About your mentor
Vincent Cheng
I felt shackled by expectations
As a young boy, I felt trapped in my own world, not feeling good enough in everyone’s eyes. And so, from childhood, seeds of bondage were sown.
Getting a 100% on school exams was often met with a “That’s good but why couldn’t you get 105%, there’s extra credit right?”
How can you win with that kind of pressure?
Boyhood, for me, was one of rigor, restrictions, rules, and no fun.
School, also, wasn’t the most enjoyable. Constantly, I was being bullied for being smaller and smarter. I was compelled to practice music as if it was just part of my daily task instead of enjoying it because it’s something that I am good at.
I didn’t have much hope for a brighter future.
All of my examples reinforced the same message. Get good grades, a good degree, a good job, raise a family, retire, and then you will be happy.
But as I looked around, I didn’t see this formula working.
I couldn’t see happiness in the eyes of the people around me. Whenever I looked at myself in the mirror, I try to pretend, deny it, fake it but I couldn’t hide that I am feeling unhappy.
To escape my childhood circumstances, I created fantasy worlds in my head or played video games. There were very few friends that I could be myself around. But those I did have felt amazing because I didn’t need act behind a curtain, I could be myself without being ridiculed and rejected; here, I got a glimpse into life with freedom and fun.
The burden of expectations only increased as I grew older. I got accepted to the most prestigious engineering school in Canada, where I learned that I could escape the drudgery of someone else’s plan for my life by partying.
Escapism became an unhealthy habit that wrecked my health.
It even began to affect my appearance.
Despite all the adversities, somehow, I made it through.
As a boy, I felt I was being thrown to the wolves each day. I was a prodigy at the piano but my feeling of desolation is far stronger than creating and enjoying music in my lucid dream.
…and yet, somehow, later in life, I learned to love music and rediscovered the heart in music and went on to conduct choirs and orchestras around the world; cherishing every moment.
How did I get from all that pain and suffering to where I am today?
I began my journey to rediscover myself, finding joy, fulfillment, and happiness when I learned the truth about what was holding me captive.
I was all in, I sold everything. I took radical steps to grow.
My transformation started when I went to a Zen Buddhist monk in Japan. I discovered a way to heal the things from my childhood, let go of them, forgive the people who inflicted pain, to allow myself to be okay with myself–more so to love myself.
I didn't realize you could transform your life so quickly.
I learned to heal the deepest hurt inside of me.
Giving my past and present self what I wanted and needed was life-altering.
You can’t imagine how different my life looks now.
I went from ZERO TO INFINITY.
Who sells everything they have, and books a trip to Europe to master conducting?
I became “the maestro.”
Finally, I was in the driver’s seat of my life.
My purpose became clearer as time went on…
...create a process for radical healing and growth.
And so the HEAL THE SOURCE™ method was developed to propel others to find the healing and freedom that I have.
When you HEAL THE SOURCE™, you experience what true happiness, unbridled joy, fulfillment, and ultimate control feel like…true success.
Today, I experience a deep sense of meaning in everything I do and no longer rely on an “I’m proud of you” to motivate me.
I have unshackled from these limitations and am living a life of fulfillment…and even having fun along the way!
You can gain ultimate control, with meaning, adventure, and happiness.
You can realze your ultimate potential.
I want you to experience this radical transformation too.
Today, I experience a deep sense of meaning in everything I do and no longer rely on an “I’m proud of you” to motivate me.
I have unshackled from these limitations and am living a life of fulfillment…and even having fun along the way!
