When I speak to clients about fulfilment in their lives, I often hear them say that they fell into their careers, relationships and the places they live. The skill of making the best of what we have is an important one. We can create wonderful lives for ourselves this way.
Taking control
How about creating your life? How about taking control & being proactive?
Rather than always reacting to life, how about creating your life? How about taking control and being proactive in creating the career, life style, relationships and home etc. that you desire?
We all require self rule. To control our lives as we see fit and within the larger context of a global arena. In order to be Sovereign over your life, you want to take responsibility for your place in the world and the part you play in it. To live confidently, with purpose, well- being and a sense of balance and harmony. You also create and follow rules that allow your life and the lives of others to flourish.
If you do not do it, others will. Then, you become a pawn in the game of life. You may feel like a victim, disempowered when you see life’s events unfold against you. And when they are for you, you may feel no sense of power that you helped to create such fortune.
The Light Touch
To feel the weight of responsibility crushes some people and inspires others. Some thrive under the pressure of making sure people are cared for, that abundance flows in other people’s lives as well as their own. Standing in the Light of this role, they embrace the need to plan, strategise and take action decisively for the greater good. To own this responsibility is to take control of your life and plan for the future you dream for yourself and bring your friends, family, colleagues and partners along for the journey.
The Unsavoury side of Control
For those that do not embrace this role in Light, there is always the dark. Weak and manipulative, the Sovereign in Shadow is a tyrant. The school bully is a classic example, picking on the weak to demonstrate his strength. This need comes from an inner weakness that leads to over bearing control, paranoia and cruelty.
As adults this can manifest as the dictator or the destructive leader who exploits others for his own gain. He takes the glory but never the blame. Modern rulers such as Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein are well known as tyrants. Anwar Sadat and Nelson Mandela might be considered leaders of benevolence.
Sphere of Influence
The archetype of Sovereign, the King or Queen, is a daily commitment to controlling the aspects of your life that are within your sphere of influence. Consequently, understanding what is and is not in your control is the first step in leading with calm, confidence and effectiveness. To lead and give people autonomy comes from self assurance and humility. A great leader must have these qualities. He or she controls through freedom without fear of losing control.
The Sovereign applied
In coaching, it can be the Sovereign within the coach that guides the session towards empowering the client towards finding his or her own Sovereign. As a result, the client has autonomy. This is how it should be. A client must feel totally independent to be fully empowered. Through this process inner transformation can be evoked. This is the true power of coaching.
Every week I see clients work at taking control of their careers, relationships, health and well- being, businesses, finances, education, personal development and more. And when life throws curve balls I see them working to create outcomes that serve them and the people in their lives.
One client for example was in a long career that he felt served him less and less. Through coaching he found a much more fulfilling career path in which he makes a huge positive difference to young people’s lives. That strength and resolve to take control and create a life of meaning, purpose and beauty is the Sovereign in action.
Over to You
Where does your Sovereign show up in your life? How can this be of benefit to your life? Can you see where your Sovereign might be over controlling or not controlling enough? If you’d like to take more control and create more of the life you want for yourself, why not get in touch and we can discuss your needs?
Pass it on
If you know someone who would benefit from this article, why not pass it on? People are just waiting for the right inspiration to take that next step forward in their lives. Perhaps this blog could be that inspiration for someone you care about?
Post Script
You are a complex combination of qualities, some of which are obvious to you and many others that are not. The archetypes are a useful tool to explain and demonstrate how to bring these qualities forth and how they manifest in your life. There are the qualities that are supportive of your best self (the Light side). There are those that are detrimental to your best self (the Dark Side made infamous in the Star Wars series). In my Mindful Movement Courses I work with the archetypes to bring forth the qualities that can be supportive to realising your best self. There are many archetypes, too many to cover in a single course. I have chosen six: Warrior, Lover, Rebel, Magician, Jester and of course Sovereign. I hope by writing this series of blogs, I will be able to explain their power and usefulness to you in your life.
Christmas- celebrating the Light of the Human Spirit
Archetypes- Sovereign
When I speak to clients about fulfilment in their lives, I often hear them say that they fell into their careers, relationships and the places they live. The skill of making the best of what we have is an important one. We can create wonderful lives for ourselves this way.
Taking control
How about creating your life? How about taking control & being proactive?
Rather than always reacting to life, how about creating your life? How about taking control and being proactive in creating the career, life style, relationships and home etc. that you desire?
We all require self rule. To control our lives as we see fit and within the larger context of a global arena. In order to be Sovereign over your life, you want to take responsibility for your place in the world and the part you play in it. To live confidently, with purpose, well- being and a sense of balance and harmony. You also create and follow rules that allow your life and the lives of others to flourish.
If you do not do it, others will. Then, you become a pawn in the game of life. You may feel like a victim, disempowered when you see life’s events unfold against you. And when they are for you, you may feel no sense of power that you helped to create such fortune.
The Light Touch
To feel the weight of responsibility crushes some people and inspires others. Some thrive under the pressure of making sure people are cared for, that abundance flows in other people’s lives as well as their own. Standing in the Light of this role, they embrace the need to plan, strategise and take action decisively for the greater good. To own this responsibility is to take control of your life and plan for the future you dream for yourself and bring your friends, family, colleagues and partners along for the journey.
The Unsavoury side of Control
For those that do not embrace this role in Light, there is always the dark. Weak and manipulative, the Sovereign in Shadow is a tyrant. The school bully is a classic example, picking on the weak to demonstrate his strength. This need comes from an inner weakness that leads to over bearing control, paranoia and cruelty.
As adults this can manifest as the dictator or the destructive leader who exploits others for his own gain. He takes the glory but never the blame. Modern rulers such as Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein are well known as tyrants. Anwar Sadat and Nelson Mandela might be considered leaders of benevolence.
Sphere of Influence
The archetype of Sovereign, the King or Queen, is a daily commitment to controlling the aspects of your life that are within your sphere of influence. Consequently, understanding what is and is not in your control is the first step in leading with calm, confidence and effectiveness. To lead and give people autonomy comes from self assurance and humility. A great leader must have these qualities. He or she controls through freedom without fear of losing control.
The Sovereign applied
In coaching, it can be the Sovereign within the coach that guides the session towards empowering the client towards finding his or her own Sovereign. As a result, the client has autonomy. This is how it should be. A client must feel totally independent to be fully empowered. Through this process inner transformation can be evoked. This is the true power of coaching.
Every week I see clients work at taking control of their careers, relationships, health and well- being, businesses, finances, education, personal development and more. And when life throws curve balls I see them working to create outcomes that serve them and the people in their lives.
One client for example was in a long career that he felt served him less and less. Through coaching he found a much more fulfilling career path in which he makes a huge positive difference to young people’s lives. That strength and resolve to take control and create a life of meaning, purpose and beauty is the Sovereign in action.
Over to You
Where does your Sovereign show up in your life? How can this be of benefit to your life? Can you see where your Sovereign might be over controlling or not controlling enough? If you’d like to take more control and create more of the life you want for yourself, why not get in touch and we can discuss your needs?
Pass it on
If you know someone who would benefit from this article, why not pass it on? People are just waiting for the right inspiration to take that next step forward in their lives. Perhaps this blog could be that inspiration for someone you care about?
Post Script
You are a complex combination of qualities, some of which are obvious to you and many others that are not. The archetypes are a useful tool to explain and demonstrate how to bring these qualities forth and how they manifest in your life. There are the qualities that are supportive of your best self (the Light side). There are those that are detrimental to your best self (the Dark Side made infamous in the Star Wars series). In my Mindful Movement Courses I work with the archetypes to bring forth the qualities that can be supportive to realising your best self. There are many archetypes, too many to cover in a single course. I have chosen six: Warrior, Lover, Rebel, Magician, Jester and of course Sovereign. I hope by writing this series of blogs, I will be able to explain their power and usefulness to you in your life.