Chris had all the outer trappings of the “successful guy.”  He had a lucrative law job, a top-flight legal education, an expensive car and living space, and the respect of his family, friends and colleagues.  But on the inside, things weren’t going quite as smoothly.  He carried around a lot of stress and anxiety, both in and outside his work, and a nagging feeling that he lacked a sense of mission.

With the simple goal of relaxing and getting a good night’s sleep once in a while, Chris started exploring spiritual practices like meditation, yoga, and qi gong.  Almost immediately, he found some relief from these practices—he became able to easily let go of the tensions of his work when he got home.

Inner Work Affects Outer Work

But more importantly, after a few months, he started noticing something else:  the way he was experiencing his work was changing.  In situations at his job that used to be stressful and anxiety-provoking, he found himself centered and calm.  He started getting more done in less time, feeling less distracted, and even finding joy in mundane aspects of his work.  In short, he began experiencing what he now calls “inner productivity.”

After a few years of keeping up his yoga and meditation practices, he began noticing something else that was interesting.  In the beginning, he’d thought of his spiritual practices as things he needed to do at home on his own time.  After all, he couldn’t exactly get down on the floor of his office with his yoga mat and run through a few poses whenever he needed to de-stress.

In fact, as Chris began to see, there actually were forms of movement, breathing and visualization he could use in real time, as he sat at his desk.  With these techniques, he realized, he didn’t have to wait to access the state of “flow” his practices helped him enter, or to feel more inspired in his work.

Chris’s Work Today

One morning, Chris woke up and recognized he had a gift to offer the world.  He could help others find the peace and focus in their work that he’d discovered, and help create a world with less stress and more joy, by teaching people how to adapt spiritual practices into their work.  With this goal in mind, he completed a year-long training in coaching and course leading, and left the law to become an author, speaker and personal coach. 

Today, Chris has never felt more motivated and fulfilled, and has brought his message about finding productivity and career satisfaction from within to clients and readers around the world.

Chris’s articles have appeared in, among other publications, Balance, Balanced Living, EdgeLife, LivingNow, Mystic Pop, New Age Journal, New Renaissance, Self-Improvement, WellBeing and Wisdom.  Chris has also appeared on many radio shows and podcasts, including The Cranky Middle Manager Show, Inside Personal Growth, Love by Intuition, Expert Advice for the Workplace, Seeing Beyond, StrategyDriven, and What We Need to Know.

Chris explains all of this in a video from one of his recent workshops:

You can find out more about Chris’s coaching and writing elsewhere on this site.