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Coaches Rising Podcast

Guided by the belief that these times demand new ways of being, leading, and collaborating, the Coaches Rising podcast explores the very fabric of coaching — diving deep into how we as coaches can contribute to the evolution of human consciousness.

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Jennifer Garvey Berger

Jennifer Garvey Berger

Uncovering the Deep Principles of Change

episode 32 | Dec 12, 2018 | 39min
Contrary to conventional wisdom, we don’t stop growing when we exit childhood. In fact, understanding the stages of development that adults go through can completely change the way you see the world. In this episode adult development expert Jennifer Garvey Berger explains the different stages, how they impact leadership styles and why it’s important to be able to recognize them for effective coaching to take place.
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Gay Hendricks

The Genius Move

episode 31 | Nov 29, 2018 | 41min
The world of peak performance has brought us many insights into how the psyche influences our behavior, but not so much on how that relates to personal fulfillment. So how do we move from doing excellent work to doing something that is excellent and also lights us up? In this conversation with renowned psychologist Gay Hendricks we explore the difference between excellence and genius, what holds us back from our zone of genius and how to get onto the “genius spiral”.
Nicholas Janni

Nicholas Janni

How to Deeply Attune to Your Clients

episode 30 | Nov 15, 2018 | 69min
It’s clear that there’s a lot of emotional maturing that needs to happen in the world of organizations, but how much of that is related to leadership and how do we help leaders access a deeper emotional maturity within themselves? In this episode, peak performance expert Nicholas Janni talks to us about his top-down/bottom-up approach to this issue, and how to use our own bodies as a sensing tool to accompany our clients into ever deeper levels of internal awareness and external presence.
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Diana Chapman

Stop being so serious! Playfulness and Coaching

episode 29 | Nov 1, 2018 | 45min
Most of us probably wouldn’t say that we’re feeling threatened that often. But according to Diana Chapman, 95% of us are in a state of threat 95% of the time. So how do we combat this tendency? In this conversation with leadership advisor Diana Chapman we explore how to shift from a state of threat to trust through play and purpose.
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Mark Walsh

Embodied Coaching Essentials

episode 28 | Oct 18, 2018 | 120min
Embodiment is the latest buzzword in the coaching industry, but how do we actually work with it? In this conversation with Embodied Coaching expert Mark Walsh we discover the foundational practices for coaches working with somatic techniques, a host of embodied coaching hacks you can implement right away, and the powerful Four Elements Model for designing practices. (Heads up: this podcast contains some mild swearing)

Amanda Blake

The Neuroscience of Change

episode 27 | Oct 4, 2018 | 73min
What do our bodies have to do with living a self-directed life? What say do they have in our actions and behaviors, aside from providing a more or less sports-inclined physique? In this conversation with leadership coach Amanda Blake, we learn how the body defines our scope of possibility, how we can use it to create massive shifts, and why being in direct contact with life through the body is so important.
Jim Dethmer

Jim Dethmer

The Counter-Intuitive Coaching Shift

episode 26 | Sep 20, 2018 | 55min
As coaches, we often see our role as helping our clients create the life they actually desire. And this is a fine role indeed, but what if it were possible to tap into an even greater potential? Conscious leadership expert Jim Dethmer, has a map that shows us just how far our coaching can extend. He walks Joel through the four states of consciousness from which we can coach, and how each one leads to a fundamentally different outcome for us and our clients.

Steve March

Deep Coaching with the Four Depths

episode 25 | Sep 6, 2018 | 59min
As unique individuals with our own perception and experience of life, how can we connect with and truly “meet” each other in the present moment? In this conversation with integral leadership coach Steve March, we explore an emerging approach to coaching that has a radically different take on problem-solving and the different levels of depth that clients experience in the present moment.
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Patricia Albere

Evolutionary Relationships

episode 24 | Aug 2, 2018 | 42min
We live in a time where the term “Connection” is a buzzword; but what is it exactly that we’re looking for and how do we attain it? And what, if anything, does this quest have to do with the evolution of our species? In this conversation with spiritual teacher Patricia Albere, we explore a new type of relationship that is becoming possible, what it is to experience an “interpenetrating” state of being, and the crucial distinctions that allow us to practice connection in this profound way.
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Alan Sieler

Helping Your Clients Overcome Negative Self-Assessments

episode 23 | Jul 18, 2018 | 40min
We all know that our thinking plays a huge role in how we feel in our lives. Most of us also know however that simply repeating affirmations rarely changes anything in our experience of life. In this conversation with ontological coach Alan Seiler we explore how language creates our world, how to help clients create new scripts (that actually work) and how to integrate them into their physiology.
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Michael Neill

Creating the Impossible

episode 22 | Jul 5, 2018 | 48min
The desire to have SMART goals instead of dreams is the hallmark of our time. But what happens when we open to what is wanting to move through us, rather than looking at what we think we should do? Those who truly dare, says transformative coach Michael Neill, dream big. They aim their thinking where it matters, believe in the impossible, and learn how to facilitate a steady stream of insight by tuning into the place within that lies beyond thought.
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Steve Chandler

How to Be a Prosperous Coach

episode 21 | Jun 21, 2018 | 88min
One of the most important, and least taught aspects of being a coach is the process of enrolment. A coach with no clients is a useless coach. How can we enrol clients in a way that is both ethical and effective? In this wonderfully down to earth conversation, master coach Steve Chandler unpacks some of the main difficulties coaches face and shares three core ideas for an easeful enrolment process.