A to Be Coaching™ with Cameron Lee Downie
Approach/Mission
Turn "Fight or flight" into "Rest and digest"!
In the age of AI, automation and geopolitical uncertainty we are facing growing challenges in many aspects of our lives. We can, however, take advantage of the most transformative tools created and used by the titans of living in greater abundance. Helping others change fear, anxiety and limitation into confident action, grounded agency and authentic joy has been my passion for over three decades. I've tested and used various methods to improve countless lives. This is my mission-based practice.
During the early years of neuroscience most approaches for treatment have asked subjects to recall trauma and connect to it while "exploring" feelings. This is obviously painful and often further solidifies those events into one's neurology.
As the study of the mind, body, spirit connection has matured several understandings have developed into structured practices. Change does not require a prolonged exposure to a past experience in order to alter the "problem". We now know that any stimulus which used to induce a problem state, such as a phobia, can become the trigger for a desirable one.
A true solution is more permanent than the problem used to be. These frameworks for shifting beliefs and internal processes are the master keys. Let's unlock greatness! It's our time to shift into the life described by our most cherished gurus and innovators... together.
We can do anything anyone else can do! Flexibility, abundance and resilience are foundational for security, confidence and joy. Together we are growing into a community that cocreates a nurturing experience to be shared. It's truly my honor to be at your service!
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About Cameron
In 1974 I was born in a Philadelphia suburb to a mother who taught dance and a father who worked in the skilled trades.
This beginning offered many gifts and plenty of challenges (limiting beliefs). In a dance studio I began learning how to "model excellence" while learning to walk! This included mirroring, visualization, repetition, balance, public performance, simple hard work, grit, perseverance and much more. I gained the awareness of how critical it is to have a master's coaching to achieve great goals. In high school I earned a full scholarship at Harrid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, a "dream come true" achievement! There, at the age of 16, I realized that a career in ballet would become a future I wouldn't want to sustain or endure.
That "shattered dream" left me in an empty and often depressed state. It took several years of self-examination, random exploration, alcohol and drug use, homelessness and turbulence to figure out that I was not meant to be just a dancer. I'm not a poet, a carpenter, waiter, gardener, or the name I was given. I became, simply, someone who dances, writes poetry, builds, serves, tends gardens, and am capable of embracing whatever else I want to experience!
The major "magical" turning point in my trajectory happened in 1998 while working for New Life Youth and Family Services counseling troubled teens. My supervisor gave me the complete 40 hour long “Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner Training" recordings along with the accompanying manual. I was forever altered through the patterns and strategies of NLP, for which I remain deeply grateful. I studied them obsessively! The rapid changes I experienced became generative, effecting many areas of my life. Once the "programs" were properly installed they grew throughout my entire belief systems. To this day, with little to no conscious effort, I employ these strategies, patterns and approaches. I still get excited experiencing the apparent permanence and obvious effectiveness of these tools.
While working at New Life I graduated at the top of my class at East West School of Massage Therapy. I received expert training and certifications in reflexology, aromatherapy, kinesiology, and several other healing modalities including Reiki. In many respects I had been set free from the “matrix” of generational programming. Throughout the next chapters of my life story, I'll continue to write my own tale. This is where my grand adventure has now... led to you!
In my early 20s I jumped
empty-handed into the void by exploring America with little more than a backpack, my skills, and a few hundred bucks. While developing "street smarts" and resourcefulness I took many odd
jobs, found shelter with strangers (that became family) in unfamiliar places I turned into sanctuaries. Now, wherever I go is where I call home.
Learning to craft a life anywhere, starting with little more than skills and abilities, is very empowering! At the very least it's confidence building. It's also an affirmation about how exceptional, difficult, unique, and dramatically underestimated we humans are. Becoming certified in multiple disciplines over the years combined with the wisdom cultivated through paying dues (literally and figuratively) I have come to understand this: The only honest way to offer guidance to another is by traversing adversity, overcoming challenges, and coming out on the other side with a map, highlighting various optional "pathways through".
My gratitude for the exceptional elders who invested their time and interest in me (expecting a return) is beyond measure. It is my sublime duty to give back. I coach the future "masters of living an enriched life" so that they will make, and also share, their way.
These days I'm simply ecstatic to “ride the river of life” with my multi-talented and beautiful wife Michele. We are continually weaving our gifts into one colorful tapestry. Together, we navigate the challenges and embrace the joys of this world and it's shifting terrain as it becomes more or less intelligent, unpredictable, and digitized. Our home is intentionally arranged and humble. Complete with art and music (much of which we create), family photos, mementos, and gardens, it is truly an inviting sanctuary for friends and family to relax and share the shaping of future memories.
I intend for my life to be what it is… And I’m here to manifest more, like a wizard with the power of a long-lost word.
Services
I primarily help professionals by cocreating less stressful, more diverse, flexible, resilient and grounded lives. Together we pinpoint struggles and concerns as well as refine highest values and desires. We use proven processes to achieve rapid, lasting, and generative change. We set specific benchmarks to measure progress and accountability throughout our sessions. Whether you're worried about the effects of AI, automation, unstable geopolitics, and a rapidly changing world, or hope to create more opportunities to "touch grass" and pursue passions, that's where I am a priceless partner.
Most clients start out with one of three issues; They need a change but not sure what that could be, they know what needs to be different but having difficulty making it happen, or are simply wanting to experience a greater depth of authenticity and connection with themselves… It's my calling to help!
My greatest successes are with individuals who have a desire to shift anxiety and over specialization to experience more confidence, peace and fulfillment in their daily lives. I help outline what's needed to successfully change professions, to nurture a more cooperative and peaceful home life, and coach clients worldwide who want to transform obstacles into opportunities (both internally and externally). Together we collapse the space between where you are now and where you wish to be.
The most impacted clients have an awareness of how rapidly the world is changing, they often need to heal a wounded past, and they desire to discover deeper gratitude, greater pleasure, and sustainable resilience. The systems we use foster the ability to continually grow into the greatest versions of ourselves while engaging the infinite bounty available in every moment.
For over 30 years I've personally and professionally used cutting-edge techniques, NLP, and evolving understandings such as neuroplasticity to produce powerful and generative life changes. The resulting transformations deep within my clients impact not only their future potential but also elevate anyone within their sphere of influence. That's how, together, we make our world a better place to simply BE.
I offer "a la carte" sessions and several different transformation-based packages! Schedule a quick call for free or shoot me an email for detailed options.
What Clients Are Saying
Helping Me Be the Best Version of Me
"Cameron meets you where you are and provides you with tools you can use many times each day. He continues to help me be the best version of myself and helps me meet my goals." - Anita L.
Daily Life & Everything In Between
"Cameron and I crossed paths at the right time. While I still am and will always be some sort of work in progress, I have been applying his methods to my daily life; ups, downs and everything in between. Any person from any walk of life could benefit from adding his techniques to their tool box of life." - Carlos B.
Cameron is a Craftsman
"Cameron has served as my coach, role model and sounding board on many occasions. I've known Cameron in various capacities including community activist, volunteer, urban farm and garden designer and advisor. He's an extremely capable, compassionate and intelligent practitioner I have come to admire!" - Amy B.