About Jerry
Jerry is an Enneagram one. He is continually trying to save the world through his interactions with people. He is a researcher into what is possible for human beings. His work is a continuing radical creation, like life itself.
He is a philosopher and a coach assisting the well known and the not so well known in the process of getting to know themselves.
Jerry Stocking is a modern day Thoreau living in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in North Georgia with a view of our culture from the outside. Each day in his mountain retreat is an endless exploration of existence, consciousness, and feeling what it is to be a human being. Being present and mapping the terrain back to who we really are is Jerry's main occupation. His thirty-two acre farm creates an atmosphere conducive to introspection, opening, and playing, which are often lacking in our fast-paced world.
Jerry has two children, Emily (23), Judson (18), and a growing cast of friends and players. There is a continuous stream of fascinating and interested people traveling to the farm. Home to various seminars and retreats, it has unlimited areas for wandering, ponds for dipping, a rock garden for Chi Kung, owls, deer, coyotes, great oak trees, a blueberry orchard, and a daily sunrise and sunset inviting reverence.
Jerry’s credentials are impressive in education and experience alike. A Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Jerry has been studying and using NLP for 18 years. He is an Associate Instructor of the art of Chi Kung. He has done extensive training in other-than-conscious communication and no-fault psychology. He graduated in 1974 from Northern Michigan University with degrees in psychology and philosophy. Still learning and exploring daily, Jerry has reached a point where he is able to give back some of what he has learned in hopes that it will improve the quality of life for others. In addition to personal coaching he now hosts frequent tele-classes, and leads workshops in NYC, throughout the USA, and abroad. His courses and coaching are a mixture of art and craft uniting mind and body into a personal and pragmatic alliance.
Hasn’t always lived in the mountains. He used to live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and drive to work wearing a suit and tie. He was a successful financial consultant at Shearson-Lehman Brothers. His past careers span the gamut of experience from owning two retail stores, to industrial design, to selling investments. Yet all of Jerry's occupations have some things in common; he was successful at each of them and all of his job changes required a greater commitment to people and an increased ability to relate effectively with clients and co-workers.
Jerry loves people and is committed to finding out what is possible for "us" as human beings. His love of people and desire to contribute to them are apparent in his writings, books, and seminars. Jerry is founder of a non- profit educational corporation, A Choice Experience, Inc., which focuses on exploring human possibility and gently exposing illusion. He also runs a publishing company named Moose Ear Press.
Jerry’s Kids:
Jerry and Richard Thompson engrossed in deep conversation.
Jerry and Michael Clarke Duncan, movie star and all around big guy.
Jerry and Alice Ripley Tony award winning lead in the Broadway play Next to Normal.
Richard at work.
Jerry and Charlie and Corey Poe at the world premiere of Black, White and Blues.
Jerry and Petra Nemcova, model and exemplary course participant.
Jerry and Dr Bertice Berry, going to see Barack Obama, an exciting day to remember. Bertice is a best selling author, internationally recognized speaker and a hoot.
Paul Ruderman, Jerry, Dow. Paul played at a recent Friday evening Embracing Being Course in NYC. Listen into Paul. Listen to more of Paul at his web site. CLICK
Fame
Each of us is a bit famous. We touch the lives of others as they touch ours. What would you like to be famous for? I recently met Jane Fonda in LaGuardia and Adrian Grenier in Prospect Park, each famous in their own way, and each both image and “real” person. I find myself a little fascinated by fame.
Over the years I have worked with thousands of people. People from all walks of life. Famous people, unknown people, funny people, serious people, young people, old people, people in between a rock and a hard place and people just plain curious. You, all of you who have and will come and play are the stars of this work/play, you make it possible and you make it fun.
Thank You.
