Mental Fitness Explained Podcast

Colin C. Thompson, is founder and CEO of Oligye Enterprises (Shanghai) a minority owned company focused on business consulting, coaching, and training. Colin Thompson Colin is a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach and holds his coaching certification with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  As a result of his consulting, training, and coaching services, individuals, teams, and organizations have developed and enhanced work and leadership skills essential for success in both personal and professional environments.   Go to Coach Colin's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Sheryl Stoller is a PCI Certified Parent Coach® who has devoted herself to coaching overwrought parents of children whose abilities, sensibilities, and behaviors go beyond expectations (gifted, twice/multi-exceptional) since 2009. This is a personal journey as well as an academic and professional one for Sheryl. She is deeply gratified to serve parents the way she had needed when her children were young. Parents who work with Sheryl come to love how they show up to themselves, their children, and others in their lives. Sheryl has been an expert guest on Debbie Reber's wide-reaching TiLT Parenting Podcast and is honored to have joined her Differently Wired Club's team of parent coaches. She integrates many fields of knowledge and training into her coaching. Most recently, she is receiving her Somatic Attachment Therapy Certification; and is a Positive Intelligence (PI) Mental Fitness Coach, through Shirzad Chamine out of Stanford University. Sheryl Co-Leads two communities of practice for PI - Parents and Families, and Neurodiversity; and has received rave reviews for her customization of PI for “Aligned Parents” and “Get Mental and Emotional Fitness” Group programs for 2E parents. Having trained with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Sheryl is honored that Dr. Shefali has this to say: “There are few who can work with families of gifted and twice-exceptional children the way Sheryl Stoller can. She is not only perceptive, compassionate, and knowledgeable, but also extremely effective and results oriented.  She is trained in conscious parenting approaches and has tremendous success with her clients. I unreservedly recommend her!”

Dr. Mary Olk is a twenty-five-year Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) faculty member. She is an Executive and Leadership Development Coach working with high performing individuals from across the globe, creating transformative change—at work, in relationships, and in life. She specializes in working with CHANGEMAKERS in leadership who create a productive and supportive culture in the workplace. Even though she takes her work seriously, she makes coaching inspiring and fun. Mary has her Ph.D. degree in Psychology, is a faculty member of the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) and is a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. She is also a member of a select group of Positive Intelligence coaches called the “Firekeepers.” Go to Coach Mary's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Angie Alexander is a Professional Engineer with over 20-years of oil & gas experience. While she enjoyed the technical work of engineering, she was often brought in to facilitate team meetings. She soon became the “go to” person to assist multi-discipline teams to unravel and solve complex technical & business problems. Angie Alexander This passion for unlocking the potential in people led me to launch her business as an executive coach, facilitator, and consultant. Through her corporate workshops, Mental Fitness Bootcamp, and coaching programs, she has been equipping executives, professionals, and technical teams to rise above their circumstances, grow their Positive Intelligence “muscle”, and bring their best selves to work. Her specialty includes coaching women with technical backgrounds and corporate teams. Go to Coach Angie's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Through her company, Invest in Yourself, Kathleen's desire is to support Women in Business and Higher Education who want to overcome their professional/personal struggles and challenges. Kathleen Fanning Kathleen is a member of the International Coach Federation and has been awarded a Professional Certified Coach credential (PCC). She has also earned her Certified Positive Intelligence Coach certificate (CPQC). She is also a Trainer and an Educator with over 25 years experience in the Business, Higher Education and Public sectors. Kathleen's journey has led her around the world and back to Ireland, where she is happy to be settled in Tipperary. Kathleen loves sharing her coaching clients' journey and seeing them move from “Overwhelm” to: Increased confidence Setting boundaries (sometimes for the first time) Making self-care a priority Being clear on what's important – at home and at work. Kathleen's initial training in Montessori formed her teaching and coaching style, and her values which are: Follow the learner Look for success rather than mistakes of slip-ups The foundational belief that “People are Naturally Creative, Resourceful and Whole” (The Co-Active Model). Kathleen works face-to-face in Ireland or virtually anywhere in the world. Go to Coach Kathleen's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Dr. Doni Landefeld is a certified Advanced Personal and Executive Coach, a Certified Emotional Intelligence assessment administrator, and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. Doni Landefeld, Ph.D. As a speaker, writer, coach, and trainer, Doni helps mid-level and senior business leaders who want to achieve more, want stronger relationships and want to be happier and flow with life's challenges. Originally from Pennsylvania, Doni served in several leadership roles in academia before moving to Florida in 2004. In 2010, she created Metamorphosis Coaching and Consulting focusing on leadership development, effective communication, positive intelligence techniques, and enhancing emotional intelligence. Doni actively leads in her community – she serves on the Board of Directors for the Gulf Coast Symphony where she was President for 10 years, sits on the Education Committee of the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce, and is co-founder and rotating Chair for “Taste of the Cape,” an event that has raised six figures for scholarships and musical outreach in our community.  Doni created “Lead Yourself First©: 30 strategies to help anyone who leads” and her work was featured in the February 2017 issue of “Gulf Coast Woman.” Doni attended the Pennsylvania State University (main campus) where she received a B.S. in Music Education and a certificate in double bass performance, Temple University where she earned a Master's in Education, and Walden University for her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology. Go to Coach Doni's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Kim Barnwell is a Personal Development and Life Coach, who specializes in partnering with those who self-identify as being a Highly Sensitive Person, who are wanting to experience more of what they want in life and less of what they don't. Kim Barnwell A seasoned coach, Kim started her coaching journey with the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) in 2002 after a 15-year career in financial services. She became certified (CPCC) with CTI in 2008 and has been a credential member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) at the PCC level since 2010. A lifelong student with a passion for understanding psychology, spirituality, neuroscience and human potential, some of Kim's other certifications include Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, Certified Usui Reiki Master, and Integrated Energy Therapy Master Instructor. Each area of study serves her as a coach to support the personal development of the clients she serves, as well as their emotional and mental wellbeing. During coaching sessions, Kim's clients are guided to connect more intimately with their inner selves; how they think, what they believe, feel, value and what inspires them. Developing mental fitness empowers highly sensitive women to amplify their empathic and intuitive superpowers. Including the Positive Intelligence® program and PQ® coaching skills accelerates this development. Lowering the voices of our inner critic lessens its self-sabotaging impact and gives us greater access to our inner resources when it matters most – in times of conflict, personal or professional transitions, and uncertainty. Kim also has a passion for serving as a Mentor Coach for coaches in training, or those working towards earning or renewing their ICF credential. If you're thinking of partnering with a coach to support your personal growth, develop your mental fitness, or hiring a mentor coach, Kim offers a complimentary consultation to explore the potential of working together, and answer any question you may have. Please send a message through her website at www.kimbarnwell.com and she'll get back to you schedule a time. Go to Coach Kim's Coaching Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Amy Moser is a seasoned coach, with global experience in Chicago, London and Abu Dhabi. Amy Moser She is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications. Amy trained as a coach during her career at the BBC, and has been coaching in her own practice for 12 years. Amy is best known for expert facilitation of high-level groups, including lawyers, consultants and actuaries. One of the first 40 Certified Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coaches, she coaches on B2B engagements - currently a digital publisher, a global recruiter and a healthcare provider - 99 participants in total. She also devotes a percentage of time to coaching parents and children. In her private practice, Amy's PQ group coaching programme includes family lawyers and divorcees. Drawing on life experience, Amy has a passion to improve divorce within the family system. Amy's clients develop the mental fitness to be resilient even in the most stressful times. Amy's work within the PQ for Parents community includes a well-attended Parenting Saboteur event and a Co-parenting Panel. She was also part of the PQ Accelerator Mastermind group. An active member of family law organisation Resolution, Amy also contributes to the PQ for Lawyers and B2B Communities of Practice. She holds an MSc from Northwestern University and BA from DePauw University. Amy likes to moonlight as an extra in films, and can be found in The Crown, Mama Mia 2 and Jason Bourne.  Amy is divorced and lives with her two teenagers in Ealing, London, UK. Go to Coach Amy's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Charlie Jett is a full-time certified professional co-active coach (CPCC) an internationally certified professional coach (PCC), and a certified Positive Intelligence coach (CPQC). Charlie Jett CPCC, PCC, CPQC He specializes in career management, career strategies, skill development, positive intelligence (PQ), and career crises. He also serves as a coach for individuals pursuing CTI certification. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School. Charlie has extensive experience that includes corporate, management consulting, top-level executive search (CEO's and those reporting to the CEO), successful entrepreneurship, and military experience as an officer in the US Naval Nuclear Submarine Force. He has served in numerous capacities with the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago including as President and a member of the Board of Directors. He has been a featured speaker with the HBS Clubs (including Chicago and New York), as a featured speaker at the nation's top business schools, and currently heads the career industry focus for the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago. Go to Coach Charlie's Website All in the State of Mind If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't. If you would like to win, but don't think you can, It's almost a cinch you won't!   If you think you'll lose, you've lost, For out in the world you find – Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of mind.   Full many a race is lost Ere ever a step is run; And many a coward fails Ere even his work has begun.   Think big and your deeds will grow, Think small and you'll fall behind, Think that you can and you will! It's all in the state of mind.   If you think you're outclassed, you are; You've got to think high to rise. You've got to be sure of yourself before You ever can win a prize.   Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins, Is the fellow who thinks he can.

Roberta Ryan is a Business Coach who is certified in both Co-Active Coaching and Positive Intelligence. Her clients are small busines owners who provide services such as coaching, graphic design, financial planning, and other advisory professions. Roberta Ryan She knows what it's like to want to evolve your business to the next level but feel unclear about how to get there. When she started her coaching practice in 2003, she knew she had a great idea. She wanted to approach business in a way that supported inspired entrepreneurs to tap into their intuition, build on your superpowers, and align their work-life closely with their values. She discovered that working with her uncertainty and using the very approach she believed in really worked as her great business vision became a reality! Maybe you've wished for a business development model that honors your values, unique talents, and wisdom while also supporting you to succeed. Here's the good news: building the business you envision doesn't have to be a struggle. Feeling stuck and frustrated can be discouraging. Roberta's been there, and she's learned how to trust the process and move beyond fear and uncertainty. She has coached hundreds of business owners to clarity and into focused action. Go To Coach Roberta's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Charlie Jett is a full-time certified professional co-active coach (CPCC) an internationally certified professional coach (PCC), and a certified Positive Intelligence coach (CPQC). Charlie Jett CPCC, PCC, CPQC He specializes in career management, career strategies, skill development, positive intelligence (PQ), and career crises. He also serves as a coach for individuals pursuing CTI certification. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School. Charlie has extensive experience that includes corporate, management consulting, top-level executive search (CEO's and those reporting to the CEO), successful entrepreneurship, and military experience as an officer in the US Naval Nuclear Submarine Force. He has served in numerous capacities with the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago including as President and a member of the Board of Directors. He has been a featured speaker with the HBS Clubs (including Chicago and New York), as a featured speaker at the nation's top business schools, and currently heads the career industry focus for the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago. Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Cindy Morgan-Jaffe speaks, writes, and coaches on mental fitness and money. She helps individuals and organizations handle money related challenges with a clear mind and positive emotions, so they get the results they want and need. Cindy Morgan-Jaffe Cindy has a broad range of skills and experience in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors including running leadership programs for senior executives across the federal government. She has a Master's in Education and Human Development from George Washington University and is a certified Life and Professional Recovery, Positive Intelligence Coach, as well as a trained XChange Guide. She hosts a Positive Money Club as a safe space to address money challenges. She also facilitates workshops and events on how money mindset drives results, and conscious leadership. Cindy is also a lead trainer for R1 Learning, committed to bringing tools and education to those on the front line of addiction and behavioral health. She and her wife have raised five children and live in Washington, DC where she enjoys art, yoga, and hiking. Go to Coach Cindy's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Debbi McCullough is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. Debbi McCullough Debbi knows even the brightest, most respected leaders can sometimes struggle speaking (and writing) to audiences they fear. She saw this first-hand reporting on business and social trends for global media (like the Economist, the Guardian, and the Financial Times) and when teaching executive communication to MBA students at a top-ranking program. Now, with coaching skills gained through the University of Wisconsin Madison Professional Coaching program, Positive Intelligence's certification program, and the International Coaching Federation, she helps clients feel calm, clear, and confident when communicating their ideas, needs—and hopes. As a communicator, Coach Debbi helps you save time and compel your audience with narrative, clear language, effective frameworks, and bottom-lined, accessible ideas. Go to Coach Debbi's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Dorthe Schipperheijn is a Netherlands-based Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach (CPQC) and an ICF-Certified Professional Coach (PCC). Dorthe Schipperheijn Her mission is to make people aware of their motives and their talents. She invites them to develop their strengths and to use it for themselves and their environment. She also likes tasks that seem impossible, but that turn out to be very feasible with a clear direction and open connection. She likes to work with anyone who wants to and supports Young Professionals through coaching, mentoring and training. As a coach Dorthe guides the process of personal and collective awareness. She works from the principle that Co-Active Coaching expresses so beautifully: every person is naturally creative, resourceful and whole. Every person carries the answers for his or her life within. And together she and her clients can achieve what is not possible for each individually. As an interim manager and process supervisor, she connects distinct interests and perspectives of parties that need or want to work together to achieve a common result that otherwise cannot be attained. Her many years of experience with various projects and development processes in municipal land are her strengths. Dorthe realizes that the context in which people find themselves is very important for their ability to flourish. This applies to the physical environment in which people reside, to the networks and community to which people belong and to the way in which an organization is managed. Go to Coach Dorthe's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Lee is the senior certified coach at iDiet – a science-based organization helping clients to reach their healthy weight maintenance goals without struggle or hunger. iDiet has recently incorporated Positive Intelligence principles to augment iDiet's existing best-in-class nutrition, behavior, and habit-change curriculum. This helps to turn down the volume on thoughts and feelings that used to interfere with progress — and turn on a more joyful and lasting approach to healthy eating and weight loss. Lee designs programs that integrate Positive Intelligence into the iDiet core while personally running many of the live classes. Adding in the PQ program to the curriculum at iDiet has measurably changed the lives of the dieters. More clients now see up to 2x the weight loss — achieving gold-standard clinical results without drugs or surgery — better retention and engagement, and many other life improvements with iDiet's clients. It has become a program that goes beyond changing your weight to improve your life, to a program that improves all aspects of your life while changing your weight. Lee Busch is an educator, advisor, and life coach. He employs a multidisciplinary approach based in neurobiology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, nutrition, and integrative medicine, combining ancient and modern wisdom to translate relevant insights into personalized help. Lee is a certified coach in several disciplines, including the Instinct Diet and Positive Intelligence. Graduating magna cum laude from Tufts University, Lee is an advisor to consulting firms, top-tier universities, the Fortune 50/500, select startup companies, and his private clients. Go to Coach Lee's Website Go to the iDiet Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Through her company, Invest in Yourself, Kathleen's desire is to support Women in Business and Higher Education who want to overcome their professional/personal struggles and challenges. Kathleen Fanning Kathleen is a member of the International Coach Federation and has been awarded a Professional Certified Coach credential (PCC). She is also a Trainer and an Educator with over 25 years experience in the Business, Higher Education and Public sectors. Kathleen's journey has led her around the world and back to Ireland, where she is happy to be settled in Tipperary. Kathleen loves sharing her coaching clients' journey and seeing them move from “Overwhelm” to: Increased confidence Setting boundaries (sometimes for the first time) Making self-care a priority Being clear on what's important – at home and at work. Kathleen's initial training in Montessori formed her teaching and coaching style, and her values which are: Follow the learner Look for success rather than mistakes of slip-ups The foundational belief that “People are Naturally Creative, Resourceful and Whole” (The Co-Active Model). Kathleen works face-to-face in Ireland or virtually anywhere in the world. Go to Coach Kathleen's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

As a leadership coach, Wendy draws out the true genius in her clients, helping them become more confident, capable leaders and happier human beings. They expand their self-awareness and their self-mastery while building more authentic, trust-based relationships with their co-workers. Wendy McManus Wendy's clients harness the power of people to create stellar business results. Wendy brings her well-rounded experience, including 17 years of success as a leader in produce marketing, to her work as a Leadership Coach. In 2017, she made the leap into coaching, which is the work she was born to do. Wendy has been trained and mentored by Shirzad Chamine, author of the NY Times bestseller, Positive Intelligence. She is one of just 14 coaches in the first group of trailblazers to earn the rigorous PQ Coach certification (CPQC) from Positive Intelligence. She has shepherded dozens of individuals and teams through her Mental Fitness Boot Camp program, which is delivered in partnership with Positive Intelligence. By combining one-to-one coaching and the Mental Fitness Boot Camp program, Wendy's clients are making breakthroughs faster and with more ease than ever before. As a coach, facilitator, trainer, and public speaker, Wendy helps people get clear about what they want, and gain massive traction toward reaching those goals.   Go to Coach Wendy's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Roberta Ryan is a Business Coach who is certified in both Co-Active Coaching and Positive Intelligence. Her clients are small busines owners who provide services such as coaching, graphic design, financial planning, and other advisory professions. Roberta Ryan She knows what it's like to want to evolve your business to the next level but feel unclear about how to get there. When she started her coaching practice in 2003, she knew she had a great idea. She wanted to approach business in a way that supported inspired entrepreneurs to tap into their intuition, build on your superpowers, and align their work-life closely with their values. She discovered that working with her uncertainty and using the very approach she believed in really worked as her great business vision became a reality! Maybe you've wished for a business development model that honors your values, unique talents, and wisdom while also supporting you to succeed. Here's the good news: building the business you envision doesn't have to be a struggle. Feeling stuck and frustrated can be discouraging. Roberta's been there, and she's learned how to trust the process and move beyond fear and uncertainty. She has coached hundreds of business owners to clarity and into focused action. If you're ready to transform your business idea and achieve increased income, greater impact, and a more fulfilling quality of life, contact Roberta at Roberta@RobertaRyan.com or visit her site at www.RobertaRyan.com   Go To Coach Roberta's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Angie Alexander is a Professional Engineer with over 20-years of oil & gas experience. While she enjoyed the technical work of engineering, she was often brought in to facilitate team meetings. She soon became the “go to” person to assist multi-discipline teams to unravel and solve complex technical & business problems. Angie Alexander This passion for unlocking the potential in people led me to launch her business as an executive coach, facilitator, and consultant. Through her corporate workshops, Mental Fitness Bootcamp, and coaching programs, she has been equipping executives, professionals, and technical teams to rise above their circumstances, grow their Positive Intelligence “muscle”, and bring their best selves to work.     Go to Coach Angie's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Samantha Sieverling is a certified coach in ORSC, Agile Coaching, and is also a Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master. She also holds a certification in Psychological Safety and achieved her PCC in May of 2020 through the International Coaching Federation. Samantha Sieverling Samantha has been coaching individuals, teams, and couples for four years. She believes that her clients are her north star and her job is to help them discover or rediscover what they want to do in their lives and in their careers – ultimately reconnecting with their dreams and happiness. In individual coaching, she currently specializes in helping individuals who want to improve their lives by having more resilience available to navigate these crazy times. Previously, Samantha worked with developers who were just starting out on their journeys or helping developers find their way to their next level. She has been working in the software industry for over twenty years and has the know-how to help her clients successfully find their way. Samantha also helps teams find psychological safety via coaching and consulting. She is an expert in psychological safety and has created programs that help teams self-organize and find their way to healthy team relationships. Go to Coach Samantha's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Certified Positive Intelligence coaches Amy Moser (London) and Charlie Jett (Chicago) discuss the "Three Gifts Technique" - finding the gift in a negative circumstance. Knowledge, Power, and Inspiration! Amy Moser is a Certified Positive Intelligence and seasoned coach who works with clients that include divorcing women and family lawyers. Her previous experience in working with parents and kids fits with her passion to improve divorce within the family system. Amy's clients develop the mental fitness to be resilient throughout the stressful times during and after divorce. Amy has personal experience from an eight-year high conflict divorce. She regards this as a gift, and uses it to support others through coaching. Amy has worked in partnership with barristers, international family lawyers, divorce coaches and mediators in the US, UK, UAE and Italy. She negotiated a successful consent order in the Italian Court and has represented herself in the UK Court. Amy is a single mother of two teenagers. She moved from Chicago to London when she was 30 (hence amymoser30). Third-culture living, expatriatism, travelling on standby, redundancy, death of a parent and teenage mental health struggles have all been part of her own life experience. She has US, UK and Italian passports. Amy's recent work with Positive Intelligence includes Business-to-Business presentations and a PQ Accelerator mastermind group. Responding to feedback from PQ clients, she created a one-hour PQ Workout event, started in April 2021. She moderates a private Facebook Group, which any PQ trained woman can join. See links below. Amy worked in corporate communications at professional services firms for more than 20 years. Go to Coach Amy's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Bill Carmody is a master of marketing and sales and an exceptional coach. He is a “maker of millionaires” and is committed to helping more than a million people reach total financial freedom. Bill's experience has included entrepreneurship, consulting, coaching, writing, volunteering, promoting social justice, and a builder of businesses. In 2020, Bill co-created the Positive Intelligence (or PQ) program with founder Shirzad Chamine and the business has become one of the most powerful and fastest growing programs available today for coaches to supplement any coaching certification and to enable them to develop a six-seven figure income.   Go to Coach Bill's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Manbir is an Executive and Leadership Coach (Professional Certificated Master Coach, MCC-ICF). She is also a Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Enhanced Skills Practitioner and a key-note speaker. She specializes in coaching leaders from technology organizations. Manbir helps leaders and entrepreneurs to align themselves and their teams to the strategic goals, unleash their own and their team's potential. Over years, she has developed specific frameworks to help organizations and leaders achieve success in the most effective way. Her frameworks make coaching progress measurable and she believes in creating value for her clients in every engagement. Her clients include executives from various technology companies from India, UK, USA, Middle East and so on. She is also the author of two books, Get Your Next Promotion and Are You The Leader You Want To Be?   The latter combines various principles, studies and practices to present a path-breaking, five-part framework called HUMAN which helps engage your teams in a human way. The book presents a business story-based narrative, which has been very well received by the readers. This book was nominated as one of the top 5 Business Books in India for BBLF CK Prahalad Best Business Book Award 2019. Manbir has more than two decades of work experience. Prior to being a coach, Manbir has worked in the corporate world for various Indian and multinational IT companies in roles such as development, operations, presales, people management and consulting. This work experience enables her to relate to her clients in a more immersive way. Her professional goals are aimed at helping millions of leaders and teams across the world to develop the abilities to break the shackles that may hold them back and help them achieve their potential. As new changes in the business and personal worlds affect the individuals, she takes a step back to study, research, reflect and come up with simple methods that can help professionals from all spheres to continue to excel despite these changes. She writes articles, blogs and books to share the hard-earned wisdom, lessons learned and simple-yet-effective frameworks with all. On a personal front, she is quite dedicated to her family. She believes in fostering deeper connections. She works hard but always makes space for the people who make the sun shine in her world. She believes in work–life integration and has achieved that elusive balance that we all seek. In her spare time, she pursues hobbies such as theatre, dance and poetry. Go to Coach Manbir's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Chris Baker is a family man and an avid cyclist. He competed in both Mountain Bike Cross-Country and Cyclocross – entering close to 200 races in the last 20 years. In 2012, he became the California State Clydesdale (over 200#) Cross Country Mountain Bike State Champion. He is honored to be a former board member of Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz and continue to support leaders at MBOSC. Now Chris devotes his time to the Clydesdale Group - his Leadership Coaching company. He works with emerging leaders and growing organizations, delivering Leadership Coaching and Executive Consulting.  He partners with rapid-growth organizations and managers who are new to leadership. Chris is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation and a certified Mental Fitness  (PQ) Coach. Chris deliberately keeps his client base small and focused. His style of coaching works through its single-minded, collaborative approach founded on a developing relationship with the client. His approach to Leadership Coaching is based on simple, actionable, proven steps. Crucially, it's backed by science (neuroscience, positive psychology, cognitive psychology, and performance science). Go to Coach Chris's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Pam Knox is a Global Business Strategist, Storyteller and Communication Coach. Pam Knox Pam works with entrepreneurs and emerging leaders to help them build their brands by telling their stories. As a certified Positive Intelligence Coach, she coaches women business owners and C-Suite leaders to become the voice of their business. By mastering the mindset necessary to get out of their way, her clients confidently leverage their authentic story as a strength that empowers, engages, and educates audiences. You can reach Coach Pam at pam@pamknox.com and on Instagram @pam.a.knox Co to Coach Pam's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website  

Amy Moser is a Certified Positive Intelligence and seasoned coach who works with clients that include divorcing women and family lawyers. Her previous experience in working with parents and kids fits with her passion to improve divorce within the family system. Amy's clients develop the mental fitness to be resilient throughout the stressful times during and after divorce. Amy has personal experience from an eight-year high conflict divorce. She regards this as a gift, and uses it to support others through coaching. Amy has worked in partnership with barristers, international family lawyers, divorce coaches and mediators in the US, UK, UAE and Italy. She negotiated a successful consent order in the Italian Court and has represented herself in the UK Court. Amy is a single mother of two teenagers. She moved from Chicago to London when she was 30. Third-culture living, expatriatism, travelling on standby, redundancy, death of a parent and teenage mental health struggles have all been part of her own life experience. She has US, UK and Italian passports. Amy's recent work with Positive Intelligence includes Business-to-Business presentations and a PQ Accelerator mastermind group. Responding to feedback from PQ clients, she created a one-hour PQ Workout event, started in April 2021. She moderates a private Facebook Group, which any PQ trained woman can join. Amy worked in corporate communications at professional services firms for more than 20 years. Go to Coach Amy's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

  Diana Boskma is a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach, Life Coach, Relationship Coach and Health Coach. Before taking it professional, she coached through voluntary organizations as early as 1997. She found fulfillment in coaching, and in 2017 decided to take it to the next level after becoming certified as a Health Coach. This opened up new possibilities for her, which led her to becoming certified as an Insight Coach. With her 2021 certification as a Positive Intelligence coach, she has been moving forward with her lifelong passion which is to help women see their potential and help them create the lives they want. You can access Diana's coaching website by clicking on the button below.   Go to Coach Diana's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Angie Alexander is a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach and a Professional Engineer with over 20-years of oil & gas experience. While she enjoyed the technical work of engineering, she was often brought in to facilitate team meetings. She soon became the “go to” person to assist multi-discipline teams to unravel and solve complex technical & business problems. This passion for unlocking the potential in people led me to launch her business as an executive coach, facilitator, and consultant.   Go to Coach Angie's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Taryn Laakso is a Professional Certified Coach and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. In her own words . . . I believe deeply in the power of coaching, and have seen its immense positive impacts in my own personal and professional life. I have taken this journey myself and have conquered numerous personal obstacles with courage and determination along with a fierce passion for overcoming negative self-talk. I believe that I am uniquely suited as your guide and I am thrilled to share proven methods for intercepting and upgrading your mental operating system. I believe everyone deserves to have a life that is calm, flowing with ease, and grounded in deep inner confidence. As a recovering Hyper-Achiever, I know the challenges faced with keeping up appearances of perfectionism when faced with negative self-talk like “I'm not good enough and “I'm not doing enough”. It's exhausting and creates a disconnection with your emotions and others in your life. I will help you find your gifts and strengths as a High-Achieving professional while also creating compassion and empathy for yourself and others. You'll quiet down the negative inner critic talk and judgment of others that cause most of the conflict and unease in your life. I'll empower you with a deep belief in yourself that is rooted in self-confidence and offer a new perspective when faced with difficult challenges. Go to Coach Taryn's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Carolyn Smith is a Certified Positive Intelligence coach and a Certified Co-Active Coach based in Toronto. She and Charlie Jett discuss the "Hyper-Vigilant" saboteur - what it is, how it affects you, and what you can do to turn down its volume. Contact Carolyn Smith by clicking HERE. The Hyper-Vigilant saboteur shows up as continuous (simmering or intense) anxiety watching for all the dangers and all that could go wrong. Where these can be protective superpowers, in the normal course of life, these become obstacles: at best one might call the Hyper-Vigilant a “worry wart” crying wolf, and at its worst, it prevents healthy trust, good relationship and effective progress. Hyper-Vigilants are always or often anxious, with chronic doubts about self and others. They have extraordinary sensitivity to danger signals. They have a constant expectation of mishap or danger. They might be suspicious of what others are up to. They believe that people just “mess up.” A Hyper-Vigilant might seek reassurance and guidance in procedures, rules, authorities, institutions. Like the other saboteurs, the HYPER-VIGILANT resides in your LEFT BRAIN and has a loud voice that generally drowns out your wiser self. Go to Coach Carolyn's Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Sue Das is a Certified Positive Intelligence coach and a Certified Co-Active Coach who coaches people who are too hard on themselves and want to learn to live with more self-compassion and courage. She and Charlie discuss one of the saboteurs – the “STICKLER” - what it is, how it affects you, and what you can do to turn down its volume. The Stickler is known for seeking perfection and displays a need for order and organization. But those needs are taken too far. The Stickler takes some great strengths and turns them into disadvantages for self and others. Here are some of the characteristics of someone whose Stickler might be active: Punctual, methodical, perfectionist. Can be irritable, tense, opinionated, sarcastic. Highly critical of self and others. Strong need for self-control and self-restraint. Works overtime to make up for others' sloppiness and laziness. Is highly sensitive to criticism. Like the other saboteurs, the STICKLER resides in your LEFT BRAIN and has a loud voice that generally drowns out your wiser self. Go to Sue Das's Coaching Website Go to Coach Charlie's Website

Certified Positive Intelligence Coaches Debbi McCullough and Charlie Jett discuss the most important saboteur - "The Judge." The Judge is the Master Saboteur, the one everyone suffers from. It compels you to constantly find faults with yourself, others, and your conditions and circumstances. The judge resides in your LEFT BRAIN and has a loud voice that generally drowns out your wiser self.     Go to Coach Charlie's Website Go to Coach Debbi's Website

Certified Positive Intelligence coaches Debbi McCullough and Charlie Jett discuss the Sage Perspective. Positive Intelligence and the PQ System utilize the “Sage Perspective” that turns down the volume of the Saboteurs in the left brain and activates the right brain.   The Sage Perspective The sage lives in our right brain. The right brain needs to be activated. We need to turn down the volume of the left brain to do this. Every outcome or circumstance can be turned into a gift. The three gifts of the sage perspective: Knowledge – what knowledge might I gain so that the payoff in the future could be larger than what this situation is costing me now? Power – Which mental muscles can I grow to be able to handle this? Inspiration – What inspiring action might I commit to as a result of this situation? Finding the gift can be hard to do. Use the Powers of the Sage Empathize Explore Innovate Navigate Activate Go to Coach Charlie's Website Go to Coach Debbi's Website    

Debbi McCullough and Charlie Jett are certified Positive Intelligence Coaches who discuss the “Saboteurs” identified in Positive Intelligence. Saboteurs are a universal phenomenon. Unless you tackle and weaken your own internal enemies – we call them “Saboteurs” – they will do their best to rob you of any improvements you make. These are the voices that – through the Positive Intelligence System – you need to turn down the volume so you can hear the voices of your wiser inner-self. Understand that you cannot silence them or get rid of them. They are built into your left brain. But you CAN diminish their effects. The question is not whether you have saboteurs, but which ones you have, and how strong they are. They are universal-spanning cultures, genders, and age groups-because they are connected to the functions of the brain that have focused on survival. So  - here they are. The Judge The Judge is the Master Saboteur, the one everyone suffers from. It compels you to constantly find faults with yourself, others, and your conditions and circumstances. It does so under the pretense of being rational and reasonable and trying to be helpful. The Avoider The Avoider focuses on the positive and the pleasant in an extreme way. It avoids difficult and unpleasant tasks and conflicts. The Controller The Controller runs an anxiety-based need to take charge, control situations, and bends people's actions to one's own will.  It generates high anxiety and impatience when that is not possible. The Hyper-Achiever The Hyper-Achiever makes you dependent on constant performance and achievement for self-respect and self-validation. It keeps you focused mainly on external success rather than on internal criteria for happiness. The Hyper-Rational The Hyper-Rational involves an intense and exclusive focus on the rational processing of everything, including relationships. It causes you to be impatient with people's emotions and regards emotions as unworthy of much time or consideration. The Hyper-Vigilant The Hyper-Vigilant makes you feel intense and continuous anxiety about all the dangers surrounding you and what could go wrong. It is constantly vigilant and can never rest. The Pleaser The Pleaser compels you to try and gain acceptance and affection by helping, pleasing, rescuing, or flattering others constantly. It causes you to lose sight of your own needs and become resentful of others as a result. The Restless The Restless is constantly in search of greater excitement in the next activity or through personal busyness. It doesn't allow you to feel much peace or contentment with your current activity. The Stickler The Stickler is the need for perfection, order, and organization taken too far. It makes you and others around you anxious and uptight. The Victim The Victim wants you to feel emotional and temperamental as a way of gaining attention and affection. It results in an extreme focus on internal feelings, particularly painful ones, and can often result in a martyr streak Go to Coach Charlie's Website Go to Coach Debbi's Website  

  Debbi McCullough and Charlie Jett are certified Positive Intelligence Coaches who discuss the PQ concept and the Neuroscience Foundation behind it.     Go to Coach Charlie's Website Go to Coach Debbi's Website

Debbie McCullough and Charlie Jett are certified Positive Intelligence Coaches who discuss the PQ concept and all elements of the PQ System. The concept of mental fitness and positive intelligence is the brainchild of Shirzad Charmine and is documented in his book, Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours Specifically, the Positive Intelligence (PQ) or Mental Fitness concept is as follows: Your left brain: Your negative emotions are heightened by an over-active left brain. The over-active left brain is ruled by what PQ calls, your “saboteurs” Some of these saboteurs were born with you – they are inherent. Others were developed as a way to survive as you grew up These saboteurs often hijack your thoughts and lead you down the wrong paths Your right brain is: Where your positive emotions and your “wiser self” reside, or In PQ terms, where your “sage” lives. The net result is: Your wiser self or your right brain is often drowned out by the power of your over-active left brain saboteurs The power of the Positive Intelligence system can turn down the volume of your saboteurs and increase the volume of your sage. Application of the PQ System has beneficial results – and it's ALL ABOUT RESULTS! Teams perform 31% better Salespeople sell 37% more Creativity increases threefold Doctors diagnose 31% better People live 10 years longer Go to Coach Charlie's Website Go to Coach Debbi's Website