Hi, I’m Daniel,
20 years after becoming a believer in a small church in Germany I journeyed through three states in denominations ranging from Southern Baptist to Neo Charismatic faiths.
As a young adult, I learned that I was what is now being called an hsp (highly sensitive person) – but of a kind who feels the temptations and systems of unbelief of others in first person, which has continually complicated life severely, but which has also proven an invaluable gift in understanding others.
Although I studied Christian leadership at university, almost none of my true qualifications stem from classes or certificates. Many years of severe poverty, crippling weakness, betrayals, and abusive neglect, provided a backdrop against which I held on to a true identity, and victory over many of the societal and spiritual pressures the world and many Christians demean a person with.
I’ve been described by many as outgoing, warm, and charismatic.
My mentorship skills heavily rely on 3 things:
- A wealth of experience combating, and winning against existential questions of identity, faith, and circumstance
- A matured and weathered gift in sensing the pains and struggles of others in first person
- High emotional and verbal IQ; highly developed skill in forming conceptualizations and communicating them
Inside Teal Mentoring
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Permit the Darkness
In most cases, betrayal by those close to us is unforeseeable. You typically don’t plan for that eventuality, unless a certain form of wisdom, or flagrant paranoia has purchase in you. When it happens, it comes as a shock, as the person one trusted has now suddenly sold out their allegiance at a price –