable them to change and improve their internal world.
Boundaries – Boundaries help to define who we are and they help in our relationships enabling us to be responsible and ensuring we maintain our own power. Relationships often struggle because people become over responsible for others, or under responsible for themselves. We help people to understand that very often they have given their power away because they have not exercised their “No” muscle. Individuals have either not known or don’t know how to say No. The result is that many find that others are running their lives for them.
Perfectionism And Guilt – These are two sides of the same coin, keeping us stuck in dissatisfaction and striving, and preventing us from experiencing freedom and peace. At Rewire, we see perfectionism as the root cause of many clients’ suffering and current research backs this up; linking it with anxiety, depression and self-harm.
Christian Mindfulness – Here we help people to come off auto pilot for a while, to become aware of themselves and their surroundings, to help them be self-compassionate and accepting, to be present in the moment and to be present with God.
The Wonder Drugs Of The Bible – Thankfulness or gratitude is actually referred to as a natural anti-depressant. We help people to understand the amazing benefits thankfulness has on our bodies. It helps us to release Serotonin and Dopamine both of which are helpful with better sleep and improving our mood. Thankfulness can also help to block pain pathways.
Processing Emotions - We help people to learn how to process emotions and, as they learn they begin to recognise what is going on in their internal world. This will allow the person to begin to make changes in their thoughts and their beliefs.
Should you or someone you know feel they need help and would like to talk about any of the topics covered in this blog, please get in touch with us via our website www.rewirelifecoaching.com or email us at info@rewirelifecoaching.com or you are welcome to give me a call on 07496 780204 and I’ll be happy to have an initial chat with you.
God Bless you!
Henry
Over the years we have had the privilege of working with people both within and beyond the church and the results have often been incredible as their lives have been transformed…I asked a client to say a few words:
“My mind-set about any life coaching, before starting, was very much that it wouldn’t work for me and that I just needed to man up and tough it out….. I always saw life coaching as something for ‘weaker people’, something for those who can’t control their emotions. At first I was very hesitant not only with the concept of rewiring the brain but also placing my trust in a stranger…….. It’s helped me put boundaries in place that have allowed me to realise the love for my career, I have developed better communication skills and an ability to take a step back and be proactive rather than instantly reactive. The thing about the Rewire program as I look back on it, I can visibly see the difference in myself, I mean both physically and mentally.”
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