The Find Your Own North Star® method builds upon the foundational truth that we all carry within us the knowledge and tools needed to live our best lives possible. Just as sailors roaming the seas can always turn to the North Star for direction, so does your own inner North Star provide you with clear instructions for your journey through life. North Star Life Coaching is about re-connecting with this inner compass and getting you back on track. Key concepts of the Find Your Own North Star® method are:

Balancing the Essential Self with the Social Self

Making contact or re-connecting with your passions and developing them successfully by intelligently and practically putting your social self to work. Learning from the Buddhist understanding that “the mind is a brilliant servant, but a terrible master” the same is true for the social self: It is a brilliant servant but a terrible master! Especially in Western cultures the mind, which is governed by the social self, reigns over the heart, which is governed by the essential self. The North Star method aims toward bringing the essential and the social self back into balance; making the social self work in service of the essential self.

Developing Self Awareness and Emotional Agility

In order to be able to connect with your true self you need to become aware of your feelings, your belief systems and avoidance patterns you might have that keep you from moving forward. Opening up to your emotional reality and understanding it in relation to your life circumstances will turn your feelings into powerful navigational tools toward your North Star. When you have returned to a clear “gut feeling” and have become willing to listen to it you know that you have re-connected to your internal compass, ready to tap into the power of your full potential.

Moving skillfully and mindfully through a Four-Stage-Change-Cycle

What is the end for the caterpillar is the beginning for the butterfly. To successfully transform your current life the North Star method provides a powerful change model that helps you to understand and be ready for the various stages you will travel through on your journey toward a happier life. Mastering this change cycle will make you a smooth navigator through any challenge life places on your path.

The North Star coaching community is headed by best selling author and O Magazine columnist Martha Beck, Ph.D. Her books include Finding Your Own North Star, Expecting Adam, The Joy Diet, Leaving the Saints, and The Four-Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace. For more information visit www.marthabeck.com.