Imagine a producer approached you to create a biography of your life on film. How would you tell your story? Which events in your life shaped you to be the person you are today? Which moments are you most proud of? Which moments challenged you in ways you thought failure was eminent, but you overcame adversity and became stronger? Who are the people of significance in your story? Are you proud of your story thus far? Is there anything you would change to make your story better? We each have a story to tell and we each love to hear each other’s stories, especially when we have similar experiences or we are facing uncertainty in our lives. The human brain’s predominant purpose is to keep us safe, so we have become masters in our abilities to discern whose stories are relevant to ours, what lessons we could take from another’s experiences, and who might provide us with the answers we seek. When facing uncertainties we want to be prepared, ready to face difficulties and armed with knowledge to help us succeed. We seek out professionals to provide us with expert advice, and friends and family for support and to share experiences with. We are social creatures with the need for human connections in order to strive in the world. In John Donne’s Devotions (1624), he claimed “no man is an island” and indeed, no one is truly self-sufficient whether we care to admit it or not. Our stories are relevant to those around us and to the world. We are each significant and unique in our characteristics, values, beliefs, deeds and misdeeds. Life is full of experiences that are meant to teach us, to mould us, to help one another with and to be grateful for because we are limited by time, mortality and our own consciousness. We choose jobs or professions to serve others and receive payment of money in return, but our jobs also provide us with the means to finding purpose in our lives so that we may progress. We adopt other people’s problems and use our education, training and experience to find solutions for them so that hopefully we are rewarded with proof of our own significance. However, we can become plagued with self-doubt, worry, and fear of getting something wrong thereby causing self-deception and suffering. We hide it, disguise it and endure it because asking for help is sometimes considered weak and we may feel ashamed for not being able to solve our own issues. The reality is that life is full of uncertainties from which all of us have felt overwhelmed from time to time until our resiliency has been eroded and our well-being becomes an issue. We can become merciless in how we treat ourselves yet we would be loath to allow another to treat us in the same way. Our powers lie in free will and the choices we make to satisfy our human drives. We can choose to suffer or we can choose to follow our innate drive to connect to others to be inspired to find ways to overcome difficulties so that we can focus on our purpose in life to succeed and grow. It takes humility and courage to seek guidance and inspiration for inner transformation, but it is the only route to self-actualization - the exploration and discovery of your innate potential and the highest order of human motivations according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1943). If life is a long journey of battles to feel, learn, bond, acquire and defend, then self-actualization is a destination where your experiences come together to make sense, where you discover your power and claim your victory. The main purposes of life coaching are to explore your self-awareness, broaden your perspectives, discover your options and empower you to live a life that you are proud of and that people will feel privileged to be part of. The best investment you can make in your lifetime is in yourself so that every soul you encounter in this world can benefit from interacting with you. Your story can become someone’s source of hope, strength, pride or encouragement. With whom you share it is your choice. We hope you choose to share it with Finer Life Coaches so we can help you create a story you are proud of.