I sent the following holiday greeting to students and graduates of iPEC Coaching, the school I founded nearly 10 years ago. Since that time, over 3000 coaches have been trained in iPEC’s Core Energy Coaching™ process, and each of them is using it to make a difference in the world - whether they are coaching full-time, part-time, or simply using the skills they learned to make their relationships and their lives fuller and richer.  Though intended for my iPEC family, I am sharing it here, since the message is applicable to all.

This has been some year, hasn’t it? The financial crisis has sent the world into a frenzy, if not outright panic. It’s at times like these that I remember why I began iPEC. Who better to refocus people’s energy than us? And we do it so well.

I often say that balance, and life, is like a lava lamp; that our focus moves back and forth in any moment, but in the long-term, balance is always achieved. I live this as truth. Yes, I’m passionate about what happens, but something inside always reminds me that life is a game to be played, not to be won. So I’m passionate, but detached from results, expectations, and basically any ego-created control and coping mechanism that offers a false sense of security.

Security comes from within, and it helps to know that you have within you all the power you’ll ever need, for this world and beyond. Also, from a much more tangible perspective, it’s great to know that you have a family who thinks a lot like you do, will support you in painful times as well as celebrate your triumphs, and a family that you can trust, and of course, love.

I have that family in iPEC, and so do you. I didn’t create this program to temporarily bring people together for a brief moment in time. I created iPEC to connect with a group of powerful, purposeful, and passionate people, forever.

Yes, a lot of people today are hurting. And we know that this pain, as part of the cycle of balance, will end. It’s easy to be up when things are great. It’s a testimony to your consciousness to be up, or even better, to be YOU, when things are not working as well.

I’m not suggesting that we should reframe things and look at the bright side; I’m saying that we should look at who we are, and remember the treasure in that. It’s priceless, and nothing outside us can ever take away our essence.

In the words of the Hopi Indian Elders, “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” And to paraphrase a popular song, “Don’t worry, BE.” This holiday season, I give thanks for Being, and being with you.

In Joy,
Bruce