ABOUT BONNY
The most asked question in my life is:
“How did you get here?”
There are several answers…
1) I traveled a hard road and, along the way, learned to help others find contentment
2) I walked from LA to DC…Really!
3) Lots of experience and education
Finding The Best In The Worst
I got into the helping professions for one specific reason; I know what it takes to go from bearing the heavy burdens of the past to living a life of joy, free from limiting habits and fears.
You’ve heard stories like mine on Oprah.
Thankfully, I’ve benefited from surviving extreme conditions by developing an ability to listen closely, empathize deeply, forgive completely, and to use all of what happens to each of us to its very best advantage. The truth is, you don’t have to come from a good background to have a great life. I have the proof and I am the proof.
Walking My Talk
It’s true! In 1986, I was part of a group that walked 3742 miles, from LA to DC. Nine months later, I was completely transformed and committed to making the world a better place with everything I do. There are a thousand stories about things I learned on The Great Peace March For Global Nuclear Disarmament but the short of it is this: There is always a solution, no matter what obstacles you see in front of you.
What it takes to live a purposeful, satisfying life is courage and a willingness to let go of things that hold you back.
Learning Inside and Out
Living a very different life on the March taught me many different thing but the thing that effected me the most was the power off communication habits to support or destroy success.
Discovering this led me to the American University/National Training Laboratories Master of Science program in Organizational Development. There, I witnessed the tremendous wisdom and strength in every group, and discovered that I love the process of uncovering it. I also learned that a lot of potential goes tragically untapped, too much of the time.
You’ve probably seen, in your own workplace…that organizational issues are often just personal problems…amplified.
It became clear that, to be truly effective, I needed to work with people on a much deeper level, including all aspects of the human experience. While I don’t mention it unless the client does, spirituality, even lapsed religious views, effect how we feel about life and the world. This realization led to my next big life choice.
At Loyola College in Maryland, I earned a Master of Science degree in Pastoral Counseling. But much more than that, I learned the value of using the whole self in the healing process. There, I refined my lifelong passion for observation and language, while turning my world view into an unbeatable strategy for helping people to build the lives they really want.
My Mission and Purpose
How do you answer the question. “What is my reason for being?”
If you don’t have an answer, it may be time to find one. Once you do, every decision you make in life will be made SO much easier.
Your mission is the structure into which all your scripts fit and by which you order all your steps.
Given what you know about me so far, what do you think mine might be? Well, even in my darkest moments, when the stress is crushing and my heart is heavy, no matter what the circumstance, I can tell you with confidence that my mission is this:
“I am meant to teach people the truth about themselves and to learn to love it.”
My purpose, in living my mission, is to add to the sum total of human happiness…and, by extension, to reduce the sum total of human suffering.