Working with us will enlighten your understanding of who you are as a person.
You are most likely already on a path of self-discovery and personal growth.
The Discovery phase of the Harmony Model will help you increase your level of personal awareness and understanding of yourself.
We utilize three assessment tools that draw from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Enneagram Type Indicator, and the CliftonStrengths Assessment. Doing so gives us insight into your temperament and core strengths.
The three assessment tools give us a nice profile of your temperament and core strengths. Each provides unique insights into the blueprint that is you. We find that the crossover between these three tools gives even more insight into your makeup and how you present to the world.
Uncovering Your Core Self
For example, take someone who’s an INFJ on the Myers-Briggs, a Type 2 (Helper/Healer) on the Enneagram, and has the CliftonStrengths of input, learner, empathy and developer.
This person is introverted and needs downtime to refuel their battery. They’re powerfully perceptive and insightful, and teaming that with their undying thirst for knowledge, they are often great problem-solvers, teachers, leaders, advisors, and mentors.
They often notice details that others miss, and are quite creative in developing solutions or interventions. They take great joy in helping others develop their potential. These folks are naturally curious, interested, and good listeners.
Being around someone like this will make you feel like they really “get” you.
Decoding adjustments & adaptations
We believe that we are all born our perfectly authentic selves.
And then life happens to us, the programming begins, and we adapt in whatever way needed to meet our needs for safety, love, acceptance, and belonging.
We erect facades and build skills around them in order to survive.
In the process of doing this, we hide away vital aspects of ourselves that would be too risky to express when we’re younger and more vulnerable. For example, Dave is a highly sensitive person at his core, but he was born in a small, rural farming community.
As you might imagine, he learned at a young age that he needed to hide away his sensitivity in order to survive, fit in and be accepted among other males.
There may be core qualities you possess that you’re aware of, while others are deeply hidden away. Starting the Discovery process with us is like an archeological excavation. Just like in an excavation project, there is a need to mark the appropriate territory and begin to dig with the hope of making awesome discoveries.
We dig carefully, so as not to harm what is buried. And once a precious artifact is uncovered, the true beauty of it is often masked by years of soot and negligence.
With careful and deliberate cleaning, we restore each artifact to its original beauty.
We also look at history as a way to inform. We’re sure you’ve been in at least a few interesting conversations about nature vs. nurture.
We believe that both are in play in powerful ways from birth and going forward from childhood to adulthood.
Preparing for a meaningful future
Discovery is an ongoing process, as hidden aspects of yourself will continue surfacing as we work together over time.
As we wrap up the official process of assessment in the Discovery phase, you will feel understood, maybe in ways that have never happened for you before. You may come away with what many have described as a blessing, one where they have felt deeply valued and validated.
For many, this first step is a healing one.
But this is only the beginning of your fantastic journey.
NEXT PHASE:
Attunement
In the Attunement Phase, we take all these collected pieces about you and begin the process of mapping out the most exciting future chapters of your life. In Attunement, you’ll measure and weigh your core values with a sense of meaning and purpose for your future life.