We recently had the chance to connect with Rosemary Hurwitz and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Rosemary, thank you so much for joining us today. We’re thrilled to learn more about your journey, values and what you are currently working on. Let’s start with an ice breaker: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
Something I feel happy/proud about:
I received a feature from MSN in Top 10 Visionary Coaches Who Are Helping Others Transform. Link here : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/top-10-visionary-coaches-helping-others-reach-their-full-
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I do enneagram teaching and coaching for deepened self-awareness, emotional mental and spiritual health. The inner work you do with me is about your own healing and we all must heal on some level. It is about nurturing your important relationships specifically the one with yourself. I have been published in 12 inspirational anthologies and my enneagram book is a solo project. It is titled: Who You Are Meant to Be, The Enneagram Effect.
I’m scheduled to teach at a nearby college in the Chicago suburbs. And I coach online and in person.
My work is deeply aligned with my purpose. And comes from a deep place within me. I had a severe clinical depression as a college freshman after leaving a nursing program.
It was a foundational experience which
led me to mid life career change from HR to ennea -based coaching and spiritual direction work.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
I- like all children, saw light and magic and wanted to immerse myself in the light- the oneness and the magic space of it all. I did my best to hang onto it. Being the youngest of 6 kids, my siblings, both didn’t want me to tag along,- and – because I was close to it, wanted me to be close to them.
Time went on as and as most children do, I lost -for many years-most of the safe, spiritual and deeply satisfying sense of immersing myself in the light and oneness as i directed my energy to “grow up.” I ended up in a world with many “shoulds”, “oughts” and what is “right” -not all of them unhelpful but there would come a time when I emptied my metaphorical backpack some of my parent’s teachers, and societal norms.
Parenting comes with no manual and we as children receive the evolved state of the parents we choose. I believe we choose them for a reason and if we are deeply committed to self awareness we will know why. It is a journey for each of us. Mine has taught me that all of us get our light covered up as we try to grow up. It needn’t be an wither/or but a both and, meaning we can both grow up and cultivate our light. As soon as I became truly aware that it would be up to me to reclaim the light within, I have cultivated it with all my might so I might share it, mirror it for each person I encounter. Most especially I cultivate the lost light within, the oneness I know we are all apart of, because while it isn’t always the message from the “grown up” world, it is the message from my inner guidance which I deeply trust.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
yes, I wanted to give up many times, but no time like I wanted to give up when I was a young adult. I had a clinical depression as a college freshman and went into a hospital to get better. Dr Bond was my therapist and like his name, he bonded me back to my higher self, the one that hears true guidance from within. As a college freshman I had left a nursing program at age 18 and feeling like a failure, I fell apart and got very sick. It had been building for a long time and was difficult breakdown to fruitful breakthrough ultimately! Clinical depression/anxiety reaction were the diagnosis. A few times -at least- throughout the process of therapy that first year, I wanted to give up, and yet i didn’t. My Therapist and I -together developed a strong core inside of me, and I am forever grateful. It was extremely difficult at times in the first year and even second year. I continued in therapy, working to strengthen my sense of self. 1.5 years after the depression began, while working in a job I liked, I decided to go to a university and study in a field I was meant to be involved in. Also, post college, finding the love of my life was key as was raising a family and being grateful for our extended family. It was all so important to the person I was becoming. I like to remember this difficult time as a college freshman, (and when I was going through it I would never have known that;) but it was in many ways the foundation for the work I would be called to do in mid-life as an Enneagram based Coach, teacher and inspirational author.
Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My faith in a Divine Power which we all can share in.
My sense of self in relationship to oneness around us.
My marriage and my children, animal companions, my extended family and my close friends and community
My work in the enneagram and intuitive coaching and inspirational personal/spiritual development writing field.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. When do you feel most at peace?
I feel most at peace when I am present -not when I am splintering out trying to accomplish to much.
I feel most peace when I create the balance within that calls in the balance in my outside world.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.spiritdrivenliving.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/enneagram_empowerment
- Linkedin: https://Linkedin.com/rosemaryhurwitz
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosemaryhurwitz
- Facebook: Facebook.com/rosemaryhurwitz Facebook.com/enneagramcollaborativeglobal
- Youtube: https://Youtube.com/rosemaryhurwitz
Image Credits
only credit is in the spiritdrivenliving photo of me
Ellie Gudeth
so if you or someone you know deserves recognition please let us know here.
