SRT: THE 10 STAGES TO THE MATURE SELF

PART ONE: FOOT ON THE LADDER. To grow and mature, we must get rid of those “demons” that are holding us back from truly maturing and reaching our full potential. 

1.  ID THE ALIEN: The Active Admission and Awareness of Feeling like an Alien (outsider) in your own life/world. Too often you feel bad, even miserable about one or many issues.

2.  UNMASK MINEFIELDS: These are incorrect MINDSETS through which we interpret the world and react incorrectly. They sabotage our lives and feelings.

3.  THE PRESUMPTION SPIRAL: As we saw, the MINDSETS cause us to think or PRESUME incorrect MEANINGS. More as we explore, we see the initial meaning come
from experiences that have caused emotional damage.

4.  UNRAVEL THE SPIRAL: We look each MINDSET PRESUMPTION, where it leads, along with where this stunning fear comes from and the functional CONSEQUENCES.

5.  PLAY DEVIL’S ADVOCATE: We CHALLENGE our saboteurs using proofs and reality to show the fundamental error of our MINDSETS, AND PRESUMPTIONS.

6.  OPTIONAL THINKING (OT): With OT AND TAKING A BREATH, we learn to replace faulty beliefs with correct Identification /Clarification by asking what else it can be or is meant.

PART TWO: CLIMBING THE LADDER. Once we’ve accomplished the above we now have the space to continue to grow in peace, with confidence.

7.  SHIFT STRATEGIES: We lose our Incorrect Reactions and substitute new, effective strategies to handle problems accurately that work for us and others.

8.  CHIRK UP YOUR QUIRK: We find and LOVE the unique “us.” With minefields gone, we can breathe, see and act on our gifts, dreams, ambitions.

9.  LIVE WITH PURPOSEFUL PASSION: We turn our passion into a purpose that matters to us.

Deviate from the usual, focusing instead on principles such as listening to and laughing with others, and understanding your purpose in life.
— Dr. Gladys McGarey, age 102 

10. ENJOY ENLIGHTENED PEACE: Once we have grown as a result of the above, we will be avoidance averse, feel enlightened, at peace and moving toward our full potential.

May we all be GRATEFUL FOR HAVING MADE THE JOURNEY and SHARE IT.  It’s an almost transcendent feeling to grow into a life of “CONFIDENCE,” “PURPOSE,” “FREEDOM,” “GROWTH,” AND  “PEACE” ON OUR WAY TO A JOYOUS LIFE AND LEGACY– THE SRT-5.

Now our triad is complete: birth, and death and the way to maximize our lives and legacies.

This is my greatest wish for you. Hey, I’ve got your back. Someone has to.