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Who is Kim?Kim Morgan is a dynamic individual driven by a profound desire to facilitate change in people's lives. Through introspection and thoughtful inquiry, she discovered a unifying theme among those she engages with: a shared aspiration to transform aspects of their lives, careers, and relationships. Kim is passionate about helping others break free from repetitive patterns and Groundhog Day scenarios that hinder personal growth. Whether it's boosting confidence, altering behaviors, or achieving health and well-being goals, Kim is committed to empowering individuals to make meaningful, lasting changes. Her insightful approach inspires others to break the cycle and embrace a renewed sense of self as they strive for improvement.Key Takeaways05:33 Insightful analysis of targeting business offerings effectively.09:08 Unintended consequences complicate scientific research processes.12:50 Self-consistency theory explains resisting personal change.17:22 Discussed reluctance to chase clients for payment.20:18 Choose between unchanged future or transformation chair.23:00 Properly planning takes time, also benefits business.24:50 Visualize failure to prevent project mistakes._________________________________________________________________________________________________Subscribe to our newsletter and get details of when we are doing these interviews live at https://TCA.fyi/newsletterFind out more about being a guest at : link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/beaguestSubscribe to the podcast at https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/podcastHelp us get this podcast in front of as many people as possible. Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Here's how you can bring your business to THE next level:If you are a business owner currently turning over £/$10K - £/$50K per month and want to grow to £/$100K - £/$500k per month download my free resource on everything you need to grow your business on a single page :It's a detailed breakdown of how you can grow your business to 7-figures in a smart and sustainable wayhttps://scientificvaluebuildingmachine.online/————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast)SUMMARY KEYWORDSKim Morgan, coaching journey, personal development, NLP, Freudian psychotherapy, Carl Rogers, humanistic therapy, coaching course, Nancy Cline, Time to Think, active listening, team communication, family estrangement, research, podcast, Stuart Webb, It's Not Rocket Science, client transformation, CEO coaching, relationship change, confidence building, behavior patterns, mindset shift, technical difficulties, payment reluctance, leadership style, vision chairs exercise, premortem technique, business planning, neurobiological patterns.SPEAKERSKim Morgan, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:31]:Hi, and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science 5 questions over coffee. I better not show you the logo on this particular mug it's advertising. Kim, have you got something refreshing in front of me or isKim Morgan [00:00:43]:it just I'm sorry. I forgot it was meant to be coffee.Stuart Webb [00:00:48]:Oh, wellKim Morgan [00:00:48]:water. It's 5 questions over water.Stuart Webb [00:00:52]:It's 5 questions over water or any other drink, gin, is also acceptable, I'm sure. But anyway, I'm really delighted to be today in front of Kim Morgan. Kim is an exceptional, coach. She has over 25 years of experience in working in coaching, and and she believes that, that her using the coaching methods that she's been working, she's she's worked with CEOs. We've worked with parents. She's worked with families, and she believes in the power of coaching. It has a unique, insight into coaching. So, Kim, I'm really delighted to to be here in front of you today talking to you about this.Stuart Webb [00:01:28]:So thank you for make making a few minutes to come onto It's Not Rocket Science, 5 questions over whatever drink you have in front of you.Kim Morgan [00:01:37]:Thank you, Stuart. I'm thrilled to be here. We made it after a coupleStuart Webb [00:01:42]:of boardKim Morgan [00:01:42]:starts, didn't we?Stuart Webb [00:01:43]:We did. We did. Pim, let's start with let's start with that coaching. Let's start with, who it is you're trying to help. We've mentioned CEOs. We've mentioned families. We've mentioned parents. You know, what is the sort of the the thing that that brings those people? What's the the problem they have, the the issue that they have that that you are looking to help them to to resolve?Kim Morgan [00:02:08]:Do you know, Stuart, this is such a good question. Yeah. I, yeah, I had advanced warning of this question, and and it just threw me actually because I immediately went to you're right. We provide coaching in so many contexts. We provide it in house. We provide it to individuals. We we teach coaches how to coach. So I was like, well, there isn't a client.Kim Morgan [00:02:33]:But it was just a really good business question because it forced me to think, yeah, what do they all have in common? What do they all share that brings us? So so thank you for that. It was it was really helpful. So I I came to the conclusion that it is they all want to make a change. But, you know, it's it's as general as that, but they all want to make a change which will improve their lives, their career, their relationships, how they feel about themselves. And those changes include, you know, anything you could think of, but confidence changed their behaviors, their repeating patterns, those things that go, oh, here I I am again. You know? It's Groundhog Day. I thought I sorted this, but I'm back again in this familiar place. Might be health, well-being, that sense of, you know, every new year, we write those resolutions that we aren't gonna walk 10,000 steps a day, and then it's the 31st December and we haven't.Kim Morgan [00:03:39]:So, finances, levels of assertiveness, their leadership style, how they manage, their business performance. It can be anything, but they want to change it for the better. That's what Kim,Stuart Webb [00:03:52]:I love that.Kim Morgan [00:03:53]:Unifies all of them.Stuart Webb [00:03:55]:I'm so glad you've done that. Thank you. I'm so glad you were able to clarify it.Stuart Webb [00:05:33]:I'm delighted you can hear me again. Let me just go back to what you're saying, Kim, because I think it's brilliant insight. And it's one of those things that I I spent I spent a lot of my time with business owners who who tell me they can they can work with anybody or they tell me their their product is absolutely, appropriate for everyone. And they don't do what you've just done, which is actually truly drill down and think of the one thing that they're trying to do to understand exactly therefore how they can make their pitch, make their service or product really, appropriate for the person they're trying to fit people. Yeah. And so glad that you you were able to show how effective a question that one was by actually sort of doing that analysis.Kim Morgan [00:06:20]:So thank you. I'm nothing if not obedient. I take questions very seriously.Stuart Webb [00:06:27]:I like that very much. Okay, Kim. So let's get back on track. You've done a great job of of identifying what it is that who it is that you're trying to to talk to. So let me just understand now. You've got this this this person. What is it they've tried to do, before coming to an expert like you to try to, understand what it is that you can do to help them?Kim Morgan [00:06:52]:So I think they've tried to change. I think they've tried all the usual things. You know, maybe they've bought a self help book or a business book. Maybe they've been on some training courses. Maybe they've just set themselves some goals and bought a journal, and and I'm not knocking any of those things. Those things are all valuable things to do in the process. But I think what they don't know is just how complex and sophisticated and challenging making real lasting change particularly to our very ingrained sort of beliefs and behaviors can be. And I I think most people kind of assume that if we decide to make a change, we follow the required steps, and the change will follow.Kim Morgan [00:07:50]:But you know what we know, and this is where I think coaches really come in, and certainly, I hope most coaches operate in this way. I know barefoot coaches do because this is what we really sort of major on, a deep understanding of how change happens and how it doesn't happen. So the factors that bring about change and also the complexity of our kind of neurobiological, psychological, familial, physical, historical patterns of behavior that just become entrenched. And despite the best of intentions, like I said before, we just, like, find ourselves reverting in, like, simp you know, in the most simplest ways, trying to brush our teeth with the other hands is almost impossible. So think about trying to completely change your leadership style from, like, very people pleasing to slightly more authoritative or vice versa. It's really hard to do without knowing everything you need to do to be able to do it. So that I think that's where we come in.Stuart Webb [00:09:08]:And I think that's a really great summary of what some most people find themselves in because, you know, the the the problem that we all face, of course, is as you've said. You know, I look back at my history, my history as a a scientist. When I think about some of the experiments that I was trying to do when I was still a simple simple scientist working my way through the the various bits of the the cell that I was working on and the the interactions, you can never see quite what the unintended consequences of certain actions are, can you? No. You you make one simple change and it was the basis of sort of scientific research. You make a change and you go, well, I didn't expect that. That's just completely, completely blown me. And now I've got to think of a reason why that's happened then, test whether that's going to happen again. And that's quite a complicated thing when you're dealing with just, you know, what I was dealing with, which was simple bits of cells and DNA and viruses.Stuart Webb [00:10:02]:But Yeah. But you're dealing with an entire human being and the way that they interact internally and with the whole of the world.Kim Morgan [00:10:08]:Yeah. And it it's really huge. You've just made me remember a client years ago who had, a strong regional accent, and this was a long time ago back in the day when organisations used to say, if you want to get on around here, young man, you're gonna have to get some elocution lessons. So he did. He trotted off to get some elocution lessons and gradually sort of practiced and came home, to his family and started speaking in a really plummy voice. But, actually, they all fell about laughing. They didn't support it at all. None of his friends did.Kim Morgan [00:10:48]:A simple example like that, made him just give up because he didn't want his family treating him in that way. You know, even something that was quite easy to change, there are external forces that oppose it, but there are also so many internal forces. As a scientist, you probably know the term homeostasis, do you? I do. Which you can probably explain it better than I can, but it's been adopted by coaching, which is any kind of systems' tendency to revert to a set state. So is that about right?Stuart Webb [00:11:31]:That's about right. That's about right.Kim Morgan [00:11:33]:Thank you. So my best example is our temperature. Whether it is boiling hot outside or in the Arctic, our body will be looking to maintain our temperature at at, you know, that, ideal temperature. And exactly the same happens with our behaviors. In spite of all the kind of actions that we do, we will find ourselves reverting to what's familiar. And I've worked as a therapist. I've worked with families. I've worked with families where there have been year long kind of interventions to stop the patterns of behaviors in the families where they all have their role, you know, the placator, the the kind of aggressor, the person who just sits there and doesn't participate in it all.Kim Morgan [00:12:25]:Lots of work. Lots of times after all that intervention, they go home and almost as if by magic, they slot back into those places that are so familiar. So this is what we're battling against, really. It's often also called self consistency theory. And if I can just, like, share a few more examples fromStuart Webb [00:12:49]:research Please do.Kim Morgan [00:12:50]:Research from self consistency theory. There's there, are, you know, there are lots of studies of people who've won the lottery. Not all of them do this, but there's a real been a real tendency for people who've come into lots of money to suddenly, you know, go about losing it, almost unconsciously wanting to get back to what they know, the world that they know. I there was a study out recently about, weight loss in, weight loss programs, and there's a 97% recidivism rate. So after doing all that, 97% of people go back to where they once were, and some and some even put on a bit more weight than that too. Couples and family therapy, you know, the same thing. I've already mentioned it. So so this is what we're battling against, and that's why even if you're trying to make a change, you you just don't know that all this stuff is going on inside you, and a coach will be able to help you.Kim Morgan [00:13:55]:I I often say that a coach when people say, how do you describe coaching? There's lots of there's lots of sort of, you know, fairly dry, explanations of coaching. But the one that I landed on years ago was, like, being a business book or a self development book that's come to life that actually holds your feet to the fire. That tells you, you know, and makes you do those exercises.Stuart Webb [00:14:22]:Yes. And it's so important, isn't it? And you you talk about weight loss. I mean, it there are so many factors which actually begin to sort of play into that space. You you know, there's evidence that it's not only your psychology, but your body. There are so many things which are fighting against you making that progress. So you you can you you need to you need to have some some way of reflecting on that. You need to have somebody who's helping you to see the unseen. There's a concept that you'll probably know but far better than me, the Johari window, which is where you don't see your own behaviors unless somebody actually sort of points them at you because they're hidden to you.Stuart Webb [00:15:00]:And and and it's that where I think so often there's people who are sort of saying, well, don't worry about we we can get through, but we don't actually see, the the the sort of the thing the impacts we have. And I was saying about, you know, the unintended consequences. So much of what we do have these unintended consequences that we don't even notice, and we do need somebody to help us find them. We do need help somebody to help us work back towards how those, impact upon not only yourself, but on the people that you're hoping to affect.Kim Morgan [00:15:28]:Yeah. Definitely. Definitely. And, you know, these play out too. I I was thinking about coming on to this, podcast today. I was thinking about something that's happened really recently in my own business, actually. Because I would say that, generally, we at, therefore, are people pleasers. We have really strong people pleasing traits.Kim Morgan [00:15:52]:I guess that's why we got into this business. We wanna make people feel better, and we want people to feel good. And that has tremendous advantages in our business because, you know, we build rapport and empathy easily, I hope. But it has downsides too. And this week, the downside really hit me because our, accountant sent me the usual kind of monthly management accounts. And I and for the first time, I really looked at our accounts payable, and our accounts receivables. And I've noticed that we pay people really quickly, and we get paid really slowly. And and and that's not you know, that that's a great example.Kim Morgan [00:16:43]:That's really nothing to do with knowing about accounting because we do. Our own sort of desire to kind of put other people's needs before ours is even showing itself in that way. And and and in addition to that, I noticed that my accountant had mentioned that, you know, quite a few people have owed us money, and she'd said, I I've given them a gentle nudge. And I thought, gentle nudge? Isn't that telling that here we are, our sort of beliefs and behaviors manifesting themselves even in that organizational context?Stuart Webb [00:17:22]:Kim Kim Kim, you you've you've hit up on a you've hit up on a spot that we could spend the rest of this this this week discussing, but I had a discussion with a client recently who turned around to me and said, almost exactly what you've said, which is one of those, oh, I do hate chasing people for money. And I said, would you prefer to just put a note at the bottom of your invoice with keep your money, I don't really want it. And they went, oh, good grief. No. I don't mean that. And I said, you've just told me that's exactly what you've said. You basically said you don't chase them. You would prefer to let them keep the invoice and just not pay it.Stuart Webb [00:17:55]:And and I have to ask the question, where would your business do if everybody did that? And they looked at me as if to say, well, you're just being silly now. But it's exactly what people do, isn't it? They they turn around and go, I've given you my time. I've given you my skills. I've given you my expertise, but I don't really want to charge you for it because that feels dirty. Yeah. I it's nice. Somehow that money is dirty.Kim Morgan [00:18:16]:Yeah. It's really rife, particularly in the sort of helping professions. But but that point that point is really valid for what we're talking about here in terms of, you know, just changing a behavior, doing some training, or reading a book about how to run a business isn't enough unless unless you have somebody help you examine the beliefs and the patterns that are driving your behaviors. And that's where the challenge really happens.Stuart Webb [00:18:48]:Let's turn, I hope, to the thing where we can give some people some, some some free advice. Now, I've put on here a a link to your your podcast and webinars where I believe you've got some fantastic free webinars. That's on barefootcoaching.co.ukforward/podcasthyphen and hyphen webinars. But I believe you've got other giveaways that you are keen to sort of talk to people about. So tell us about the exercise that you are hoping to walk people through.Kim Morgan [00:19:20]:Great. Thank you. So first of all, I'm gonna talk you through this exercise as as sort of carefully and as quickly as I can given the time limitations. But if you want to contactStuart Webb [00:19:33]:I will I will cut I will cut you off when eventually I get bored of listening to you. So I'll try and wrap it up by, try and wrap it up within an hour.Kim Morgan [00:19:42]:Alright. I'll do the same. But, yeah, if people want me to send them the instructions for this, kim@barefootcoaching.co.uk. Well, just write to me. I'll I'll send you a free sort of download of how to do this. But this is one exercise that you can use for yourselves, you can use for others that just really, really works and then and sort of engages you with the consequences of your everyday decisions and behaviors. We call it vision chairs. It's as simple as this.Kim Morgan [00:20:18]:You put I like to put 2 actual chairs in front of myself at some distance away. 2 chairs, and you have in your mind the change that you'd like to make. And you, determine which of those chairs represents a chair of no change. A chair where in 3 or 5 years' time, actually, you never got around to it and things are just as they are today, or a chair of change. The chair that says, I did it. I'm somewhere else. I'm do I'm behaving differently. And you simply look, you know, you first of all, you look at that future chair in 3 years' time where there's no change, and you see what you see.Kim Morgan [00:21:04]:You notice what you notice. Very often, you know, some people go, that'd be okay. You know, I'm fine. But very often, people will go, actually, it hasn't stayed the same. It's got worse. It's got worse because I haven't done anything about my fitness, and therefore, it wouldn't stay the same. If I want to be really kind of brutally challenging to people, I'll keep putting another chair behind that one and another chair behind that one. So, okay, let's look at 10 years' time what the impact will be.Kim Morgan [00:21:35]:I I want to say I've used this really successfully with, sort of things like smoking cessation, and I've also used it highly successfully when working with police forces who wanted women victims of domestic abuse to actually go to court. Because it's challenge it can be challenging in those situations to see where I might be if I don't do anything. But, you know, coaching is about empathetic provocation. It's about ruthless compassion. It's no good going, oh, you're doing really well. It's sometimes we have to, like, show people where their behaviors might take them. So do that. You know, whatever it is, you might go, you know what? It doesn't matter that much or actually, I don't wanna be there.Kim Morgan [00:22:22]:Then come back, look at the other chair, the chair of where you want to be. Not exactly sort of, you know, a a chair of dreams, but a a chair of what could be really possible. See what's different about that future you, go and sit in it, and talk back to yourself today about the steps that you took to get there. So what did you do? Who helped you? What resources did you need? What support? How much, you know, extra learning did you have to do? And how does it feel to be there?Stuart Webb [00:23:00]:Mhmm.Kim Morgan [00:23:00]:And then and and, basically, you know, it takes a long time to do it properly, but the the the you know, that's what you do. You come back to the chair. You look at the 2 chairs and go, what am I gonna do? You know? What am I gonna do? Because I'm kind of seeing my future a bit here. And, it also it doesn't just necessarily work for a change. Can I tell you one more thing? I don't know how much time we've got. But it also works for business planning really beautifully. There was one occasion when I went to exhibit, one of these sort of learning and development conferences early in Barefoot's history. And I just had a few of bits of, like, 84 papers stuck to the stuck to the sort of screen behind us.Kim Morgan [00:23:49]:You know? The I can't remember what it's called. You know, that exhibition stand. And and everyone else had all these products, and it was so colourful. And I was just mortified. And when I came back, I said, I don't wanna be I don't wanna be in that situation next year. Actually, my, at yeah. The my PA at the time did this with me and said, come on then. You know, do your own exercise.Kim Morgan [00:24:16]:And and I said, and when I sat in that chair, I said, we've got products set about £10 because people, they don't wanna spend a lot. They want something small that they can pick up, something that's colorful. And that gave rise to a whole range of, little boxes of coaching cards that we sell, that whole exercise. So I I will send you downloadable instructions to do it if you want to. It's just something I do every year to go, am I going in the right direction as the years tick by in my life?Stuart Webb [00:24:50]:That's a very interesting exercise, and it reminds me of one that I do with clients, which is what I call the pre mode premortem, which is when you're embarking upon a project, you actually ask yourselves, okay. Let's imagine it's gone horribly wrong because we're all very capable of catastrophizing. So you imagine just how horribly it's gone wrong, and now now you've got yourself to that. What happened to make it go so horribly wrong? Tell me everything which could possibly have gone wrong to get you to this mindset of where everything's gone so horribly wrong and people will come out with all sorts of things. And you just put all of those on a list and you go right those are all the things we're not going to do, now let's talk about the things we will. You do have to put yourself in a different mind, don't you? You have to get into a different mindset in order to actually explore those possibilities and work out what you need to do.Kim Morgan [00:25:32]:You do. In my experience, people do it really easily. First of all, they go, oh, I'm talking to chairs now. Yeah. Exactly what I feared would happen when I came to see a coach. But, actually, it's it's, it's so powerful. And many years ago, I can remember watching a television program where it was about, parents whose children were obese, and they they actually did something like this. They sort of, did a sort of reconstruction of the a construction of the future where they had what their child would look like and be like and feel like in 10 years' time if they hadn't done something about their diet and it hadn'tStuart Webb [00:26:17]:Oh, what a lovely example.Kim Morgan [00:26:20]:Powerful powerful impact. KimStuart Webb [00:26:24]:Kim, let me come come come to my 4th question before, before I let you go back to your world of helping people who really need it. What is it that brought you here? What's what is the what is the one book or or course or or program or whatever that that truly brought you from who you were to to where you are today?Kim Morgan [00:26:49]:That's a that's a really good question. And I don't I I don't think there was one that brought me to coaching because I because I was just on a journey of devouring everything I could about personal development. I was a therapist, and then I did every course and book available. And then I I think back now, and I was I was only young, and I, obviously, had a lot of confidence. And I just thought, you know what? I think I can write a coaching course based on everything I've done. So it was a a whole mix of lots of different people. I studied NLP. I studied Freudian psychotherapy.Kim Morgan [00:27:30]:I studied Carl Rogers' humanistic person's sense of therapy, and I thought took what I thought were the best bits of all of it and created this course. The book that has made the biggest impression on me and on, students on our coach training program is called Time to Think, And it's written by a wonderful woman called Nancy Cline who I I had the privilege of getting to know really well, and she actually taught on our course for many, many years. She stopped teaching because she won't work online because she's so much about that humans human interaction. But I think everyone should read this book, time to think, which is just about the power of listening actually and giving people your really full attention.Stuart Webb [00:28:26]:I love it.Kim Morgan [00:28:28]:Have you read it?Stuart Webb [00:28:29]:I have. You have. It's it's lovely.Kim Morgan [00:28:32]:It's an amazing book, isn't it?Stuart Webb [00:28:34]:And And it does make it does make you realize the importance of being present, because you are so much more able to affect things if you're truly present. And I think that's that's a lesson that we all need to learn.Kim Morgan [00:28:50]:Yeah. And and also sitting in it is like the mind that holds the problem also holds the solution. And if you give people the right conditions to think, not be interrupted, Somewhere inside, they'll come up with the right solution for them. And it, you know, it seems to be a really, really powerful philosophy. In our team, we sometimes just do everyone has, like, 5 minutes each to say something, go around the team, and no one and we all have to keep our eyes on them, and we all have to listen intently. And every time we do that, we're sort of mind blown by how in those 5 minutes we we've learned so much more about that person than we have in the previous, like, month Yeah. Of chitchat.Stuart Webb [00:29:45]:Active listening. Kim, I'm gonna come to my 5th question and this is the question which is, which is the one that I I enjoy asking the most actually if I'm gonna be honest with people, and that is what is the question that I haven't asked you that you wanted me to ask? And this is obviously the where I really learn about, what it is that's currently on your mind and how you're thinking about what you're trying to do to affect those people that really resonate with what you're talking about at the moment.Kim Morgan [00:30:14]:I, yeah, I had so many thoughts about this, but I think the question that I would like you to ask is, yeah, what's next? You know? What's next? I was a kind of pioneer. I was a pioneer of of coaching, and I'm still passionate about it. But I'm really always looking for the next thing that's gonna help people.Stuart Webb [00:30:44]:And so, Kim, what is the next thing for Barefoot Coaching and for Kim Morgan?Kim Morgan [00:30:49]:I think it's more for Kim Morgan than Barefoot Coaching. It's, I I I I think I said, I do a lot of work with grief and loss. And it's a kind of offshoot of grief and loss that I'm really noticing in in clients and people in the world, and that is like family estrangement. There are more and more children divorcing their parents and parents divorcing their children. And I just think it's something that is, you know, people is gonna need a lot of help with.Stuart Webb [00:31:29]:Yeah. SoKim Morgan [00:31:29]:that's the I'm doing a bit of research into that right now.Stuart Webb [00:31:34]:Kim, I wish you every success with that. I love to hear the fact that you're gonna address that. And that's the father of a current 23 year old who still seems to be clinging on like a limpet, showing no signs of divorcing me. I'm sure he won't need your help, but he'll need help from people like you to do so much, in his life. Kim, it's been an absolute pleasure. I mean, a real, real pleasure to have you spend a few minutes with us, and thank you so much for sharing so much intimate knowledge of what you do. I'm just gonna I'm just gonna do the, the quick outro, which is, look, if you would like to get an email so that you actually know who's coming on to these things and gonna spend some time listening to people like him, giving huge amounts of value and and, and wisdom. Just go to this link, which is link dot the complete approach dotco.ukforward/newsletter.Stuart Webb [00:32:28]:That's link dot the complete approach dotco.ukforward/newsletter. It's a simple form. You'll get an email once a week, which basically says this week coming up is whoever it is. Tune in and watch the Wisdom Roll. Kim, thank you so much for spending some time with us. I appreciate this is, we had a little technical difficulty, but but we got through the technical difficulty, and we heard you brilliantly throughout it. And and you've really poured wisdom, and I really appreciate the time you spent with us. So thank you so much indeed.Kim Morgan [00:32:59]:I really appreciate you inviting me here. Thank you. I've really loved talking to you. And whoever else is here, thank you for being here.Stuart Webb [00:33:06]:Yeah. We've had we've had some wonderful people, like, and I know Therese Baptist has been here. She's a fantastic fantastic person. I love I love I love Therese. Sally Sally Alou Richards, Andy Chandler. We've had people listening to you, and I know they're gonna enjoy listening back to this, and and hearing what you've been having to say. So thank you so much for spending some time with us.Kim Morgan [00:33:30]:It's been a real pleasure. Thank you. 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Gary Buxton admits he spends his life stuck in rabbitholes. As a psychologist and executive coach, he loves nothing more than to geek out about the evidence base for coaching, ensuring his own practice is built on the latest science.While Gary is a firm believer that coaching is always a process and never a destination, in this episode of The Coach's Journey Podcast he warns against the pitfalls of being overwhelmed by study, reminding us that it is through practice that we cultivate and nurture our own unique coaching stance.Gary's own journey has encompassed work as a director, CEO and head hunter in the private sector, as well as helping people back into work in the social impact sector, honing his coaching skills in diverse, challenging settings.Awarded an MBE in 2014 for Services to the Young People of England, Gary now trains new coaches on the Barefoot Coaching postgraduate programme, He is a qualified coach mentor and coach supervisor with ICF, and is on his way to becoming a chartered coaching psychologist with the British Psychological Society.In conversation with host Ruth Saville, Gary explores a vibrant array of concepts from psychology and coaching that centre around creating balance in our lives and having our value reflected in our work.In this episode, Gary and host Ruth Saville also talk about:· The benefits of keeping a third of your time free for play· How to nurture your task-positive and default mode networks· What psychologists have to teach coaches...and vice versa!· How to turn your friends into your marketing departmentGary also speaks about how to hold onto the value of your work in a coaching landscape filling up with new tools, technology and solutions, and how to put enough of yourself out into the world to allow people to choose you.Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in): Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/British Psychological Society https://www.bps.org.uk/Lisa Feldman Barrett https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/Barefoot Coaching https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/Robert Holden https://www.robertholden.com/ICF https://coachingfederation.org/Three Principles and Sydney Banks https://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/about-sydney-banksCoaching Psychology Network https://www.thecoachingpsychologynetwork.com/BetterUp https://www.betterup.com/en-gbCoachHub https://www.coachhub.com/en/Know You More https://www.knowyoumore.com/Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/The Little ACT Workbook by Michael Sinclair https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/michael-sinclair/the-little-act-workbook/9781780592435/The Coach's Casebook by Kim Morgan and Geoff Watts https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/product/the-coachs-casebook-kim-morgan-geoff-watts-2015/Simplifying Coaching by Claire Pedrick https://www.3dcoaching.com/shop/simplifying-coaching/Erik de Haan https://instituteofcoaching.org/erik-de-haan

Would you like to have more fun while still working in your zone of genius? Are you concerned you might need to shake things up to avoid becoming a boring coach?Ruth Saville's advice to coaches everywhere – including herself – is: misbehave more. Listen to your inner rebel. Dance in the moment and create systems that work for you.Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced Ruth to step back from her successful performing arts franchise and examine the toll her work was taking on her life, she has followed her inner seeker into the world of personal development and coaching.In this episode of The Coach's Journey Podcast, Ruth takes Robbie back to the small towns in the north of England where they both grew up, retracing the steps of a life and career that began with a focus on helping people to express themselves through dance, theatre and music.Ruth, who is one of the new hosts of this podcast as well as her own show, Women of a Certain Age, is now focusing on working with emerging leaders in all fields, having arrived in her zone of genius, taken her own approach to mastery, and become anything other than boring. In this episode, Ruth and Robbie also talk about:Big hairy audacious goals (BHAGs)Cults, pyramid schemes and other perilous industry pitfallsHow to accept who you are, in order to know what you can doWays to market yourself without exploiting othersTaking a step back to spot the signs of burnoutRuth also grapples with the models and methodologies that can fuel or frustrate new coaches and unpacks problems that have plagued certain sections of the coaching industry, making important distinctions about the ways in which different practitioners work.For more information about Ruth, visit https://www.daretorise.co.uk/ .For more information about this episode's host, Robbie Swale, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/.Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community. Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):- You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9FlLVh6yg- Gretchen Rubin and the Four Tendencies: https://courses.gretchenrubin.com/4tc/ and her book Better Than Before- Gallup coaching https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253958/become-coach.aspx - GROW model https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model - Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli on The Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-55-claire-pedrick-and-lucia-baldelli-the-human-behind-the-coach - Barefoot Coaching https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/ - The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-big-leap-gay-hendricks?variant=32205677625378 - Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/ - Animas https://www.animascoaching.com/ Marianne Craig on The Coach's Journey Podcast - https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-10-marianne-craig-founding-firework-question-everything-where-were-coaches-when-banks-went-down- Co-active Training Institute https://coactive.com/ - Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/ - Kim Morgan on The Coach's Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-25-kim-morgan - Brene Brown on The Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/2015/08/28/brene-brown-on-vulnerability-and-home-run-ted-talks/- Mel Robbins: https://www.melrobbins.com/- Rachel Hollis: https://msrachelhollis.com/- Ruth's podcast, Women of a Certain Age: https://www.daretorise.co.uk/podcast- Ruth's blog on perimenopause: https://www.daretorise.co.uk/blog/an-enforced-perimeno-pause- The Lighthouse scandal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65175712- Ruth's instagram post and the picture of her aged 20: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct1HvaYIQfd/BIOGRAPHY FROM RUTHRuth is a leadership and business coach who specialises in working with emerging leaders. With 20+ years experience of being self employed she is also an entrepreneur, having grown and scaled a successful franchise business. After 16 years Ruth decided to sell this business to allow her to work full time as a coach.With an extensive background in arts education and a self confessed personal development fanatic, she brings all this experience together to offer her clients transformational coaching. Her practice is made up of an eclectic mix of private clients, organisational and corporate work as well as supervision and coach skills training. Recently Ruth has also been working with new coaches, focusing on developing both themselves and their businesses. She is comfortable working in a high challenge, high trust relationship and has been described as a down to earth Northerner, a title she is more than happy with! She brings a sense of humour and a light touch to her work, which she sees as a valuable tool in the coaching relationship. Ruth firmly believes that the idea of play, fun and creativity can create an expansive and transformational coaching environment.

On this episode of Solo Powered Ariana chats to Stefanie Daniels founder of 'Life Begins At Menopause' www.lbam.uk. Ariana and Stefanie worked together in London in Bauer Media back in 2010 and since then both of them went on a new and exciting journey into the world of coaching and transformation.Stefanie Daniels is a a coach who provides personalised support to executive-level employees and midlife women in the media workplace - mainly because she herself walked the walk with some of the UK's most popular media brands. She now helps hundreds of people transform their journey and understands better than anyone how these aren't just personal issues having herself experienced early menopause due following the loss of her beloved mother to cancer, and to the discovery of the BRCA1 gene and the serious life changing medical decisions she had to make as a result. Which is why she founded Life Begins at Menopause offering a safe space where people can talk about their symptoms, enhance nutrition and supplements and optimise their lifestyle.Stefanie studied at the gold-standard Barefoot Coaching and College of Naturopathic Medicine and have been trained by Tedx Speaker Cynthia Thurlow specialising in Intermittent Fasting. She regularly gives inspirational talks, writes for health and wellness publications and appear as a guest on top-ranked podcasts. #solopreneur#solopowered#menopause#coaching#safespace#lovewhatyoudo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast with Paul Brewerton and Andy Chandler (MD of Barefoot Coaching) explores using strengths in the context of coaching, and particularly, team coaching. Enjoy!

If you're about to return to work (or have recently returned!) this episode is for YOU.I speak to Sam from The Float Space about returning to employment after parental leave.Going back to work is a big transition for your family.And it's not always easy!We both share what returning to work looked like for us and what helped us in the first couple of months.This podcast is packed with reassurance, laughs and practical advice to help your return to work go smoothly. Coaching with The Float Space is like taking your brain to a spa. Sam provides a calm, judgement-free space where you can organise your thoughts and put your ideas into action with accountability.Sam works one-to-one and with groups using a range of coaching tools honed through a combination of professional coaching education with International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited Barefoot Coaching and over 10 years experience leading people and projects in politics, not-for-profits and the public sector.Last year Sam launched ‘Float Back', a return to work coaching programme to support people returning to employment from parental leave.You can find Sam on Instagram: instagram.com/thefloat.space And visit her website: www.thefloat.space Further resources:Read my blog on napping at nursery - careitout.com/podcast/episode-25-napping-at-nurserydoingitforthekids.net

Episode Five: Make a Change to Make a Difference with Diane Hanna We are kicking off the New Year with a bang. This latest episode with experienced Coach and Coach Supervisor Diane Hanna is jam-packed full of valuable content about coaching and the coaching profession. It's one not to be missed. Hear about: Diane's journey from corporate roles into coaching and the change she made to make a difference Her experience of training with Barefoot Coaching and then tutoring on our coach training programme The critical importance and value of coaching supervision to all coaches - new and established Diane's experience of coaching teams and then teaching coaches to coach teams, as well as her advice for anyone considering training as a Team Coach Plus, a whole lot more A new episode arrives each month, so be sure to subscribe to be the first to know when each episode lands. We hope you enjoy listening.

We are staying close to home with this first episode as Adam is joined by Barefoot Coaching's Founder and CEO, Kim Morgan. Hear about: The change that brought about Barefoot Coaching ⬆️ The difference that Barefoot-trained coaches are making in the world and the variety of ways in which they are doing it

Having achieved success running a popular clubnight in London and living his life by "trusting serendipity", Mike Toller wondered whether he could make more of a difference in people's lives. That thought was the beginning of his journey to becoming a professional coach and a psychodynamic psychotherapist.The world of coaching opened up to him through conversations with Phil Bolton, who trained both Mike and I at the very start of our coaching careers, and through some remarkable discussions with his flying instructor that Mike talks about in this episode.Our journeys have remained intertwined ever since, and recently we have been working together to train new coaches for a consultancy called Curve, who are doing amazing work in the world.That experience has given us the opportunity to refocus on the essence of our coaching practices, and in this episode we explore what we have learned and shared, both together and separately, over the course of an enduring friendship and a hugely productive working relationship.In this episode, we talk about:Using physical space symbolically to shift perspectives in coaching sessionsMike's role in the world's only indie air guitar bandGetting back to the fundamentals of coaching and how, as coaches, we can model healthy relationshipsThe vital importance of intentionality and how to create it in coaching relationshipsWhat happens when we make coaching sessions an embodied experienceMike is also a practising psychodynamic psychotherapist, and he offers valuable insight into both worlds, comparing and contrasting them from his unique vantage point.For more information about Mike, visit https://www.michaeltollercoaching.co.uk/ or email him at michaeltollercoaching@gmail.com.For information about Robbie's wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswale.com. Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/communityThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):- Phil Bolton http://www.phil-bolton.com/ - Vegard Olsen https://coachingpartner.net/cp/en/ - Introduction to Counselling at Birkbeck https://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2021/short-courses/modules/SSPA/SSPA116N0/ - What a Girl Wants https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286788/ - Feeling Gloomy https://feelinggloomy.com/ - Club de Fromage https://clubdefromage.com/ - The Coaching School https://www.michaeltollercoaching.co.uk/training- Episode #2 with Phil Bolton https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-2-phil-bolton-from-forensic-accountant-to-the-go-to-career-coach-in-london-and-on-to-work-with-ceos-mds-and-founders - Curve https://www.curve.cc/ - Episode #15 with Toku McCree https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-15-toku-mccree-sales-with-honour-and-love-on-the-end-of-a-sword - Kim Morgan and Barefoot Coaching https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/about-us/kim-morgan - Robert Stephenson https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-27-robert-stephenson-animas-how-to-say-yes-and-become-a-conduit-for-change - Animas https://www.animascoaching.com/creating-space/ - Closer Apart, the book on designing and facilitating workshops by Curve https://www.closerapartbook.com/ - The interview with Inga Umblija from Curve and Phil Bolton about their work on abundance https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-28-inga-umblija-phil-bolton-abundance-formula - John Monks https://www.thnk.org/community/people/john-monks/ - Katie Harvey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/coaching-during-coronavirus-katie-harvey

Kim Morgan has a mantra for everything she does. It's about the learning space, and its power as a vehicle for change.That space is one she grew up in, with parents she describes as very psychologically aware, and Kim went on to train as a humanistic person-centred therapist before finding herself in need of "something grittier".Via Freudian psychotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming, she discovered her gift for developing training and experienced a revelation when she realised that not everyone grew up, like her, constantly absorbing new perspectives and reframing situations.Barefoot Coaching is now world renowned, but Kim established it – with its name inspired by a cherished poem – at a time when there was very little training for coaches available in the UK.Nearly 15 years later, a tragedy struck that altered Kim's perspective on her life and her work. But remarkably, she returned to deepen her practice and grow even further the many joyous success stories of more than 4,000 Barefoot alumni.In this episode, we talk about:The story of how Kim built Barefoot into one of the most successful coaching organisations in the UKHow training as a coach mirrors the process of coachingThe way adults learn, and how it differs from childrenThe conditions in which transformational moments occurWhat happens when training is both fierce and compassionateHow to honour endings in our coaching engagements, and how to make them matterKim also speaks movingly about the devastation of loss, the perspective shift that came with her grief, and the support she found in the least expected places.For more information about Kim, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdkimmorgan/For information about Robbie's wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/communityThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~5: Barry Ennis on the Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-9-barry-ennis-follow-the-fire ~16: “The learning space is the optimal development atmosphere and vehicle for change in which meanings can be played with and understood. An area of psychological experience located between wishes and reality, between one's inner and outer worlds. It allows for certainties about self and others to loosen in order to allow for playful reflection and creativity to enable shifts in self-identity.” - DW Winnicott, Playing and reality. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?hl=en&publication_year=1971&author=+Winnicott%2C+D.W.&title=Playing+and+Reality~12: Wheel of Anything https://elisabethgoodman.wordpress.com/tag/wheel-of-anything/~19: Jack Mezirow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Mezirow ~22: Humanistic person-centred therapy https://www.simplypsychology.org/client-centred-therapy.html ~25: Neuro-Linguistic Programming https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/neuro-linguistic-programming ~25: Solution-focused brief therapy https://solutionfocused.net/what-is-solution-focused-therapy/ ~25: Robert Holden's Happiness Project https://www.robertholden.com/the-happiness-project/ ~25: Positive psychology coaching https://positivepsychology.com/positive-psychology-life-coaching/ ~30: I'd Pick More Daisies http://www.devpsy.org/nonscience/daisies.html ~31: Coach U https://www.coachu.com/home/ ~35: Sir John Whitmore https://www.performanceconsultants.com/sir-john-whitmore ~35: Joseph O'Connor https://internationalcoachingcommunity.com/joseph-oconnor/ ~40: Nancy Kline https://www.timetothink.com/nancy-kline/ ~40: Jamie Smart https://www.jamiesmart.com/ ~40: Damian Hughes http://liquidthinker.com/ ~40: Julie Starr https://starrcoaching.co.uk/ ~40: John Perry https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-perry-71490867/?originalSubdomain=uk ~45: Kim Morgan Coaching Cards for Every Day https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coaching-Cards-Every-Day-Barefoot/dp/0992898943 ~1.05: The Coach's Casebook https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25017473-the-coach-s-casebook ~1.14: Cruse bereavement services https://www.cruse.org.uk/ ~1.14: The grief recovery method https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/ ~1.14: The Good Grief Project https://thegoodgriefproject.co.uk/ ~1.15: Rio Ferdinand, Being Mum and Dad https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08kzclp ~1.17: West Midlands Coaching Pool https://www.wmemployers.org.uk/what-we-do/coaching/west-midlands-coaching-and-mentoring-pool/ ~1.28: Joel Monk https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching ~1.43: Coaching Skills for Family Life https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/news-blog/coaching-skills-family-life ~1.45: PG Cert in Coaching Supervision https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/courses/pg-cert-coaching-supervision

Barefoot Coaching - link to the image referenced hereNMS Coaching: https://nmscoaching.co.ukSUPPORT ME and ‘Buy Me a Coffee' over at Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/seizethedayLIVE YOUR BEST LIFE with Suzie Carr and I over at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/liveyourbestlifepodcastchat Natalie OnlineTwitterEmailInstagramFacebookWebsite: https://nmscoaching.co.ukLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-miller-snell/

Laura Dunn, a trained and experienced Early Career & Confidence Coach… joins us today to share insights, tips, and coaching questions on how we can nurture human connections during the pandemic.First off, a little bit more about Laura. Her purpose is to help people find meaningful direction in their lives as early as possible, and to create and navigate the personal changes that come with that. Laura’s approach centres on being real, courageous, and compassionate.With a decade of HR experience in global organizations, supporting people in their early to mid-career with a focus on leadership development, Laura now specializes in coaching – her happy place! She trained with leading organization Barefoot Coaching in the UK, and with more than 500 hours of 1:1 coaching, she’s currently in the process of becoming a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), accredited through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).Laura helps people build clarity, confidence, courage to make desired changes, and to navigate those changes with resilience. In her coaching, Laura is known to create a gentle calmness while also challenging her clients where they need it the most. This all leads me back now to today’s topic: Nurturing Human Connection During A Pandemic.Key Takeaway Summary from Season 3, Episode 06:We learn how human connections have shifted in three core ways as a result of the pandemicWe discover ideas and perspectives to help us nurture connection in times when traditional ways of connecting are more limitedWe explore the concepts of loneliness and solitude, and how solitude plays a key role in enhancing human connectionsResources mentioned during the podcast:Book: Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H Murthy M.D.Laura’s own blog on the topic: https://www.coachingwithlaura.co/post/5-tips-for-coping-with-loneliness-in-a-pandemicActivities to Increase Your Happy Hormones Document: https://coachme.global/s/Activities-to-Increase-Your-Happy-Hormones-by-Laura-Dunn.pdfBook a free initial coaching session with Laura Dunn now at CoachMe.global/book.Quote: "... belonging is important and something we need in our lives... We might feel like we are lacking connection in some form that might manifest itself as loneliness or even overwhelm."CoachMe. Listen. Connect. Thrive.

Patrick is a qualified Coach who is super self aware and skilled in thinking, feeling and behaving from his total truth. His has been a complex journey and he shares some of this with Lucy in this hearty and moving episode which will warm you through and through. You'll enjoy this episode if you want to touch closer to your truth and story in order to connect even more and deeply with other people.   About Lucy:   I am not only thoroughly and extensively trained in Transactional Analysis for Psychotherapy AND organisations, I have over 20 years of experience in helping people be all they can be. I have been a senior leader in social care and Social Work since the 90s,  I have a level 7 Advanced Professional Diploma in Business Leadership, a Master's degree in Social Work and a Postgraduate certificate in Personal and Business Coaching.    I am a strong, potent, qualified and professionally credentialled Personal and Business Coach with the skills and experience to get you exactly where you want to be.   I started out by helping the most marginalised people in our society as a Social Worker back in the 1990s. I soon moved into senior management in Social Services and later in the Care Sector. I have worked as a Director of People and Culture, a Managing Director and as a Group Learning and Development Manager until I left to set up my own Coaching business in early 2019.   In 2014, I began training in and practicing Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and in 2016 I qualified as a Coach. I train others in both of these practices now and I am known as a leading authority in my own unique and perfectly integrated methods across the sector.   I love my work. And I love watching success emerge within and from my clients    It is totally aligned with my purpose which is to impact YOU so that you become all you truly are.    I am all about helping you to EMERGE as your intrinsic self from beneath the layers of limits you have taken on throughout your life.   This is YOUR time.    Contact me to discover how I will help you:   Lucy's Links: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Website Sign up to my Free E-Book 'Unlock Your Success Mindset' Here   About Patrick:   My passion is your success and full living, especially in and through the harder times of life.   I am an expert at building high-quality relationships based on mutual respect and trust. I support individuals through times of high emotion and stress caused by grief and loss. Like many of us, throughout my life,I have experienced significant losses and grief.   I taught for over 20 years in both New Zealand, where I was born, and in London where I live. In the last three years of my teaching career, I was an in-house coach working with colleagues to help them fulfil their potential and improve performance to create greater outcomes for their students. The success of my work led to my governing body funding my coaching training with Barefoot Coaching and Chester University for a Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching.   My mission: To help others live fully in and through the harder times of life. To empower us all to ‘Get Good at Grief' by talking & thinking about it as a normal, natural and healthy part of being human and our life cycle. It would be my honour and privilege to be beside you as you feel and think your way forward.   Together we are stronger. Together we can begin Thinking Beyond Now. Whenever you are ready.   Patrick's Links: Twitter LinkedIn  Instagram  Website   Coaching for Grief, Loss and Life    

Welcome to your weeekly dose of running motivation. On this episode we FINALLY establish why Pete the Producer isn’t actually a true 'running guy’… because he doesn’t get caught up in all the measurements and metrics that many runners do. We speak to Ted Bradshaw - a Professor in Psychological Therapies, and a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist at Barefoot Coaching.  And, as always; there's your chance to #AskJake - This week, Damian wants to know all about "heart rate reserve" Full show notes & resources: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

Kim Morgan is one of the UK’s first executive business and personal coaches. She is an inspirational and innovative coach, working extensively across the UK and Europe with organisations, senior business leaders and executive teams. She is a specialist in delivering mentor and coach education. We met in Bratislava to talk about human connections, women´s development, and coaches being detectives in other people´s souls. Kim is also a CEO of Barefoot Coaching, one of the most successful and fastest growing coaching and coach training businesses in the UK.    We met in Bratislava to talk about human connections, women´s development, and coaches being detectives in other people´s souls.

His determination and attitude took Barry Ennis from runner to leader of senior management teams and multimillion-pound projects in a television career that involved a BAFTA-winning show, seven series of Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire? and… Beyonce! But when, in a moment of struggle, he took himself through a self-coaching exercise, he realised that his work in television didn't speak to the values and passions that were at his core. He set out to find something different, and knew he had found it when - part way through training as a coach - some transformational work with a fellow student lit a fire in him.Since then, he has followed that fire to the sense of wonder he gets from the right learning, relationships which have enabled his business to thrive, and his new business, The Wake Up Method, providing organisations with a proven way to motivate, inspire, train and retain the next generation of managers and leaders.In this episode, we talk about:What he learnt from building his first business, The Guerilla Experience, (with business partner Teresa Klasener,) from their first event, to working in organisations, to what brought that company to an end.How he created his first corporate coaching offer during a call with a potential client.Why he says he runs a business, rather than works as a coach, and why he finds the term coaching unhelpful at times.The dangers of social media and how he uses it.Plus, Barry talks beautifully about his upbringing and where the stories that have supported his business have come from, including how the distinction between ‘I have a place' and ‘Know your place' has made all the difference for him, leaving him in power and not hopelessness.For more information about Barry, visit: www.TheWakeUpMethod.com, @TheWakeUpMethod on instagram or ​https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewakeupmethodFor information about Robbie's wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~16: Barefoot Coaching - https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/~16: Kim Morgan - https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/about-us/kim-morgan~20: Transactional Analysis - https://www.itaaworld.org/~31: Giles Barrow - https://gilesbarrow.com/~44: Mariana Ipkendanz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-ipkendanz-acc-125a70143/~48: International Coach Federation/ICF - https://www.coachfederation.org.uk/~69: Teresa Klasener - https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresaklasener/~78: BetterUp - http://www.betterup.com~82: The Berne Institute - https://theberne.com/~87: The podcast episode where I spoke to the guest, Joel Monk, about the neuroscience of goal setting was this one: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching In it, we refer back to this episode of the Coaches Rising Podcast with Richard Boyatzis: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-access-optimum-growth-states-in-coaching/~95: NABS – https://nabs.org.uk/~97: Kate Rees - https://www.katereescoaching.com/~101: Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/~103: Barry's Brag Alert post on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/barry-ennis-coach_wakeup-coaching-coachofthemonth-activity-6630457599294783488-Rrly~109: Michael Neill - https://www.michaelneill.org/~116: Abraham Maslow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow~119: Soil, Soul, Society by Satish Kumar~120: Ken Wilber - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber

For over a year and a half I've been coaching various members of our community on a one to one basis. I get great joy from working with people one to one and helping them get clarity about the what's ahead of them and what's getting in their way. I want to help people create businesses and do work that gives them joy, energy and an income. I want to be the best I can be at that and so having the opportunity to talk to Pete Mosley about coaching and mentoring was an amazing privilege. A speaker at our 2017 Summercamp, Pete leads a portfolio existence. He's a keen writer contributor to Psychologies Magazine and the Quiet Revolution website. He's a coach for people who aren't comfortable with self promotion. And he delivers training and group coaching. He trained as a coach with Barefoot Coaching. In this episode we talk about what coaching means to him, the difference between coaching and mentoring and the hidden hurdles that get in our way. Excerpts from this episode: * When building a business not only do you need to consider your value proposition and the problem/solution fit but also the venture/entrepreneur fit. * People are happy to pay for advice but not so much to get help get clarity about what they should be doing * The difference with between mentoring and coaching is the direction of flow of creativity and energy. For mentoring the flow is from mentor to mentee while for coaching the flow is from coachee to coach, where the coach is using probing questions. * Coaching is about championing somebody and helping them engage with what they're about to do enthusiastically. * You should only be setting goals for yourself that have meaning, that make sense, play to your strengths and that give you pleasure. Otherwise the chance of you attaining them are pretty low. * Taking ownership is about being the best informed and best resourced person to make the decision. * If there's a mismatch between your values and your goals then you can run aground. * People adopt structured approaches to coaches because it benefits the business model. * The most valuable aspect of coaching is the quality of the relationship between coach and coachee, something more subtle than just a business transaction * Sometimes the rushing towards solutions can be the most damaging thing you can do as it's the worst possible thing for free thinking * Human beings aren't supposed to be time bound or expectations bound * There's something very fertile in the chaos * Your definition of success doesn't have to be like anybody else's. * Hiring people that think differently and with diversity of attention * Authenticity isn't something that you can claim, it's something that is bestowed on you by others. * The thing that most people fear isn't the situation but the unpleasant sensations and the discomfort they feel. * These unpleasant feelings and sensations are there to inform us and guide us. We can learn to work with these unpleasant feelings. You can find Pete on Twitter - @petemosley He regularly writes articles on LinkedIn and for Psychologies Magazine and he's the author of the book The Art of Shouting Quietly.

Suzy Greaves, our Editor-in-Chief interviews Kim Morgan, Psychologies life coaching columnist and CEO of Barefoot Coaching on how to create a mid-year review. Put your feet up, press pause, and take some time to look at what's working for you and what's not and make a plan for the next 6 months (Rebroadcast after moving podcast broadcast providers).Psychologies magazine isn't just a normal subscription service - not only do you get our fabulous magazine delivered to your door in eco-friendly plastic free packaging for less than newsstand prices, but you  also get access to a whole new level of support going forward to an exclusive life changing online coaching members club, including 24 life changing online coaching programmes (with a new one added every month), a supportive and inspiring online facebook group where you can interact with the Psychologies team, top coaches and other psychologies subscribers and join local face to face meet ups. Find out more here: www.psychologies.co.uk/Life-Leap-Club-Subscribers At Psychologies we believe with a little help, support and inspiration, it's far easier to make the changes we've always wanted to make. So, if you need a little inspiration, motivation, support or guidance to make your life an extraordinary one, subscribe today– you'll get the magazine and all the life changing benefits of the membership club for £3.33 per month. Subscribe here: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/subOffer/PSYTUBE19/source/PSYTUBE19

Suzy Greaves, our Editor-in-Chief interviews Kim Morgan, Psychologies life coaching columnist and CEO of Barefoot Coaching on how to create the career you really want. Kim Morgan gives some step by step advice, tips and coaching techniques on how to identify what you love to do and create a career path that lights you up inside. 

For over a year and a half I've been coaching various members of our community on a one to one basis. I get great joy from working with people one to one and helping them get clarity about the what's ahead of them and what's getting in their way. I want to help people create businesses and do work that gives them joy, energy and an income. I want to be the best I can be at that and so having the opportunity to talk to Pete Mosley about coaching and mentoring was an amazing privilege. A speaker at our 2017 Summercamp, Pete leads a portfolio existence. He's a keen writer contributor to Psychologies Magazine and the Quiet Revolution website. He's a coach for people who aren't comfortable with self promotion. And he delivers training and group coaching. He trained as a coach with Barefoot Coaching. In this episode we talk about what coaching means to him, the difference between coaching and mentoring and the hidden hurdles that get in our way. Excerpts from this episode: * When building a business not only do you need to consider your value proposition and the problem/solution fit but also the venture/entrepreneur fit. * People are happy to pay for advice but not so much to get help get clarity about what they should be doing * The difference with between mentoring and coaching is the direction of flow of creativity and energy. For mentoring the flow is from mentor to mentee while for coaching the flow is from coachee to coach, where the coach is using probing questions. * Coaching is about championing somebody and helping them engage with what they're about to do enthusiastically. * You should only be setting goals for yourself that have meaning, that make sense, play to your strengths and that give you pleasure. Otherwise the chance of you attaining them are pretty low. * Taking ownership is about being the best informed and best resourced person to make the decision. * If there's a mismatch between your values and your goals then you can run aground. * People adopt structured approaches to coaches because it benefits the business model. * The most valuable aspect of coaching is the quality of the relationship between coach and coachee, something more subtle than just a business transaction * Sometimes the rushing towards solutions can be the most damaging thing you can do as it's the worst possible thing for free thinking * Human beings aren't supposed to be time bound or expectations bound * There's something very fertile in the chaos * Your definition of success doesn't have to be like anybody else's. * Hiring people that think differently and with diversity of attention * Authenticity isn't something that you can claim, it's something that is bestowed on you by others. * The thing that most people fear isn't the situation but the unpleasant sensations and the discomfort they feel. * These unpleasant feelings and sensations are there to inform us and guide us. We can learn to work with these unpleasant feelings. You can find Pete on Twitter - @petemosley He regularly writes articles on LinkedIn and for Psychologies Magazine and he's the author of the book The Art of Shouting Quietly.

Jo Ryan of Barefoot Coaching and Counselling believes in staying balanced and that successful entrepreneurs balance work and play. She talks with Elizabeth and Jaci about the signs of imbalance, knowing when you need help […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/hotentrepreneur/wp-content/uploads/sites/407/2018/12/Hot-Ent-Ep-18-Well-Being-Jo-Ryan-FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:46 — 40.8MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Hot Entrepreneur Ep18: Well-Being appeared first on Hot Entrepreneur.

In this week's episode Jay Hrcsko gathered up some Coalition contributors to discuss what they see as the future of agile!  Jay is joined by Georgina Hughes, David Sabine, and Johanna Rothman as they discuss the future of agile methodologies, roles, frameworks, and the role of the agile coach...and just a hint: they don't always agree!  Enjoy! Guests: Georgina Hughes: Georgina Hughes is an agile enthusiast from London where she’s actively engaged in the large community of agile practitioners. She took a diversion during her education from psychology into computer science, and has made a u-turn during her career back to psychology in order to support management in understanding that there is no difference between a software developer and a business person. She is currently studying with Barefoot Coaching to become an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation. Georgie's upcoming speaking engagement:  Troublemakers, Misfits, and Disruptors, how does one with with Agilists. https://www.meetup.com/ScrumEvent/events/256257177/ *** David Sabine: David’s career highlights the intersections of business, technology, the fine arts, and education. He is a Scrum Trainer, executive consultant, Product developer, Executive Director of Ontario Scrum Community®, a TEDx alumnus, Musician, and proud father of two daughters. *** Johanna Rothman: Known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” Johanna offers frank advice for your tough problems. She has an extensive career in project and program management, none of which were waterfall. She’s the author of 14 books, with more on the way. Her current book in progress is From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver. Her most recent finished book is Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver. www.jrothman.com Book I mentioned: https://leanpub.com/geographicallydistributedagileteams/ Other books: https://www.jrothman.com/books/ Influential Agile Leader (I didn’t mention, but should have): https://www.influentialagileleader.com/    

Tips and stories to help you find out your character traits which can be a help or a hindrance. Kim Morgan MD of Barefoot coaching gives us sound advice for our careers and life. Contact https://www.barefootcoaching.co.uk/about-us #Coaching #LifeChange #RadioGorgeous

It's Valentines' Day this week ... and if you have romance in mind ... would you consider using Coaching Cards For Couples to enhance your relationship? Gillian Russell speaks to Kim Morgan, Managing Director of Barefoot Coaching, to find out why she created the cards and what she hopes couples will get out of them. Producer Lauren and her fiance Duncan took a pack of cards home and put them to the test - but will they still be smiling at the end of it?! It's a buzz phrase in business and in the sporting world but what exactly is Growth Mindset? Dr John Paul Fitzpatrick, Director of Teachmindset, talks about the work he's been doing in schools across Scotland to try and instill the principles of growth mindset (a love of learning, resilience and effort) ... and explains just how the rest of us can apply it in our everyday lives too. Staff and pupils from Hillhead Academy in Glasgow share their experiences of using growth mindset, both within school and in the outside world. Alan Gow, Associate Professor of Psychology at Heriot Watt University, describes the research he's doing into the impact different activities might have on our thinking skills as we age ... and explains how the rest of us can get involved in the project.