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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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Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson

Jean Gebser’s Work & Evolving Integrality

episode 141 | Sep 5, 2022 | 86min
The conversation around adult development and integral consciousness continues to expand and evolve. In this conversation with author and philosopher Jeremy Johnson we explore Jean Gebser’s notion of development, temporics, the unperspectival, the perspectival and the aperspectival, the move from sense-directed thinking to “senseful awareing”, the magic and the mythic and the invitation of this moment.
Zak Stein

Zak Stein

Cycles of Growth in a Time Between Worlds

episode 140 | Aug 26, 2022 | 87min
Taking a broader view of personality that includes more abstract layers of selfhood means navigating a more complex perspective on development. In this conversation with writer and futurist Zak Stein we explore the challenge of our time in metabolizing tragedy and complexity, the post-tragic and post-traumatic growth, the difference between ensoulment and transcendence growth, and three streams of personal development and how they can impact a coaching approach.
Indra Adnan

Indra Adnan

How Do We Transform Society

episode 139 | Aug 5, 2022 | 85min
In this moment of systemic chaos, how do we attract a new world into being? In this conversation with writer and psycho-social therapist Indra Adnan we explore what we’re being called to in this evolutionary moment, soft and hard power, community development, how human needs shape society, alternatives to our broken systems, multiple forms of agency and how we transform society.

Jacinta M. Jiménez

Jacinta Jiménez

Jacinta M. Jiménez

Karim Hirani

Karim Hirani

The Contemporary Edge of Effective Coaching

episode 138 | Jul 31, 2022 | 63min
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.

Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson

Spring Cheng

Steve March

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

episode 137 | Jul 22, 2022 | 85min
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.

Spring Cheng

Spring Cheng

Tom Murray

Tom Murray

The Descending Path

episode 135 | Jul 1, 2022 | 69min
In many developmental movements there is a strong emphasis on so-called “ascendent” practices, which can lead to issues in the maturation process of the individual. In this conversation with Spring Cheng and Tom Murray we explore the descending path and how it relates to the ascending path in development, the role of grief, learning and unlearning, how one direction influences the other and encountering and deconstructing complexity.

Jerry Colonna

Modeling Wholeness

episode 134 | Jun 24, 2022 | 75min
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.

Steve March

Coaching During a Global Cultural Shift

episode 133 | Jun 13, 2022 | 93min
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.
Kim Barta

Kim Barta

The Evolution of Shadow Resolution

episode 132 | Jun 3, 2022 | 68min
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.
Kim Barta

Kim Barta

Types of Shadow and How to Work With Them

episode 130 | May 5, 2022 | 90min
The word “shadow” is liberally used nowadays but do we really understand what we mean by it? In this conversation with psychotherapist Kim Barta we explore what shadow is and what it is not, the evolution from 1st person to 6th person perspectives, the three key forms of shadow and how to address them, content versus process shadow and matching the release technique to the shadow type.
Carolyn Coughlin

Carolyn Coughlin

From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius

episode 129 | Apr 29, 2022 | 74min
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”.