Coaches Rising

In this conversation with coach and consultant Chris Alder we explore the concept of practice, how we create practices that are developmentally intelligent, working with metaphor, integration and somatic development, hot and cold zone practices and role modelling for our clients. Chris Alder is a partner at Evolution and has been working globally with executives and senior leaders for the past 12...

In this conversation with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener we explore how we evaluate and evolve our coaching, the art of positive provocation, challenging coaching culture, owning our sovereignty in our coaching styles and the role of self-reflection and supervision. Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his research has taken him to such far-flung...

In this conversation with spiritual teacher Thomas Huebl we explore the transformational containers we create with our clients, the three core pillars of the wisdom traditions, attuning to our clients, the individuation loop, and working from our leading edge. Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisd...

In this conversation with Yannick Jacob we explore positive psychology and existentialism, prioritizing presence over process, phenomenological inquiry in coaching, integrating an existential approach and the limits and boundaries of coaching. Yannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He is...

In this conversation with psychiatrist and author Dan Siegel we dive into the concept of self, exploring the lie of the solo self, other constructs of selfhood, psychological adaptations for seeking wholeness, verb versus noun-like personality and the center of belonging. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. He is currently...

In this conversation with Dana Carman and Joel Yanowitz we explore the methodology of Wayfinding in which leaders encounter the mirror of nature, the power of threshold and ritual, nature as facilitator, and translating and integrating insights. Dana Carman is an expert in human and organizational transformation. Since 1984 he has worked as a senior advisor, consultant and executive coach to leade...

In this conversation with Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves Bonder we explore the spirit/matter split, an integrative approach to spiritual inquiry, inner polarization, the core/heart wound, “second birth awakening” and the breadth of experience post awakening. Saniel Bonder is the co-founder of the Human Sun HEART Work. He has devoted his adult life first to a 20+ year spiritual quest and then to &#...

In this conversation with choreographer and performer Arawana Hayashi we explore the dynamic transformational possibilities of social presencing theater; bringing experience into expression, moving as a social body, harnessing social presence and speaking in shapes. Arawana Hayashi’s pioneering work as a choreographer, performer and educator is deeply sourced in collaborative improvisation. She cu...

In this conversation with coaching psychologist Wendy-Ann Smith we explore common ethical issues that arise in the coaching container, the foundations of ethical practice, personal development and integrity, and navigating ethics and AI. Wendy-Ann Smith, is a coaching psychologist, co-founder of the Coaching Ethics Forum and Visiting Fellow, Centre for Positive Psychology, Buckinghamshire New Univ...

In this conversation with bestselling author and hospitality maverick Chip Conley we explore the research that reveals surprising conclusions about when we are at our happiest in life and why, the “midlife crisis”, four types of transition, paths to purpose and the collective chrysalis of these times. Chip Conley is the New York Times bestselling author and hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb&#...

In this conversation with leadership coach Amanda Blake we explore including the body, the brain-body approach, the experiential field, embodied self-awareness and coaching and growing our capacity as coaches. Amanda Blake is a Leadership Coach, creator of the popular Body = BrainⓇ course on the neurobiology of experiential learning and author of the forthcoming book Your Body Is Your Brain. In ad...

In this conversation with Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch of Pacific Integral we explore the concert of awakened wholeness, parts work and integration practices, tuning into collective intelligence, exploring co-emergence, healing within a collective and what is possible now. Abigail Lynam PhD is faculty for Fielding University’s PhD program in Human and Organizational Development and for Pacific In...

In this conversation with leadership expert Peter Hawkins we explore the role of coaching in these times, the limits of AI coaching, wide-angled empathy, systemic coaching and helping organizations embrace the unknown. Peter Hawkins is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School University of Reading UK and Emeritus Chairman of Bath Consultancy Group, where for the last 25 years he has been...

In this conversation with Lynda Caesara we explore the nature of the human energy field, how we can work with it as coaches, the chakra system, how to hold energy fields, the five patterns of energetic dysfunction and the Four Directions container. Lynda Caesara attended Berkeley Psychic Institute in 1974, the Heartsong Psychic Institute from 1975 to 1977, and went on to teach at Heartsong for six...

In this conversation with Dr John Churchill we explore the current meta-crisis from the perspective of planetary and human dharma, the value of different developmental approaches and how to integrate them, contemplative engineering, and becoming a planetary Bodhisattva. BIO Dr. John Churchill is a Doctor of Psychology and teacher of Buddha Dharma as well as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Me...

In this conversation with trauma therapist and NARM™ teacher Ralf Marzen we explore the relationship between trauma and awakening, what integrated spirituality looks like, transmuting trauma into gifts and working with NARM. Ralf Marzen is a clinical psychologist and trauma therapist with over 20 years of experience working with individuals and groups. He is the founder of Embodied Trauma Healing...

In this conversation with coach, author and speaker Michael Bungay Stanier we explore the concept of social contracting, the 3 phases of the keystone conversation, maintaining healthy relationships and good day/bad day questions. Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership competency. He is a coach and speak...

In this conversation with writer and thought-leader Charles Eisenstein we explore sense-making in the era of collapse, stepping outside of our stories, the nature of sanity, the power of invitation and how we navigate the breakdown. Charles Eisenstein is a countercultural philosopher, essayist and speaker focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, economics and human cultural evolution. Hi...

In this conversation with psychotherapist and purpose guide Jonathan Gustin we speak about the nonduality roundtable that Jonathan is hosting on June 18th with his teachers Adyashanti, Rupert Spira and John Prendergast, what the aims are of the gathering, the nature of the student-teacher relationship, pathways to enlightenment and some of the pitfalls of awakening. Jonathan Gustin is a purpose gu...

In this conversation with master somatic leadership coach Chris L. Johnson we explore the practice of presence in the context of leadership, the somatic aspect of presence, working with high stress clients, relating to triggers, stressors and energy leaks, cultivating change through resonance and core presence. Chris L. Johnson is a master somatic leadership coach, trauma psychologist, and mindful...

In this conversation with Eve Turner and Jonathan Passmore we explore the difference between codes of ethics and ethical awareness, how we think about ethics, key domains of ethical questions in coaching, engaging ethical issues in the coaching conversation and the ethical issues around AI. Eve Turner is a highly accomplished coach, mentor, supervisor and facilitator working with clients in the pu...

In this conversation with executive coach Giles Hutchins we explore the current paradigm shift occurring in leadership and organizations, what regenerative leadership is, the differences between the old and new worldviews, the three lenses through which we experience reality and how to help leaders become who they need to be in order to create organizations that transform rather than just coping....

In this conversation with executive coach Muriel Wilkins we explore the importance of contextualizing coaching, the pitfalls of coaching within a vacuum, growing as a coach, stakeholder-leader relationships, awareness of our biases and detaching from outcomes. Muriel Wilkins, managing partner and co-founder of Paravis Partners, is a C-suite advisor and executive coach with a strong track record of...

In this conversation with coach and co-founder of AQai Ross Thornley we explore the impulse to adapt, conditions for adaptation, the lexicon of adaptability, making complex adaptability assessments, building resilience and the power of imagination. Ross Thornley is the CEO and Co-Founder of AQai, an organization that specializes in adaptability assessments and coaching. Ross has extensive experien...

In this conversation with coach and leadership consultant Nicholas Janni we explore the framework he uses to coach in a profoundly emergent way, his methodology in training coaches, some of the core differences between his style of coaching versus a more traditional approach, leveraging the power of presence and trauma-informed coaching. Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone’ of...