Greetings!

I’m back after missing a week due to an eye infection during which I couldn’t wear my contact lenses and couldn’t see well enough to go on the computer!

The subject is “curiosity” and I’m writing about this from two different aspects — 1) Curiosity about the way you subjectively experience living with PKD and 2) curiosity about this blog, me, and my coaching services.

As I went through the symptomatic stage of my PKD, I, being of a highly analytical nature, was constantly curious as to the way I perceived my disease. In other words, there were two levels that I experienced my disease — 1) the actual physiological symptoms and the emotional feelings stemming from feeling sick all the time, and 2) curiosity and “commentary” about the symptoms I was experiencing. “Wow! The cramps were really tough that time!” “Wow! My urine was really bloody this time! Eewww!!”

No doubt you have experienced this “two-level” perception of your symptoms.

The point I wish to bring out is when you are curious about your disease, you are, at least for a few moments, looking at the disease and not actually experiencing it. In NLP this is called taking a meta-position. When you’re in the meta-position, you are, again, momentarily, disassociated from the direct experience of the symptoms. It’s almost like you are observing your own symptoms. This is good. It tends to help you separate your sense of you from the sense of your disease. In this way, you won’t think that you are your disease. You are not.

The second aspect of  “curiosity” I want to discuss is the lack of curiosity about what I can do for you as a Life Coach. I have written this blog for eight months and, quite honestly, have received very nice feedback, and have answered some questions that readers have asked, but no one has ever inquired about my coaching services.

I am curious as to why you are not curious about how I might guide you along your PKD Odyssey in such a way as to experience the highest quality of life possible for you!

Can you please help me to help you by letting me know why you are not curious about my coaching services?

My intent was to share my experiences to help smooth your PKD Odyssey. I also have been attempting to demonstrate that I care about you!

Perhaps I haven’t been hitting the mark.

info@innergameofpkd.com is my e-mail address.

I’m curious to know what you think!

Peace and Blessings!

Coach Richie Perl

Certified Professional Coach

Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming