Written by Andrew Low, Elite Coach and Coaches' Trainer
Andrew Low is a transformation coach, mentor, and trainer to thousands in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United States, and Asia. Using a unique blend of ancient wisdom and neuroscience, he helps his clients release the past to live a full, happy and abundant life.
Picture this. You hit the snooze button for the third time, the weight of another workday pressing down on you before your feet even touch the floor. Mornings used to hold promise, a fresh start to move forward on your goals. Now, they just blur into the same routine. By the time you're dressed and coffee is in hand, the stress from unfinished emails and looming deadlines swirls through your mind like an ominous cloud.
In the office, it's more of the same. Your inbox overflows, meetings stack one after another, and you’re always the one who stays late to clean up the mess others leave behind. People see you as the reliable one, the problem solver. You take pride in your reputation, but lately, it’s begun to feel less like a badge of honor and more like a weight you carry.
You’ve worn yourself out with long hours and skipped lunches because that’s just part of the deal, right? But then, as you sit in that last meeting of the day, staring blankly at PowerPoint slides, a small voice inside you whispers, "Is this really it?"
You think about how the friendships you once cherished have faded, how relationships feel like distant dreams you no longer have the energy for. Maybe it’s not the work itself. Maybe there’s something deeper, a block, something invisible but powerful, holding you back from the connection and fulfillment you secretly crave.
On your drive home, that quiet sense of emptiness settles in again. You park your car, step into your apartment, and the silence hits. You toss your bag onto the couch and collapse next to it, letting out a long sigh. The TV flickers in the background as you scroll through your phone, half-hoping for a text, half-knowing it won’t come. You want more, a life that feels like yours again.
As you sit in the quiet of your apartment, something stirs inside you. You think back to the self-help books you’ve read: Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Tony Robbins, Brené Brown. They sparked something in you once, a sense that change was possible, but the shift you were hoping for hasn’t materialized.
It’s as though you’ve been waiting for something to happen, but what if the real answer is to start living the transformation you seek?
Here’s the truth. You’ve been stuck in a cycle that keeps you in constant action mode, always doing, pushing, achieving, but never really arriving. You’re like a knight endlessly slaying dragons, stuck in a battle with no time to rest, reflect, or reconnect with what truly matters.
That relentless drive has helped you survive in the grind of the 9-to-5 world, but it’s not enough to help you thrive.
What you need is balance, the ability to harness both masculine and feminine energies, to take bold action while nurturing your inner self. And that’s exactly where Neurowisdom Coaching comes in.
Masculine and feminine energies
At the heart of neurowisdom coaching is the idea of balancing masculine and feminine energies. These energies are not gender-specific, but rather universal forces that exist within all of us, playing an essential role in our personal growth.
Masculine energy is the drive for action. It’s associated with qualities like focus, structure, and goal-setting. It’s the energy that drives us to project our ideas into the world, make decisions, and take bold, tangible steps. It’s about doing, leading, and building in the physical realm.
Feminine energy is the power of receptivity. It embodies intuition, creativity and emotional depth. It allows us to nurture, heal, and connect with our inner selves and others. Feminine energy emphasizes being, feeling, and receiving, encouraging us to connect with our emotions, cultivate creativity, and listen to intuition.
The harmony of breathing and flowing
Everything begins with something as simple as breathing. With every inhale, your body expands, receiving oxygen, nurturing your cells, this is feminine energy at work, the energy of receiving and nurturing.
And with every exhale, you release what no longer serves you, and this is masculine energy, the energy of taking action, pushing forward, and letting go.
In this small, automatic act lies the secret to balance: giving and receiving, doing and being.
Without the feminine energy of inhaling and the masculine energy of exhaling, we simply cannot survive. Our very breath depends on the harmony of both forces.
But in the busyness of life, this natural rhythm often becomes skewed. Perhaps you’ve been locked in the exhale for years, always pushing, achieving, and driving forward.
Or maybe you've lingered too long in the inhale, immersed in introspection, reflection, procrastination, and hiding from what needs to be faced – without exhaling and transforming your inner passions into tangible action.
Slaying dragons
Picture yourself as a modern-day knight. Every day, you strap on your armor, your fortitude, your email, your presentations, your meetings. You ride into battle, slaying the metaphorical dragons of deadlines, projects, and demands. You’ve been in this mode for so long that you’ve forgotten what it feels like to take off the armor, to return to the castle, to be at peace. The knight archetype represents the action-oriented, goal-driven part of you. And while this part has served you well in your career, it’s beginning to wear you down.
Enter the creative nurturer, the part of you that longs for rest, reflection, and connection. The creative nurturer knows how to listen to your intuition, how to heal old wounds, and how to create space for joy and inspiration. But if you’ve spent too much time in the knight’s armor, the nurturer may have been neglected, and now it’s time to bring this back.
Nurturing souls
These archetypes live inside you, and through Neurowisdom Coaching, you learn to honor both. You can be the knight who takes bold action, slays dragons, and conquers challenges, and you can be the creative nurturer who pauses, reflects, and heals.
It’s about knowing when to charge forward and when to sit by the fire and rest. When these energies work together, you’re not just surviving the grind, you’re thriving.
Neurowisdom Coaching is about restoring this balance, helping you find the rhythm that allows both energies to flow naturally in your life.
Breaking free from the 9-to-5: The neurowisdom escape plan
In the 1980s, action coaching took the world by storm. It was all about setting goals, building discipline, and pushing forward. But this relentless focus on achievement often led to burnout and a sense of emptiness, and people were climbing the ladder of success, only to find it leaning against the wrong wall.
Can you see how this is an example of masculinity skewed too far, where the drive to achieve ends up pushing us too hard, leaving little room for fulfillment or balance?
In the mid-1990s, a shift occurred. Inner work coaching emerged, focusing on emotions, healing, and spirituality. People began exploring their inner selves, connecting with their intuition, and healing past traumas.
But many got stuck in the “woo-woo” trap, detaching from the practical realities of life, like money and career, and losing their grounding in the process. There was a belief in some spiritual circles that pursuing material success was somehow “un-spiritual.” Money was seen as a distraction from higher pursuits, and the desire for financial security was often viewed negatively.
This mindset may have helped some people break free from materialism, but it left many others struggling in the real world, unable to create abundance or build a stable foundation.
Finances matter. We live in a world where money supports our lives, our freedom, and our ability to make a difference. Ignoring this fact doesn’t lead to enlightenment, and it often leads to frustration and scarcity.
Can you see how this is an example of femininity skewed too far, where a focus on healing and inner growth causes us to overlook the practical needs of life, like finances and stability?
Neurowisdom coaching: Real and sustainable change
We must harness the masculine energy of goal-setting and achievement while balancing it with the feminine energy of reflection, intuition, and emotional healing. This integrated approach allows you to break free from the 9-to-5 grind, not by escaping it, but by transforming yourself from within and creating a life of purpose and fulfillment.
This principle is vital for personal and professional transformation. We see a powerful reflection of this in the very essence of life itself. The biological process of creation, where the egg and sperm come together, beautifully illustrates the synergy of masculine and feminine energies.
The egg, representing feminine energy, contains potential and a nurturing environment for life, but it cannot create on its own. It needs the sperm, representing masculine energy, which provides the drive, direction, and initiating force. When the sperm fertilizes the egg, creation happens, whether it’s the creation of a child, a business, or your best life.
Balancing feminine receptivity and masculine action brings dreams and ideas to fruition. Without both energies working together, we are left with unmanifested potential or unsustainable achievement. True creation happens when both energies are aligned.
Imagine waking up each morning with clarity and purpose, knowing that your actions align with your deepest values. You’re no longer just going through the motions, endlessly pushing forward. Instead, you’re taking meaningful steps guided by both inner wisdom and outer action.
Neurowisdom coaching: Inner child healing and archetypal work
Neurowisdom coaching goes beyond traditional mindfulness practices like meditation, breathwork and visualization. While these techniques are certainly part of the approach, neurowisdom coaching is grounded upon the therapeutic benefits of inner child healing, the process of resolving past emotional wounds from childhood, and archetypal work, which taps into universal symbols and timeless wisdom to facilitate deep change.
This approach allows clients to heal and evolve their inner child, addressing unhealed mental, emotional and spiritual wounds, supported by the embodiment of archetypal ideals such as the Knight and the Creative Nurturer.
When clients are facing significant challenges, neurowisdom coaching draws upon the Knight archetype. By embodying the Knight’s qualities of courage, determination, and resilience, clients learn to approach obstacles as part of their personal quest. The Knight also teaches them the importance of balancing action with rest and reflection, ensuring they are fully prepared for each phase of their journey.
For those seeking emotional healing and creativity, they can connect with the Creative Nurturer archetype. This archetype encourages self-compassion, emotional intelligence, and the nurturing of creative potential. By working with the Creative Nurturer, clients learn to create space for emotional healing and develop the confidence to birth new ideas into the world.
One of the unique aspects of neurowisdom coaching is its focus on inner child healing complemented by archetypal integration. For example, a client might work on healing childhood feelings of inadequacy or abandonment through inner child work and then integrate the Knight’s courage and the Creative Nurturer’s compassion to help the inner child mature into an empowered, confident self.
By healing the past and embodying these powerful archetypal energies, clients step into their ideal, authentic, and sustainable selves to create lasting transformation.
Transform yourself and transform others as a neurowisdom coach
Now imagine something more!
Not only do you break free from the 9-to-5 grind, but you also help others do the same. Becoming a Neurowisdom Coach allows you to guide others through their own journeys of balance, growth, and transformation.
And the best part? You don’t have to quit your job right away. You can build your coaching business one step at a time, on your own terms. With each client, you help them find the balance between action and inner work, between slaying their own dragons and nurturing their own souls.
As your coaching practice grows, you realize this is what you’ve been searching for all along a way to transform not just your life but the lives of others.
Slay the 9-to-5, nurture your dreams, reclaim your freedom
The 9-to-5 rat race doesn’t have to define your life. You can break free from the corporate grind and create a life that feels aligned, purposeful, and fulfilling. With Neurowisdom Coaching, you’ll harness both masculine and feminine energies, taking bold action while also healing and nurturing your soul. This is your path to freedom, one that not only transforms you but empowers you to transform others as well.
Why wait any longer? Take the first step today!
Ready to step into the balance and create your best life, one dragon at a time? Click below to learn more about Neurowisdom Coaching and discover how you can start your journey of slaying dragons, nurturing souls, and living in alignment with your deepest purpose.
Andrew Low, Elite Coach and Coaches' Trainer
Andrew Low is a transformation coach, mentor, and trainer to thousands in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United States, and Asia. Using a unique blend of ancient wisdom and neuroscience, he helps his clients release the past to live a full, happy and abundant life. Having toiled and struggled in a corporate job of 16+ hour workdays, working nights and weekends, Andrew fell asleep behind the wheel and totalled his car. He knew then that things had to change. He's been on a journey since and now, his coaching school trains an ever-growing ripple of internationally qualified and accredited transformation coaches. His message: You can make a great income doing what you love, and enjoy the process. You just need to learn the blueprint for achieving the trifecta of success, love and happiness.
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