About – Ric Werner

MY STORY

I must begin by saying that I was very lucky to grow up in a middle-class family with food on the table and a roof over my head. I realize most of the world is not so lucky, but I have chosen to live my life in gratitude, regardless of the challenges I faced.

Early on, aside from having a normal, clumsy life as a kid, with lots of friends, I struggled immensely in school due to undiagnosed and untreated severe learning disabilities and later severe clinical depression.

Doing so poorly in school due to my conditions led to massive limiting beliefs that cemented themselves onto my soul. The pervasive feeling that I had growing up into adulthood, was that I was damaged goods. There was also no shortage of people, including some teachers, that would tell me that I was a failure, that I would succeed in life. Unfortunately, at that vulnerable time, I believed them.

To make matters worse, my own mother verbally abused me and I lived in such fear of her that I felt I was always walking on glass to avoid making her angry.

My father? Well, he was completely uninvolved and was generally disinterested in my development.

This inability to learn like a normal child and a raging depression would persist, untreated, beyond high school, well into college, where somehow, miraculously, I graduated!

Throughout my 20’s and into my 30’s, I struggled with employment, working in a variety of uninspiring jobs that I was not really passionate about. Self-actualization can be defined as the process of becoming “everything you are capable of becoming.” When you are on autopilot like I was, you are as far as you can get from self-actualization.

I also struggled with the little voice in my head, constantly making up fictitious stories about all kinds of things, while being excessively preoccupied with the damage from my past and the painful uncertainty of my future.

“I felt like my boat was floating in the open ocean, with no engine, sail or rudder, just drifting wherever the wind and the currents took me.” This was no way to live!

It wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s, when one cold winter evening in Colorado, I was dragged into a yoga teacher training & mindfulness seminar by one of my employees, who believed that my true path was a life of mindfulness, a life focused on helping others!

I remember that sobering moment at the yoga studio, drenched in sweat, in a roomful of amazing people, when I felt something profound had just taken place within me!

It was like a bolt of lightning igniting a candle in the darkness of my life!

Soon I was a on my journey to become a yoga and mindfulness teacher! As a yoga and mindfulness teacher, I also spent many years studying Buddhism, while also living in the present moment consequently, I went on to hold senior leadership roles in the tech sector and Fortune 500 sectors, leading marketing and sales teams to great success, while also aiming to help the communities I lived in! But I wasn’t done.

I then became a certified life coach at the prestigious Coaching Institute in the United States. The owners, Mark, and Magali Peysha, having played a key role in developing the Strategic Intervention (SI) coaching system, also co-developed by Tony Robbins and Chloe Madanes, were true mentors to me! Leading to the establishment of a new life coaching practice that blended the best coaching methodologies with the wisdom and advisory support that comes from mindful living!

It is no surprise that some of the greatest coaches came from a life littered with failures and very tough circumstances. they struggled in life, overcame great odds and underwent dramatic personal transformation to become who they are today.
those who can rise from their own ashes are in the best
position to help others improve their own lives!

I currently live in Warsaw, Poland, where I own and operate two companies, including this coaching venture as well as a tech industry consultancy, all under the umbrella of a parent company that I created for this purpose: Manifest Ventures, Sp. z.o.o

I also have a meaningful presence in Kyiv, Ukraine and spend time working there.

In my spare time, I am also a Hollywood screenwriter and have written 3 full-length feature films, although none have been produced yet. Someday I hope to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay!

Stay tuned for my upcoming book!

Mind Storm

My lifelong struggle to master my mind and live the life I dreamed of.

Existing clients will get a free, signed copy!

It will also be available for sale in December 2024, on Amazon and other book seller sites.

My Thanks..

I want to thank the people who have inspired me over many years, including Magali and Mark Peysha, Tony Robbins, David Goggins, Jack Canfield, Eckhart Tolle and others who led me to pursue coaching as a career and dedicate my life to be in the service of others who desire to fulfill their dreams and live their best life!