Wow. 🤯
That’s about all I can say about this episode!
I connected with Dan Kimball through the Heroic community.
He’s a Tuscon, AZ-based counselor and coach that helps his clients commit to actions that improve your life while realizing and accepting what is out of your personal control. Learn more about him at his website, Path4Change.com
He has 20 years of experience helping others through several disciplines and evidenced-based techniques, such as Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Motivational Interviewing and Positive Psychology.
It was an honor to have a conversation with him.
As I do with most guests on the podcast, I framed the conversation with the three C’s of Communication (with ourself, others, and life itself) Community (the virtues and values that bring and hold us together) and how the stronger those are, the stronger our Company (the business we’re building or the company we keep).
COMMUNICATION
We kicked it off with a Power Acronym 4-stage coaching model that Dan created called ARIA, which he walks us through.
Awareness and Acceptance,
Resilience and Resistance
Inspiration and Intention
Action and Accountability
He’s infused it with deep wisdom and practical application I think you’ll find incredibly helpful on your quest.
He also exemplified one of his signature Via Character strengths (creativity) through his work as an artist and showed the impressive box he created that beautifully showcases the ARIA model, the 24 Character strengths, his experience using Power Animals through his understanding of shamanism, and more.
Watch the video of our conversation on YouTube here.
He also gave me (and you) access to the Optitron, which is essentially the digital, online, interactive version of the art he created.
+ It's got a cyberpunk style! 😎
Learn more about the Optitron here,
and access the Optitron here!
Like I said… 🤯
COMMUNITY
Then we discussed the Village Question, the question I ask every guest on the show, which lead us to a discussion about pursuing Purpose and how you can discover your own.
THAT brought us to another question:
How do you know when you’re taking the virtuous path, rather than the vicious one, when on the pursuit of your purpose?
His answer (as they all were ) was enlightening.
COMPANY
We wrapped our conversation by talking about how he got involved with Heroic, how it’s impacted each of our lives, and why we stay engaged with the community and use the app each day.
Dan is just one of the many incredible people in the Heroic community.
If you’re interested in checking out Heroic, try it for free here.
You can learn more about the Heroic Coach program here.
Here's the link to Dan's website, YouTube and LinkedIn. His email is dan@path4change.com.
And as always, if you’d like any support on your quest to live on purpose, it would be an honor to speak with you as well!
Feel free to email me at aaron@strongmy.com.
Have a wonderful week!
Aaron
Strong Com Conversation w/ Dan Kimball, MPC, LPC & Heroic Coach