We recently connected with Kauri Mowll and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Kauri thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

The biggest risk that I have taken is the responsibility of telling the truth. Getting out of the addiction to lying was a task. I had been taught from childhood to lie so I wouldn’t get beat as a child. I was misinformed that this was the way to get out of trouble and trauma, but I was wrong. When I finally decided to be truthful, my risk was other people seeing me without my mask on and I have been driving for the truth since then.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am a Senior Project Manager, Certified Professional Life & Relationship Coach, Certified Master Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Practitioner, Motivational Speaker, Mental Health Expert, Men’s Mental Health Advocate, Author, Master Speaker Development Coach, Mentor, Corporate Consultant, and Wellness Facilitator.

I am a veteran of the United States Army.

I am the Founder of “The Grey Wall”, where we provide men, with safe spaces to examine their own wellness and open up about their mental health needs. Mental illness among men is a public health concern that begs attention. The Grey Wall is dedicated to improving social norms around mental health among men. The first step in addressing these issues is enhancing education surrounding men’s mental health and wellness. The Grey Wall was founded to provide extensive education and programs dedicated to men who are often overlooked in the space of mental health access programs.

My greatest passion is empowering others to live life on their terms, fulfill their potential, and embrace their greater purpose. I have a gift of facilitating change by helping my clients break their cycles of ineffective behavior, establishing rapport by communicating in a way that establishes trust, and providing clients with a proven method of converting their goals into measurable results. I teach many that recognizing and learning how to heighten their awareness and improve their understanding of emotions, when they are appropriate and how to change them when they are not leads to a more fulfilled life. I tend to tailor my speaking to meet the goals of audiences across the world.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

One of the biggest lessons that I had to learn in life, was to reprogram my bad behavior and program in good behavior. During my time in technology school, I learned a lot about the reprogramming of computers, as well as the various operating systems that functioned within computer systems. In dealing with computers, computers tend to slow down in their lifetime due to viruses. In comparison to my life, I was beginning to slow down. I had to unlearn bad behavior and the way I did this was to understand how to reprogram myself. Once I realized that computers have the ability to be reprogrammed in a way to which they are able to function in a different state, I also have the ability to reprogram my mind. In reprogramming my mind, I had to stop doing certain things, such as eating late at night, which causes weight gain. I was staying up late and not being productive the next day and I had to reprogram my mindset toward that as well. I was spending idle time watching movies and not doing anything to accomplish the goals I had set for myself. I knew I need to pursue things that allowed me to pursue my purpose in life and I was not doing these things. It is very important to be prepared for your purpose. I was giving my job and others extensive time and was not giving time to myself. Once I reprogrammed myself to gain knowledge during those idle times, I was able to be more functional and life became so much better for me. I had to start programming in healthy things for my life, such as waking up an hour earlier to make sure to work out and plan my day. I also programmed myself to clean up my emails before I got to work and realized that “he who owns their emails, controls their life”. I don’t have to worry about disciple, only self-control. I realized that programming all these things into my life, turned into discipline. I had to increase the knowledge and moral capability of my memory and stay consistent in it.

Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?

One of the biggest things that is the most helpful in succeeding outside of my knowledge base and training is self-control. When you arrive at the control of self, you have the ability to look at others with a teachable mindset, not just teaching them but you are teachable from them. You get to learn about your people and see the humanity that they have to live with through their families, their surroundings, and their environment. You get to know your people and learn more about them by simply just knowing yourself. When you truly are seeking out the knowledge of your team and how they operate, you are actually helping their families. You are not leaving your operation and going back saying “that you had a bad day” or “that people don’t care about me”. In putting that together, I have been able to have more of a solid mental structure with my teams, while having fun doing it. Self-control is a must. No matter what you know, you have the ability to use what you know to harm others. Any form of knowledge is power, but it can all be abused. Anything that I have been trained on and well versed in, I can exploit others with my training and knowledge, and abuse them through the power I have. In knowing myself and knowing how the cruel nature of humanity is, it makes it easier for me to see because I look at another person through a mirror instead of through judgment.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.kauriscorner.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kauris_corner_/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kauri-mowll-pmp-pmi-acp-itil-arrt-pcc-mbct-m-inst-lm-44171865
• Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/user/MrKauri12
• Other: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kauris_corner

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