As I was surfing (a term I don’t love by the way. Can’t someone come up with a more descriptive term? Maybe ”mining for value,” “Seeking for Truth,” “Prospecting for Positivity.” Something that indicates the true nature of what seeking on the Internet truly is rather than such a passive couch potato image. Wow! That got off topic) I found a link link to a wonderful site called Best Wellness Consultant on a comment form someone with the moniker Mother Earth. I followed the link and found the site of Karen Hanrahan, a nutritional consultant who was celebrating 13 years of business success!
I was so impressed with the flow of her writing that I posted a comment to her site telling her how absolutely blown away by her work I was and humbly (I hope) asking her if she spare the time to drop by Elemental Truths and give me her perspective on how I could enhance my value as a behavior consultant.
She graciously accepted my request and provided me with some invaluable feedback. One of her observations was candid enough to point out the elephant standing in the middle of my room.
1. HOW CAN I EXPECT TO GROW MY SERVICES AS A BEHAVIORAL CONSULTANT IF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHAT A BEHAVIORAL CONSULTANT IS???!!!!
2. ISN’T ELEMENTAL TRUTHS PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT THINGS I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST?
3. WHY DON’T I NOTE THE SOURCES FOR MY DATA?
Aaaaaarghhh…………the light……it burnnnnss!
She abosolutely nailed me dead to rights.
1. I cannot expand my services beyond my present level if it isn’t clear what a behavioral consultant does and how I can help others.
A behavior consultant works with teachers, parents, school systems, businesses and private clients to provide insight into the nature of human behaviors. Why we may struggle with situations that require us to process information and emotion in ways that are not comfortable for us, and the mal-adaptive behaviors that may develop as a result. The issues around the negativity that can develop when we seek to meet our needs for inclusion, affection and control in inappropriate ways. A behavioral consultant is neither a psychologist nor a minister but may capitalize on the strength of both of these in aiding a client.
2. Elemental Truths, at first blush to the new visitor does look like it is about my personal interests rather than a service tool.
Because of my failure to adequately introduce each topic in relation to how it is incorporated into behavior motivation, assessment and adjustment many of my articles seem disconnect and without a central theme. This is an editing issue I plan to begin to address right away, in fact with this very article.
3. Because I’ve gotten lazy in linking to research sources it doesn’t look like I have data to support everything I write about.
This is yet another short-falling that is whole due to my egocentric assumption that everyone who happens upon this site has followed it long enough to see how everything is interconnected (or should be). This is also an issue I plan to begin addressing right away with appropriate citation and links.
Karen Hanrahan has done me a great service in her frank, yet perfectly cordial input. I am placing her site among those I read daily and strongly urge you to do the same.
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