Your personal compost bin holds incredible value for your clients and for your practice. Letting your experiences — especially the difficult ones — feed your personal growth is so much better than tossing them into the trash!
Yesterday we were talking about how embracing what you’ve overcome is one of the quickest ways for a Feldenkrais® practitioner — or any holistic practitioner — to connect with your potential clients.
Whatever it is that you’ve overcome — an abusive relationship, low self-esteem, being fired 5 times, a debilitating injury — or anything else, it’s likely that you’ve put it into yourpersonal garbage pile. That’s where we throw things we don’t want to look at anymore.
So just take a moment to think about this — if you could change anything — or everything — about your life — what would you pick?
Like most people, I used to have a personal garbage pile. One day, I decided to turn it into a “personal compost pile” … because I realized that all the junk that was in there actually made me who I am today, and given the choice I wouldn’t change any of it.
So I figured it must have been worthwhile. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that all those past experiences had decomposed into a very valuable stock of nutrients that now feeds my personal growth. It helps me connect with others who have similar difficulties. It keeps me grounded. I wouldn’t be who I am, or be able to make the impact I’m making today with my compost pile!
This video link goes to Day 2 of the 90-day videomarketing challenge. I’m sitting by our ‘outdoor’ compost bin, and if you compare it with the picture above that I took today, you can see that even the bin itself is evolving! Watch the video — and have a look in your own bin — I’m sure you’ll be surprised at how compelling your compost is, and how much it helps other people when you connect it with your skills and your work.
(Remember to come back here after you watch it to leave a comment!)
~~~~~
“Despite the fact that the inherited differences between people are obvious, there are few individuals who view themselves without reference to the value attached to them by society.” — Moshe Feldenkrais, in Awareness Through Movement
5 thoughts on “To Get More Clients, Value Your Compost Pile”
Hi Allison,
Another take on bringing ones ghosts forward, and letting them serve us well. All day I have been taking a very different look at my ghosts than I ever had. Maybe someday I will introduce them to my clients like I would my favorite sister, but for now I can let them join my classes and workshops like I would my sister that I don’t like. One step at a time.
Heather
Yes, one step, one-degree shift, just one thing at a time!
That’s a memorable way to put it, Allison .. now I have to find a good way to dig the compost into my marketing campaign
Thanks, Alan! I always hope for memorable, but achieving it is more difficult than hoping!
Hi Allison,
We are so on the same page! I was just writing about our dark side and how we need to accept it as a part of ourselves and we need to honor it to be whole. Great post!