David brings his years of training and facilitation to a new and powerful space in the Shadow Healing and Integration work. He has an acute ability to be present with and respond to the needs of the clients and students and give immediate, clear and powerful feedback. Shadow Healing and Integration work is so valuable in this point in time, and the skills, integrity and heart with which David approaches this work make him an excellent teacher.
Archives: Testimonials
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A Better Place for All
David is a joy to watch when he facilitates. His focus, awareness, compassion, and insights are inspirational. His willingness to share these gifts and nurture others (as facilitators or as clients) with his love can’t help but make this world a better place for all. You owe it to yourself and the other people in your life to take advantage of what he offers.
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Deep Transformative Work
After attending David’s SHIFT training, I now have not only a clear understanding of what these processes are, but also first-hand experience facilitating others using these processes. The workshop packed a ton of information into a very short time frame, but I wasn’t overwhelmed by it, thanks to David’s skill as a teacher, along with a great mix of theory, examples and practice sessions. The practice sessions were much more than canned exercises. Instead they were real sessions—workshop attendees doing deep transformative work facilitated by other attendees, always under David’s watchful eye. It’s clear to me that this is the only way to really learn this material and David’s workshop provided a unique opportunity to do just that.
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Trusting and Following My Intuition
At David’s SHIFT training I received the gift of trusting and following my intuition; the options are clearer and I can listen to suggestions from my inner voice with confidence. Since then I have had two powerful experiences where I couldn’t have as effectively helped the person without that trust in myself. Had it not been for the SHIFT training, I might not have received such a strong proof that I have an inner voice that is worth listening to. And now I have learned that when I do listen to that voice, the results can be very rewarding!
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Power, Love and Passion
David’s SHIFT training allowed me to take my facilitation of shadow processes to the next level, and I have already incorporated elements into my work with clients.
David broke the processes down into easy-to-follow steps, and coupled this with clear explanation of the theory behind them. This supported me stepping through my fear of “not getting it right” and entering the practice sessions with more confidence.
David’s power, love and passion shone through the entire weekend, making it a safe and exciting container in which to learn about myself as well as about process facilitation. -
An Excellent Educator
I loved David’s Shadow Healing and Integration Facilitation Training Workshop.
I received so much. I learned the foundation and basics of shadow healing and integration processes and how to facilitate them. I gained confidence to facilitate. I had several opportunities to do work myself and facilitate others with David’s excellent mentoring. My work was especially powerful and healing for me. The training was magical.
David is an excellent educator; his knowledge, wisdom and loving guidance are top notch. I highly recommend this training for anyone interested in shadow healing and integration, whether s/he wants to improve facilitation skills, or heal & grow, or even is just curious what this is about. I came away with greater facilitation skills and confidence and, as if by magic, greater self understanding and acceptance. -
Intuitive Facilitative Nature
I was at a point in my life where all that I knew and was doing for my personal growth work was not getting me to the point that I wanted to be—I felt stuck. In being introduced to and in talking with David McLeod, I received a glimmer of hope from the way he stood empowered in his body. I was deeply touched by David’s intuitive facilitative nature. He was connected to me and allowed me to go where I needed to take my growth work. He was able to safely and smoothly guide me through my processes to discover the nuggets of gold that were deep inside me all along. As I know personal growth is a lifetime process, I am grateful to the gifts that David helped me discover from within myself. I am continually amazed at how simple, yet deep, the work is that David does. Through working with David, I have learned to recognize my own shadows, and they no longer run my life. It is through this awareness that I am ever closer to my goal—an empowered authentic individual!
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Lovingly Challenging
The greatest gift I have received from my association with David has been “Authenticity”. David strives relentlessly to be authentic himself, and does his best to see the authentic person in everyone else. He lovingly pushes people to get in touch with their true feelings and share their experiences as their own truths. He is also a strong believer of owning one’s judgments responsibly. Working with David, I have been able to work steadily through my fears. David has encouraged me to take more responsibility and move away from co-dependent behavior, including blaming and shaming others. His quest for authenticity inspires me and pushes me in my quest for genuine connection in all my relationships.
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A Homing Beacon
David has helped me in a number of ways, but what I really appreciate is being able to step through my fears in order to gain more confidence at presenting myself with clarity and authenticity so that I can express my needs and wants in a more direct manner. This has been transformative for me because I have found myself encouraged and empowered by David to integrate these new behaviors into all aspects of my life; as a result, the world now seems much less hostile to me and I am no longer stuck in negative patterns. David is like a homing beacon that guides me to the authentic part of myself, and his caring and willingness to express his own vulnerability creates a space in which I feel safe enough to do whatever I need to do in order to grow. I have learned a lot from David, but the one thing that is most valuable to me is knowing that I am okay no matter what happens.
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Pure Magic
When David supports, facilitates, and mentors people, there is a “no nonsense” business about it. It’s incredible being facilitated by him and watching him with other people because he very casually asks the difficult questions that lead to realization. The knowledge that comes into the individual’s eyes (and even my own) is amazing as they come to their own conclusion about what’s going on for them. It is pure magic. David is a very knowledgeable and powerful facilitator and mentor.