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Alex Guillien
Alex Guillien

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Mar 10, 2019

Bipolar 2 and Me: My Secret

(The following is an email I sent to a friend.) Things are much better since we’ve last connected. I found out I have bipolar 2 or manic depression. I’m on a low dosage of medication and I don’t have extreme lows and extreme highs anymore. I realized this after a friend I live with corroborated my cyclical behavior. This was in June. At that time and during most…

Mental Health

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Bipolar 2 and Me: My Secret
Bipolar 2 and Me: My Secret
Mental Health

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May 2, 2018

How To Be A Better Public Speaker

I remember being terrified of speaking. When people rate greatest fears, public speaking is often at the top even before death. It doesn’t make sense. But a lot of life doesn’t always make sense. The principle I live by is: Competence + Confidence = Freedom With competence (skills) we gain confidence (although we may have healthy doubts and fears) and this…

Public Speaking

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How To Be A Better Public Speaker
How To Be A Better Public Speaker
Public Speaking

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Apr 30, 2018

Hero’s Journey: I’m Home

I just wanted to help others. To play a part in reducing suffering. To be a symbol of positivity. To be a beacon of right action. To lead the way. Getting to the root of the trauma through RPR and complete openness and surrender to the individual has been life-changing. This experience of exchange is the most real thing in my life. Nobody could deny the power in those moments…

Life Lessons

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Hero’s Journey: I’m Home
Hero’s Journey: I’m Home
Life Lessons

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Apr 29, 2018

Get Out Of The Way

To get out of the way is to “surrender to life.” It is to hop on the train as a passenger rather than being the conductor. Here, we can watch the majestic landscape as the conductor takes on an enjoyable trip. If we were trying to tell the conductor where…

Self Improvement

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Get Out Of The Way
Get Out Of The Way
Self Improvement

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Apr 28, 2018

Why I Coach: Depression, Suicide, and Crossing the Threshold

I was recently told life needed to teach me the lessons of being knocked down (depression/contemplation suicide too many times to count) from being full of myself and of pride. The depression years seemed to be onset by lack of discipline. At least in hindsight, it appears clear. I had…

Life Lessons

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Why I Coach: Depression, Suicide, and Crossing the Threshold
Why I Coach: Depression, Suicide, and Crossing the Threshold
Life Lessons

6 min read


Apr 27, 2018

What You Do Is Who You Are

Teetering between chaos and order is an act of a fluid individual. A brave warrior will put one foot in chaos and one in order, walking down the middle. Routine gives us a security in the realm of Order. Discipline carves out a solid haven we can always call back…

Life Lessons

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What You Do Is Who You Are
What You Do Is Who You Are
Life Lessons

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Apr 26, 2018

Principles over Methods

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” ― Harrington Emerson Principle of Questions: By asking questions to the unconscious and detaching from an answer, we allow it to solve the problem. By “trying” to answer the question and get an immediate gratification we often fail.

Mental Health

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Principles over Methods
Principles over Methods
Mental Health

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Apr 24, 2018

Shedding Parasites

Human Experience Parasites: -Relationships -Job -Family -Body -Habits -Smoking -Drugs -Addiction -Social Media over-consumption -Negative attitudes -Complaining -Excuses -Blaming Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites. It reaches a point where further growth is not possible. When this occurs a new layer forms underneath…

Poetry

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Shedding Parasites
Shedding Parasites
Poetry

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Apr 22, 2018

The Root Of All Your Problems

If I were re-designing the school’s curriculum I would include the following: -Proper breathing mechanics (nasal, belly, breath holds, alternative methods, etc) -Proper walking mechanics (glute drive, big toe, etc) -Reflexive Performance Reset Wake Up Drills (teachers as practitioners and students doing wake up drills daily) -Midday Mindfulness What would…

Depression

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The Root Of All Your Problems
The Root Of All Your Problems
Depression

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Apr 16, 2018

Angst Of The Task

I can remember a time when the angst of a task overtook me. It consumed me. It derailed me. It sent me into a feedback loop of overthinking leading to depressive states. Climbing out of it, I would discipline myself for months at a time. Then again, the loop reared…

Life

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Angst Of The Task
Angst Of The Task
Life

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Alex Guillien

Alex Guillien

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Coach, CSCS, RPR Level 2

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