Leaving the

Ghost Light Burning

Solo

An individual tour of one’s own theater of self

Illuminating Fallback in Embrace of the Fullness of You

In this highly personalized, intimate container, you will be accompanied as a solo act in coming to know your full ensemble and theater of self. You will identify your scenes of fallback, of grace, and the characters that show up on stage in each; invite these characters to reveal their origin stories; identify the roles in your life in which your characters have been cast; discover the story lines that have been written for you and that you have written for yourself; experiment with becoming the director of your own play; and make it known that all spirits of self are welcome here.

You will be guided through the Ghost Light framework while also practicing real time integration of your discoveries in the scenes of your life. Ghost Light Solo is part workshop, part coaching, and fully in service to the integration of the fullness of you.

The process unfolds and deepens over six, two-hour sessions. Together, we will set a schedule that works for your desired pace, to align most helpfully with the scenes of your life. In addition, you will have full access to Ghost Light Asynchronous course, the online, multi-modal learning platform replete with additional tools and exercises guided by leading thinkers and practitioners in the adult and leadership development fields.

Ghost Light Solo is for any human with a strong awareness of self who feel at the limits of their capacities for coming to the scenes of their lives in a way that aligns with their intentions and is ready to deepen their exploration and capacity for transformation

In addition, Ghost Light Solo is for those seeking

  • the intimacy and confidentiality of a one-to-one coaching relationship

  • the opportunity to go deep and broad in discovery of the characters of self both in the confines of the Ghost Light Theater and in practice on the stages of life

  • an opportunity to be deeply in the learning and practice offered by the Ghost Light framework in order to first explore their own fallback and also with an intention of bringing this work more broadly to the constituents they serve

  • flexibility in scheduling not provided through a group workshop

WHO IS GHOST LIGHT SOLO FOR?

In the Ghost Light Solo Illumination, you will find

  • A safe and playful space to explore the theater and characters of self

  • The capacity to own all parts of self, with self, and with others

  • Increased capacity to make what you have been subject to, object

  • Increased awareness of your own fallbacks and ability to integrate them to reflect, recover, and grow

  • Enhanced consciousness about old scripts that need updating

  • Recognition of the gifts in your full repertoire of characters

  • Tools for allowing more grace and fullness to emerge

  • Ability to notice, name and bring other characters into the dialogue – generously…in the moment

  • Leading with humanity, welcoming self and others more fully into greater wholeness and integration

  • Community, companionship, connection with others on this messy, beautiful human journey

  • A more complete and nuanced understanding of the theory and process of adult development in its journeys both forward and back

  • International Coaching Federation Continuing Coach Education credits (14 Core Competency & 22 Resource Development credits)

  • Invitation to join the community of Ghost Light Alumni at quarterly, live, virtual events as we continue the practice together

Reviews

  • I have been privileged to go through the Ghost Light Solo program, accompanied by Valerie, who is the wisest guide I could have hoped for. As a developmental researcher and practitioner myself, I have gone down many paths of self-exploration over the years, and with many teachers, but I have yet to find a more gifted guide than Valerie. Her depth of presence and compassion is unmatched. I found myself shedding light on aspects of self I had never consciously explored before and illuminated ways forward through some of the gnarliest dilemmas in my life in a way that felt both courageous and safe, profound and playful, deeply vulnerable and incredibly well-held. Valerie’s questions and insights go to the core, her depth of understanding of adult development informs her coaching, without overshadowing her capacity to be fully in the moment. And her intuition and ability to see beyond the surface is incredible! I have emerged from this experience with a renewed sense of clarity, balance and purpose and with both a deeper understanding of patterns playing out in my life and relationships, as well as tools and practical ways to shift those patterns in a constructive direction. I’ve loved the space this 6-session journey afforded me - to balance insight from our sessions with experiments in between sessions. I wholeheartedly recommend this experience to all those seeking a deeper understanding of self and feel ready for some real positive change in their lives.

    Dr. Alis Anagnostakis, Founder, Vertical Development Institute, Australia

  • Valerie has had a significant impact on my life’s work in a matter of months. I came across her research, tracked her down, had an incredible conversation with her, and signed up to go through training and coaching on her fallback theory and approach. Through the Ghost Light Solo accompaniment, I connected to the joy and aliveness that emerged from loving all parts of self; I was able to see the gifts in all of these characters and notice what's allowing more grace and fullness to emerge. Being alert to claiming roles and imagining from the broadest orientation vs. being typecasted and typecasting others were significant for me, too. Valerie’s unique contributions to developmental theory and leadership are truly illuminating; the theatre metaphor is wonderfully creative; it feels lighter and liberating to embrace the small selves -- to understand what they are protecting, and not let them run the show. Instead they are accompanied by the best parts of self.

    Dorothy Hutt, Co-Founder, Collaborative Leadership Institute

The cost for the Ghost Light Solo accompaniment is US$5,000 and is inclusive of the twelve hours of live one-to-one accompaniment in addition to all of the benefits listed above.
This program has been accredited by the International Coaching Federation for 14 Core Competency and 22 Resource Development credits.

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