Living Courageously

24/03/2021

U-ACT JOHANNESBURG is offering our internationally accredited Recovery Coach training in Johannesburg.

U-ACT offers a solutions-based coaching approach to substance use and addictive behaviour disorders, but helping our client move forward from a position of empowerment. By learning skills and tools, coaches are able to support sustainable recovery and wellness by working with the client around their needs, wants and values, and creating a recovery plan that is individualised and realistic.

What does the training include?

✔️ Access to our U-ACT online study platform
✔️ Live, online workshops
✔️ Weekly integration and coaching calls
✔️ Practical coaching experience
✔️Downloadable manual, videos and pdfs
✔️Access to U-ACT's Workplace platform
✔️Ongoing support, supervision and professional development
✔️Certification and accreditation opportunities

Contact : Attie Van Buuren | [email protected]
Whatsapp +27 82 782 8389
www.uact.org.za

22/10/2020

Someone said You are the bag, secure yourself 👌 I felt that...

19/10/2020

I often hear some people say they are born confident. It's something they have always had. Maybe it comes down to their understanding of what confidence means 🤷 but I disagree.

They assume extroverts are naturally confident and introverts not. The truth is confidence is developed over time. We build confidence by being courageous and you become courageous by taking action. You take action when you learn to trust yourself and you learn to trust yourself when you develop self-awareness.

The more we do something the more confident we become about doing it, it's really that simple. ✔

In our learning process we go through various stages 📈

Unconscious Incompetence: What we don’t know we don’t know, being completely unaware.

Conscious Incompetence: We know what we don’t know. We accept there are things we dont know.

Conscious Competence: We are beginning to know and get good at it. We practice and concentrate on the new skills very consciously.

Unconscious Competence: We do it without thinking – it has become part of us.

As we start building confidence we spend more time in the areas around Conscious Competence and Unconscious Competence, which means that there are times we have to consciously think about how to proceed with a situation, which tool to apply, how to work through the roadblocks keeping us stuck. While at other times we are simply going through the process unconsciously, having embodied the learning and being able to apply what is required without conscious thought.

If you want my help working through this process dm me about the possibility of working together.

15/10/2020

14/10/2020

Have you ever felt like you wanted a more purpose driven life?

You know you want more but you don't exactly know how to get more. There has to be more to life then working a unfulfilled job and then rushing home to get dinner on the table.

Pssssst. There is! 😏

You feel exhausted and drained all the time. Sometimes you attempt something but quickly become overwhelmed and get stuck and so you just give up midway.

If you are anything like how I was, you have set out numerous times to get things done or made bold claims about what you would like to do but you often get stuck and feel overwhelmed.

If you are ready to take action and create the life you desire, this offer is for you.

✔Get crystal clear about the type of life you want and how to create it. We work through the obstacles and identity opportunities.

✔We work on those pesky self limiting beliefs that's getting in the way.

✔I will hold you accountable and we work on a strategy on how to get you from where you currently are to your desired goals by changing the conversation you are having with yourself.

This offer is for you if:

- You understand you are the maker of your destiny.

- You are absolutely sure that you are ready to deep dive and explore your behaviors and limitations.

- You understand that growth is a process and you are ready to commit to the process.

- You know you are capable of so much more and understand that your power lies within yourself.

This offer is NOT for you if:

❎You want everything to fall into place and not willing to do the work.

❎You don't take responsibility for your life and blame external factors.

If you are ready to get the clarity you have never had, this offer is a no brainer for you. There is an investment but you realize the cost of not having the clarity you deserve because you don't want to find yourself in the exact same spot months down the line.

The confidence, self love, self trust and clarity you develop during this process is worth it. It's worked for me and it's worked for my clients.

DM me and we can see if you are fit and if you are we can start working together immediately.

21/09/2020

Every thought you have is connected to a feeling and results in a reaction. Your reality is a reflection of your internal dialogue.

So if you keep telling yourself it's too hard and it can't be done then that will be your reality and you will stand on the sidelines and watch someone else with less talent get it done.

The good news is......

Your brain can be trained. As you learn, your mind will begin to adapt to the new information, therefore what you focus on will grow.

20/09/2020

Progress over Perfection

The trap of perfection is....
-Being highly critical of yourself
-Trying to live up to unrealistic expectations.
-Constantly being frustrated when you are unable to achieve those standards.

Sounds exhausting right? Thats because it is.

Progress says....
-It's a journey
-You are learning and unlearning habits.
-Acknowledge your accomplishments and celebrate them.
-There is only feedback not failure.

One way to overcome being a perfectionist is to challenge the thought with a question everytime it shows up.

15/09/2020

Give yourself permission to say NO

To anything that no longer serves you.
To anything that makes you question your worth.
To anything that doesn't inspire you to be your absolute best.

When you say yes to everything and everyone you are saying NO to yourself.

07/09/2020

Lean in.....

To the things that set your soul on fire.

To the majic the journey offers and not the illusion of satisfaction that's associated with the destination.

To changing toxic believes that keep you bound.

To the secret whispers of your heart that desire purpose, abundance & change.

Lean in.....

29/05/2020

One day you will tell the story about how you overcame that battle.