NEW COACHING PROGRAM ~~~ IMAGINATION WORK In the coming months, I’m focusing much more on individual clients. For the past 15 years, I’ve had a practice that involves consulting, coaching, and what I call “imagination work.” In my work, one size does not fit all. I tailor my practice to each individual, because every person exists in a unique set of circumstances. Remember that. It’s my “mantra.” Every time I work with a client, I assess what will work for that person and what that person needs. So now let me describe a few aspects of this work. If you’re interested in becoming a client, you can email me at: qjrpress@gmail.com Everyone wants to make breakthroughs into a more abundant life. Everyone wants to feel the rewards of such a life. To get there, a person has to take into account a few major factors: COMING UP WITH A DESIRED GOAL FORMING A PLAN TO REACH THE GOAL CARRYING OUT THE PLAN This sounds simple, on the surface, but there are other factors that come into play—more basic issues: USING IMAGINATION TO FULLY GRASP WHAT IS DESIRED IN LIFE FRAMING THAT AS A GOAL USING CREATIVE POWER TO FULFILL THE GOAL HANDLING STRESS Working toward a goal that doesn’t inspire you will, in the long run, drain your energy. At the same time, you want to have practical strategies that will bring you closer to fulfilling goals. You could summarize this as “head in the stars, feet on the ground.” EVERYONE who lives a fulfilling life works that way: Head in the stars, feet on the ground. So in coaching clients, I operate in exactly that direction: What is the highest dream of this person, how can that be set as a goal, and how can this person enact a plan to get there? There are clients who already know precisely what they want and are moving toward fulfilling it. But they feel a gap, a blank, and that hole is “lack of imagination.” These people feel their lives are too mechanical. They want more “free energy,” more inspiration, more creative range. In these cases, I concentrate on opening up the person’s imagination so it can be accessed. I use techniques that introduce, for example, more spontaneity. And then there are people whose basic stumbling block is stress. So I work with them to unload that stress and relegate it to a minor position. There are still other people who fall down when it comes to executing strategies. So I focus on that. The world, as we ordinarily see it, is filled with problems. This is the conventional viewpoint. We try to solve those problems and push on. After a time, we become discouraged or cynical. Life is not turning out as we had hoped. That’s because we’re living in one level of illusion. We’re buying a “portrait” of life that is false. The whole point and effect of my work is to expose the illusion, and to build, instead, a real life that works, based on a person’s highest dreams, goals, and action strategies that actually bring about the fulfillment of these dreams and goals. I never take my eye off the ball. I have seen, in situation after situation, that HEAD IN THE STARS, FEET ON THE GROUND is the key to a more abundant future, and every technique I employ is for achieving that future. Jon Rappoport qjrpress@gmail.com   OTHER SERVICES SOUL READING I have been working with clients in this area since 1999. A reading involves matching up the letters of your name with a chart of symbols I have developed over the years as a painter. In 1994, I discovered that rows of improvised shapes I painted began functioning as a different kind of language. These shapes conveyed meanings on levels that were quite scintillating to me. Through trial and error, I was able to match up a shape (symbol) to each letter of the English alphabet. I did several trial runs, in which I did a reading of a person's name. People began to ask me to do readings. Now, I'm doing these readings on an ongoing basis. I put them on CDs. Each reading is 3 hours long. It's very extensive. It takes me about 3-4 weeks to complete. After the client listens to the CDs several times, I'm available for follow-up questions. Then, after listening to the CDs as many times as possible for the next year---I'm once more available to answer questions. In doing a reading, I access what I call the realm of archetypes. An archetype is a personage (or more rarely, an event) that supplies a tremendous range of mythic information and imagery relating to life lived on a level of great adventure and progressively expanding consciousness. The actual realm of archetypes covers a much wider, deeper, and higher territory than Earth-culture thought-forms and symbols. All archetypes are positive, and they exist to assist individuals on their road to unlimited creative power and larger self. Archetypes also contain very great amounts of energy. Through repeated listenings to the CDs, and by doing the meditations (on these archetypes) that I suggest and describe, the client begins to gain access to these energies. THE STUDY OF ARCHETYPES AND READING THEM Occasionally, I take students who want to engage in a deep study of this area. We work by phone and email. The initial phase normally lasts six months, and involves developing a short chart of symbols, and reading them a number of times. There is additional "loosening up" practice, to bring the student's wider capabilities into the work. BUSINESS CONSULTATION The strategies involved vary widely, according to the size and type of business. The theme, of course, is success. The work is quite intensive, and if travel is indicated, that is part of the service. Re-organization of functions, personnel training, and business-owner re-orientation are on the agenda. Everything begins with individual sessions, in which I work with the business owner. Based on the results of those sessions, we may expand the relationship to include work with other employees. Where indicated, a whole paradigm shift may be necessary, in which certain traditional ways of conducting business are changed to innovative formats. As always in my work, everything starts with imagination. How can a business be re-created to make it more powerful? PERSONAL CONSULTATION This service covers the areas of health, energy, vision, future, goals, creativity, satisfaction, major life changes, and inspiration. It focuses on the concept of "ordinary self meeting larger self." It also covers, where necessary, practical action and solution. In the area of health, I may refer the client to my wife, Dr. Laura Thompson, who runs The Southern California Institute of Clinical Nutrition. The client needs to be willing to make a serious commitment to the overall work. Between sessions, there are assignments to be carried out. Contact Me: gjrpress@gmail.com