Stepping In

In this insightful episode of the Stepping In Podcast, New Ventures West managing partner Adam Klein engages in a profound dialogue with Joel Monk from Coaches Rising, exploring the evolving landscape of coaching, its shadows, and its future possibilities. The conversation begins with both hosts sharing their personal journeys into coaching. Joel describes his transformation from a hedonistic life...

Living Multi-Centered In this thought-provoking episode of Stepping In, host Adam Klein engages with DEIB experts Dr. Kevin Sansberry and Fran about the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Their conversation explores the delicate balance between individual identity and collective transformation in today's increasingly divided world. Episode Highlights Personal Journe...

In this special podcast episode of Stepping In we review three previous conversations about transformative journeys, purpose and calling, hosted by Adam Klein Managing Partner of New Ventures West. Adam weaves together conversations with three guests - Amiel Handelsman, Mo Edjlali, and Lizzie Azzolino - exploring four key themes about finding one's purpose in life. The themes include: how external...

Join Stepping In Podcast host Adam Klein in an open and honest conversation with Lizzie Azzolino about what it truly means to keep evolving throughout our lives. After graduating from New Ventures West years ago, Lizzie has walked a winding path from corporate strategy to a profound awakening that began in a hospital room with her mother and led through cancer, healing, and a transformative "dark...

In this episode of Stepping In, host Adam Klein of New Ventures West speaks with Mo, founder of Mindful Leader, exploring how integral coaching principles shape authentic leadership and personal transformation. Key themes include: Mo's transformative journey from tech CEO to mindfulness leader, sparked by his company's collapse and subsequent period of profound questioning The value of staying att...

How do you navigate the challenging journey of finding your authentic vocation amid the pressures of success and expectations? In this intimate conversation, Adam Klein & Amiel Handelsman discuss Amiel's evolving path from leadership development coach to podcaster and writer, exploring the internal tensions between pragmatism and spirituality that shaped his work. Through candid discussion of...

In this episode of Stepping In, Adam speaks with Christy McClendon, a New Ventures West graduate and President/CEO of New Pathways for Youth (NPFY), an organization serving youth living in extreme adversity. NPFY programs aim to break through self-destructive thinking and develop essential skills, empowering youth to achieve their desired future. In our conversation, Christy explains how NPFY’s yo...

Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Spotify How does Integral Coaching, a method that works at a deep developmental level, translate to working with leaders and corporations? This is a common question and elusive territory for potential coaches. To help illuminate the topic, Adam Klein spoke with Andrea Garfield, founder and CEO of the Awesome Institute, a company that offers executive leadership...

Catherine Bronnert DeSchepper, NVW graduate and founder of Interweavers, joins Adam to talk about the myriad ways we can—and perhaps already do—integr

Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Spotify Anne Egseth, NVW graduate and trained actor, joins Adam in this engaging conversation to speak to what can open for us and our clients when we begin to be present in our bodies. They also discuss myths around embodiment and common ways of accessing greater somatic intelligence. Here are some of the topics covered in the Stepping In podcast episode How Em...

Whitney Hess, a coach, writer, and designer, sits down with Adam Klein to delve into the nuanced topic of empathy in an insightful exploration of what true empathy is, distinguishing it from sympathy and compassion. Listeners will gain a richer understanding of empathy and its integral role in building meaningful personal and professional connections. Here are some of the topics covered in the Ste...

In this episode of Stepping In, Adam Klein speaks with the late Richard Levi, a facilitator of grief support groups who also coached individual clients through grief. Grief can blindside and disorient the people directly affected—and those who wish to support them. Richard offers ways to prepare ourselves to join our clients in the abruptly new world that grief often creates. Here are some of the...

Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Spotify In this episode of Stepping In, Adam Klein speaks with Professional Coaching Course graduate Kelly McGannon, who works in Washington, D.C., coaching and teaching mindfulness to US government leaders. In this episode, she talks with Adam about how today’s political and cultural climate offers opportunities to have new conversations with each other and our...

Michael Dolan, NVW graduate and founder of Truly Productive Leadership, joins Adam to talk about how addressing all the conflicting “to-do”s in our lives can actually empower our development by revealing what is really important to us. Here are some of the topics covered in the Stepping In podcast episode Where Horizontal and Vertical Coaching Intersect: How to integrate hori