How and why I became a personal development blogger.

At times I get asked about how and why I became a personal development blogger.

In fact, I wrote this post a while ago as a guest post for another blog. The other blog owner not only failed to even respond to my email, but also did not send a guest post for my blog as arranged.

Simply speaking; the answer is twofold:

1) I messed up the first part of my life in a big way, in all kinds of areas. I was a mess psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. One of the principal reasons for this was extremely poor parenting by both my mother and father. Other reasons include, but are not limited to, having a hearing disability (deafness which I was not born with) that has often distorted my understanding of a variety of situations. Being an intuitive and sensitive individual tended also to intensify my difficulties.

While the above reasons, and some others, were fundamental causes of my problems and can be largely blamed for them, the responsibility to fix the mess was, and is, mine. And mine alone.

My problems were so severe that I came across multitudes of professionals such as counselors, psychologists and so on who were able to do little for me. In fact, due to my ability to read body language and intuitively read people, I knew that the majority of people who are trying to help me were unable to do so, and realized it themselves. Many of them covered up their shortcomings, which I suppose is understandable in a way.

I was determined to overcome problems and therefore had to be the captain of my own ship. Fortunately, I realized early on that I would need to have a key focus on truth and not on my own opinion or feelings.

Today, I’m a very happy person with great peace of mind. So much so that I tend to keep a lot of it covered up because my disposition would not be seen as normal; and in some respects could serve as a stumbling block to the people I’m trying to help. In other words, people might think that my level of joy and happiness is so extreme as to be unbelievable. And of course, to them it would be. Perhaps I should be more open about it. It is very real — that is sure.

2) During my journey to mental wholeness I developed a better character as a side effect. I now have feelings for other people which I never had previously. I now have a passion to help other people get free from mental suffering. Whether that suffering be minor, or extreme. Because I have been lost deep in the jungle, and fought my way out successfully; I know what works. I have experienced power. Whilst I have formally studied counselling, personal development and philosophy, none of this study or research can substitute for the real, raw experience.

Now that we are in the Internet and thus blogging age, I am, via the tool of my blog, able to communicate with, and help, a wider audience. That, my friends, is a simple answer to the question of how and why I became a personal development blogger.