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Most approaches target symptoms, or what is visible from the surface, but overlook the roots below.
About the ILR Program
The ILR approach to self-development targets the underlying mechanisms that steer our patterns. It is based in discovering why we operate in the ways that we do, identifying the knots in the roots, and untangling them so we can freely grow.
Every aspect of this program is built upon a firm foundation of empirically supported research. These approaches work, and provide significant, lasting results for individuals from all walks of life.
The ILR program places you at the center of an expanding framework of life domains. The more you explore each domain, the clearer your trajectory becomes. At the end of the path are the ultimate rewards: self-actualization and an enhanced drive for life.
The ILR Solution
Maybe you’ve noticed a pattern that keeps repeating. You’ve tried other approaches: therapy, self-help, or just stubbornly pressing forward. These approaches kept you moving, but you feel that something fundamental needs to shift.
The hardest part of self-development is making the conscious decision to begin. Often, we live so long within a certain framework that change may even feel threatening. We are taught to think in absolutes. Change implies something is wrong, and if we acknowledge that, it could mean that we are wrong, in our totality.
This tendency to think in extremes serves a purpose: self-protection. Our brains have their own scripts to follow. Pain exists to define behaviors that cause harm. So our minds preemptively shield us from pain that facing change might cause.
The truth is the opposite. Pain is a precursor to growth. By taking command of the process and embracing the temporary pain of change, you align with who know you can be, rather than remaining at the mercy of your unconscious patterns.
KOBIE BAUS, MA
founder | impasse life recovery
I took up the study of psychology to make sense of my own patterns. As my knowledge grew, I shared it freely with others. I noticed dynamics that were holding people back, and I offered them insights about those patterns. People were taken aback at first. I was picking up on issues they had struggled with for years.
But where they expressed the most appreciation was in the way I delivered the message: with patience, authenticity, and understanding rather than criticism.
As a result, I received impassioned suggestions to move towards counseling. Though I still had a vision of creating a wide-reaching platform for sharing ideas, I returned to school to earn a master’s degree in psychology through Pepperdine University. I graduated summa cum laude from an accelerated program, and emerged ready to take the next steps towards my new vision, the Impasse Life Recovery program.
My purpose in life is to reduce the pain inherent in the human experience, both internal and external. I built this program with the pitfalls of my own path in mind. My trials did not need to persist as long as they did. If I had access to a program like ILR much earlier in my life, I could have achieved so much more during the last few decades. Nevertheless, I aim to impart this hard-earned knowledge to all of my clients, to steer them away from the various obstacles that could otherwise cost them years of valuable time.
I am at your service, and strive to see you reaching for your ultimate heights. Your future is just beyond your impasse.
-Kobie Baus
I lost decades of my life to misdiagnosed physical and mental ailments. A hidden autoimmune disorder kept me constantly ill, in a perpetual state of sickness and mental haze. The resulting degeneration of my mental health barred me from the progress I watched my peers achieve. I sought help, but received no solid answers.
I felt left behind, adrift in darkness as a world moved forward without me. It was time I cannot recover. Still, I would not be who I am without the pain that I endured. I failed to fit in due to neurodivergence. I faced ostracism during my depression. My autoimmune disorder kept me from freely participating in many important aspects of human connection. Though they were debilitating for long periods of my life, these hardships fortified my outlook on life and pushed me towards consistent self-development.
My impasse was fighting internal enemies while others judged me based on how they perceived me.
I didn’t begin my education in psychology with dreams of becoming a personal coach or counselor. In fact, I never used to see myself as a one-on-one type of practitioner. I wanted to write, to reach a wider audience through sharing ideas.