The Luminosity Project

08/04/2025

🍄 3 DAYS TO GO: Coaching Reimagined Is Almost Here! 🍄
Mark your calendars for April 11.

08/04/2025

🍄 3 DAYS TO GO: Coaching Reimagined Is Almost Here! 🍄

Friends, the countdown is ON!

In just 3 days, Coaching Reimagined will be in your hands—a groundbreaking collection featuring wisdom from 23 extraordinary coaches, including my chapter on "Mycelial Healing: Reconnecting the Fragmented Self.”

Have you ever considered how forests communicate through vast underground networks, and what this teaches us about human healing? In my chapter, I explore how true healing emerges from connection, not correction and why we cannot think our way out of patterns that were never created through thought.

I delve into how our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being depends not on fixing isolated symptoms but on restoring vital connections within our internal and external ecosystem. Just as mycelial networks allow trees to share nutrients and support struggling neighbours, our approach to coaching should honour the interconnectedness of all aspects of human experience.

“The mycelial path asks us to surrender the expert stance and embrace the humility of the forest floor—receiving, connecting, nurturing without directing. To listen with all our senses to communication beneath the surface, to wisdom speaking through body and breath, energy and emotion.”— Sarah Carruthers

The book launches THIS FRIDAY, and we would love your support:

Please please share my post and give us a shout out!

If you've experienced coaching/counselling/therapy with me or others, you know just how vital it is in these challenging times when anxiety affects 20% of adults and depression has become the world's leading cause of disability.
Despite incredible medical advances, our collective mental wellbeing continues to decline - which is why approaches that honour our wholeness, like those shared in this book, are more essential than ever.
Consider how many copies you could gift while they're at the special launch price—with profits going to charity!
Get involved, join the fun, and THANK YOU for your support!

Haven't joined our launch group yet? The link is in the comments—see you there!

13/10/2024

Sarah and I are thrilled to let you know we are now Best Selling Authors 😁

A collaborative book of 25 inspirational and courageous stories PLUS a shared tool kit you can use in your own life.

And all proceeds go to raise money for mental health through MIND.

If you would like to explore how we can support you or your teams - do reach out ❤️

23/07/2024

We love working with GROW andbhave a number of courses with them throughout the year. Here is one as an example

https://www.grow.co.nz/coaching-skills/ - a new one exploring using cutting edge coaching skills …

Do check out the GROW website and feel free tonreach out if you would like to know more

Coaching in relation to instruction and training was introduced in the field of academia around 1830. Sports coaching and business coaching extended the field and it was some time later before life coaching took shape (often credited to Thomas Leonard in the 1980s).

18/07/2024

Hi New Plymouth Folks,

I’m curious if you can you recognise your emotions and manage them without getting swamped?

Are you able to motivate yourself to get jobs done, even when you don’t feel like it?

Can you stay calm under pressure and respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively?

Can you sense the emotions of others and respond effectively?

If you answered yes, it’s likely you have developed some of the skills that form the basis of Emotional Intelligence.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the ability to recognise, understand and manage emotional information accurately and effectively, both within yourself and others.

“What really matters for success, character, happiness, and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills—your EQ—not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.” — Daniel Goleman

EQ is more important to your well-being and effectiveness than your IQ. Not everyone is born with such superhuman skills. But everyone is capable of improving them with practice. The key is having a starting point so you know what to improve. The Enneagram, a powerful personality system, provides profound insights into our core motivations, fears, and desires, making it an invaluable tool for enhancing EQ.

Our upcoming workshop merges the insights of the Enneagram with practical EQ strategies, offering a holistic approach to personal development. With just **six tickets left**, this is a unique opportunity to delve into both your emotional landscape and personality structure. Whether you're looking to improve your leadership skills, enhance your relationships, or simply understand yourself better, this workshop promises transformative insights and practical tools.

Contact info@theluminosityproject.nz for tickets.

Don't miss out on this chance to elevate your emotional intelligence and unlock your full potential!

17/06/2024

We are running a new course; "Raise EQ and self-awareness for you and your team: an enneagram intro for businesses" at Manifold, New Plymouth on Tue 23rd July with the amazing Julia Moore-Pilbrow.

The Enneagram is a profound system used in modern psychology to understand who we are, what holds us back, and how we can reach our highest potential. It describes nine different personality types, each representing a unique lens through which people think, feel, and behave in relation to themselves, others, and the world. Knowing your type can help you recognise your automatic reactions to life's challenges, uncover your core motivations and deepest struggles, and understand how these aspects impact those around you.

By exploring the enneagram, you can:
•Gain deep self-insight: understand your strengths, weaknesses, and core motivations.
•Improve team and client understanding: appreciate diverse perspectives and skills.
•Foster growth: develop strategies to overcome challenges and leverage strengths.
•Communicate more effectively: learn the best communication style for each team member.
•Enhance team performance: understand roles, reduce conflicts, and create common ground.

Contact info@theluminosityproject.nz for tickets.

19/12/2022

Wen ow have a supply of books in NZ.

Shout out if you would like to purchase one directly from us …

13/11/2022

Sarah and I are thrilled to be presenting our latest work on using breathwork in at the 2023 NLP Conference.

This is a Global Conference and you can view all talks from anywhere.

Right now you can still get Early Bird tickets at:

https://www.nlpconference.com/

We would love you to come and join us there … on line

07/11/2022

Thrilled that the latest issue of Great Health Guide is out - and Sarah and I have an article in it on Gratitude

Hope you enjoy it

Featuring... ** 5 Steps to Build a Balanced Meal ** ** Barrier to Exercise for Girls ** ** How to Care for Your Heart ** ** Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy ** ** Physio for Metabolic Conditions ** + much more....

17/09/2022

"It is not an error that you have been born as a sensitive human being, with a wide open and sometimes broken heart. You need not fix your vulnerability or cover up your tenderness. Your longing for union, wholeness, and integration is pure wisdom essence.

Please do not postpone your participation in this very rare world of love. There is no future moment to step all the way in. See that what you are does not need to be changed, healed, transformed, or otherwise subjected to spiritual process. Rest.

Right here and right now, you can lay your hands on your heart, touch the wet ground, and behold the miracle of the senses you have been given. You can speak kindness to another, touch and hold them close, and fall to the ground in gratitude for the reality of grace in its peaceful and wrathful forms.

Friend, open yourself and give your heart to this world. You have come here to do this and you can honor this vow that you made long, long ago."

~ Matt Licata

03/09/2022

Gratitude has been shown to be the most effective way to rewire our brain to be more positive.  And, did you know there are many ways of doing gratitude – and some are more effective than others!  At its optimum, gratitude connects us to others, changes our heart rhythm and reduces stress, impro...

22/08/2022

😘 Gratitude is an active affirmation of goodness. And recognising that the sources of this goodness are outside of ourselves is key to amplifying its impact.

🧐 Research shows experiencing gratitude leads to increased feelings of connectedness 🤗, improved relationships, energy, altruism, productivity, resilience. And fewer symptoms of illness including depression and anxiety 😰.

🔊 The more you express 🗣 gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

What are you grateful for today?

Image: The Ultimate Gratitude Journal