In these times of intense challenges, how can we use our imaginations to devise ways of collectively working together to flourish? In this conversation with writer and teacher Greg Thomas we explore the potential of cultural intelligence, they key of race and the core competencies for constructive collective evolution. Greg Thomas is the CEO of the Jazz Leadership Project and has over 25 years of experience as a writer, producer, broadcaster and educator. He has been featured in publications as ...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min
What does warrior training have to do with COVID-19? In these times of prolonged stress, how can an integral approach based on ancient wisdom help us cope with contemporary challenges? In this conversation with peak performance trainer Tom Fazio, we explore how training the body builds mental resilience, the role of nutrition in meditation and why creating tension is an important part of releasing it. Tom Fazio is a peak performance trainer, a martial artist of 25 years, a published author, and ...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Rational thought is a valuable way of approaching reality, but could it be that we need to expand our ways of knowing to meet these unprecedented times? In this conversation with coach and speaker Vivian Dittmar we explore the power of transrational thinking, the different types of thought or knowing, and what can get in the way of us having access to each of them. Vivian Dittmar is a bestselling author, celebrated speaker and founder of the non-profit Be the Change Foundation. Born in Germany, ...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min
In a world where coaches are inundated with possibilities for more training, what actually fosters coaching mastery? In this conversation with executive coach Toku McCree we dive into what coaching mastery really looks like, the most powerful coaching tool and what new coaches get wrong. Toku McCree is a former Zen Monk and a renowned executive coach. His life changed after meeting a man at a party who had a calmness about him that Toku had never seen before. From there he fell in love with medi...
Jan 19, 2021•48 min
As the negative effects of hyper individualism continue to reveal themselves on a personal and global level, could it be time to look to collective practices to lead us into the future? In this conversation with transformational change agent Ria Baeck we explore the emergent practice of Collective Presencing, how to foster collective intelligence and the new methods of evolutionary creativity available to us. Ria Baeck is a transformational change professional and the founder of Vitis, whose cor...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 6 min
It’s been a year of intense emotions and leaders have been under greater pressure than ever, forcing many to lean into their own emotional struggles. In this conversation with leadership coach Vernice Jones we unpack how to help clients be with strong and complex emotions, different ways of helping them open to change, and creating deep shifts in awareness through shared presence. Vernice Jones is Founder and Principal of The Leadership Compass and Director and Faculty of Adult Development at Ge...
Dec 23, 2020•52 min
How do we re-imagine what we are as a species so that we become a life-fostering collective? And how can we foster change in the face of the developmental challenges we face? In this conversation with leadership coach Rob McNamara we discuss our relationship with complexity, the devolution of adult development and some original ways to create significant shifts in consciousness. Rob McNamara is an author, leadership coach, advisor and consultant with expertise in adult development and human perf...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Our global reality is that organizations will decide whether or not humanity can shift enough to avoid planetary disaster, more so than politicians. In this conversation with organizational consultant Dr Alan Watkins, we explore how to educate leaders about the developmental gradient, how to help them and their organizational values move up the levels, and the leading edge of our collective evolution. Dr Alan Watkins is the founder and CEO of Complete, a leadership consultancy that advises hundr...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min
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. Thomas Hübl is a modern mystic, a spiritual teacher whose work integrates...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 4 min
As we live into these unprecedented times of rapid change, what’s the best acupuncture point to assist our clients in adapting or even thriving? In this conversation with transformational coach Oren Harris we lean in to the question of how we can best help our clients expand their awareness beyond the confines of the mind, accessing “infinite self” and building our capacity to be with paradox. Oren Harris is a Transformational coach, spiritual teacher and pioneer on the leading edge of human con...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 24 min
What would happen if we chose leaders who were more like horse leaders? What can the animal kingdom teach us about living together in a healthy system? In this conversation with coach and equestrian Kelly Wendorf we explore what needs to change in our leadership model, how horses lead, how to attune to horse consciousness and how this can help us help our clients. Kelly Wendorf is an ICF Master Certified Coach, a published author, motivational speaker, skilled systems-change and leadership mento...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min
More and more, coaching is moving towards being a holistic practice. Learning to hold a business perspective as well as somatic, spiritual and mental perspectives allows for the creation of a truly all-encompassing container for growth. In this conversation with transformational coach Dave Burns, we talk about the business and mystery of coaching, blending insight and somatic intuition and how the monasticization of daily life is a powerful tool. Dave Burns is a transformational coach who teache...
Nov 10, 2020•58 min
We have never need radical change as much as we do right now. At this pivotal point in human history, how can we help leaders open to the intimate work of inner and relational presence as a transformational tool? In this conversation with Karim Hirani, Global Head of Quality and Design for BTS Coach, we explore the BTS framework for working with mindset shifts, the steps to embodied change and how to help leaders embrace inner work. Karim Hirani is Global Head of Quality and Design for BTS Coach...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 12 min
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. Hetty Einzig is a Senior Cons...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Does this sound familiar: you know who your ideal client is and you know how to sell but something still doesn’t feel as easeful or enlivening about your coaching practice as you imagine it could? In this conversation with strategic coach Linda Ford, we explore what it means to coach at your personal edge, how to enrol clients who are a Yes to working at that edge, and the adaptive strategies that each of us have that can get in the way of us enrolling our ideal clients. Linda Ford, Ph.D., PCC, ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 3 min
In this pivotal moment in humanity’s history, where the old structures are falling apart, how do we orient ourselves? What guidance is available to us, and how can we help people return to an inner source of wisdom? In this conversation with educator and futurist Zak Stein we explore the deeper layers of collapse that are occurring, the socialisation and destruction of civil communication engendered by social media and how we need to adopt a different myth to lead us forward. Zachary Stein Ed.D ...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 16 min
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 need...
Jul 31, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Could the way out of the global crisis be rooted in a change of perception? The rational mind has failed to provide coherent change; might it be time to shift the way we perceive, experience and interact with the world? In this conversation with poet and performer Brooke McNamara we explore what art can teach us about living in the present, why poetic perception is necessary in these times, and the importance of the unseen in fostering creative emergence. Brooke McNamara is a poet and performer ...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 12 min
The dominant narrative of our culture is that we each have “a personality” that is relatively consistent and coherent. But is that really true? And more importantly, is it a helpful and health-promoting model? In this conversation with psychotherapist Richard Schwartz, we explore what lies beyond the narrow definition of self, the key understanding coaches need in order to work with aspects of self, and how parts work is a portal to self-leadership. Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. is the founder of I...
Jul 02, 2020•59 min
As the curve of chaos steepens due to COVID-19, leaders are more aware than ever of the shifting demands of organisational leadership. In this conversation with leadership strategist Amy Fox we explore the new competencies required by leaders, the skills coaches need to help them in acquiring them and the missing pieces in organisational wholeness. Amy Elizabeth Fox is a senior leadership strategist with experience consulting to senior leadership on issues related to human capital, organizationa...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min
As we move deeper into these unprecedented times during the COVID-19 lockdown, how can we best support our leaders as their needs change in response to the global situation? In this conversation with executive leadership coach Erica Ariel Fox we explore how the pandemic is affecting leaders, how we can adapt our coaching accordingly, and the power of myth and archetypes to tranform including Erica’s innovative mythological approach. Erica Ariel Fox is the co-founder of Mobius Executive Leadershi...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 31 min
As the world remains in lockdown and the dominant structures of capitalism are called into question, should we also be questioning our internal structures? In this conversation with psychologist Rick Hanson we explore how neuroscience supports Buddhist teachings, why this is a particularly potent time to focus on self-actualisation, and simple practices to understand and embody the key principles of awakening. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Cente...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The world is panicking and our leaders are stressed, and yet we need emergent, innovative thinking now more than ever – how can we best support them through these challenging times? In this conversation with leadership coach Jenifer Cohen we dive into the nature of shock responses, how to help stressed leaders reorient towards possibility, development beyond “self” and redefining what service means. Jennifer Cohen is a leadership and organizational coach and consultant with 25 years in the field...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 15 min
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 recognise trauma symptoms in your client, and how to respond responsibly. David Treleaven, PhD, is a writer and educator working at the intersection...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 16 min
In these times of global lockdown as the novel coronavirus sweeps through the world, it’s more important than ever for us to understand how stress impacts us and how we can mitigate its effect on our health. In this conversation with Elizabeth Stanley, Ph.D., we explore the relationship between stress and trauma, the two parts of the brain that are involved in the stress/trauma response and how mindfulness can help us resolve past trauma and mitigate the effects of stress. Elizabeth A. Stanley, ...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min
In this conversation we explore two types of embodied change with pioneer Richard Strozzi Heckler. One is the deeper aspect our of felt experience that Richard describes as energetic. As we learn to access this place of being in the moment it increases the wisdom and effectiveness of our doing. The second topic we explore is The Arc of Somatic Transformation, a map describing the journey of embodied change from our current shape to our new shape, created by the Strozzi Institute. Richard Strozzi...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 9 min
As the Coronavirus breaks the everyday routines of our lives and forces us to stop, how can we respond? In this conversation with poet and philosopher David Whyte, we explore the conversational nature of reality, the poetic imagination, and our relationship with silence and the invitation embedded within it. At times in our lives the conversation we have been in comes to an end and how we must embrace the unknown in order to find the new courageous conversation that wants to emerge. These are so...
Mar 19, 2020•49 min
The heart has long been a focal point in spiritual development. But what does it have to do with performance, with self-awareness, with flow? In this conversation with therapist and spiritual teacher John Prendergast, PhD we explore how to guide our clients into the intelligence of the heart, how to foster trust and flow and the somatic markers of inner knowing. John J. Prendergast, PhD is a spiritual teacher, author, psychotherapist and retired adjunct professor of psychology at CIIS who now of...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr
Possibly the biggest challenge for coaches is holding the tension between the client’s agenda and our job of listening for the underlying issue. In this conversation with executive coach Jerry Colonna we look at the relationship between change and conflict, how to navigate a client’s presenting agenda and the ins and outs of attunement. Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm whose coaches and facilitators are committed to the n...
Feb 20, 2020•56 min
How can we create change in our cultural infrastructure? If our social structures were a live being how would we apply acupuncture to solve our issues? In this conversation with Resonance Path Institute co-founder Spring Cheng we explore how our fundamental way of viewing ourselves is a major behavioural primer in the way we engage with the world, what the East can teach us about selfhood, and how these shifts can positively impact collective structures. Spring Cheng is the co-founder of Resonan...
Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 21 min
