Our Problems Are Our Greatest Teachers

Any problems we face in life are usually the cause of our stress, anxiety, sleepless nights, unhappiness, etc.

The thing is, problems in life don’t really exist. What creates a “problem” is our perception of things, and how we see the situation through our own (often “dirty”) lenses.

We see problems as WE are – because problems are often a reflection of those beliefs that we carry with us through our life.

Problems come in many different shapes and sizes, and we often suffer the most when we don’t accept things, people, or circumstances for what they are, but instead, we wish they were different. The more we try to push against them or try to push them away, the worse they seem, and the more stress and tension we experience.

However, when we are able to look at things differently – to see things as an opportunity, and as our potential teacher – then it feels like a big weight has been lifted from our shoulders. This is because we stop resisting things, and we stop fighting them. Instead, we allow things to be, to exist, and we can breathe again, and make different decisions – decisions that seem to be easier, lighter, and more empowering for us.

Think about any problem you have been struggling with for a while. Does this problem relate to forgiveness, carelessness, control, greed, envy?

Most of us try to solve our problems with our heads, and our ego gets involved. This often leads to confusion, and creates even more stress.

But if you can think about the same problem in a new way – embracing it instead of pushing it away, accepting it instead of wanting it to be something different, and keeping it in your heart, and listening to what your heart wants to say, then you will find the valuable lesson that this problem holds for you.

What valuable lessons do you see for yourself in this problem or situation? Perhaps it is teaching you more patience, or to be more careful, or maybe to put in place stronger boundaries with others, or perhaps to trust more and to leave your comfort zone?

When we learn the lessons that our problems hold for us, and we have a genuine desire to learn from them, they have no reason to stay. And if we have learnt the lesson well, then they have no need to come back to us to repeat the same lesson again.

Kind words

I have been working in my own coaching and training business for a few years. People want to know why they should choose you over another coach and whilst I could articulate a little about the reasons why, I wanted to find out what those unique strengths were for me so I could ‘sell’ myself more confidently. I also wanted to find out more about myself so that I could use those strengths more effectively within my business and personal life.

Since completing the sessions, I feel confident about those unique strengths, what they are, what they mean and how I can use them in my personal and business life. The sessions helped to show me that I am using those strengths to great effect, which was a good boost.

Hanna is such a consummate professional. She is so personable and very easy to connect with. One thing I really loved about Hanna is her ability to take my responses to her questions and support me to dig even deeper so that I could truly understand what each strength was about, which meant I could implement actions even more easily across the strength. She shows things from other perspectives, which helped me to see the strength in a multi-faceted way. If you are interested in knowing more about how you tick and what those strengths are, I would highly recommend Hanna.

I had the opportunity to spend time with Hanna to discover my talents. I have done many of these types sessions over the years and what I experienced was something completely different. Not only were the talents that Hanna explained so astoundingly accurate it more the way it was delivered that really inspired me. It felt like I could really own my talents. It felt like Hanna gave me permission to see what I have inside as a true gift. Her encouragement for me to own my talents is what made me feel so inspired. I wasn't feeling so great about myself before the session and after it I experienced a spring in my step that I hadn't had for 9 months. Hanna's session sparked the catalyst to make some really big decisions in my business and I can't thank her enough for not only bringing me back into alignment she brought my confidence back. It created a chain reaction as was the beginning of allowing me to really accept the way my mind, decisions and emotions work. I can't thank Hanna enough and would absolutely recommend anyone to experience her guidance, professionalism and dedication to help bring the best out of the people she helps.

Before I started working with Hanna, two years ago, I was lacking awareness in many areas of my life. In particular the area of romantic relationships. On top of this, I had no idea that it was in fact ok to set boundaries and ask for what I want and need. So it has been a journey of discovering what it is I actually want and need for myself. It has been a journey of discovering who I actually am and also to learn to enjoy spending time with myself and appreciating myself more. Before this I was needy for the love from others, and I am still learning that no one else can give me what I don’t give to myself. I finally found myself in the most painful relationship with a completely emotionally unavailable man, and this is where I could finally start to see my patterns. Since then I have attracted a healthy relationship, learnt how to work with my emotions that helps me to create my own life filled with joy, fulfilment and happiness. I cannot thank Hanna enough for her love, support and guidance to enable me to create a more fulfilling life for myself. She has a beautiful heart and goes above and beyond for her clients.

I have to say that before I started with the Talents program with Hanna I did not realise how many talents I own. Before I started I was struggling with acknowledging my talents and gifts, therefore, I was always hard on myself and I generally had a feeling that I do not bring anything to the table. Working with this actually opened my eyes, how much contribution I bring to the world and how important my talents and gifts are for others. I definitely became more confident and authentic with myself and others. I very much enjoyed myself working around this with Hanna as she is a very nice, generous, compassionate and authentic person. She always tries her best to explain things in a very simple way. I would recommend this course to anyone who is struggling to see his own attributes and talents.

I have been mentored by Hanna for 12 months, and more recently worked with Hanna to discover and understand my true gifts and talents. Hanna’s compassion, understanding, and insight helped me to really uncover my talents, embrace them fully and understand how to acknowledge, enhance and apply them in my daily life. The information and self-awareness I got from doing this work with Hanna were gold. I highly recommend this program or mentoring to anyone wishing to grow, become more self-aware, create heathier relationships and be an even better version of themselves.

I absolutely loved doing talents with Hanna, I found it so valuable, I love how knowledgeable and professional she is. I was also fascinated by the accuracy of results and descriptions of my talents. Doing the Clifton Strengths test and then working on it with Hanna gave me lots of awareness about my strengths/gifts, how they can serve me, how I can use them better, also what's a potential challenge with them all, so amazing information that allowed me to own them, acknowledge them, use them more and I feel way more confident and self assured. A lot of things just finally made sense and helped me with my personal growth. I would definitely recommend Hanna, she is super intuitive, wise, compassionate, caring and supportive, I always feel safe and empowered after talking to her.

I would like to recommend Hanna as a mentor in a work with the talents. All meetings were perfectly prepared. She knew exactly which advice should give or what tell in a specific time. During these sessions I started knowing myself on a deeper lever, discovering more who I truly am, and what I could do to develop my talents. Thanks to our sessions, my life is more fulfilling, and I feel truly happy every day. You will also get a lot of smile and positive energy from her which is very important in this whole process.

I loved working with Hannah as found her very warm, kind, and very professional with excellent communication skills. I benefited from the work I did with Hanna as definitely have more belief in my abilities as the tools she is licensed to use really identified my strengths such as seeing the big picture, getting things done, and having empathy. I feel working with Hanna definitely increased my self-esteem both at work and life in general. I wish Hanna the very best in her business as she is one of the most genuine people I have worked with and felt she really cared about doing a good job and helping people.

Hanna is amazing at what she does. She deeply cares and has so much knowledge which has helped me understand myself and my strengths and gifts more deeply. If you want to understand your own unique makeup of strengths and gifts and be coached by someone who deeply cares, I'd highly recommend working with Hanna – you won't regret it.

Hanna, founder of The Sanctuary of Hearts

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