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Michael Farnum
Existential
Life Coach
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Licensed Associate Counselor
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Author
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is within . . .
ZEN HEALTH BY MICHAEL
The less you know . . .
About Me
My Mission Statement: To utilize my experience, my skill set, my best intentions and all my resources to ease the pain of others who seek my aid. To do no harm.
To use my knowledge to help others on their path to healing, wellness and
enlightenment.
As a psychology nerd and philosopher, I draw my knowledge, wisdom and experience from many sources:
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Indiana University
Energetic Health Institute
University of Phoenix
bibliotherapy
cinema-cation
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Classical Philosophy
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Socrates
Epictetus
Plato
Aristotle
Marcus Aurelius
Eastern Philosophy
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Buddhism
Taoism
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
Alan Watts
James Low
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Toltec
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Don Miguel Ruiz
Carlos Castaneda
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Existential Philosophy and Literature
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Albert Camus
Dostoevsky
Franz Kafka
Friedrich Nietzsche
Victor Frankl
G.I. Gurdjieff
P.D. Ouspensky
Arthur Schopenhauer
Frank Herbert
Philip K. Dick.
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Modern-day Psychology
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William James
Carl Jung
Alfred Adler
Albert Ellis
Aaron Beck
William Glasser
Irvin Yalom
Emmy Van Deurzen
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Your attitude
is an outward
reflection of
your inner
mental state.
Resource:
5 Element
Personality Theory
(Free PDF or PP)
What makes him qualified to be a life coach or anything else?
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Life experience. Education. Wisdom. Intuition.
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And at least 1 existential crisis . . .
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A background in criminal justice, case management and a master's degree in counseling
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Credentialed as Licensed Associate Counselor
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10 plus years as a healing professional bodyworker and licensed massage therapist
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Masters path training in qi gong, tai chi and other martial arts
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Decades of auto-didactic studies in psychology, philosophy, consciousness, and other esoteric studies
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A self-published author himself, Michael has been a total book nerd his whole life and currently maintains this eclectic free library of esoteric knowledge and pop culture for your benefit.
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Professional certifications: Trauma support specialist, meditation instructor, hypnosis for pain management, holistic nutritionist.
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Plus, you will absolutely love his powerful Power Points!
My Core Values
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Integrity Honesty
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Diligence Compassion
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Belief -- In myself, in you &
the karmic forces of the
Universe
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In past times a wise man said to his student (or he may have been talking to himself), I am not your guru. But I can lead you to a path. It may not be the right path, but any path is better than none. Unless Atilla the Hun and his mongrels are coming. Although he is not quite the devil mainstream history will make him out to be. But I digress . . .