testimonial

Recent life changes had left me lacking a clear path forward in my life. I had ideas of where I wanted to go but was having a hard time identifying how to take the next step. I now have a process and tool that helps me clear away undergrowth and continue forward. This is a result of my experience working with Javan to develop my Holistic Life Context.

I had a general idea of what to expect out of my work with Javan due to a three hour seminar he led during the Permaculture Voices II conference in 2015. I found his application of Holistic Management to the personal side of life revolutionary. What I did not foresee was how difficult it would be to develop my personal keyline plow needed to break through my A horizon which was compacted hardpan.

Post a session with Javan
“I realize I haven’t done enough work on learning how I work and it’s been a detriment to my community and myself. I feel like I’m digging through my own soil A horizon and it’s f*cking hard work. Probably some of the hardest work I’ve done. I spent a whole day working on this and my mind is blown. Using this work helped me to stay focused and I was able to say no easily to opportunities. It’s a great win to easily say no and check myself. I love doing this before the busy [land design] season. Feels like I’m getting jacked for making decisions. Thanks again. I’m on the ridge ongoing towards the high point. These hours with you are f*cking awesome.”

While this was the toughest work I have ever done in my life, it was invaluable. I unearthed the importance of balancing self-care with care for others and our natural systems by using a process that helped me identify what I need in life to thrive.

This is just the beginning of a life-long process which will grow with me. I now have a tangible tool that helps me decide whether opportunities which present themselves align with what I want out of life socially, ecologically and financially. We all have well-built tools we rely on for regenerative land management, but do you have a well-built tool for self-management?

Javan provides an immeasurably useful service; he helps find value. We found and prioritized value through dealing with Javan. The context allowed us to determine what was the most important to us. Javan strengthened our resolve to focus on those facets of our life and business through his ability to cut through the noise to discover what drives us. He brings with him a wealth of information and assortment of techniques, centred in holistic management, on how to achieve direction in your context. We found our time with Javan to be a catalyst on our way to achieving, or attempting to achieve, our goals. His incredible value comes in us finding our value. It helps that he is a wonderful being who we loved working with. Thank you Javan!

After working with Javan, I have learned more about myself then I knew before. He made me look at myself, the things around me and the people in my life, asking hard questions and digging up answers from deep inside, reflecting on thoughts, feelings and memories from past and present. It meant a hard look at the future. At times I was confused but after his phone calls and reflection, he helped me reach clarity and realise that I could build a better life not only for myself but those close to me, whether family or just those involved in my life.

Using my work with Javan I was able to quickly make a decision that saved me $22,000 in tractor costs and repairs. This work made a real difference on the farm.

It is with great thanks that I say these things as Javan helped me more then he thinks he did. For anyone looking to work with him I whole-heartedly say GO for it! It was and is well worth the time and effort.

Let’s say, you have gotten a beautiful blank canvas, and you are working away on your painting, you are working and adding all sorts of colour and texture because you know how to paint and you know exactly what you want it to be.

All of the sudden, you take a step back and you realize you have lost the plot, you have added so much stuff it is hard to tell what the initial inspiration was and it looks like a mess, no-one including yourself knows what you are trying to achieve anymore.

Javan, for us, was the voice from the back of the room, the teacher that gives you the honest truth about what he sees and hears and gives you the tools to peel off the layers of unnecessary elements that have confused the whole picture.

Working with Javan gave us a framework to make decisions with ease, confidence and clarity. We feel like we are in a safe place and the beautiful thing about it is that you can always paint a new painting!!! It makes it fun. We can keep on going back into the structure we created with Javan to make it as precise and unique as we choose. Many Thanks Javan!!!

Hey Javan, I’ve rediscovered Permaculture Voices and I’ve been on a podcast marathon, and just listened to your 3rd and 4th editions. Also watched your recent video… I want to express my enormous gratitude for the value you bring into this world, and continue to bring into my life. In particular your story about “taking two sunsets and calling in the morning”, as well as your story about the children and their recognition of regenerative activities and relationships (the activities/relationships that yield 2 units for every 1 input.) Profound insights resulting from applying this… You are a gift to this world Javan, thank you for your commitment to helping others uncover theirs. Take care Javan!

I’m feeling empowered and lighter – like 25 years of weight is gone. I didn’t think it could happen that quickly.

Thank you so much again, Javan. Your methods are gentle, firm and eerily effective. I can’t even put into words how happy and grateful I am that I met you. You’re a stellar teacher and I can’t wait to see where we go next.

This is amazing. It’s like a manual for our land and what to do for the next decade. Thank you. We both received clarity, insight and some very useful tools as a result of working with Javan. We both felt the Holistic Context work really helped us to get very clear about a lot of our farm vision. We would recommend it to anyone starting an agrarian project.

As a procrastinating visionary looking for a constructive kick in the butt, I couldn’t have chosen a better coach to work with than Javan. My intuition was right, he’s very perceptive and his insights were tremendously helpful.

The life design process Javan put together is far from just a formula. He meets you where you’re at then helps you take your vision to the next level. I worked through many blocks including limiting beliefs about money and addiction to education.

Javan’s presentation of holistic management is a great tool for helping me design the life I want but will also be a really helpful business tool.

I highly recommend working with Javan for any visionaries who are stuck in the abstract and need a boost to help them move into the concrete. Creating my holistic context has really helped me make confident decisions no matter how big they are.

I now have a thorough inventory of all the resources I have at my disposition and a powerful decision making tool.

Don’t sign up for this course if you’re looking for the easy way out. However if you want a clear picture picture of what you really want and are willing to work for it, then do it!

Thanks again for highlighting where I shine and where I get in my own way

Holy moly, this has been worth every second. I realize now how funny and arbitrary my decision-making has been — just having general ideas and thinking I can wing something.

This process forced me to really evaluate my decisions holistically and I found once I actually did the ground work (researching, calculating, re-doing my budget) the decisions I initially desired totally shifted.

It felt so good to have a compass and destination. I feel like things are easier to let go of and the things that have the most potent return are re-energizing! It was a lot of work but I don’t feel torn anymore… I feel like I actually know how to make a decision for the first time in my life!

Where was this when I was 20?!?!

Thanks for bringing me through this process, I feel so fantastic, like scaling a peak and being like, “Damn! the view is good up here!”

“My mind’s pretty blown right now”

These were the words I used at the end of the first session to describe the impact of working with Javan. In one hour long session we had cut to a root of my procrastination and found a limiting belief that had to do with one of my parents. I felt relieved after the work, with less stress and negative pressure on my mind… and that was just the first session.

Over the next 6 weeks we developed my Holistic Life Context and I was getting more accomplished, handling my life better and starting to see how my life was connected. To say I’m glad Javan is in the business he’s in, would be an understatement.

Towards the end of my work with him and developing my Holistic Life Context I felt more focused by asking myself the right questions. By using the methods and tools he trained me in my future is clear and I’ve let go of the many excuses that were holding me back.

If you have something holding you back in life, if you want to make better decisions, or create your own clear path and you’re willing to put in the work, Javan is going to help you see quick improvement. Working with Javan has been awesome and incredibly rewarding. It was money well spent for sure and I recommend him to anyone looking to see positive change in their life. Thanks again.