Rhonda

Rhonda wrote the book on Fearless Living, she approached me at a business mastermind in 2019 and said Stan, I can help you.

Rhonda approached me at the business meeting and said she could help me with my fear. At the time, I was pretty open-minded, so I readily agreed.

The Fearless Foundation workshop was scheduled for October 2019, six months away, so I was prepared to say yes. However, I was pretty sure that I could get out of the session before it came up.

After the mastermind session I decided to have some fun with my bookings to get to Califonia for Rhonda’s session. Plus I thought it would be a golden opportunity to hang out with my new found friend Michael in Seattle. So I booked a flight to Vancouver, and a short flight to Seattle. Spend a couple days in Seattle, then take a train to California down the west coast of the USA. Everything was booked and I was ready to go.

Months went by and I had decided that I didn’t really need to attend this Fearless Foundations Workshop. Afterall I was retired from the army and an Entrpreneur, what was I afraid of? So I started looking into cancelling my flights. I attempted this 3 times, and there was always a glitch of some sort that prevented it from cancelling. The connection was lost, or something would time out. It was the busy season at work and I didn’t believe I could leave at that time.

I tried to cancel the train and the flights, I tried to cancel the workshop, still nothing. I tried to cancel my visit to Seattle. As time went on it became clear that I was going to that workshop. When the time came I was on my way to fly to Vancouver. I arrived late and switch over quickly to the short flight to Seattle. I was created by Michael and we spent a couple of days talking. He told me all about what he did. I was pretty amazed as I was never even aware of all this spiritual stuff.

Although I did know that I had a strong intuition and I seemed to know things before they happened. Michael could see spirits, just like the kid on the movie Sixth Sense. He would often tell me when they were standing near me. He told me that I could do this also. At the time, I was interested because it was cool, but I had a low belief that I would be able to do all these things.

We talked at length about my inability to remember my childhood. I was 59 years old and couldn’t remember anything. He reinforced that this was likely due to a childhood trauma. I figured it was just old age.

Michael was attending the same workshop in California, however he was going to fly there.He razzed me about taking the train. I was looking forward to the train ride. It was going to be fun. I had a tiny room on the train where the two seats joined together to make a bed. I was expecting to see the coastline to the pacific ocean a little more then I did. There were a lot of homeless people near the tracks. The trip only took thirty six hours.

I got a package that included meals in the dining car and each time you would sit with different people. It was an interesting trip. I enjoyed travelling by train.

I arrived in California, the night before the workshop. Got to my hotel, and got settled in. The next day was a flurry of activity checking into the course. Getting told at the door that if you get triggered to go out in the hall and a fearless living coach will follow you out. Triggered? What the heck did she mean by that?

Into the class I went and sat beside Michael, which was not a good thing. We were trouble the moment the course started. Rhonda quickly separated us. Which was likely a good thing. The course was intense. it had many triggering moments. I certainly learned what was meant by triggered moments.

There were about 30 in the class with numerous coaches to help guide you through some troubling times. It was the most intense workshop I had ever attended. We covered a lot. Rhonda is a wonderful person and facilitator.

Closer to the end of the workshop, just before lunch they decided to do a group hug. I was not much of a hugger then, hugging hurt my back and being overweight I didn’t find comfort in the act. So all thirty of us started positioning ourselves to hug. It looked like a rugby huddle. I was the last person to get in there and get hugging. They decided to hold the hug as long as possible. I opened my heart and leaned in worried I would crush someone below.

As everyone started to pull apart from each other, I started to shake. It was the most bizarre feeling as my whole body was visibly trembling. It was visible, which made me panic a little because I didn’t want to be noticed. They formed a big circle so we could discuss what we felt, I sorta tucked myself against the wall and shook. I couldn’t stop the shaking. I was so embarrassed. They were going around the room asking questions and I was trying to be invisible. Trembling away.

Rhonda spotted me. And then saw the shaking. She recognized that I was having a trauma response. I was lightheaded trembling and trying to hide my panic. She knew I was in trouble so she sent the class off for lunch and hugged me and got me some orange juice I think… it was sort of a blur after that.

Guess what happened after that moment.

My f&#king life completely changed. It wasn’t immediate but there was a clear line. And you know what else, my childhood memories started to return, and Michael was right!

I was sooo impressed by this workshop and the profound impact it had on my life that I signed up to be a Fearless Living coach and trainer. It would be something that I would be able to carry into my retirement. Something to do on the side. I had this overwhelming feeling that I needed to help others.

So I signed up for everything to the tune of thousands of dollars. The cost wasn’t relative, it was the profound effect I experienced by attending the Fearless Foundations Workshop. I was enrolled in the next class starting in the next year March 2020.