By Lina Acosta Sandaal, MA

<a href="http://reflections.thenestmiami.com/clarity-on-purpose-compliments-of-tony-robbins/tony-robbins-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-247"><img class=" wp-image-247 alignright" alt="Tony Robbins" src="http://reflections.thenestmiami.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Tony-Robbins1.jpg" width="380" height="492" /></a>This past weekend I was part of a group of more than 5000 people that went to see Tony Robbins speak.  I had only seen him speak on a <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do" target="_blank">TED talk</a> and knew that many Fortune 500 companies send their employees to him for motivation, so I figured he was outstanding at what he did.  My experience was pretty magical and truthfully transformational.  It was interesting for this therapist lady to be in the audience since I was experiencing the event as a participant but also as a professional; my takeaway was empowering.  What I got from him was a<!--more--> certainty that my work is valid not only because of the personal fears I examined, but also because of the information he shared with the group that I know to the core.

He spoke about everyone's “blueprint”.  He defined blueprint as the values, standards, beliefs and rules that we carry along that have been given to us by somebody else.   Throughout the conference he went back to the blueprint idea and asked everyone to wonder; what are your rules? what are somebody else's rules?  He encouraged the audience to make new rules and new belief systems for themselves because then you won’t be afraid of not being lovable or sufficient.

I smiled as I listened to him speak because we tell parents that it is important to understand that the rules and the values they are setting help build and organize their little person.  We also let them now that the how, why and what they say to their little person also helps them organize if they are lovable and good enough.  So what Robbins was doing for a room full of adults we do at the nest for parents to help their children.  It was a full circle for me and empowering.

In the end, the most powerful moment was when he asked, “What do you want?” and the crowd shouted: “Love, love, love”, and I began to cry.  In that moment I knew that everything I believe in and everything I strive for in my work is what a group of 5000 wants most in their world.   I am grateful to Tony Robbins for reminding me that this work that we do at the nest is exactly right.

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