Coaching Uncaged

In the first episode of the new Coaching Uncaged podcast Animas Centre Director Robert Stephenson is joined on a roundtable discussion by Executive and Systemic Coach Salma Shah, Executive Coach Saima Butt and Master Youth Coach Bob Singha to explore the lack of cultural diversity in the coaching industry and the things that we might all do to change this.  The panel share their personal experienc...

In this, the first episode of series 4 of the Animas Podcast, Harpreet Sandhu shares his journey from dissatisfaction and unhappiness, to becoming a success and fulfilment coach and Mr Happiness TV. Along the way touching on spirituality, flourishing to fulfilment, authentic happiness and the continuous support of the Animas community.  Harpreet is a Success and Fulfilment Coach who empowers peopl...

In this latest instalment of the Animas Podcast, life coach, entrepreneur and founder of unique events business Trigger Conversations, Georgie Nightingall, talks about her work around getting people to have more meaningful conversations and move away from the repetitive mundanities of questions such as "what do you do?" Georgie also shares reflections on how identity and belonging play a part in o...

In this episode of the Animas Podcast, writer, coach and Animas trainer Nick Thorpe shares his journey of sailing across the Pacific Ocean as travel writer, to becoming a life coach and Animas Coach Trainer, as well as talking about male rites of passage and the exciting projects that are currently keeping him busy.  Nick is an award-winning writer, speaker, coach & Animas trainer. A prolific...

In this episode of the Animas Podcast, experienced coach Teresa Wilson talks about her work coaching in prisons, sharing reflections and insights from coaching in this unique environment. She also talks about the importance of authenticity and our 'true selves' in the coaching space, as well as discussing her upcoming book which focuses on creativity and coaching. Teresa is a very experienced coac...

In this very special lecture, Animas Founder and CEO Nick Bolton gives his last, and most personal, talk to date as he explores what mastery and success look and feel like, and how the two are related. He shares what he has seen as the archetypal roadmap that, over many years, enables the rise of the successful coach, and how understanding this will ease the frustration, disillusionment and even r...

In this video, Peter Hyson explores how we can move our clients from “Great” - self-actualisation - to “Greatest” in what he terms self-transcendence. Sharing ideas from his book “Coaching with Meaning and Spirituality” Peter shares practical tools to use with our clients and ideas on how we can highlight our blind spots as coaches. Peter has been a Professional Leadership coach for more than 25 y...

Emma works with people who want to create change for themselves or others and want to enhance the world somehow. She has a lot of experience working with men around their ideas of masculinity, and is a passionate advocate for raising boys positively in a culture that allows them to be whoever they choose to be. In the final episode of series 3 of the Animas Podcast, our new Edinburgh trainer Emma...

In this video, Mia O'Gorman shares insights from her own journey as an internal and external coach, coaching skills trainer, leadership development consultant and coaching supervisor to some of the world’s most renowned businesses. Discover whether corporate coaching could be the right path for you and hear Mia’s suggestions for building your credibility to enter the corporate coaching market, lev...

Natural Flow Consultancy Founder and Animas Centre for Coaching graduate, Kevin Mascarenhas, meets with Alex Wrottelsey, Head of Geovation Hub in London to discuss the introduction of Transformational coaching to his business and the cultural impact it has had on Alex personally and his team in the workspace itself.

Rachel Roberts is a Professor of Viola at London Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Rachel shares how narrative coaching and music has helped her to overcome very challenging periods of her life, which is why she is so passionate about Dream Warriors Academy, her social enterprise she started in early 2018. Dream Warriors aims to empower young disadvantaged people through the arts. Rachel draws...

Mia’s coaching and training style enable people to recognise their potential, see new possibilities and take confident steps forward. She has experience working with leaders from emerging talent to Director level across industry sectors including construction, energy, finance, leisure travel, law and professional services.

Natasha provides an all-around holistic approach to her coaching and often incorporates other disciplines such as Reiki, Meditation, Flower Essence Remedies and Akashic Readings into her sessions.

Sarah believes in the power that working as a coach at a ‘micro’ level in supporting youth and adults to cultivate wellbeing and find meaning in life, has on a ‘macro’ level in today’s society. The ripple effect that one person’s empowerment can have on his or her environment is what drives her work forth.

An Animas Lecture with Sasha van Deurzen-Smith... Join Sasha as she explores the way in which existential practice can not only help to illuminate our values, but identify the often concealed impact that they have on our choices. An existential coach and academic registrar at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, Sasha will consider how to work with a client’s personal narrative, and ho...

In the Episode, former Animas coach Will Harvey shares how he balances his 15 coaching clients with a fulltime Monday to Friday job... He also talks about his recent experience of public speaking at the Animas Community Lecture: 'Growing Your Coaching Practice', alongside Ross Nichols and Samantha Dunnage.

Clients often don't know what they really need. And coaches are human. We need information, stories and external displays that let us know how to respond. But do we always? How do we tap in to the unexpressed human needs that clients are looking to meet beyond their consciousness? In this Animas Lecture, Marcus Stone will explore what it means for a coach to operate beyond the verbal interface and...

Struggling to get your practice thriving? Ready to make your Coaching Practice a real business? Join former Animas students; Ross Nichols, Samantha Dunnage and Will Harvey for some tips and inspiration on how to grow your practice. From this audio, you will get some clear ideas on how to use your intuition, how to not give in to fear and some practical advice.

In this talk, mindfulness practitioner and trainer Emily Johnston will share the seven attitudes of mindfulness and how they can support us to live actively and powerfully through this time of change and tumult. Far from being a withdrawal from the world into calm, mindfulness enables us to be more consciously and choicefully active in the world - facing change with resilience, positivity and grea...

Meet one of the newest Animas trainers, Bronwyn Nash... In this episode, Bronwyn talks about her background in the corporate world and how she made a complete 'career' U-turn to set up her coaching practice 'Magic roundabout coaching'. Also, learn about Bronwyn's experience with coaching Supervision and much more!

Olivia joins Dave Roberts on his Music for Grown-Ups show - 12th April 2018. Topics - Animas, Coaching, Olivia's book and launch event in East Grinstead.

To kick off series 3 of the Animas Podcast, Robert Stephenson meets Animas coach, Carole Douillot. Carole shares her pathway to coaching and her expansive career experiences that led to a personal understanding of the 'Multipotentialite' concept. Carole runs various coaching circle on 'Animas Connect' and is involved in some exciting social impact projects such as 'The Wilderness Foundation'. If y...

In this talk, Nick Bolton, founder of Animas, will take you on a discursive exploration of time in coaching and how, as coaches, we can work with our clients with a unifying lens over one's timeline. Exploring theoretical and psychological conceptions of human-time as well as his own practice of coaching which seeks to draw out self-concept as formed over and through time, Nick will offer news way...

In his coaching, Marcus Stone draws upon person-centred practices, focussing on the quality of the relationship with his clients and the use of self, spaciousness and silence to help them feel into what’s going on within themselves and their situation. Working with what is presented in each moment, he allows the special ambience created to develop trusting bonds with the people he works with. Marc...

Originally trained as a Montessori teacher with the ethos of encouraging children to discover their own independence through student-centred learning, Emily Johnston​ has always looked for the most natural and self-empowering way of helping people. Once she had her own family she took a career turn and moved into health and wellbeing for adults working briefly within the corporate sector and then...