CLIVE AUSTIN
A TRUTH of ME
What does happiness, contentment, fulfilment, or success feel like to you?
To me, at least to an aspect of me, it feels like this: I feel like I have just won the lottery. Just me and two cats, working in a quiet place, putting things together while the rain pours down outside.
You know when you are living the life that life wants you to live because it feels right. That is the easy bit.
MY STORY
By fifteen I just wanted out. To what degree this urge was a part of my nature or the result of some unresolved trauma I cannot say. Only that my urge to travel was unstoppable.
At 29 I returned to the UK, earned a degree, and pursued a career as a writer and filmmaker, with coaching on the side.
But unresolved trauma, masked for decades behind addiction and striving to achieve, eventually caught up with me.
My health collapsed and so did my life.
LIVING WELL
To live well is the resulf of living true to the essense of ourselves, our real selves. Getting to that place requires that we know ourselves as clearly as we can, which in turn requires that we dive into the depths as much as we reach for the light.
This clarity does not come from who we think we should be but rather from coming to terms with who we are and all that we are called to become.
Our connection to, expression of, and living in alignment with these truths seems central to our health and well being.
WHO ARE YOU?
Having spent the best part of 40 years exploring what this means, for multiple people in very different stages of life, what I have found is that who we are is equal to our ability to experience life honestly, openly, and fully.
Learning the truth of ourselves and the truth of the world is key in that process but it can be a challenge.
Facing your truth and the truth of the world takes courage, and, when it comes to clearing some of the blocks on that path, help from someone else.
I help people with the challenge of finding and living true to themselves.
Clive.