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Steve Hoskinson

Steve Hoskinson

Episode 124

A Trauma-Safe Approach to Coaching

When working with trauma there is often a heavy focus on the trauma and its impact - does this need to be the case? In this conversation with Steven Hoskinson we explore the biology of trauma, how to expand our client’s processing capacity, fostering improvisation in coaching, the biological impact of wonder, the iSOMA model, negative reinforcement and the post-trauma growth trajectory. [Read more...]

Staci Haines

Episode 120

Expanding Our Somatic Capacity

In these particularly challenging times, how can we as coaches help people foster resilience, embodied decision-making and the fundamental needs of safety, belonging and dignity? In this conversation with somatic coach Staci Haines we dive into coaching across social boundaries, addressing conditioned tendencies, fostering resilience, living from past commitments and expanding our somatic capacity. [Read more...]

David Treleaven

Episode 118

Encountering Trauma in Coaching

As coaches, it’s important that we are clear on the level of care we are able to provide and when we need to refer a client to another mental health professional. In this conversation with trauma professional David Treleaven we explore the ubiquity of trauma, encountering trauma in a coaching session, resilience practices, dysregulation and nuance and working with the “window of tolerance”. [Read more...]
Thomas Hübl

Thomas Hübl

Episode 72

Healing Collective Trauma

Trauma is the water we are swimming in. Like fish, we are largely unaware of the hidden effects of ancestral and collective trauma on our personal lives, careers and cultural and political realities. In this conversation with spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl we discuss what trauma is, how to address it from a collective trauma-aware perspective, and the shifts necessary within organisations to foster coherence and innovation. [Read more...]

Hetty Einzig

Episode 67

Systemic and Trauma Sensitive Coaching

The primary buffer between stress and trauma is agency. Now more than ever, it matters where we place our attention. But how do we balance attention to self and attention to the world and our role in it in this time of personal and collective crisis? In this conversation with coach and consultant Hetty Einzig we discuss trauma dynamics and resilience, the role of systems thinking in these times, and the two key types of existential crisis and the growth they foster. [Read more...]
Judith Blackstone

Judith Blackstone

Episode 64

The Realization Process

For millennia the wisdom keepers of various traditions have espoused the merit of awakening - of realizing our true nature - generally through shunning the body. But what if awakening could happen through the body? In this episode with Judith Blackstone, a somatic psychotherapist and nondual teacher, we look at how trauma-release can go hand in hand with spiritual awakening, how subtle sensing forges connection and healing, and how we as coaches can tune into our client’s experience without needing to feel it in our own bodies. [Read more...]

David Treleaven

Episode 57

Becoming a Trauma Sensitive Coach

As the practice of coaching deepens psychologically, the possibility of trauma coming to light increases. This brings up the important question of how we as coaches respond to a client exhibiting trauma symptoms. In this conversation with David Treleaven, an expert on trauma-sensitive mindfulness, we look at what trauma-sensitive coaching is, how to recognize trauma symptoms in your client, and how to respond responsibly. [Read more...]
Thomas Hübl

Thomas Hübl

Episode 47

Beyond Method – The Art of Facilitating Deep Change

What does it take to be a deeply effective facilitator? We all know good listening skills are important, but how to we foster an even more competent attunement? In this conversation with modern mystic Thomas Hübl we explore the correlation between presence and integration, identifying the loci of fears, finely tuning our nervous systems and the relationship between trauma and scarcity. [Read more...]

Ginny Whitelaw

Episode 43

Resonance – The Principle Underlying all Change

The phrase, “That resonates” is often used nowadays but what does it actually mean and how can we leverage it as a tool in our work with clients? In this conversation with Zen Master Ginny Jiko Whitelaw we explore the fundamental principle of the term, its applications in terms of personal and collective change, and how to create greater cohesion for your clients. [Read more...]

David Treleaven

Episode 17

Finding the Transformational Sweet Spot

As coaches we’re all about creating transformative experiences. But how do we know when a client is on the verge of a breakthrough? And how do we know not to push too far? In this lively conversation, mindfulness and trauma expert David Treleaven clarifies how to recognize the sweet spot of transformation, the core tenet of somatic coaching. [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.