The Coaching Studio with Lyssa deHart

I am happy to introduce Philippe Rosinski, MCC, to the Coaching Studio. We run the gamut from how coaching impacts human potential and how our systems may impact how we decide to be purposeful in this conversation to Culturally competent coaching. We discuss the difference between uniformity and unity. And how some organizations have an impoverishment of differences. In these times of the "Gr...

This week on the Coaching Studio, I am happy to introduce you to Georgina Woudstra, MCC. This conversation centers around Coaching teams, not facilitating or advising teams, but using your coaching presence and curiosity to hold the space to support teams to self-discovery. It's an important and powerful distinction. Team coaching, with a capital C, is coaching at the heart and lends itself t...

I am delighted to introduce you to Angelos Derlopas, MCC. We traveled through several important topics, including becoming comfortable with discomfort, courage in changing careers, cultural awareness, and the power of mentoring. Angelos Derlopas is a thought leader and reputed coach, coach educator, mentor, and supervisor. Director of Education at Positivity Coaching, Master Certified Coach (ICF M...

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I am thrilled to introduce you to Gideon Culman, MCC. Someone who I consider a good friend. I thoroughly enjoyed this thoughtful conversation with Gideon as we launch grenades into ideas about non-judgment and explore the idea of skillfully cultivated ignorance.  Join me as we consider how our world is created and impacted by how we show up as a coach. Gideo...

Join me as I welcome Chariti Gent, MCC as she shares many nuggets of coaching wisdom that help us move through the internal churn of needing to fill the space and our discomfort with silence; Coaching with the Twenty-Second Rule was priceless! We also explore the work of education around equity and inclusion that she is working on with the University of Wisconsin Coaching Program. The question bec...

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Mel Leow, MCC. We discuss business, feedback, self-reflection, and bravery. The idea of partnership and the need to learn to get comfortable with "not knowing" so that we can be in full curiosity with our clients and thusly better coaches. When I asked him what he would say to those seeking their MCC, he responded, "I...

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Ruth Kudzi, MCC. There were many favorite parts to our conversation one had to do with the three things Ruth would have done differently.  And what she thinks when coaches say, "My Client would never do XYZ." Join us as we explore ways to open ourselves up, reflect, and not put limits on our clients and what they would or w...

It is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to my guest today Tony Latimer, MCC. I always learn something in each podcast and today was no different. Tony was taught coaching at it's genesis, focused on the non-directive coaching principles at that time with the likes of Sir John Witmore. Our conversation covers the gamut of becoming a coach to AI and the impact AI is going to have on coachin...

Today’s guest is someone who I think you are going to enjoy; I am excited to introduce you to Mike Green, MCC. In our conversation today, we talk about Mike’s adventure into Leadership Coaching, becoming an MCC, and how each coach has to discover how to let go of their baggage, such as the idea of adding value, to become the coach their clients need. Mike Green’s story reads like something from a...

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest in the studio Tara Nolan, MCC. One of my favorite parts of the conversation was when Tara was talking about the "being" of partnership. And the move away from listening to the content and she shifted into listening now just for energy. Noticing what words really spring out to her that she could then be curious about. She said, "Am...

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Coach Sophia Casey, MCC. As we explore her coaching journey and what she learned along the way about showing up and being with her clients. Choosing presence over performance and how she let go of copious note-taking so that she could truly be present with the person in front of her. Letting go of control in order to empower her clients to...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio, I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tünde Erdös, Ph. D., MCC. Join us as we meander through the forces that moved Tünde from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation and how coaching aligned with that journey.  One of the interesting parts from our conversation was around "knowing" or "not knowing."  Tünde shares, "...

In today's podcast, my guest today is Dr. Antoinette Braks, MCC. Join us as we have a listen to Antoinette's coaching journey into Leadership Coaching. Exploring transformational and conscious coaching, that leaders need, in order to support a positive change in the world. Antoinette is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is the author of Executive Coachi...

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Ben Dooley, MCC. Join us as we discuss Ben's thoughts on what coaches need to hear about marketing, coaching, and clowning around. Ben shares his secret to everything, ABC! You'll have to listen to find out what the acronym stands for, but I can tell you it deserves the exclamation point.  Ben is a Master Certified Coach with the...

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tracy Sinclair, MCC. Join us as we ponder what would be different in the world if Coaching wasn't typically a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th career, but rather if young adults could choose Coaching like they do Social Work or Organizational Psychology. What if Coaching was the first career? And, then we take a dive into the differences and simi...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Donna Zajonc, MCC. Donna is the Director of Coaching for the Center for the Empowerment Dynamic. Donna also has an upcoming book, Who Do You Want To Be On The Way To What You Want: Coaching with the Empowerment Dynamic . Her work comes out of her partnership with David Emerald and his book The Power of TED . Both books are usef...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Amina Eperjesi, PCC. Amina partners with leaders, teams, and coaches to use their experience at work as a starting point for personal and professional growth. Come listen as Amina and I explore Coaching Supervision as well as Executive Leader Supervision. Creating safe spaces to explore our relationship to the work we do. How c...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Ihab Badawi, MCC. Ihab Badawi is a Corporate Advisor and a Master Certified Coach specializing in the Leadership field.   I enjoyed this interview and it really started when Ihab shared, "And this just hit me that coaching is one of the most transformative approaches that a leader can take. And since then I embarked on thi...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Jo Lanigan, MCC. There are many interesting intersections that lead a person from one side of the world to do something, and then transition their life halfway across the planet, only to find themselves doing something completely different. Jo started out having worked hard to be a perfectionist. Everything had to be right. And...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Elaine Patterson, Coaching SuperVisor EMCC. In this episode, we discuss how not only what we know, but our humanity, you're adding in your own vulnerabilities. You're getting rid of your ego to go much more to the level of heart and soul work, which all people work is. We might dodge it, we might give it different nam...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Fran Fisher, MCC. Fran was there at the beginning of the ICF and has a fascinating story about how she discovered her life mission. As one of the first pioneers and champions of professional coaching. She served as a founding ICF Executive Board member and was the chair of developing the Credentialling paths for both coaches an...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Janet M. Harvey, MCC. We had an interesting conversation on why coaching has exploded in the world and the three things that coaches need to pay attention to.   Janet has experienced that the secret to having your biggest breakthrough is reconnecting with your authentic self. When that happens, you are able to make big changes,...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Dr. D. Ivan Young, MCC. In this episode we explore how coaching isn’t about ego, it’s not about how smart you are, but rather how well you are able to support your client to be the smart one. Fellow and Co-Lead for Race, Equity & Inclusion at The Institute of Coaching at McLean/Harvard Medical School For over a decade, Dr....

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know  Michelle Akin, MCC.  One of the youngest MCC's, Michelle has had an interesting journey into coaching. She is the coach for creatives who need a kick in the ass. Through her coaching, group programs, and community of artists, she supported people to break up with their bullshit and get their art out into the world.  It&ap...

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Annie Gelfand, MBA, MCC.  In this episode, Annie and I dive deep into what partnership at an MCC level means in a coaching conversation.  Annie is passionate about supporting coaches to enhance their skills so that they are able to show up deeply with the people they work with.   When Annie isn’t assisting clients in creating r...