Woo Do You Do?
What I've discovered from hundreds of interviews with life, health & transformational coaches...
First let’s talk about the woo.
For the longest time I just thought of it as new age stuff. However, over the last couple years the new age since the new age arrived - no longer some ethereal concept off in the distance. (Que up “It Is The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius…)
In some ways I think woo and magic are synonymous. They both speak of new technologies & modalities of healing holistically that are being used to get incredible results.
The definition of magic:
Something producing remarkable results, especially when not fully understood.
Okay, so maybe that’s just one of the many definitions, but it is the one I want to chat about. Mostly, to me, magic produces results that we can’t easily explain. When we wonder into the woo we sometimes think we are experiencing magic and yet there appears to be a growing body of evidence and data providing us with information to explain some of what happens to us when we engage in these practices.
For example - for many years I thought of meditation as emptying the mind of all thoughts. When in reality meditation is a way of reframing and paying attention to what you are thinking. It rewires the brain.
Because everything that exists starts as a thought - how power is rewiring the brain to channel our thought effectively?
Well, Dr Joe Dispensa has done much research on this phenomenon.
How meditation changes one’s physiology. And he is just one of many who are collecting data around woo and you.
This whole idea of using the woo to heal seems to be catching on and producing results for coaching clients that are nothing short of incredible! People are able to get relief trauma that has affected them for years after brief sessions with a coach. One who walks them through the process of meditation, EFT, hypnotherapy, just to name a few modalities.
The idea woo, to me, is where consciousness and science intersect. What are your thoughts about this ever-expanding concept? And I’m curious how it’s impacted your life.
The Coach’s Alchemist & Host of the You World Order Showcase Podcast