The Power of Projection
ately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of projection because, lately, I’ve been living the magic that occurs when one decides to take back and “reclaim” the qualities they have been projecting onto others.
I’m an Integrative Life Coach, certified by The Ford Institute in Breakthrough Shadow Coaching—a 10-week sequence during which I guide clients through a series of distinctions, one being, “Disowned Qualities and Projection”. Ultimately, the aim of the
work is about self-love and achieving emotional wholeness; the avenue to self-love (i.e. only when you can accept all parts of yourself can you feel complete and worthy). For my personal well-being and professional integrity, I strive to walk my talk by continuing to live the work. So, when recently, I identified “creativity” as a quality I long ago chopped off at the knees and have been projecting onto others most my life, like a proper pupil of Debbie Ford’s (the founder of The Ford Institute), I promptly went to work to reclaim it and BAM—on December 31, 2017, I awoke an artist. Not three months later, this St. Patrick’s Day, I displayed my work in a local art show.
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By Kris Batchelder