S12e4: Alyssia Sheikh – Suddenly, Life Was in Full Color

About this episode

Alyssia Sheikh shares her transformative journey through the Hoffman Process and the importance of embracing the human experience.

“ I used to believe that I needed to transcend being human to be enough, and now I see that being human is the sacred experience . ” – Alyssia Sheikh Beloved Hoffman Process teacher and coach, Alyssia Sheikh, is our guest today. When she did the Process eight years ago, Alyssia’s sense of self, her sense of ‘me,’ changed dramatically from her time there. Out of this new sense of self, profound change and transformation came to both Alyssia and her post-Process life. Now, with a master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies, she is also a certified life coach, speaker, and trauma-sensitive meditation teacher. As Alyssia states, “Who I am today is really thanks to my Process experience.” On the first day of her Process , Alyssia entered brand new territory when she was handed the ‘Hoffman feelings list.’ Feelings weren’t a part of her childhood. She’d been “living, waiting to feel, and not knowing how to do it.” But now, immersed in awareness of this deeper part of herself, Alyssia sensed a “rich intelligence” new to her. Before her eyes, life went from grayscale to full color. She was shocked…

People in this episode

Guest: Alyssia Sheikh

Topics covered

• self-discovery
• mindfulness
• transformation
• shame
• human experience

Keywords

• Hoffman Process
• mindfulness
• self-awareness
• transformation
• shame
• human experience
• life coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hoffman Institute Foundation

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