Today we’d like to introduce you to DD Lerner.
Hi DD, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Once upon a time, I thought I was broken, misfit and not right for this world. I was miserable, unhealthy and unhappy and set out find a way To Heal The Pain. Like every heroic journey, mine was fraught with pitfalls, tests and challenges that changed me. I Learned that nothing from the outside can fix, help, heal, solve, or change what needs to come from the inside, but we can not do it alone.
When I needed to understand, a Teacher was provided. When I needed to realize and practice what I’d learned, my world became a classroom. I embraced every opportunity to see and know my self, choose who I wanted to be, and made it so. I Learned that even when there is no choice, we always have a choice. We can choose to be different. We can choose to stay the same. We can choose not to choose which is also a choice. But Staying the same Feeds The Pain. Once upon a time, I set out to find a way to Heal The Pain. What I found is Love.
In honor of and with profound gratitude and respect for all that has been provided, I now endeavor to teach others what I’ve learned: Honor and Respect The Self and All Others At All Times. Heal The Self First. Choose Love. Nothing else works.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Smooth? No. Sisyphean Donkey-Carrot. When I began, I was the fool pushing the rock up the mountain and the donkey chasing but never getting the carrot. I did not know I was pushing the wrong rock and chasing the wrong carrot attached to the wrong cart on the wrong road. I kept failing but did not understand the nature of my failures. I was in pain and suffering without purpose, meaning or reason. I needed reasons. I needed purpose. I needed meaning.
Like everything we humans do, healing is a process with a learning curve. We get out what we put in. With every success it gets easier. We heal in spirals, revisiting the same issues, repeating the same Lessons until we’ve learned what we needed to learn. That can be very challenging, but think of the benefits.
Once something is healed, The Lesson is Learned, we need not repeat it. Our failures become our strengths. Knowledge becomes Wisdom. We wake up one day and realize we like the self. We like who we’ve chosen to become. The struggle is simply the mountain we climbed and the road we traveled to arrive.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
We teach Radical Self-Love: Intentional, Choiceful, Purposeful Self-Healing that results in Confidence, Authenticity and Unshakable Self Esteem.
Handbook for Humans – A Codex for Feeling Good, Healing and Learning To Be Love – initiates and supports wellness through Self Awareness, Truth and Choice. We teach you how to understand, resolve and silence forever 1. The Judgments, Beliefs and Stories that are the source of self doubt (The List of Things That Are Wrong With Me That No One Can Ever Know About) and 2. The thoughts and emotions that reinforce that self-doubt (The Voice In My Head That Says I’m Not Good Enough.)
When Healing, Radical Self-Love and Self-Respect are your goals, Handbook for Humans is your manual. Silver Sage is your Cheerleader, Fan Club, Truth-sayer and Guide. Any human who wants To Learn, to begin or expand upon their spiritual experience – seeing, knowing and healing the self by Learning To Be Love – is welcome. We provide a comprehensive online independent study program with personal assistance available by appointment. We offer several budget-conscious options including online independent study, and assisted solo, partner and group learning. Please visit Our Program page to view our full range of products, services and prices. https://silversagespiritualcounseling.com/our-program
Our mission is to help end the pain and suffering we bring upon the self and thereby, end the pain and suffering we put upon one another. To that end, Choose Peace. Be Love. Overflow. Start Now.
What was your favorite childhood memory?
Sunday mornings while the adults were still asleep, my little brother and I donned our superhero capes and saved the world.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://silversagespiritualcounseling.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silversagespiritualcounseling/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Silversagespiritualcounseling/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddlerner/
Image Credits
All images are public domain and/or original works by DDLerner dba SilverSageSpiritualCounseling.com
