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Podcast Episodes Tagged adult development
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”.

Alexander Love

Working With Later Stages of Adult Development

episode 126 | Mar 29, 2022 | 83min
As we develop into higher stages of adult development the need for us as coaches to understand where we ourselves are developmentally and how to best support our clients through the shift from one stage to another becomes an ever more nuanced endeavor. In this conversation with teacher and coach Alexander Love we explore working with the evolutionary impulse in coaching, the ascending and descending streams of growth, the journey through developmental levels, and working with late Subtle and early MetAware clients.

Thomas McConkie

Integral Polarity Practice

episode 107 | Oct 30, 2021 | 71min
In a time that is rife with divisiveness in the exterior, how do we consciously integrate polarities within ourselves? In this conversation with mindfulness teacher Thomas McConkie we dive into the foundations of Integral Polarity Practice, its origins and applications, ascending versus descending streams, the value of voice dialogue, the deeper workings of polarity and the pitfalls of the construct-aware stage.

Darren Gold

Meaning-making, Leadership & Identity Construction

episode 105 | Oct 19, 2021 | 72min
The way we ascribe meaning informs every aspect of our lived experience; it may be the single most impactful place to look when we want to create change. In this conversation with executive leadership coach Darren Gold we explore the impact of meaning-making on leadership behaviour, locating leadership blockages, how adult development impacts meaning-making and wiring beliefs into the body.

Tomas Björkman

Navigating the Cultural Shift & Fostering a Developmental Society

episode 102 | Sep 21, 2021 | 70min
We are facing the shifting of an age. Humanity can and must radically transform - what individual and collective actions are constructive to facilitate this process? In this conversation with entrepreneur Tomas Björkman we take a meta view of the current times of social and political upheaval and explore lessons from deep history to deep psychology, considerations in transforming complex systems, the fragility and transformation of social constructs and the individual shifts we can make.

Rob McNamara

Re-Imagining Adult Development in a Time Between worlds

episode 74 | Dec 16, 2020 | 65min
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.

Alan Watkins

Fostering Growth-oriented Organisational Cultures

episode 73 | Dec 11, 2020 | 61min
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.
Thomas Hübl

Thomas Hübl

Healing Collective Trauma

episode 72 | Dec 3, 2020 | 66min
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.
Judith Blackstone

Judith Blackstone

The Realization Process

episode 64 | Jul 31, 2020 | 67min
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.

Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Internal Family Systems and Coaching

episode 62 | Jul 2, 2020 | 63min
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.

Spring Cheng

The Resonance Code

episode 51 | Feb 4, 2020 | 84min
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.
Carolyn Coughlin

Carolyn Coughlin

Getting Your Clients World

episode 50 | Jan 22, 2020 | 61min
What is the biggest challenge for leaders today? The term ‘complexity’ has become a buzzword, but how does that translate into being a personal challenge for leaders and how can we help them navigate that challenge? In this conversation with executive coach Carolyn Coughlin we dive into the feedback mechanisms unveiled by adult development theory, the core challenge for leaders facing complexity and the role of language in creating breakthrough shifts.