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FirmWind
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Number of ratings3 Number of reviews3 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceAug 10, 2024 Last activein last week GenderMale PathStep 185 People helped21 Chats140 Group support chats2 Listener group chats1 Forum posts29 Forum upvotes36
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I'm an active listener helping others to find a path forward. Open to difficult subjects. My experiences are listed in categories, marked with ⭐ stars.

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Empathetic, sincere, mindful, reassuring, involved, observant, comforting. Willing to identify and accommodate your preferences.


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Achieved personal success despite severe injury and long term disability. Traveler with broad experience and awareness of various cultures and lifestyles. Currently in university.


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Weekdays 12:00 - 17:00 EDT (NA) or 16:00 - 21:00 GMT (EU).

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The external side of Ikigai
IDG 7 Cups Community Hub / by FirmWind
Last post
 Thursday
...See more I spoke previously of ikigai and the path of living a fruitful life. Also, of the internal conversations we have with ourselves that help us navigate our way to goals as time progresses. Today I'd like to share my meditation on the interactions with others that shape our collective journeys. In terms found in the IDG framework, I focused on collaboration with respect to communication skills, trust, and co-creation skills. To start, achieving our goals means working with a community. Very little we do in large scale or long term involves just ourselves. So, to explore the potential for success, we try to find people who speak a common language that are aligned with our professional mission; often to share experiences. When it comes to communication, being supportive of others provides a good foundation for establishing trust and forms the basis of a common language. As a team effort, aligning ourselves with those on similar paths makes for healthy collaboration, and being supportive of each-other makes a strong foundation for continued success. Doing something once is often not enough to succeed, but repeated attempts at finding a solution often means a lot of adversity. It's about carrying through the hard parts, and I'm sure you can think of one person that has made a difference in your life by offering you support through a challenging time. The creation of a path to reach our goal often leads us to follow another's so long as it suits our mission, and doesn't contradict our way of being. So when we don't find a path that is entirely compatible, we often choose a hybrid path. In this we use our co-creation skills, adapting others experience and sharing our own to create a tailor-fit approach to our goal that other's can use in part or whole as well. In this way our goal becomes part of the a group's goal. I find these things especially true in the academic world and that of post-academic job searching. Often, the group already exists and it is simply a matter of joining and being a supporter.  Once we have determined what our goal is and how we feel about it, we move towards that goal while balancing our thoughts and feelings. Moving beyond ourselves, we find others to help us in achieving that goal. In providing compassionate, empathetic support to others on a similar journey we move forward together and gain insight and strength. As a team, we create custom paths suitable for ourselves and others. We build trust through strength raised by supporting each-other in the face of adversity. In the terms of Ikigai, we can take our passions, our missions, and develop them into successful professions as a community effort. Take a moment with me and reflect on the times someone has helped you get a job or offered you an opportunity, or even helped you find a partner. Or vice-versa, the times time you were able to help someone else get a job or find a partner. Does it seem to you that there is a natural, human force that tries to align people with their pursuits of happiness?
Conversations of the soul on ikigai
IDG 7 Cups Community Hub / by FirmWind
Last post
 September 6th
...See more I say the most difficult part of a relationship isn't getting to know each-other, its growing together. The person I was ten years ago is not the person I am today because as time goes by, we grow, and we change. So the journeys we have with others are limited, as are the journeys we have with ourselves.   As I get older, I realize that actioning professional plans for the future leads to an active conversation with one's self. A conversation that is ever shifting, like a continuous negotiation. Over time we adapt to new experiences and people, we integrate them into our being. So the future we had previously envisioned for ourselves for ends up changing like we are, but none-the-less we want it to align with our being as it is now, and not our self of the past. I hear the conversation during the day and night. My mind repeatedly asking, "What am I really good at?" While the soul often shouts back "What do I actually want?". We are urged to provide a service that the world needs yet provides us with enough fulfillment to satisfy both of these voices. It turns out the goal is ultimately the same, but over time the goalpost constantly moves as the conversation continues. We question our true intentions but we learn they are not static things.   The concept of ikigai is to find meaning through doing and being, and I believe it starts with how we interact with ourselves. A conversation needs to happen, and it needs to continue happening. Through this insight I've learned that ikigai has internal and external components; what we love and what our strengths are, those are internal. What the community is willing to do to support us in achieving our mission, that is the external. These components are inseparable.  So I ask two questions of you; - What do your inner conversations sound like? - What kind of work balances your strengths and passions?
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I had the pleasure of connecting with FirmWind and I cannot express how grateful I am for their kindness and patience✨🙏🏻. I shared my story, which spanned over three hours, and FirmWind listened attentively without any judgment🌼. They encouraged me to ‘throw all the darts’ and became my personal ‘dart board,’ 🎯🎯offering unwavering support. It felt like we covered the whole board twice🥹! FirmWind’s empathy, understanding, and calm demeanor helped me feel heard and validated in a way that I haven’t experienced before💙. If you’re looking for someone who can provide genuine emotional support, I highly recommend FirmWind!👏🏻💐🙏🏻✨🌼
An incredible listener who helped me understand myself a lot better and provided excellent support and companionship; has an amazing amount of commitment to truly helping me feel better and improve my life. Very grateful for his empathy and kind words!
Amazing and a great listener
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