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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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Joel Monk Co-founder Coaches Rising

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Steve March

Ontological Design and the Unfoldment of Being

episode 299 | Aug 12, 2026 | 68min
In this episode we speak with Steve March to explore why the challenges of our time call for a profound shift from the paradigm of self-optimization to one of unfoldment, revealing how wholeness, presence, and depth allow us to meet increasing complexity with greater wisdom. We go on to examine the hidden ways technology and culture shape who we become, the evolution of complex systems, and how coaches can help people move beyond fixing themselves to accessing the deeper intelligence that is already within them.
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Juliette Baigler

Coaching at the Edge

episode 265 | Dec 9, 2025 | 86min
In this conversation with Juliette Baigler we dive into the subtle territories of coaching at the edge, radical silence, belonging, projection, and the sacred unfolding of a practitioner’s path. Together we explore how tuning into what’s emerging—individually and collectively—opens the door to deeper wholeness, healing, and calling.
Kim Barta

Kim Barta

The Shadow of Shadow Work

episode 263 | Nov 14, 2025 | 89min
In this conversation with Kim Barta we explore the core dynamics of shadow work, exploring depth, breadth, and height in growth. We dive into the shadow of shadow work, healing introjects and integrating projections, the subtle ways coaches can inadvertently cause harm, and the critical difference between attuning to a client and simply aligning with them.
Sam Isaacson

Sam Isaacson

From Disruption to Dialogue: AI & the Coaching Industry

episode 262 | Nov 11, 2025 | 56min
In this conversation with Sam Isaacson we explore how the rapid rise of AI is reshaping the coaching landscape, from its disruptive potential to its ongoing limitations. Together we examine where human presence, accountability, and empathy remain irreplaceable, and how coaches can engage in a meaningful dialogue with technology rather than compete against it.
Amy Elizabeth Fox

Amy Elizabeth Fox

Jennifer Garvey Berger

Emergent Leadership in an Era of Chaos

episode 261 | Oct 29, 2025 | 69min
In this rich and timely conversation with Amy Elizabeth Fox and Jennifer Garvey Berger, we explore how coaches can help leaders cultivate spaces of deep humanity and design contexts where true emergence becomes possible — even amid prolonged chaos. Together, we dive into what it means to see an organisation as a living organism, to bring love into the field of business, and to walk the path of becoming a self-transforming leader.

Muriel Wilkins

Leadership Unblocked

episode 258 | Oct 11, 2025 | 62min
In this conversation with Muriel Wilkins we dive into how she helps her executive clients unpack the core beliefs that limit their leadership, explore 7 common beliefs that keep leaders stuck and how we can help them move beyond them, reframes for effective change, creative inquiry goal-setting, and coaching for culture.

Laurence Heller

NARM therapy

episode 255 | Sep 12, 2025 | 79min
In this conversation with Dr. Laurence Heller we explore the fundamental therapeutic orientation of NARM therapy, how disconnection drives survival strategies, integrating NARM with coaching, universal principles in NARM, and expanding our spiritual capacities.

Jill Nephew

Enhancing Human Sensemaking

episode 254 | Aug 22, 2025 | 90min
In this conversation with Jill Nephew we explore Jill’s work into transforming human inquiry patterns into high value templates, emulation versus simulation and the limits of AI, moving beyond closed systems thinking and understanding living systems.
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