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About ~ Purpose ~ Mission ~ Style



About Jonathan Haber

Perhaps the best way to describe who I am is to share what was perhaps one of the most defining moments of my life. Around my late teens, I found myself so fully depressed and with such a sense of hopelessness that I could not lie to myself any further. After learning all of my lessons on life through high school I "gave up the hassle" and dropped out. In high school I believed that smoking and drinking were cool, that to be important and acknowledged was central to success, and that money would buy me happiness. I spent a good deal of my time looking up to my friends and by doing so, placing myself below them. My continuous states of depression and fatigue were complimented by a fast food diet and the regular intake of toxins. I had believed throughout high school that I needed to shut down my capacity to feel to survive, and I was so identified with the mask that I presented to everyone that I would not have imagined I could be anything else. After self induced states of depression and hopelessness I hit the bottom, and found myself looking face to face with someone whom would be a catalyst for something new forever.

Through a conversation on a late, winter day in a quiet office, I began to face the truth. I was prompted to have a fresh look at each area of my life and what I wanted in it. The questions prompted me to discover what steps I could take to move forward in each of these areas. I remember the shift from being fully at the control of the world to realizing the power that I held. I could feel it pulsing through my body and carried that sensation with me as I left the office. I had my first experience of coaching.

To this day I feel gratitude for the difference that the process that I experienced was shared with me. Within a few years I was a 4.0 college student, the founder of a successful business, and moving quickly from my personal, self created dungeon to a life that I was really proud of. I flowed quickly into a leadership role, claiming my ability to learn quickly and inspire motivation and action as a team leader. A year later I graduated college in San Francisco at CIIS and began coaching and facilitating group process. Through my work with individuals and groups I have experienced the deepest joy of my life, gratitude for all of the interconnected facets of the living earth and its manifold expressions, and a sense of meaning and purpose that still resides deeply within.

Purpose
 My purpose is to drop so fully into the state of being that my essential nature shines out into the world as a beacon, that I am ease-fully and gracefully aligned and in integrity, and that I naturally support the unfoldment process in myself and others.

Through my life I have realized that my potential to express creativity and joy are directly tied to the level at which I am identified with anything less then my essential nature. When I integrate each aspect of my authentic self, alignment becomes my natural flow, and problems resolve effortlessly. Einstein referred to the shift in consciousness that comes with this state of expanded awareness when he taught that "we cannot solve a problem from the same state of consciousness that it was created in".

Mission
 My life's mission is to come alive, to thrive in my interactions, and to inspire greatness of mind and spirit through sustainable change.

Coaching Style
My Practice is built upon some basic assumptions about the nature of life and relationship. Here are a couple of them.
1) You have all of the answers you could ever want within.
Even if you are not aware that you have your own solutions inside, I operate from the understanding that you don't need me in the picture to create what you want in life. The role that I play is not one of a mentor at all. My role is that of the evocatuer. I see you. Even if you don't recognize your inherent brilliance, my job is to call it forth. Rather then hold you accountable to goals that you may or may not be fully committed to, my role is to evoke that which is within you that yearns to be unleashed, to create, to express itself in whatever way you express your heart-song. Yes, when people want results they often get them through our sessions, but not from me doing anything, rather its from who you are being - the state of consciousness that you choose to embrace during our time together.

2) If we want to shift something about our life, we benefit by becoming aware of both conscious and unconscious commitments in relation to it.
If you come to me wanting a shift in any area but unconsciously committed to staying stuck, there is nothing that will help you get to it. The state of consciousness that created the problem needs to be shifted, and only you can own your capacity to do so. If you are willing and committed, we will play in that domain, and we will work together to move toward the state of mind in which problems resolve effortlessly. The point is, that when a caterpillar wants to fly, the coach can't teach him. The coaches role is to inspire an opening for the caterpillar to see what's possible.

 Rather then needing to teach you something, my style and philosophy holds that you know exactly what to do, who to be, and what you are really wanting in life. The best way that I can support you is by being a really finely tuned mirror. The more honest I can be with what I sense and see, the more valuable my feedback will be. Coaching with this particular style is transformative in its own right, because I will not watch you swim in circles without speaking up, I will point out the stuff that is not so easy to look at, and support you in claiming your opportunity to true growth, the possibility that is available in every moment of your life.