Something exciting

I turned 49 on Saturday and made an important decision I’ve been putting off for far too long.

Starting in April, I’ll be training to be a Jungian coach.

Writing that feels quite good, by the way. For years, I’ve had this nagging sense that I need to do this for myself, for my gods, and also for you. I get emails very often from readers and direct questions in my everyday life asking me for advice, often about spiritual matters but just as often about moments of directionless. The questions are very often some variant of “how do I decide what next?” and I’ve been both humbled and sometimes perplexed by the fact that so many come to me with this question.

I’ve also gotten to benefit from several people in my life who have been the ones I go to for my own questions. Two of them were life coaches working in different modalities (one more general, the other spiritual), and the more I’d receive these questions, the more I thought about their profound influence and tried to pass along what they had taught me.

Getting official training to become a coach, then, is an obvious next step. I’ve found quite a good training program, one that teaches through the Jungian framework. And true to anything related to Jung in my life, it was a synchronicity that led me to finding that program.

As I said, writing this feels really good, like surrendering to something you didn’t really want to struggle against but found yourself doing so anyway. In fact, this has been gnawing at my soul for years, and now I’m finally going to do.

I’ll still keep writing, of course, and publishing. If anything, this will probably make both those things better. And when the training and certification is completed in autumn, I’ll begin offering this in an official capacity.

I’m sure the many of you who have been reading me for years are probably as happy I’m doing this as I am, and I’d like especially to thank those of you who’ve taught me that this is something you see and value in me.

The costs of the program aren’t prohibitive, but if you’d like to contribute financially to the training costs, the absolute best way to do this is by by supporting my writing as a paid subscriber if you are not already. That way, you get something already.

If you’re already a paid subscriber and want to help in some other way, buying my books or upgrading your paid subscription to a founding member tier (which gets you digital editions of my books, too) is also a great way to help. Or if you have other ways you want to pursue, you can email me at rhyd (at) sulbooks.com.

I’m deeply grateful to all of you who, over the many years, have told me how what I’ve written has helped you see the world differently and added meaning to your life. I’m looking forward to offering you even more.

Much love,

—Rhyd