Founder of the Sedona Intensive Albert Gaulden – Comes to Ottawa
By Emily Taylor-King t’s not every day that I have the right combination of trust, faith, hope and grounded-ness to blindly follow the whims of the universe to where it wants me to go, but every once in a while I really manage to get it right. Meeting Albert Gaulden was one of those times. At the end of 2008 I had achieved several long-term goals – I was about to graduate from Carleton’s Conflict Resolution program; I had finally finished an intensive reiki master training program; and I was about to move in with my long time sweetheart. Usually I don’t linger long enough by far on the satisfaction of a job well done, but for whatever reason, I decided that with all these things soon behind me, it was time to give myself a present. The best present I could think of was a trip to Sedona, Arizona and through a series of lucky (or perhaps fateful) events, I soon found myself on a plane to Sedona with a group of amazing women. Around the same time I happened to be reading Albert Gaulden’s book “You’re Not Who You Think You Are: A Breakthrough Guide to Discovering the Authentic You.” I had never heard of Albert before reading that book. I had ordered it from the library by chance and it came in with a dozen others that same week. But as soon as I’d read the first few pages I thought “I like this guy.” Albert writes the way he talks. You can almost hear his Alabama-born southern drawl right in the text. And he tells it like it is. He’s a no-nonsense guy, and talks openly about his own struggles, about being 30+ years sober, and about the dangers of living a life of illusion, and self-delusion. Founder of the Sedona Intensive program (sedonaintensive. com), he uses trans-personal psychology, astrology and good old intuition to help people transform and transcend the unhealthy patterns and addictions that hold them back, whatever form they may take. He has helped literally thousands of people to move past their blockages and into their full potential.
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“This would be an interesting person to meet” I thought to myself, and turned to the author’s bio to see where he lived. Go figure. Sedona, Arizona. “Okay, universe, I hear you.” So I made an appointment, paid the fee, and paid Albert an hour-long visit. Albert could see things about me that even my closest friends couldn’t. We got along famously, and when I listen to the CD in retrospect I hear now how he foresaw many things with his unique blend of psychology, astrology and intuition – that my husband I would get married (check!), that we would move to a house we would not search for, it would find us (check!), that we would move in the fall (check!). But more than that, Albert simply saw the highest and the best in me, and was a master at helping me to see it too. He often says “I already think more highly of you than you do, because I know what you’re truly capable of.” So when I heard that Albert was coming to Toronto this past May, I was probably the first to sign up. And once we’d had our happy reunion I said, “Albert, you have to come to Ottawa!” And so he is – on October 21st he will deliver a lecture called “The Handwriting on the Wall: What do the Stars Have in Store for 2012?”, and on October 22nd he will lead a workshop based on his book “You’re Not Who You Think You Are.” He will also be available for private consultation on the 23rd and 24th. In anticipation, we’ve been choosing venues, designing, printing and hanging posters. Amid all this activity, I stopped to ask myself – why? Why help bring Albert to Ottawa? I’ve already discovered him, and can easily talk to him again myself. Why is it important to me to have him come here? And the answer is simple. Albert has a unique gift. He can see and bring out the best in people; help them to transcend through the difficult and into the divine. And to help bring him to others, to help him in helping others, is an act of service that I can be truly proud of. So give it some thought; if you’re ready to make a change for the better, if you’re not sure where to start, and if you’re wanting someone to help you do it, Albert Gaulden may just be the man for the job.