My Journey…
A loving family and a peaceful home are two things that have always been essential for my soul’s fulfillment.
As a young man, endeavoring to fulfil my soul’s calling of having a loving family and a peaceful home, I found myself married – and divorced twice by the age of 30. I had my first of 2 daughters when I was only 19 years old.
A loving family and a peaceful home continued to elude me throughout my twenties and early thirties. I lived through a head on car accident, depression, multiple jobs, financial devastation and I was struggling to be a confident man and to hold a positive frame of mind.
21 years ago, I met my wife of today, and together we have two wonderful boys. Today, I feel so blessed to have a loving family, and to live with my wife and 2 boys in our peaceful home on our 160-acre farm in British Columbia, Canada. My soul is fulfilled.
When I first met my wife, I became a safety trainer. This was a great job, with great pay and great benefits. When the twins were born, I took parental leave from my training job and my wife chose to work. I was a stay-at-home dad full time and I loved it. Close to one year later, my wife and I changed roles. She became a stay-at-home mom full time and I chose to work.
I struggled with this. I wanted to be with my family. Every day I spoke of “the value of life and the cost of chasing work”, yet I found myself chasing it and sacrificing my family for work. I was in turmoil. Together, my wife and I made the decision that we would start our own Safety Training Company so I could be home with the family. The business did not experience great success. My wife chose to return to work to help with finances while I was to focus on building our new business.
Shortly after, the unthinkable happened. My wife was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She survived this accident although she was badly injured. I could no longer take on any work as I was now a full-time care provider for her and the boys. The months wore on and I became lost and depressed. The depression fed many poor choices and eventually led to my use of drugs. Our marriage began to struggle. I seriously contemplated ending all my frustrations.
Our family and friends wanted to help us in our daily struggle and wanted to help us find success. A friend sponsored me to take part in a 2-year Business Mastery Program. I began to gain greater focus, direction and of course, recovery. My family invested in our Safety Training Company and we started to develop our own Training Centre on our farm, so I could continue to be at home with my family while building the business too.
After a near tragic accident during construction, I was mentally destroyed. I felt that everything I taught in safety was undermined, my reputation and confidence were shot. I just couldn’t go back to work. I was so lost. I felt unsure of my own skills in communication, I had no desire to be in the safety field and the money had run out.
Something was different though. I was part of this Business Mastery Program. My weekly accountability coach was inspiring me to keep moving forward; small steps. There was a seed in my head taking root. I was feeling on purpose.
Serendipitously, another program came to my attention. This type of course was not typical for “men”. Led by a woman named Andrea Thatcher, the program named “Living on Purpose” called to me. I enrolled.
It was here I began to put the pieces back together. I found clarity, direction, and it gave me the tools to climb out of my dark place. Over the next few months, I continued to apply these teachings in my day. I would share with my wife and she listened, although we were often not on the same page. She wanted to be a part of, and understand what I was learning, but she was only hearing from me second hand.
I took the bold step to study, train and become a and Living On Purpose Course Facilitator. This decision changed our family’s world.
In order to complete the training, I had to participate once more in the entire Living On Purpose Online Course. As it was online, my wife and I took it together. We sat side by side and shared one computer. Often, the boys would be in the same room. They heard and experienced what we did. Our family was learning together to Live On Purpose. We began to grow our abilities to communicate and embraced the new skills, allowing us to navigate the new world around us as a family.
This path led me to study and train under Michael Losier, discovering the beauty and brilliance of the Law of Attraction. Shortly after, I completed my Facilitator Certification Training. I am so proud to be a Certified Law of Attraction Facilitator and share the power of the Law of Attraction combined with the path of Living on Purpose to positively enhance the lives of those who are committed to living their best life.
I am so happy and grateful now that I have a loving family and a peaceful home – as we are all Living On Purpose together.
