Transformational Teachings from Counselor Jane Ilene Cohen

“…Career is an old concept and old paradigm. It’s a particular kind of old business model, in which you have to fit into a certain structure that someone or some group has set up…”

“If I puncture someone’s defense system, then the real material starts coming out. That’s what happened last time with Jocelyn. It happened previously with Janet. And it’s happening with Aaron. The person relates, hiding behind by his defense system, thinking that he is protected from the painful, limiting decision against himself underneath it.”

(Aaron is saying that his life is a life of service to others, and that he feels it’s just outside of his reach right now.) “I think there’s a disconnect in you about what real service is. The way it seems you’re approaching it can’t really be of service, because you’re still avoiding who you are, and masking the vulnerability underneath. You have to be coming from where and who you are in order to give anyone anything. If when you’re helping other people, you’re not being vulnerable yourself, then you are hiding behind the act of helping them.”