As if depression weren’t bad enough, statistics show that diagnoses are growing at an alarming rate. In addition, states with higher rates of depression also show high rates of other negative health outcomes, such as obesity, heart disease, and stroke. Individuals suffering from depression are more likely to be unemployed or recently divorced than their non-depressed counterparts, and women experience greater risk of depression than men. Despite all of these statistics on depression, this infographic shows that many people suffer symptoms of depression without seeking care, and that undiagnosed depression costs the U.S. millions of dollars each year. Now a global health issue, depression awareness, diagnosis, and treatment are matters of crucial significance in building a healthier, happier world.
This is alarming because these numbers are fro a 2012 Study. What are they now???
Is anybody happier because you passed their way?
Is anybody happier because you spoke to them today?
Were you selfish plain and simple as you rushed along your way?
Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?
Can you say in parting with the day that’s slipping past
You helped a single person in the many that you’ve passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said?
Or is someone whose hopes were fading,
Now with courage looking ahead?
Did you waste a day or lose it, was it well or poorly spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness, or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God would say
You have one more tomorrow for the work you did today?
Anon
May your life be filled with love, happiness and inspiration
Rochman Reese and Sofan Chan
Why can’t I be a life coach or mentor? Why is it that I need a certification or a professional license to help people be happy and learn to live happy? IS it the potential life coach salary and the industry alone that makes it impossible to be a life coach just because you love to help people? The life coach certification costs the same as if you were getting a college education. What is a life coach? It is a person that observes your daily activities to determine if you are making healthy decisions towards attaining happiness? I am not sure anymore. The actual meaning behind life coaching has turned very commercial. The real life coaches are amazing individuals that care for the quality of life of an individual and their happiness. The industry is saturated with very professional looking and acting people creating a brand for themselves to make a shitload of money. AS for their compassion for people that is in question.
How can a 24 year old straight out of college give me the knowledge and guidance of my life? Why would I let my life be mentored by someone that does not know a thing about suffering and can appreciate happiness at its essence? How will that young person so naïve and wide-eyed give me the guidance I need to attain my focus. I am sure they have been taught amazing techniques. I am sure their $80k education is formidable.
The life coach jobs are hard to come by if you do not have a certification. I am a happiness mentor. I did not set out to become one. It was given to me by many people that have come to me through the years for help. Even when I am at my lowest they come to me. I love people and I do not want people to feel the loneliness and anxiety I have felt because I thought no one wanted to listen to me as a friend and help me just because without any agenda. I truly only have a handful of people I can call a true friend because they will put their asses on the line for me and be there at any time.
My true friends I do not speak with everyday…once a month if I am lucky…and yet when we get together we are like yesterday. A good life coach should be like that…someone that feels like they know you inside out and can feel your honesty and love you and mentor you even though you are dishonest. But I guess in the life coach world that is unacceptable. That is not ethical to be so close to a client because it might cross that conflict of interest line. But compassion is not a part of the schooling either. Keep your distance, make a judgement and guide the client. Look…I really don’t know what goes on these people’s heads. All I know the life coaches that I know personally are amazing people to me and I love the few of them that I have the privilege to know and they give me some amazing perspectives on life and how to help people. They chose a very admirable profession. They give me their opinion of how to operate. I respect that. I don’t agree with them but I respect them and they are honest. They are full of shit but at least they are brave enough to tell me like it is.
I have had many relationships with people from all vocational works. I have had family members from all vocations. They all have something in common and began their journey for the same reason. To help People. That is in our nature. So if you want to become a wellness coach, or a life coach, or become a priest, minister or anything to help people…..do it because you are passionate about helping people not passionate about going into a lucrative industry and you will be paid nicely if you have a good game…. Don’t commercialize and whore out on the unhappiness and desperation of people we have enough of those in religion.
I Love You. Remember….Jesus loved everyone unconditionally…. He was an amazing life coach and he did it for free…. (technically)