thrive and awaken
Welcome to Beginning Your Journey!
Explore the Foundation of the Journey with the Core Concepts
All 4 options for your journey suggest you start with the Core Concepts page. It provides the foundation for why the Steps, Tools, and Fuel are necessary for self-discovery and conscious awakening. After that overvew, return here and you’ll have a better feel which Option to choose in beginning our journey.
The 4 Options in Beginning Your Journey
Watch the video(s) by choosing one of these options:
Download details of the journeys
Main Features of Thrive and Awaken®
Content, Community, & Connection
The following three sections provide an overview of each feature:
Content
The above link will provide an overview of the 8 Steps in Thriving and Awakening. The first step, Recognizing Survival Mode, illustrates how natural it is to have reactions to daily stress. You will also develop greater awareness of your reactions so you can begin to change them.
Check out the tools needed on the journey to thriving and awakening. See if you want to jump into learning about Compassionate Curiosity, Self-Compassion, Meditation, Complete Acceptance , and more.
The Fuel section provides the Inspiration and Life Force Energy methods to help sustain you on the journey. There are Thriving Stories and Awakening Experiences other members have shared. Contemplate on Tips on thriving and the Awe & Wonder page. Learn how to balance your energies for greater resiliency.
Thriving Path
Courses for Step 1-4 can be watched at anytime.
Step 1: Recognizing Survival Mode
Step 2: Creating a Holding Environment
Step 3: Exploring Thriving Mode
Step 4: Clearing Reactivity
Features:
- Intensive Video Content
- Worksheets/Reflections to help integrate the work
- A Discussion Forum with other people taking the course.
- Private groups of your choosing (e.g. family members, friends, co-workers) can join you in the course once they also become a paid member.
- Conversations with Doug group sessions to discuss the courses.
- You have access to the course as long as you are a paid member.
- Updates to the course are free.
Awakening Path
Courses for Steps 5-8 are
a 3-day retreat.
Step 5: Evolving the Ego
Step 6. Realizing Your True Nature
Step 7: Revealing the Illusions
Step 8: Surrendering & Being Awareness
Features:
- 3-day virtual retreat with Doug
- Worksheets/Reflections help integrate the work
- A Discussion Forum with other people attending the retreats.
- Private groups of your choosing (e.g. family members, friends, co-workers) can join you in the course once they also become a paid member.
- Conversations with Doug group sessions to discuss the retreats.
- You have access to the course as long as you are a paid member.
- Updates to the course are free.
Community
We encourage you to help create a community of individuals interested in Thriving and Awakening!
You can create your own Group! For example, perhaps you want to take the Self-Compassion Course with family members, friends, or even co-workers. You can invite them to join your group and have private conversations.
There are also Groups oriented towards professions. For example, if you are a coach, teacher, or business executive there is a group for you. Or you can create one for your own profession or interest.
We also provide Forums within the group to discuss whatever topic you’d like. For example, there is a Forum for members taking the Clearing Reactivity Course. You get to share your experiences and ask questions of other members taking the course.
There are inspirational Thriving Stories on the Journey from members and Doug that illustrate various ways to Thrive. Also, there are Awakening Experiences to inspire you on the journey of recognizing your true nature.
You can click here to read about the Guidelines for the Groups as well as how to use them. Click on an image below to Connect to Groups, Inspirational Stories, or Awakening Experiences.
Connecting with Doug
There are several ways to Connect with Doug…
- Check out the Calendar for upcoming events he is hosting.
- Coaching Notes are informal recordings about a topic from Doug’s coaching.
- Deepening Presence® Clips are snippets of conversations about awakening.
- Ask Doug are questions from members & along with Doug’s comments. You can submit your own.
- About Doug gives an overview about some of his life experiences and how they have contributed to the work.
Connecting with Doug
There are several ways to Connect with Doug…
- Check out the Calendar for upcoming events he is hosting.
- Coaching Notes are informal recordings about a topic from Doug’s coaching.
- Deepening Presence® Clips are snippets of conversations about awakening.
- Ask Doug are questions from members & along with Doug’s comments. You can submit your own.
- About Doug gives an overview about some of his life experiences and how they have contributed to the work.
Connecting with Doug
There are several ways to Connect with Doug…
- Check out the Calendar for upcoming events he is hosting.
- Coaching Notes are informal recordings about a topic from Doug’s coaching.
- Deepening Presence® Clips are snippets of conversations about awakening.
- Ask Doug are questions from members & along with Doug’s comments. You can submit your own.
- About Doug gives an overview about some of his life experiences and how they have contributed to the work.
