What is Conscious Gain?

What is Conscious Gain? It is a concept that is fundamental to living a good life, and making actual progress towards goals and positive outcomes. Life is full of problems. There are two basic ways of approaching any and all problems.

We can try to become unconscious and hide from our problems. Or we can increase our awareness, become more conscious of our problems, and overcome them. The path towards unconsciousness does not work, as we cannot fully become unaware of our problems and issues. And this path leads to suffering. To become more conscious is not an easy path, but it can be undertaken, and it least to true rewards.

In my various careers as a counsellor, therapist, coach and even as a consultant, I could see that many people were trying to 'handle' their problems by becoming unconscious. The most clear period of this was when I was employed to coach and counsel drug addicts. But over time I realized that most people had a tendency to 'sweep things under the carpet' and try to get on with life. Even though what they were trying to hide from themselves were key areas of their life. Many hardened businessmen broke down in front of me and realized that they had neglected their families for years. Another surprisingly common area that people hide from themselves is their goals and purposes. Rather than confront who they really are, and get on with the real task of building a life based on their true purposes and values, so many people I encountered were burying themselves in unwanted jobs and false unsatisfying projects.

Conscious Gain is deciding to be more conscious, to grow as a person, to win in the game of things that matter. This involves getting real with oneself and deciding to live an authentic life. The second aspect of Conscious Gain is learning how to become cause over one's own Unconscious Mind.

I started out as a therapist at the age of 20. I did a workshop in Regression Therapy with a doctor who was visiting Australia from Europe. I gained spectacular results with my first client in that workshop, resulting in a young artist recovering her creative energy and being able to completely resurrect her artistic career.

I was astonished to learn the degree to which the Unconscious Mind is affecting people in their everyday lives. Any kind of unresolved trauma, ranging from the loss of a loved one to a failed exam, results in a conclusion or decision about life. Usually the conclusion is negative, all kinds of variations of "Avoid this kind of situation in future", or "Coming here again will result in pain and suffering". Or "I can't win here, I can't do this, don't even think about it". The hidden effects of this aspect of the Unconscious Mind results in all kinds of baffling self-defeating behaviour, people with chronic and often mysterious illnesses, and people who cannot succeed in their goals no matter how hard they try.

Overall, I saw that so many people are living 'unconsciously'. So often we are ruled by old, outdated decisions and conclusions. So often we are not so much living, as reacting to perceived threats and problems. Our energy becomes consumed in worry, unaware that we are not actually trying to resolve a problem in the present, but an unresolved problem from the past. Conscious Gain is therefore the gain we can make when we explore our Unconscious Mind, clear any unnecessary pain and confusion from it, learn about our deepest beliefs and convictions and purposes, and move forward in life as our true 'Authentic Self'. It is where we clarify our Values and Ideals, and therefore become clear on the Vision we have for our life. From our Vision, we have Purposes and Goals. When these elements of self are clear to us, and when they are fully in alignment with each other, we can attain congruence, success, and happiness.

Whether you are an artist, a business creator, a parent or someone trying to develop your career potential, the most important part of your endeavours is your VISION. This is not something to be approached in a matter-of-fact way. Getting clarity on your original Vision is one of the most important things you will ever do. Things become a reality when we begin with a clear Vision of what we are trying to achieve. The doorway into our Vision is the combination of Values and Ideals. There are many Values exercises we can do. Doing these exercises with a coach ensures that nothing is missed. Clarifying Ideals is an area where I guide people into altered states of consciousness, because here we really need to access the Imagination, the right-hemisphere functions of the brain. Failure to do this, I have found, can leave people in conflict with their inner desires. When people have a clear Vision, it is time to make sure that they have their Goals and Purposes fully in alignment.

Around this point I tend to see people beginning to explode with energy and excitement, and their self-esteem and motivation levels begin to go through the roof. If either self-esteem or motivation have been a problem for you, you need to get started on the Conscious Life Creation process!

With the Vision phase now clarified, it is a natural progression to work on a Life Plan and also a Three Year Plan. Part of planning is to develop a Strategy, or in other words a plan that will utilize existing resources, bring additional resources into play, and overcome barriers.

We will work on handling limiting Beliefs. We will also look at Principles, which are ideas and approaches that can help you to achieve your goals. I've noticed that people tend to visit bookshops looking to acquire the Principles that will help them to succeed. And take note of the fact that you almost certainly have Principles in play that are not working for you, and we need to find them and replace them.

And yes, we need to clarify the difference between Values and Needs. And we need to get them into alignment.
If all of this is beginning to sound like rocket science, then yes, in a way it is rocket science! And yes, this is how to get your life to really take off!

It all makes more sense when you are doing it, and working through it. Feel free to contact me through this website, we can organize a free session.

My challenge will be to see if I can, in that first session, give you that initial surge of well-being and motivation....for free!