Excerpt taken from an interview for the Hoffman Centre Newsletter, dated December 2005:

My Experience with the Hoffman Quadrinity Process

Although I had a successful career and a beautiful family, there was something in me telling me that there had to be more to life, so I signed up for the Hoffman Quadrinity Process (HQP) on trust - and have never looked back.

The HQP has helped me in my career as a Manager, setting values for the company, visioning, family, balancing business life with family, health, and my purpose in Life...

Most business leader’s now understand the importance of EQ (Emotional Intelligence) at work. Leaders cannot build high performance teams without understanding empathy and being able to bond with others. We cannot work effectively without clarity of purpose and connection with our motivations. ‘Inspiring others’ seems false to me, until we can tap into our own vision and energy. HQP has given me the understanding of self and others that allows me to deliver powerful results for Nokia. It has also helped me to manage conflicting pressures because I am much clearer about my priorities and willing and able to take care of my needs because if I do not, I will be of no use either at home or at work.

David Blair,
Global Head of Treasury
Nokia Corporation

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Mr Ian Buchanan
Director
Booz Allen & Hamilton (Australia) Limited

8 January 2001

Mr Volker Krohn
Director
Hoffman Centre
Suite 3, 230 Toorak Road
South Yarra, VIC 3141

Dear Volker,

Re: My Experience with the Hoffman Process

As you know I attended the Hoffman course in April 2000 in Melbourne. The experience was for me a very positive one. I am writhing this letter to share may experiences in order that you might, in turn, share them with others who are considering attending and who, like me, may know little of what to expect.

I signed up for the Hoffman course by my wife following a motorcycle crash in March, the latest in a long line of illnesses, which formed a pattern in my life. Beyond the limited feedback from friends who had previously attended, I knew little about the Hoffman Process and was not at all convinced that this was a commitment of time I could afford.

Today, eight months after the course, I can confidently say that for the Hoffman course was one of the most important learning experiences of my life. It helped me to achieve substantially greater self-knowledge and personal insight; to recognise and change behavioural patterns, which I was not fully conscious of; and to enhance my confidence in my ability to use the tools learned in the course to make continuing changes going forward.

While the course is intense and demands full commitment from each participant to realise the benefits – the results for me have clearly justified the investment. If you are on a person quest for greater insight and self knowledge, and if you are willing to embark on an accelerated pace of change, it is likely that the Hoffman Process will prove to be of substantial value to you.

Volker keep up the good work!

Warmest regards,
Ian Buchanan

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 Article: Cutting Loose – WEEKEND, April 1, 2000


Adele Palmer has fought off the depression that threatened to drag her down, writes, KAY O’ SULLIVAN

BY MOST measures Adele Palmer has had it all and a bit more.  She has lived an extraordinary life filled with passion, challenge, fun and luxury.

She married the love of her life, had two healthy children, her creativity brought her financial reward.  And then there were all the trimmings – the beautiful homes, luxury cars, sensational holidays and a certain kind of fame.

But steep troughs have punctuated the highs.

Palmer’s husband, creative marketing genius Rob Palmer, with whom she built the Jag fashion empire, died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism 10 years ago.

Then, the company they created did not perform as it should and she sold out in 1995.
But since then she has plotted a different story for herself and filled it with new challenges, friends, beautiful things, her children and travel.

It seemed like a new chapter in the modern success story that is Adele Palmer. But last Easter, she realised she was in trouble. She found herself sinking deeper and deeper into depression.  

Sitting in her beautiful home, she talks frankly of that time.

“It was that view”, she says, waving at the lush courtyard, “that did it. I couldn’t find anything to be happy about. Sure, I’ve had a great life but I kept on thinking what else is there? I have to say at that point I couldn’t see anything in store for me.”

She found help.  “Two things happened. I opened myself up to meditation and I discovered the Hoffman Process.”

Palmer describes the Hoffman Process as involving a self-discovery course that enables you to understand how your past affects your present and future. It was developed in the US and, while it isn’t run by doctors, Palmer found it more effective than anything traditional medical therapy could offer.

“Over the years, on and off since my father’s death, I had spent 16 years with psychiatry. After an hour with the Hoffman practitioner, I understood more of what I was about, what had been eating at me for 55 years. It opens you up to your true feelings, by remembering all the experiences you have had as a child. I realised my whole life had been based on fear, fear of showing what I felt.”

“ I absolutely adored my father, not in any sexual way, I adored everything he did. My mother was very jealous and we had to keep it a secret, I was not allowed to show what I felt. “

“All through my life I have felt I had to hide what I feel. I don’t think I could get a depth of feeling because of that, and that has hampered me so, so much.”  Palmer believes her early experience manifested itself in many destructive ways throughout her life. A low-level of depression was one of them, physical illnesses were another. These were her way of desperately seeking attention.

“The only time I ever got hugs and attention from my mother as a child was when I was sick or when I hurt myself. At three or four I discovered that fainting and vomiting could get me the attention I craved.”

It was a pattern that would repeat itself all her life.  “I couldn’t cope with business so I had a stroke,” she says.

“ I had all the symptoms but none of the physical evidence. Another time Rob wanted to go into men’s wear and I wanted to go into home-ware; we went into men’s wear so I got sick with rheumatoid arthritis.”

She shakes her head in disbelief.  “But,” she says brightening, “I had the power to do that to myself so I have the power to do the reverse, and that is the exciting thing. For the fist time I am free of fear.”  It is, she says, incredible to be living a life without fear.

Over many conversations over many years, Palmer has given no hint of the darkness lurking at the edges of her existence; a darkness kept at bay with years of psychiatry and drugs.  She was always on form, always up. Brilliant fun whether showing a new range, talking about the Palmers’ myriad plans (because Rob was always planning something) or hosting a party.

Over the years though, even before Rob’s death, there were several attempts at semi-retirement and then, after Rob died, came retirement from the business that had made her an Australian fashion icon.

“We’re not supposed to talk about the mind. If you even mention the word psychiatrist, people go ‘Whoa’, in dismay. They can cope with you breaking an arm but not having a problem of the mind,” she says.

While she readily admits she likes the trimming that go with having accumulated a healthy pile of money, Palmer says she has never been obsessed with wealth. It has become even less of an issue.  “Things become clearer in mid-life, you get a clearer perspective on what you need, what you really need,” she says.

“Becoming spiritually aware has given me a different perspective. But the one thing I absolutely need is to give expression to my creativity.”   To ensure that happens she plans to open a new South Melbourne home-wares store in August.

“Now I have freedom to do all f this because it interests me and I have the confidence to see it through. I feel as if the brakes have been taken off me finally, that I can move on without restraint.”
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AAT King’s Tours Pty. Ltd.

To Whom It May Concern:

Reference – Re: Hoffman Process

I did the Hoffman Process in November 1992, after a considerable amount of coaxing from my wife, who had already done the Process earlier that year. Also, my stepson had been through the Process and was also very supportive.

At the time I was feeling a considerable amount of stress, which affected my health, work performance and private life.

As a result of the Process, I was much better able to understand my behaviour and to deal with negative actions, which had previously stopped me from achieving the happiness that I was looking for. Subsequent to the Process, my life has become steadily better and better.

In December 1993 I was operated on for Cancer of the Prostate, and in May 1994 I had a further operation for Cancer of a Kidney.  Both of these events were handled in a very positive manner, and I was helped enormously by issues that we had covered during the Process. Fortunately, since then my health has been very good.

Three of my four children have now been through the Process, and I believe it is an excellent tool for anyone who is interested in self-improvement. It is a very beneficial tool that can be used by many businesses, in helping executives overcome problems that stop them from reaching their full potential. I would recommend it well ahead of most other programmes that one could refer executives to, as it deals with issues in a very powerful way.

Very few people would not receive more than their monies’ worth from doing the Process, and as such I highly recommend it.

Yours sincerely,

Mayer Page
Chairman of Directors
AAT King’s Tours Pty. Ltd.