ABOUT JOEY DONOVAN GUIDO
Joey’s road to becoming a teacher of presence life coach and a facilitator of mindfulness-based programs began with his own self-care journey, when he nearly died from a condition called Crohn’s disease in 1998.
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Since then, he has been practicing mindfulness, meditation, and is a long-time student on the subjects of self-care, neuroplasticity, trauma, psychology, spirituality, goals, and relationships.
He also holds a Becoming a Teacher of Presence certificate from The School of Awakening (Eckhart Tolle), and has studied Native American spirituality, Buddhism, and the teachings of Ram Dass.
These studies have drastically improved the quality of Joey’s life and overall health, making it possible for him to manage his Crohn’s disease without the use of medication.
In 2017, Joey’s desire to dig deeper into these practices increased when his wife became sick with a severe case of fibromyalgia. In a very short time, work and home life were turned upside down, and the importance of self-care once again became increasingly clear.
As anxiety, fear, worry and exhaustion began to engulf him, Joey was experiencing high levels of stress, burnout — and was beginning to fall apart taking care of everyone except for himself. In a defining moment (which he talks about in his programs), Joey realized that self-care is not selfish — it’s a necessity in order to maintain one’s mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health — and effectively serve others.
Through these experiences, it became crystal clear to Joey that he needed to support others who were struggling with things like anxiety, stress, burnout, caregiving and illness. This lead him to become a certified teacher of presence life coach, and create the GUTS, and Power of Presence, programs.
BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL HISTORY, WHO IS THIS GUY?
Joey is the dad of two awesome boys, and happily married since 1997. He’s a big fan of Eckhart Tolle, Ram Dass, Zig Ziglar, Dieter Rams, Kenya Hara, mindfulness, meditation, essentialism, Field Notes notebooks, Blackwing pencils, vinyl records, family time, geeky tech stuff — and coffee!
As mentioned earlier, in 1998, Joey suffered from a condition called Crohn’s disease that nearly killed him. It turned out to be one of the greatest gifts of his life because it was a tremendous wake-up call that set him on a course of transformation, self-discovery — and sparked his interest to help others with life coaching and GUTS programs.
Note: Although Joey’s kids are now teenagers, and both nearly 6 feet tall, he loves these coffee pics too much to update them …
