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Ralf Giesen

Berlin, Germany
Mallorca, Spain
German, English, Spanish

"The Work stimulates our mind to move, so that our heart gets aligned with our mind."

The Work is unique for me and is the most effective "instrument" to reduce stress and to enjoy a peaceful, harmonious, and happy life. I discovered The Work in 2004 and step by step I started to receive the two biggest gifts of my life: unconditional love for what is and pure freedom to live the life I really want to!

Since having worked for Byron Katie in 2007, there has been a desire to support Katie spreading The Work with all my heart and strength. So I gave up my career as a trainer for communication skills (NLP) and opened a country house in Majorca, Spain, in May 2008 with my partner Chris (currently a candidate in the Facilitator Certification Program). We welcome everybody who wants to experience and live The Work: beginners who do not have any experience as well as anyone who wants to deepen their experience and coaches who would like to support others with The Work. We especially invite people who suffer from burnout and stress. During our residential coaching program in Majorca we accompany our participants in turning their world upside down constructively. There is no problem “out there”―and together we discover how to achieve and maintain the access to inner peace.

The requests of our participants and clients are diverse and complex―burnout, stress, familiar problems, fears, grief―and all have one thing in common: the desperate attempt to resist what is and to want reality, or what we assume as reality, to be different from what is. It is this resistance which removes our vitality and joy. It is deeply touching to accompany someone who investigates with courage and an open mind the sore points of life and the topics that haven´t been covered yet. By the time one’s own story becomes more friendly or when we start transforming our worst fears into the best thing that could ever happen to us, the chemistry of our tears begins to change: tears of grief shift to tears of gratitude and alleviation. Our country house in Majorca is an idyllic place, and we have created a completely safe and personal setting here―perfect conditions to surrender to yourself.

In our workshops, seminars, and residential coaching weeks we treat the following topics:

childhood and family
stress, burnout, personal crisis, excessive demands
profession, money, career, existential fears
partnership, sexuality, addictive relationships
separation, fear of commitment, loneliness
pressure to succeed, fear of failure, self-doubts, self-hatred
fear of saying no, self-perception, insecurity, shyness
seeking love, approval, and appreciation
grief, depression
health, age and aging, body, pain, death
addictions

If you want to experience The Work, please contact me. You will find dates of all workshops and seminars on the website below and we can also do The Work by telephone or Skype. It will be my pleasure to work with you.

Contact Information:
Email: ralf@ralfgiesen.de
Phone: +49 30 609 88 97 41 (for Berlin and Mallorca!)
Skype: ralfieb
Website: http://www.ralfgiesen.de