“You CAN recover from abuse. You CAN recover from failure. You CAN be lifted out of depression. You CAN restore your marriage. You CAN get control over your life or business. Let me help you learn how God can restore all things to you.”
Susan Gammage offers client centred life coaching inspired by the teachings of the Bahá'à Faith, over the phone, Skype or email, helping people apply the Bahá'à Writings to day-to-day life situations; enabling them to set personal and professional goals and make the changes needed to move forward. She works with those who are worried or depressed, and need of help with decisions about job, family, career, business, marriage and future.
In times of disappointment, stress and anxiety, which we must inevitably encounter, we should remember the sufferings of our departed Master.
Shoghi Effendi
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by Susan Gammage
“Remember My days during thy days, and My distress and banishment in this remote prison . . .” (Bahá’u’lláh)
When I was in the deepest despair, remembering traumatic events of my childhood, I came across this quote, which helped to lift me out of my “self”. I was feeling a lot of “poor me” [...]
I just watched this video, which lists 51 reasons to fast. Hope you find it as inspiring as I did.
51 Reasons to Fast
What are your thoughts? Post your comments here.
by Susan Gammage
“Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting”.
I love this quote! For years following my abuse, I was so resistant to looking inside. I’d lived through it once when I was a child, and again in therapy. I knew there was a lot more [...]
By Susan Gammage
“You should certainly safeguard your nerves and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation”.
Even though this quote was written over 100 years ago, how much more true is it today, when many of us are trying to do the job of 3 [...]
by Susan Gammage
“What they desperately need is to know how to live their lives - they need to know who they are, to what purpose they exist, and how they should act towards one another; and, once they know the answers to these questions they need to be helped to gradually apply these answers [...]
by Susan Gammage
We must not be content with simply following a certain course because we find our fathers pursued that course. It is the duty of everyone to investigate reality, and investigation of reality by another will not do for us.
In the movie “Fiddler on the Roof”, we hear clearly the longing for the security [...]
by Susan Gammage
If you seek immunity from the sway of the forces of the contingent world, hang the Most Great Name in your dwelling, wear the ring of the Most Great Name on your finger, place the picture of ‘Abdul-Bahá in your home and always recite the prayers that I have written; then you will [...]
by Susan Gammage
“Reliance on God is indeed the strongest and safest weapon”
Although this is a quote to inspire those who are trying to teach the Faith, it appeals to me, who often feels powerless in the face of abuse. There were so many times when I was totally powerless against my oppressors. They were bigger [...]
by Susan Gammage
“. . . let us turn our hearts away from the world of matter and live in the spiritual world! It alone can give us freedom!”
Let us live in the spiritual realm . . . who wouldn’t want that? No bills, unconditional love, rest, relaxation . . .
Is it possible to have [...]
By Susan Gammage
In our last blog posting, we talked about the Baha’i Teachings on Diet. I often share the following tablet with my life coaching clients as well.
Some rules for health, from a Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh.
O God! The Supreme Knower! The Ancient Tongue speaks that which will satisfy the wise in the absence of [...]
By Susan Gammage
In light of the upcoming holidays, which often lead to over-eating and thoughts of diets in the New Year, some of my life coaching clients have asked what the Baha’i Writings have to say about diet. I’ve put together the following compilation to respond to their questions.
Are there specific dietary laws in the [...]
By Susan Gammage
As a follow up to the last blog posting, raising questions posed by some of my Baha’i-inspired life coaching clients, I’ve put together the following Q and A.
What is Faith?
The first sign of faith is love. (Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 337)
By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the [...]