Hi I am Royston, a Creativity and Transformation facilitator and coach.
Often when people ask me about my life, I say it was complicated and not easy. at least not in the normal sentence… There were so many challenges, changes and chaos.
I was born in a middle Eastern desert country, life was very different, without the opportunities and freedom that children in other places enjoyed. Like not having chances to play outdoors with other children, having to withstand extreme temperatures and cultural differences. It was also difficult, with mother being ill during childhood, and moving countries before turning ten.
The transition to Goa in India as a child, made me squirm…. Suddenly I was overwhelmed by so many new languages and customs. Then when I turned eighteen and had a depressive spell, I encountered a saving grace was a meditation practice that I learnt and practiced it daily for 25 years. I can say from my lived experience, meditation works.
Then fast forward a few decades I moved to Dubai, and had family together again. In 2003 I ordered a digital course by Jim Rohn called ‘Excelling in the New Millennium’, and that initiated a lot of change in my life. One of the first was to write 101 goals, which was a tough one, yet managed to complete. There is magic in writing down goals!
It was amazing to witness the change from that course, one of the goals that I wrote was to learn public speaking which terrified me before. Within two weeks of writing it down, a friend dropped in and asked me if I would like to learn public speaking….. as it was one of my goals, I had the clarity to say yes immediately and joined Toastmasters International.
A few weeks later, another opportunity came up, to freelance as a VIP host for the Dubai 2003, which was the World Bank and IMF international conference held in Dubai.
Never in my life would I have thought of being a part of such a big event, if not for the change in identity and perception with the Jim Rohn Course.
In 2007, I attended a residential training in a NLP practitioner course, with Dr Richard McHugh, which again was life changing.
2008 was the year that I moved to Australia with my family, and that was a big transition in my life, the fourth country I choose to live in. Few years later went to South Africa for six months to attend a Voice and Movement training and after returning to Australia, there were big changes in my life, with work and relationships.
2013 I travelled to USA to attend workshops with Dr Paul Scheele and coached under him for two years, and immersed myself in his work, which is still amazing and transforming. In the years between I completed the Quantum Touch Energy healing training.
In 2021 I was certified as a Core Transformation Coach, and that was a big milestone, for both, the learning journey and its effectiveness.
In my life I have faced challenges both situational and emotional. And after living in five countries and learning five languages, I attribute the inner work, creativity and having meaningful connections gave me strength to keep going and adapt. What were challenges in the past, were indeed what made me stronger and resilient.
Today my calling is to hep others find meaning, creativity, transformation and purpose in their lives, so they can bring gifts to the world that only they can.
If my story resonates, and you find it hard to bring your creativity and gifts to the world, get in touch, let’s have a chat to find ways to make the seemingly impossible, possible for you.