It’s interesting, looking back, how the twists and turns in the road lead us to where we are today.
If I look at my own history: not at all academic at school, totally sport-focussed, and with a pre-final-exams exit unworthy of recognition, there’s little there to suggest anything notable might emerge later in life.
But once out of the self-perceived shackles of forced and formal education, a thirst for study on my terms slowly emerged.
Early corporate responsibilities that included supervising and training others way above my age, maturity and experience proved invaluable.
People and performance soon became areas I felt drawn to, and given my own international sporting achievements up to the age of twenty-one, together with spending time with other athletes of world-class and Olympic stature, meant opportunities to study the minds and hearts of achievers.
My discoveries translated as easily in the board room as they did in life and on the sports field, and soon - without really trying - I had established myself as a ‘positive life change consultant’.
To believe I could justifiably refer to myself in this way somewhat contradicted my rather limited ‘life’ experience; my results with others – and myself – were never-the-less a pleasant surprise.
Forward ten years, during which significant strides in the corporate and sporting arenas had encouraged me to continue in the more comfortably titled realm of ‘success and performance coaching’.
Then, disaster. My father’s cancer diagnosis threw the world my family and I had come to rely on as a predictable and reliable place to live and be and work and relate, into turmoil.
Overnight, my values and priorities changed, seeing me morph into a student of all things wellbeing-, healing- and medicinal-related in the hope I’d be able to contribute to helping my father regain his under-threat health. The outcome was an excruciatingly sad, profound and transformative one.
In my panic to do whatever I could, I embarked on a journey of study that not too many years later was to take me to where I find myself today, but not before further personal losses nudged, guided and inspired me to immerse myself in the subjects of energy psychology, mind-body medicine, human potential, the power of the mind, and metaphysics.
Mentors, coaches, gurus, guides, therapists, teachers, books, courses, seminars, programmes and life experience have all shaped the who in ‘Who I Am’ and the what in ‘What I Do’.
This site and all its contents will, hopefully, convey the breadth and depth of the services I offer. Of all the pages that say it best, it is the testimonials – the words of others rather than of me – that confirm the loss of my father was anything but in vain.
Should you choose to read more about my ‘Moativational Medicine’ you’ll understand just how pivotal his passing was… which is why it contains his -and by default my – surname.
I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to my evolution… worthy of mention are the persons (cleints) who have seen fit to invest their time and money in availing themselves of my services, for in doing so they have helped me refine my offerings for everyone who subsequently crosses my path.
I trust that the steady and necessary foundation my parents Christine and Barry gave me continues to be the bedrock on which more can be created.
This work is their legacy… Richard
“I’ve had the privilege of knowing Richard Moat for many years. He is one of the most sincere, talented and passionate individuals I have ever come across. His work is changing lives.” Dr Mark Atkinson, Medical Doctor & Founder of the Academy of Lifestyle Medicine.
You can contact me directly on either +64 (0)9 889 0642, or via email at richard@richardmoat.com