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Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa)

Episode 146

The Indigenous Worldview & Trance-Based Learning

The West is in a big time of transition, which necessarily includes our worldview as a collective. In this conversation with Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) aka Dr. Don Trent Jacobs, we talk about the kinship or indigenous worldview in contrast to the dominant worldview, the impact of a binary vs a non-binary worldview, trance learning, and weaving indigenous wisdom into coaching. [Read more...]
Paul Austin

Paul F. Austin

Episode 145

Coaching & Psychedelics

In many places in the US, psilocybin is being legalized and a new industry is booming - with good reason; research suggests psychedelics can have a highly beneficial impact on our psyches. In this conversation with Paul F. Austin, founder of The Third Wave, we explore the therapeutic use of psychedelics and how it can be merged with coaching to increase the potency of our work, the different ways of working with psychedelics, the neurological and emotional changes stimulated, and the importance of safety, personalization and integration. [Read more...]
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Sean Wilkinson

Episode 144

Circling & the Power of Connection

Circling is a modality that exists somewhere on the spectrum between meditation and coaching and highlights the healing power of deep connection. In this conversation with Coach and Circling Europe co-founder Sean Wilkinson we explore the relational meditation tool of Circling, accessing a place of deep presence and aliveness with clients, the role of coaching, potential pitfalls when including our own experience in the connection and navigating cross-paradigmatic coaching. [Read more...]
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Gaston Schmitz

Episode 143

The Vibration of Leadership

Start-up founders are a powerful force for change in a time when radical innovation is crucial, but they inhabit a particularly fast-paced and highly demanding work environment. How can we best support them? In this conversation with Executive Coach Gaston Schmitz we dive into the particular challenges faced by Asian founders and the coaching approaches that support their growth, the vibration of leadership, how coaches can train their vibrational perception, and the foundations of intuitive coaching. [Read more...]
Jacinta Jiménez

Jacinta M. Jiménez and Karim Hirani

Episode 138

The Contemporary Edge of Effective Coaching

The world is changing - fast - and people and organizations are needing something different from coaching than they did ten years ago. In this conversation from the Coaches Rising Sumit 2022 with Jacinta M. Jiménez and Karim Hirani we explore the current crisis in mental health and the role of coaches in addressing it, the shifting values in the workplace and coaching in organizations, the fine line between coaching and therapy and the future of effective coaching. [Read more...]
Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson

Episode 137

Transformation in a Meta-Modern World (& the stage theory debate)

As we participate more and more consciously in our own unfolding, we need to ask what is working, what is holding us back, and how can we develop as individuals and collectively in a way that is in harmony with the wider ecosystem? In this conversation with Spring Cheng, Steve March and Jeremy Johnson we explore the concept of liminality, animated intelligence, constructive and destructive developmental methods, two key pathways to creating change, our relationality and connection to the ecosphere, and embracing diversity within and between us. [Read more...]

Toku McCree

Episode 136

Mastering Marketing & Selling With Heart

Many coaches feel they’re bad at the business side of coaching and struggling with marketing. In this conversation with coach Toku McCree we explore how to make marketing feel good, the key components to selling with heart, the art of writing marketing copy and the relationship between coaching and leadership. [Read more...]

Jerry Colonna

Episode 134

Modeling Wholeness

Many coaches are plagued by a sense that they have to “get it right” - a mindset that is counterproductive to great coaching. In this conversation with executive coach Jerry Colonna we explore the essence of coaching, coaching in the crisis of modernity, spirituality in coaching, modeling wholeness, trusting our intuition and authenticity in coaching. [Read more...]
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Steve March

Episode 133

Coaching During a Global Cultural Shift

The days of certainty, of reliability in the external world are indubitably over, and our clients are having to navigate their lives within the context of these shifting times. What does that mean for coaching? How can we meet these complex needs and best serve our clients in these times? In this conversation with coach Steve March we unpack the implications of the global moment for coaches and coaching strategies, solid versus fluid identities, fragmenting versus integrating approaches, parts-driven strategies, fragility and resilience, and what kind of coaching can best support people in the current context. [Read more...]
Kim Barta

Kim Barta

Episode 132

The Evolution of Shadow Resolution

As coaches, our primary commitment is to serve our clients. This means fostering a high level of self-awareness around any preferences or projections we may expose our clients to. In this second conversation with psychotherapist Kim Barta we explore the different types of therapeutic modalities and how to match them to the client, understanding the shadow, the stages of shadow resolution, relationship-oriented coaching, recognising mental calcifications in ourselves and depth coaching. [Read more...]
Carolyn Coughlin

Carolyn Coughlin

Episode 129

From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius

In these times of rapid and chaotic change, how can we help leaders understand, embrace and even flourish in complexity? In this conversation with executive coach Carolyn Coughlin we explore how we respond to complexity, what “complexity fitness” is, how adult development relates to complexity, arriving in context and fostering fluidity, testing patterns and moving towards “complexity genius”. [Read more...]
Matt Auron

Matt Auron

Episode 128

Integral Coaching & the Emergent Organizational Landscape

Silicon Valley stands for fast-paced change; what can we learn from a consulting firm working with seed and other early-stage companies at the heart of the evolving world of business and organizational culture? In this conversation with executive coach and leadership development consultant Matt Auron we dive into the approach of his coaching, culture and leadership development firm Evolution and its roots in integral theory, the potential of these times for cultural experimentation, holistic coaching in organizations, using the “I, We and It” framework, business mirroring life, inductive versus deductive methods of leadership, and finding the core patterns with our clients. [Read more...]

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Joel Monk

I’m a coach, trainer and entrepreneur.

Recently I saw on a deeper level how all the things in my life orient around cultivating a sense of ‘aliveness’. By this I mean – what is it to be awake and fully expressed in this moment? How can I metabolize the conditioning that binds me so that I can wake up into deeper expressions of authentic, embodied human presence?

I’m deeply committed to awakening the leader that lives in all of us. We’re all being invited to align with what wants to live through us and from here we can truly serve the world with our work.