Tracy Wren was a successful life coach, teaching Law of Attraction and other new age methods to her clients. Tracy was a workaholic and ambitious life coach, who spent more time coaching rather than focusing upon her family. In this dramatic interview, Tracy describes why she quit her successful life coach practice to follow Jesus. Tracy now warns other Christians about the new age pitfalls of life coaching. She also helps Christians to understand that Law of Attraction is not biblical, and is not what Jesus taught. [This narrative is from Doreen’s site.]
The following bullets are topics that were discussed in the interview [bracketed statements are my explanations / clarifications]:
- How Tracy Wren coached
- Higher self [neither of them defined that concept as well as others I’ve read, see definition at end of this post]
- Course in Miracles – a book that was channeled and is believed by mystics an New Agers (don’t read it if you are a Christian)
- New Age (NA) teaching about being like God
- NA focus on self via goals, lifestyle…; Christians are to focus on glorifying God, not self [the Holy Spirit teaches converts to quit worshipping idols, including self]
- Word of faith ideas regarding creating things, such as one’s own freedom
- The impact Tracy’s NA work had on her family life
- The deception of the coaching lifestyle – making others want the lifestyle such that they would commit to hire you – done in part to motivate
- Are life-coaches required to have specific training?
- How coaches are typically viewed – many go into debt to have a coach
- Professional Christian Coaching Institute – its regulatory standards and instruction [see comment at end of post by a reader who had a negative experience with PCCI; the comment explains their spiritual standards, which do not align with Christianity]
- Law of attraction is largely taught by coaches, described in part [see a fuller definition at the end of this post]
- The difference between word of faith and Christian faith [the latter requires surrendering control of one’s life to Christ’s Spirit, that is, depending on Him via prayer about the activities of one’s life]
- The philosophy that underlies Tracy’s teaching now: people over profit; service over sales; and impact over influence
- Giving glory to God, not self – this can be done by coaches
- Life coaches commonly believe that Jesus taught NA principles, not so
- How she talks to those who still see the Bible as patriarchal
- The NA law of attraction does not work to fulfill
- Considerations for leaving a coach if you discover you have a different worldview
DEFINITION OF TERMS: 1. LAW OF ATTRACTION; 2. HIGHER SELF [see links to Doreen and Tracy’s sites below definitions]:
The Law of Attraction:
In the New Thought philosophy, the Law of Attraction is the belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person’s life.[1][2] The belief is based on the idea that people and their thoughts are both made from pure energy, and that through the process of like energy attracting like energy a person can improve their own health, wealth, and personal relationships…In 1877, the term ‘Law of Attraction’ appeared in print for the first time in a book written by the Russian occultist Helena Blavatsky, in a context alluding to an attractive power existing between elements of spirit.[12] …The New Thought concept of the Law of Attraction is rooted in ideas that come from various philosophical and religious traditions. In particular, it has been inspired by Hermeticism, New England transcendentalism, specific verses from the Bible, and Hinduism.[29][30][31][32][33][34](From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Higher Self is a concept found in eastern meditation:
Who practices eastern meditation? (Eastern meditation is also known as transcendental meditation; TM; entering the silence; Hindu or yogic meditation….) Those of the New Spirituality (formerly New Agers); Reiki healers; Yogics; Wiccans; and now, Christians.
What is the goal of this meditation? Encountering the “higher self,”the deity within (one or more spirit guides).
For what reason would one want to encounter his higher self? Christian practitioners are seeking “fresh”, revelation from God, or “rhema” (In Christianity, rhema is used in Bible study to signify Jesus Christ’s utterances.[citation needed] from Wikipedia); Reiki healers seek these spirits to impart healing to their patients; yogics want to merge with God; Wiccans seek a deeper connection with the earth and blessedness. Some likely only seek mental refreshment; alleviation from stress; altered consciousness…but the truth is that this meditation opens up a channel to unknown spirit beings.
The steps practiced to enter the silence: 1. PURGATION: is emptying the mind or stopping the stream of thought by repetition of a word or phrase (mantra). 2. ILLUMINATION: acquiring truth via unknown spirit contacts and 3., UNION WITH GOD.
[Breath prayers, centering prayers…are like mantras, they are uttered with the intention of stilling the mind, to stop one’s thoughts; those who recommend them are moving practitioners towards eastern meditation. God gave us reason and imagination, both have their purposes in the functioning of our minds; a chief function of reason seems to be that of gatekeeper, especially regarding imagination. If we permit our imagination to dictate to our reason, then we invite evil into our minds as there is no accounting for where our unchecked imaginations might take us. Stephen Charnock, in his little treatise, Sinfulness and Cure of Thoughts, addressed this in the process of explaining the cure he proposed.]
[Definition of the Higher Self came from my post on Yoga / meditation; to read it, click the following link:
https://sheeplywolves.com/eastern-meditation/
DOREEN AND TRACY’S LINKS:
Please visit Tracy’s website at https://tracywren.com
Tracy’s Instagram is https://instagram.com/tracywren
Tracy’s Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/tracy.sudawren
Doreen Virtue’s video home page: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoreenVirtueForJesus/videos
From About Me on Doreen’s YouTube site:
Doreen Virtue, Christian author. PLEASE NOTE: If you have questions for or about Doreen and her work, please send them as a direct message on Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, instead of through this YouTube channel where messages are unmonitored.
The following link is to the above video, for those who would visit Doreen’s YouTube site to explore her video ministry about false worship: