Success Story #3: Beth
Beth:
“I was struggling with my kids. There was rebellion and other things going on. I have always been a follower… I had very low self-esteem. A friend of mine recommended Kathy to me. I emailed her and she was happy to help me.”
Kathy:
“Beth came to me because she was having challenges with her teenage son. He was getting into trouble at school and was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and ADD. She was desperate to be able to help her son.
Beth and I worked together weekly by phone for a year.
As we began working together, other contributing factors surfaced. Her husband was living an unhealthy lifestyle, which included drinking and mind-altering substances. She didn’t feel like an equal, valued partner in the marriage. While she really wanted to make her marriage work, her husband wasn’t willing to get help or make any changes. She felt trapped, especially since she didn’t have a job or higher education. She also had two other children, and one of them had a learning disability.
I taught her how to access her IPS (Inner Positioning System)Ó through a practice called Remembrance. She began to really know her true self and gain confidence in her inner guidance and decision-making.
I also taught her how to connect with her son heart to heart, and how to interact with her children in new ways. With her IPS, she was able to make confident decisions for her children and began to parent in a new manner. Her son’s behavior started to turn around. He started doing better in school and joined his school’s track team, discovering that he had a real talent for running.
After many months, she realized that she needed to leave her marriage for her good and the good of her children. Relying on her inner guidance, she was able to find a lawyer she trusted. The divorce was difficult, but she was able to draw on her inner resources to get her through. She decided to go back to school for a career in Physical Therapy. She managed to balance being a single mom, working and going to school. Beth will graduate this spring and is passionate about the career she has chosen.”
Beth:
“Five years ago, life was happening to me, around me — now I am living my life, participating in my life. Friends have commented over the last year how I have changed to being more confident in myself, having direction in my life, a purpose, strength.
Kathy has taught me tools to deal with the bumps in life, including a technique some people might call meditation [Remembrance]. What has been very effective is that she’s taught me to slow down, take a few minutes to look within for direction, wisdom, guidance, answers, rather than looking without.
One thing that I especially appreciate about Kathy is that no matter what you come up with, no matter what you have done in the past, no matter how horrible you thought you were–she’s very non-judgmental. She’s always listening and very supportive.
Just knowing that she has been there, done the work, you can see the fruit in her life, and the fact that she has maintained it gives her the qualification. If she can do it, I can do it.
I have worked with counselors in the past. We’d go over the problem, talk it to death and there was little change. With Kathy, you get answers, you get to the root of the problem. I now have purpose and self-confidence.”
Outcomes
- Knows and loves herself
- Makes self-confident decisions
- Accesses her inner resources every day
- Interacts with her children from her heart and inner guidance
- Beginning a new career that she’s passionate about
- Expects the best and sees it show up for her in her life
- Knows there is an inside answer to every problem
- Can find peace inside herself no matter what’s happening around her
Why Beth was so successful
- Beth was successful because she is sincere and committed to growth.
- She was highly motivated to create a healthy, loving, supportive environment for her children.
- She was willing to commit to practicing Remembrance and other techniques daily.
- She values her spirituality and connection to God and wants this to be the driver in her life.