20+
Years of Experience
Hi, I am Ian
From Personal Crisis to the SADHANA Approach
My path to this work was not theoretical — it was lived. I grew up in what I perceived as a loving and stable home, but my foundation began to crumble with my parents' divorce. At 17, I enrolled in police training with a genuine desire to help people. Life had other plans.
20+
Years of Experience
1. Physical — Inviting Safety in the Body
Cultivating groundedness, presence, and a felt sense of security in daily life
2. Emotional — Inviting Aliveness in Feeling
Transforming emotional suppression into genuine responsiveness and inner vitality
3. Identity — Inviting Dignity in Who We Are
Moving beyond the stories we've inherited toward a truer sense of inherent worth
4. Relationships — Inviting Humbleness with Others
Transforming relational patterns through honest awareness of what we bring
5. Communication — Inviting Authenticity in Expression
Developing the capacity to speak from what is true rather than what is safe
6. Intuition — Inviting Nobility in Perception
Learning to trust the deeper knowing that analytical thought often overrides
7. Spirituality — Inviting Abundance in Perspective
Recognising one's own life within something larger — and the peace that follows
My twenties became a decade of struggle — with addiction, with chaos, with the growing distance between the life I was living and the person I wanted to be. At 29, a stark realisation struck: if I kept going in the same direction, I might not see 40. With a Tony Robbins course as my only resource, I made the decision to turn my attention inward — and never really stopped.
In the two decades that followed, I embarked on a deep exploration of what it means to be human — studying conflict resolution, personal development, and the inner dimensions of experience. I developed the SADHANA Approach in 2006, wrote three books, coached hundreds of individuals, and gradually distilled everything into The Inner Resolution Philosophy.
I am not at the end of this path. I walk it every day — with more clarity than I had at 29, and more questions than I had at 17. That is what makes the work real.
My Approach to Conscious Living
My philosophy emphasises developing not just self-awareness but genuine inner alignment — the capacity to attend to all seven dimensions of experience with curiosity rather than judgment. When each dimension receives the attention it is asking for, something natural begins: life generates lift.
Today, I dedicate myself to making the SADHANA Approach accessible through my books, the Inner Resolution Podcast, and the programmes offered here at Living The Chit Life.
My Vision
I believe that developing genuine self-awareness — across all seven dimensions — represents one of the most meaningful things a person can undertake. When approached with curiosity and courage, the inner life becomes not an obstacle to peace but the very source of it.
My deepest hope is that the SADHANA Approach serves as both a practical guide and an ongoing invitation for those committed to living more consciously — not by eliminating difficulty or tension, but by engaging all of it with greater awareness, compassion, and presence.
Professional Background
Author of Living The Chit Life, Resolving From Within, and Know Thyself and Move Forward
More about Ian's full philosophy at ianrenaud.com
Host, Peace Comes From Within. | An Inner Resolution Conversation
Professional coach and guide for over two decades
Creator of the SADHANA Approach and the Seven Levels Framework
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