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Gail Sussman-Miller founded Inspired Choice in 2001. She took the title of Chief Obstacle Buster which describes her perfectly. Gail lived her entire life in Chicago Illinois until she and her husband moved to Sarasota Florida in 2019. While Gail grew up thinking she should be a teacher along the way she decided she did not wish to teach youngsters. She recognized that her talents were put to better use teaching and coaching adults. She makes it quite clear that she has fun and great joy working with adults. She will say that some people want to be coached and some who think coaching for them is not necessary. I would say that Gail urges people to approach the coaching experience with an open mind. She is, as you will hear, quite successful at her work. About the Guest: Gail Sussman-Miller, Chief Obstacle Buster at Inspired Choice, helps women leaders leverage, rather than squelch, feminine power and abilities they don't realize they possess, so they live their most authentic, joy-filled life. She is an expert at guiding women to deliberately choose their thoughts and beliefs to design desired experiences and results. Gail's techniques shape new perspectives that reduce stress, discomfort and procrastination which increases decisive action, inner peace and resilience amidst the uncertainty of life. The bottom line is increased freedom and more joy! Clients find Gail's perspective-shifting techniques, practical tactical action steps, and spiritually-inspired wisdom indispensable. Her rare gift, shared by 7% of leaders assessed, is she senses and sees things few people see, speaks that truth and offers actionable ways for participants to thrive and fulfill their soul's desires. The biggest demand and focus of Gail's coaching is strengthening the efficacy and collaboration in challenging conversations and relationships by combining truth, authenticity, and vulnerability. Professional background. Gail has been teaching executives and women at all levels to turn obstacles into opportunities since 2001 as a coach, facilitator, speaker, and trainer. She received her training as a professional coach at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in 2001. Gail is certified in the EQi-2.0 emotional intelligence assessment by MHS, a well-known publisher of psychological assessments. Prior to founding Inspired Choice, Gail delivered computer job training for visually-impaired adults and spent 13 years at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) in Marketing, Knowledge Management and Technology Coaching. After a lifetime in Chicago, Gail made Sarasota, Florida her home in 2019. www.inspiredchoice.com Ways to connect with Gail: Gail@inspiredchoice.com www.inspiredchoice.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/gailsussmanmillerr https://www.facebook.com/GailSussmanMiller/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, a pleasant hello to you. Wherever you happen to be today, you are listening to unstoppable mindset, and my name is Michael Hingson. You can call me Mike if you want. It's okay as well. I am the host of unstoppable mindset, and today we get to chat with Gail Sussman-Miller, who is are you ready? Here it comes, Chief obstacle. Buster, I love that, and she is the chief obstacle Buster at inspired choice, which is an organization that she founded. She has been a coach for, wow, 23 years. You started in 2001 I think you said, And so anyway, this will be a fun conversation. She's got lots to talk to us about, and we've been talking for the last few minutes about how to talk about some of the visual stuff to an audience that isn't necessarily going to see it. And that isn't because the people who aren't going to see it are blind. It's because they're not watching this, but listening to it on a podcast site, so you guys get to experience things the way some of the rest of us do. But anyway, Gail, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 02:32 Thanks, Michael. I'm honored to be here, and I've had fun getting to know you as we get ready for this. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 02:39 well, and it's been good to get to know you and get a chance to really chat. Let's start, if we could by maybe you telling us sort of a little bit about the early Gale, growing up and some of that stuff, always a good way to start right. That could take an hour, but I'll leave it up to you. It reminds   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 02:54 me of the movie, I think was called the jerk that Stephen Martin was in, and he starts out saying, I was born a poor, black child. Started with his anyway, so I grew   Michael Hingson ** 03:10 up. I was born, I was born modest, some people have said, but it wore off. But anyway, you were born in Chicago, and I was born in Chicago.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 03:20 Yeah, I grew up on north side, so yes, I'm a Cubs fan.   Michael Hingson ** 03:25 I was south side, and I still love the Cubs, Hopelessly Devoted   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 03:29 and lived my entire life actually in the city limits. Sometimes people say they're from Chicago to give people a reference, and they really live in the suburbs. So I loved, I would say all Yes, actually, all my residences were within two miles of Lake Michigan, and I love being near water. So grew up. I'm the the eldest of two girls, and close to my cousins, really great, close family. And then I went to college at Northern Illinois University, got a degree in teaching elementary and special ed at a time when there was a surplus of teachers, and I wasn't sure I wanted to do it as a career. And then I learned later in life that I love teaching, but actually prefer teaching adults. So it's been an interesting evolution of I would say most of my jobs were just good enough. I was one of millions who believed you live for Fridays and work is something you do to make money because you have to. And it wasn't until I was in my 40s that I found my ideal dream. Work, which is coaching and speaking and teaching, and I came home to a profession that I thought was just for me. It was perfect. It was great. And in the last five years, almost five years, we've been in Sarasota, Florida, made some permanent move and happy ever since, so   Michael Hingson ** 05:26 until you were in your 40s, were you teaching school or what were you doing? No,   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 05:30 I never became a teacher. It just wasn't. I didn't enjoy my student teaching. I did enjoy trying to parole and contain and control 2025 kids. I love children, so that was why I thought, Well, it's interesting. When I went to college, I had no strong calling for a profession, so I enrolled in teaching as the Lacher of evils, if you will. It just was like, well, compared to being a scientist, computer engineer, or you name it, this, I like kids and I like teaching, I just didn't like the combination.   Michael Hingson ** 06:15 So what did you do for jobs?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 06:20 Oh, we'll see if I can remember, there was a period of time where I worked for an educational publisher, because I thought, Okay, I have a teaching degree. Maybe this will be interesting. It was not. I spent some time even working as a temp because I was good at computers and word processing, as it was called in the day. Yes, and it's so funny, Michael, I actually need my resume in front of me to tell you things in sequence. But the funny thing was, each thing led to something else. I think of my life as walking through a doorway and then going down a hall with lots of doorways, and then I choose another doorway, and that leads to another hall with doorways, and that's how I wound up where I am. So at one point, I think it might have been after the education publisher. There were, there were literally, I'm I'm being this is proof how meaningless some of my jobs were. But I did spend four years in Chicago at the chicago lighthouse at the time, called Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. I think they've changed their name now, and I taught transcription skills and typing to adults who then went on to get jobs and get placed. And that was the most gratifying thing I did, and that's where I realized I much prefer teaching adults   Michael Hingson ** 08:01 you created a an interesting analogy, one that I subscribe to a lot. I think that each of us go through life making choices, and if you really sit down and think about it, you can trace your life back to and through the choices that you make. So you did a variety of things, and you discovered something with each choice and each thing that you went off and did, I can trace my life back because of the choices that I made. And I also studied teaching. I got a secondary teaching credential. And I actually thought of teaching, but then an opportunity to take a job in technology, actually working with Dr Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind, with the development of the Kurzweil Reading Machine came along, and that led to working for Ray, and I was going to do human factors and continuing to do some of the work I did when we were all originally developing the first machine. But then after about eight months, I was confronted with a choice of either leaving the company or going into sales. And I decided, I love to tell people I lowered my standards from science and went into sales, which is not true, but I didn't lower my standards, as it turns out. But what I what I discovered, and I always liked teaching, I always liked explaining, and what I discovered was that the best salespeople are teachers. They're counselors. They really are involved in understanding what a customer's needs are, and then teaching that customer about how to get those results, hopefully with their products, I've had some situations where the product that we had wasn't the right solution, and of course, from. One standpoint that's an ethical issue to deal with. Do I say it's our product won't work, or do I still try to sell it? My belief has always been, you take the ethical choice and I are a few times where we specifically said our product won't work, but here's what will but whenever that occurred, we developed a level of trust that then led to other opportunities later on, but teaching people and really advising and counseling was something that I enjoyed, but I but I hear what you're saying about teaching adults. The question I would ask you is there are a lot of people who say that adults tend to be locked in and are much harder to teach than children. What do you think about   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 10:44 that? Oh, wow. I don't think that's ever it's funny in a way. I don't think that's ever crossed my mind.   Michael Hingson ** 10:54 It's like teaching language. You know, children learn language and additional languages.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 11:00 Yeah, I would agree there. What I mean by that is, and what I thought you were going to ask me, so maybe I'll answer it anyway, is what I liked more about working with adults, and I like being able to hold the adult accountable and responsible for their learning and for asking questions, for speaking up, all of that. It depends, I suppose, if the adult, if the person I'm working with, wants to be in the training slash coaching learning situation or not are very there was only one period of time as a contractor where I was matched with people without my meeting them or knowing them. Normally, my clients come to me and then I get to we see if we have a fit in both ways. So there were a few times where people were assigned to me and didn't necessarily want to have coaching. But what I'm a master at is helping people look at their perspectives and shift them for their greater good. So it almost always worked out that I could say or get to help them see this is going to benefit you, whether you ask for it or not. And let's figure out what it is you would most like to get out of it. Yeah? So enlisting, yeah, enlisting them, engaging them. And then I, I don't think it's ever been a challenge. In my opinion,   Michael Hingson ** 12:36 my wife was a teacher for a number of years, and she liked teaching third graders more than older kids, because she said a lot of the older kids had already developed their attitudes, whether taught by their parents or whatever, and developed habits that weren't necessarily positive. And as a result, it was harder to work with them than it was to work with third graders, because third graders were at an age where she could get them to to think and to focus, and was able to get them to look at and hopefully learn the things that she was trying to Teach, whereas older kids she felt didn't do that nearly as well. So that was an interesting observation that she had. And eventually she she left teaching because, well, here's a story. She was going to do a Valentine's Day party for her class, and she made a deal with the students. The parents were going to bring goodies and they were going to come and all that in the park. That. And the party was supposed to start at two o'clock, and she made a deal with her students, and I don't know whether it was that morning or before, but she said, we'll start the party when you all get your work done. Okay? And everybody agreed. Well, at two o'clock, kids had been goofing off and so on, so the party didn't start. The parents had to wait outside, and it was like about 20 minutes late for the party to start. The kids finally finished the stuff they were supposed to do, and one parent pitched a real hissy fit and had her well, took her to the principal's office. The principal called her in and said, what's going on? The parents are not happy with what you did that day. And Karen brought the students in, who were the children of the parents, and the parents complained that she was too hard on the students and all that. And so Karen then said, Okay, kids, what was the arrangement that we had? And they all said we were supposed to get our work done before the party could start. Why didn't we start the party on time? We didn't get stuff done and that was it. You know, the principal told the parents, go away, go away. It is accountability. And Karen. Is really always great at accountability, and I love the concept of accountability, and when you're creating teams and so on, the most basic fundamental is all about being able to hold each other accountable. And you don't do it because it's a personal thing, or you have an ax to grind, it's because the whole team agrees that those are things that everyone can do. So I agree with you, accountability is important. That's great.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 15:29 I also think that if motivation is important, so your wife used the party as a motivator, and with adults, if they really want to change their results, then this is and I don't, I don't dictate how to do it as much as help them figure out how they're going to do it,   Michael Hingson ** 15:52 absolutely, absolutely. So   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 15:56 it's fun. It's fun. I have a blast, and some people are a term coaches use is coachable. Some people are more coachable than others. And usually I can kind of assess that early on. And sometimes it's we go as far as they're willing to go. They may also not be emotionally ready to go any further   Michael Hingson ** 16:22 well. So in 2001 you discovered that you really wanted to teach adults more, and you started your organization. And so inspired, choice came to be. Tell us more about that and what it is and how it's evolved over the years.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 16:43 So I'm actually it's kind of funny. I was I got married in 2000 came back from my honeymoon to find out I'd been laid off. I spent 13 years at Anderson Consulting, which became Accenture, just as I was leaving, and I, I don't even remember, I think I had seven different jobs in 13 years. They there was a lot of shifting, and one or two I enjoyed the most because they had a lot of teaching. So I enrolled in a couple of programs. Chicagoans will recognize this name, maybe, you know it the Discovery Center was on Lincoln Avenue. We've hired that so I took a class that introduced coaching there. And I said, this is interesting. I'm actually still friends with a couple people that were in that classroom, and then I went to a two day conference held by the local Chicago chapter of the International Coach Federation. And then I was hooked, totally hooked. So after being laid off, I spent some time looking for a job, and then I asked my husband if it was okay with him if I decided to pursue this training and then career and coaching. And he said, Sure. So that's where it started, and in 1997 I'm rewinding just a little, I did a two and a half day women's personal growth weekend, and started to do the deepest personal growth work I'd done, I would say, in my life, I'd done therapy for years, but didn't find it as effective as this. Two and a half days really moved the needle. And one of the women who was staffing that weekend, I saw her at a local event for that organization, and I mentioned I was unhappy about a few things. She said, Well, I think I can help you. And I hired her. Lo and behold, she was a coach. I didn't even know it, and it was immensely helpful to me. That's how I really got familiar with coaching. And then the two day, two and a half day weekend, and then all of that. So that's when I realized it was like a career design just for me. No one else was perfect. It was my orientation. Was not telling people what to do, it was helping them empower themselves and realize their best way. So I started my business very slowly. I didn't know anything about being a business person. I had no clue I was the least bit entrepreneurial, and it evolved slowly, but in the beginning, I kind of like thinking of as a sandwich on the bottom layer. The first piece of bread was about seven years working with women who were in the. Own businesses, helping them realize and find their best marketing method. I just love thinking about marketing, and then that led me to develop a workshop of my own called How to love networking, which most people do not love. It used metaphors, taking what they love to do most in their life, like, let's say cooking or knitting or travel, and how to network the way they do that activity they love. That led to my being discovered by a senior executive organization helping people network. So they asked if I would lead their Chicago meetings, and I did for about seven and a half years. That shifted me and put me in front of senior executives who were looking for jobs, and I taught networking and help them present themselves well within the meeting. And many of them needed additional help, so I was hired into that kind of coaching. And my whole career, my whole business shifted from helping women on marketing to helping executives with their job search, which is, by the way, still marketing.   Michael Hingson ** 21:22 It is, how? How do you teach networking? What? What is that?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 21:28 I'll answer that in a minute, but my brain needs to finish this one. Okay, okay, brain, go ahead. My brain will be busy working on it. After about seven years of teaching these executives, helping them in their job search and promoting themselves and networking, I came back to working with women, and that's what I've been doing, working with women leaders on how to be a more empowered, truthful, authentic and vulnerable leader. So that just had to bring you up to the present. So how do you teach networking? It was helping to debunk what networking is, and I like to define networking as simply connecting with like minded people for the greater good. It's all about connection. What do you have in common? How getting curious? I mean that one of the basic concerns people had was always walking into a room like a networking event, and maybe there's 10 people, there could be 40 people. How do I start a conversation? How do I describe myself? And people being very attached to the outcome, I have to meet someone who's going to be helpful to me. I worked with some people who wanted to literally walk in the room, grab the microphone and say, I'm a tech engineer. Can anyone hire me? Like, Oh my gosh, that is not going to get you there, no, but very, you know, end result oriented. So it had a lot to do with understanding human nature, how to have these conversations, how to describe themselves well and talk about the outcomes they deliver, and to be of service help others. First things you've heard before, but it was usually getting at what their obstacle was. What was their obstacle to the process,   Michael Hingson ** 23:29 makes sense, and and it and it is always a challenge. If let's take your example. I'm a tech guy who will hire me, shows in so many ways, probably what that person isn't looking at and needs to look at, and certainly could use a lot of teaching and coaching. The question is, of course, would they be interested in doing it? And that's, that's, of course, what you address and what you deal with. Some people are coachable, and some people aren't, and some people will be once they discover what being coachable is all about.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 24:15 Yeah, then a case like that, sometimes it's people that kind of urge, like, you know, I don't want to make small talk. I always say, Well, then don't make small talk. Make big talk. Ask important questions. Don't talk about the weather or how good the weenies are wrapped in the in the dough and the hors d'oeuvres. But they are impatient, perhaps because they're desperate, because they're afraid. I always wind up on the emotional undertones of what is going on. How long have you been in job search? Have you been turned down a lot what's going on? How confident are you? How well can you talk about what you do? Well. How well do you do in relationships having nothing to do with job search? What you know, are you good listener? All those things. So it's, I would say it's interesting about job search that at some level, people might not be at their best depending on how comfortable they are with the process, because it is not linear,   Michael Hingson ** 25:27 yeah, and even if you're turned down for a job, do you ask? Why? You know? Are you willing to learn? And again, some people are and some people aren't. Right, right when I talk, when I talk with people about being as when I talk with people about being a speaker and and even sometimes they say we're considering you. And then if they come back and they say we went a different direction, I will ask why. I'd love to learn a little bit more. I don't, I'm not quite that blunt. I'll say something like, I'd like to learn a little bit more about what the process was and what led you to the choice that you made. If you would please take the time to let me know. And again, it's, it's a it's a process. I haven't generally heard that. Oh, you're not a good speaker, or whatever. And I suppose some people might not want to say, but usually it's we had somebody who went a different wanted us to go a different direction, or, I mean, any number of things, or we changed our mind about the theme for the event, which has happened more than once any number of things. And so you you take every, every opportunity, and you learn what you can.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 26:50 That makes sense. Yeah, yeah. It eventually. What led me at some point, I think the pretty sure the people were under and their fear and working with that, I think that some point that may have been what helped me decide to move on and instead of and practice what I preach. Really am I coaching this target audience out of passion, and I was starting to lose my passion. And I said, you know, I've been feeling a hankering to go back to working with women, and as I did the work on myself, this is not a surprise, but I was doing a lot of work on myself. To stand in my power more to really tune into my feminine energy and to spirituality. And it was all guiding me to say, you're not following your heart and soul passion. And then that led me right back to where I started, and working with women. There you go on on deeper issues. So it's been wonderful,   Michael Hingson ** 28:09 by the way. What kind of work does your husband do?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 28:14 Oh, well, it's really interesting. He might have lost track how many years, but he's about a 45 year stock trader, and started out on the Chicago Board of Trade floor. Then around the time I met him, he, as they call it, went upstairs, became an upstairs trader, electronic only, and now, for maybe the last eight years, nine years, he's teaching traders and investors how to read the cycles in the stock market chart analysis and some emotional issues for traders. Traders psychology. And he created a membership for people that want to get involved at a deeper level or a lighter level. And he does training videos. He does. He's actually got a live show that he does once a month, and it's all about education and analysis, some really technical but this gorgeous, beautiful charting that he that he invented, of looking at where the rhythms are. I could go on and on about this, but I think that's probably all your listeners want to hear, because it gets great, really technical. And for those who are a little geeky, if you have ever heard of the Fibonacci formula, even the market follows Fibonacci cycles. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 29:52 the reason I asked the question was you said earlier, when you decided to start your business, you asked him, and he said, Yes, and that. Immediately made me wonder, what kind of a guy is he that he was willing to be open, and clearly, he's an intelligent person. He observes a lot, and so it makes perfect sense that that he would be the kind of person who would support and agree with decisions that you could make and do make, and the fact that the two of you communicated about it is, I think, the most telling thing. It's great when a couple shares and essentially really decides together.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 30:36 Well, I can't wait to tell him what calls over. He's uh, currently relaxing by the pool after his Friday, his Friday live show. But the interesting thing, or, or, and the three, the two and a half day training I told you that I did in 97 he did the men's version, which is a little more popular. It's called a little has more notoriety. It's called new Warrior, and he did that in like three months before I met him, and that changed his life. So, communication skills, self awareness, taking responsibility, all of that, that was what drew me to him and that, and we've been growing those skills ever since, no taking responsibility if you get triggered, and not blaming the other person. Yeah, understanding a lot of emotional intelligence, a ton of emotional intelligence. In fact, we both got certified in a tool published by MHS, and it's a emotional intelligence assessment.   Michael Hingson ** 31:46 Well, you've been coaching for a while, needless to say, 23 years. What are the most common issues that women leaders ask for support on?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 32:01 There's usually one common thread, and it's about, how do I have this conversation? I need to tell this employee they're not doing well, but I don't want to hurt their feelings. I'm not getting along well. Things are not going smoothly with one of my direct reports. I don't know how to approach that. Or there I have some clients who are in a male dominated industry and a male dominated firm, and they may be the only woman in the room. How do I dan in my power express myself and communicate where very often, male and female communications can be different. So how to how to tell, have the conversations, how to tell the truth, what they think is the truth, without worrying about hurting people's feelings or having a lot of fear come up and how how to move through the discomfort. It might be speaking up more than they're used to. It might be saying no, it might be setting some limits and being honest with some risk. So it's almost all connected, but those are usually the general themes,   Michael Hingson ** 33:29 yeah, and it's unfortunate that there have to be risks just to being able to speak up where as if it were just men in the room, probably the same issue wouldn't be there, but we're still way too patriarchal, I think, in a lot of ways, and that tends to be a problem. I love it when people are willing to speak up and be open. I think it's it's so important to do that.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 33:57 Well, I can tell you that while I was still coaching on job search, most of my clients were men, and they had plenty of fear about speaking up plenty it is really not so gender biased, especially networking or interviewing, or how am I going to answer that question, or all of this strategizing. Well, if they say this, then I'll say that. Or instead of what I have come to learn to not only do but to enjoy, is to just be be in the moment. Yeah? Like I often joke, I like being put on the spot. Yeah, I mean, you asked you, and I talked about some things we might talk about today, but I'm ready for you to ask me anything, and I think that's exciting. And if I don't know the answer, I'll say so, but, but I've learned to love honesty in that kind of Troy. And that's what I help my clients do, yeah, and I can think of, oh, sorry, let me just finish this one, thinking of this one client, he wanted to get promoted. He liked his company a lot. He was doing well, and he was going to go to this meeting where they're going to be all appears of his, and then the next level up of management, and he was making himself a little nuts preparing, like I said, if they go on this topic, I've got my notes, and if they go to this topic, I've got my notes. And I helped him to see how he could he didn't need he was over, preparing, spending a lot of time that he didn't need to. And this concept of showing up, show up, be present, answer the questions from what you know, and the words don't matter as much as the energy. It's about saying what you feel and what you believe and say that proudly. So he started doing that, and he couldn't believe the shift. And there's a there's a woman. Her name is nalima bat. I've heard her speak, and she has a meditation that helps get to the point of saying there's nothing to defend, there's nothing to promote, and there's nothing to fear. God practically just want to sigh at that, yeah, oh, that's so reassuring. And then you just show up because you're you've got the ability you know you you're ready. You're always ready.   Michael Hingson ** 36:43 We just don't always think we are, because we overthink things. You know, the biggest problem with fear is we focus so much on the what ifs and that we create our own fear, rather than, as you just said, really living in the moment and and using the knowledge that you have, trusting your your gut or your brain, and, yeah, speaking up and doing the things that you know, really that you should do. And the reality is, you do know what you should do, but we are so focused so often on what if that we've lost a lot of those skills. They're there to be redeveloped. And I wrote a book that's going to be well, it'll be out in August of 2024 it's called Live like a guide dog, true stories from a blind man and his dogs about being brave, overcoming adversity and walking in faith. And the idea is to help people learn how to control fear. It isn't to be fearless, because fearless is a very powerful thing, but you don't need to let fear overwhelm you. You need to use it in a positive way. And one of the things that I learned and talk about in the book is that living in the moment is one of the most powerful things that we can do. That isn't to say you don't develop strategies and spend some time strategizing, but if you do it to the point where you drive yourself crazy and you don't really listen to yourself, that's a problem.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 38:21 You used a really important word there trust and we have this is a topic that I'm warning you. Michael could go pretty deep, so I'm going to try to stay at the top, because it can. It's so enmeshed, I have come to appreciate that as humans, we have to, let's call it two minds. We have our ego, fear driven mind that, from our cave days, is there to protect us. That's the the ancient reptilian part of our brain that's there to make sure that we have our fight, flight or freeze response if we see a big wooly mammoth today, our fears are very different, but we're not worried about a lion or a tiger around every corner, so we have this protective, fear driven way of thinking that you can also refer to as ego. That is the what if negative and I need to be careful. What if I don't get promoted? What if someone thinks this? What if a lot of women worry? What if I sound too outspoken? We've got all that worry side, and that's one mind. The other is love driven, and it is for many people. It is about faith. It is about beliefs that there is the. Our powers greater than us, and that it isn't what one side, the ego, human protective side, is very tied to body identification with the eyes, ears, nose and touch, all of that what we hear the other side is spirit identification, and and that there, there's magic in the world. There's mystery, yeah, and it is not 100% all up to you. People will feel your energy. There are, there's, whatever you want to call it for you, divine, the universe, spirit. There are other forces at work, and that that's where, if we can trust that it doesn't all rest on our shoulders, not all within our control, either, but we, one side is powerless. This side, to me, is where you have your power. I need to do my best, and I can show up.   Michael Hingson ** 41:00 We don't always have control over what happens, but we always have control over how we deal with what happens, and that's the part that we have to make, the choice to address. And the example I always give with that is the World Trade Center. We had no control over it, and I no one's convinced me yet that we could have figured it out, but each and every one of us moves forward from the World Trade Center, and we have the choice to make of how we deal with what happened that day. We can hate love, we can use it as a way to move forward and help others and ourselves and so many different things that we have a choice to do. Well,   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 41:45 I hope so here do, yeah, yeah, big time.   Michael Hingson ** 41:50 And I think it's the important thing that we we need to do. Let me ask you this question. You have a tool that you use to help men and women improve their results. And do you want to talk about that some?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 42:04 Yeah, and it's all about what you were just talking about. It's all about perspective and it all and the power of our thoughts. So very typically, when I work with people, I'm sure you see this, and the people you talk to, people want to change their results. So they say, Well, if I want a better career, I want this, or I want that, I need to change my actions, my behavior. And usually that's where it stops. Is okay. Want a job, I'm going to go look for a job. I'm going to do this, do that, do these steps. I want to get promoted. I'm going to start showing up like this or that, and then it sometimes doesn't work, or they're too afraid, so they do some shortcuts, or they aren't showing up fully in their strength and their ability and their power. So what I help people realize is before you go take those changed actions to get new results, there's something that happens before the action, and that is, you look at choices options, you think about your options first, and then you choose one or two, and you do those actions before the choices, even before you look at a list of choices, there's an emotion or a feeling. If your job search is motivated by fear, then your options that you look at might be somewhat desperation driven, and then your behavior, and then the results you get. If we I'll stick with job search as the example. What triggered those emotions? Where do those come from? So even before the emotion, there's some kind of a belief, and before the belief we have thoughts, and I like to kind of put those in the same bucket, thoughts that we hold on to long enough become beliefs we can have fleeting thoughts, like I think I can fly, but then when we we look at what we believe. So there's often a trigger at the beginning of the whole process. I need a job. I've just been laid off, and the thought or belief is this is a tough market. No one's going to want to hire me. I didn't get enough to a high enough level, or my resume is not going to be impressive. That creates the emotion of fear. Fear leads to limited options, like, I'm not even ready to talk about my skills. I'll just go apply online. That's it. I'll send out like 50 resumes online. Online is never the best way to find a job, and it's usually. Maybe 20% of the best strategy. So we look online, and then the result is, that's our action. The result is, maybe we get called for one or two interviews. So now we're annoyed This isn't going well, that thought, that belief now starts a whole nother chain reaction. This isn't going well. I'm never going to find a job more anger and frustration and fear, and we make new choices, take more action, and the results may not change. So what you can do with this is interrupt the whole flow and choose a different thought, a different belief. And one possibility for this kind of a person would be, I've had a reasonably good career. I have a lot of skills, maybe if I ask for some help, I can present myself in a different way, or I'm really focusing too much on the negative, and a new belief might be if I tell my story in a more positive way, and if I can calm myself down, I know I'm hireable. I know I can do well, and that would bring a new emotion of some positivity, some maybe even a little spark of joy, some contentment. I don't know if we could go all the way to happy and we look at making different choices. Who can I ask? Who do I think describes themselves really well? Who has a lot of confidence? Maybe a good friend of mine can help me, and we look at a bunch of choices. I've heard that networking is more important than looking online, but I don't, I don't think I can network well. Who do I know that networks well, and then we take different action, like maybe talking to one of those friends, or working with a job search office or a coach, and we get different results, and that then feeds the formula again. Then we're like, okay, that worked. I'm on the right track. I got more interviews. I'm hireable, and it keeps circulating and circulating.   Michael Hingson ** 47:28 Yeah, and the example you just gave, the reality is, all too often we talk ourselves into a bad situation or a not positive situation, because we do the what ifs and we don't look at options. And I think it's so important to think about the more positive things. And the reality is, Gandhi put it very well when he said interdependence is an ought to and ought to be as much the ideal of man as a self sufficiency. And the point is, is so true that we're all part of the same world. We're all part of the same process, and the more we work together, and the Learn More we learn to work together, the better it will be. Yes,   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 48:17 and interestingly, maybe building on your What if concept, there's, there's a, there's a game I sometimes play with people, if you can picture like the chair you're sitting in is, is center center point. What if negative moves to your left every time you answer? Well, what if I don't get a job? Well, what if I go hungry? What if I'm broke? What if, and you keep moving left, left, left, further, or you can come back to center and move to the right, well, what if I get some help, and that leads to a job? And what if this, and what if this going positive, and you just notice where, where are you in the center? And the minute you go, what if, positive two or three steps, but you have a negative thought, it takes you back to the center. So it's just a way of paying attention. Am I? Am I going up with my What if, or in this case, to to the right, or am I going? What if negative they can go either way,   Michael Hingson ** 49:26 well. And the issue is, you take two or three steps to the right or movements to the right, and then a negative thought comes along again. You have the choice and the control of how you deal with that negative thought of that as a negative thought, I'm not going to let that control my life. It might be good point. Glad you brought that up negative mind, but that's not going to help me progress, and that. That's the part that I think a lot of people don't learn how to deal with very well. We're way too negative oriented in our world. It seems, sometimes seems to me,   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 50:12 Well, it's interesting, because that's the human protective ego side bringing up the fear based thought, like, Ooh, wait a minute, you're feeling a little too cocky so you could get hurt. Let me throw a monkey wrench in here. Well, what if? And then here comes the negative thought. And we really those thoughts are so powerful, they influence not just our emotions and choices and action and results, but they they influence what what we believe, and we actually vibrate that to other people. I'm sure you know our listeners and and you have walked into a room and said something with with other people, and you just feel something in the air someone's like, did you just walk in after an argument two people had or something doesn't feel right. We really do vibe off each other. And using continuing to use the job search metaphor, depending on how you come in the room to meet someone that wants to have a conversation with you, you set the tone you really we have that power. It's takes a lot of practice, though, to catch like you said, Oh, thanks, negative mind, because it is worth thinking. It is trying to protect you, and especially your very young child. All our coping mechanisms, we taught, we were taught them or developed them, and it's gotten us this far, but it may not be serving you anymore, or   Michael Hingson ** 51:54 you you haven't learned how to put a barrier or a stop to those things, and that's the the part that's missing. Can you give us an example? Tell us a story about someone who you've helped with, with the whole process and what happened?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 52:12 Well, this is kind of fun, and this has happened a couple times. To tell you about I'm trying to decide which story to tell you, because I'm also thinking about protecting confidentiality. So maybe this is a little easier one. So I have a client who, right now is actually a month from today, is her 65th birthday, and she's thinking was came to me thinking about retiring. She She and I worked together, I don't know, maybe 10 years ago, and she came back, and she was in a lot of either or thinking, so I'd like to make a decision, and may 12, be retired, but I still really love what I do. She's a musician, and I know she would enjoy my telling her story, and I still get a lot of pleasure out of it, but I don't want to work so many hours. She's used to kind of just saying yes to every gig that comes along, sure I'll play for you. Sure, sure. So part of our work was about what is your desired outcome? What do you really want? Do you want to stop working and cook and visit with people and go on trips? No, I really still like working, but I don't really trust myself to not work all the time. So we wound up shifting using a similar thought formula. Her current belief was it's either work or play. That was it. So that led to feeling overwhelmed and afraid, and that led to her making choices to postpone it, which is really a choice. She didn't take action. And the result is, well, I'm getting even closer to that 65th birthday, and I have no decision. And we shifted to the concept of what about work and play, that there were way to set ways to set limits. We came up with some criteria, all based on joy. Which gigs bring you the most joy? Oh, well, that's easy. I get to play this instrument, not that one within 25 miles of my home, for people that I really like, Okay, now we have, like, a thought filter, a choice filter for choice filter, right, right. It has to meet this criteria, this one and this one. Oh, but then I'll hurt the feelings of people I say no to we worked on that. Well. Now. I just talked to her yesterday, she said no to like, two or three gigs. Said yes to six. She's working fewer hours, and now she's exploring, what do I want to do with my time off? She's never taken much time off, and now it's just plugging in some time for my husband, some time for learning new recipes, some time for practicing my instrument, and now she trusts herself to only say yes to the gigs that bring joy. And   Michael Hingson ** 55:32 why did she say no? Why did she say no to some   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 55:38 they they were on holidays, which she's used to sacrificing holidays. And she said, Nope, I want Easter with my husband and my family. I'm saying no,   Michael Hingson ** 55:50 that's my point. Yeah, and yeah. And it was limits. It   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 55:54 was setting limits. Maybe she'd worked with them before and they didn't pay on time, or it was out of her driving limit, or something about it, there's no one else in the room with her making the decision. Something about it didn't feel right, like it's just trusting instinct, but there were some clear cut yeses and clear cut nos instead of I need to please everyone, so I have to say, yes, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 56:26 which is so cool.   56:28 Yes, it's so fun. Well, what's   Michael Hingson ** 56:30 the best way that people can explore working with you?   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 56:33 Well, I think that when we share this video and the audit the recording, that folks will have my email but let me give it to you now. Yes, please. My email address is Gail, G, A, I, L, at, inspired choice.com, that's I n, s, p, i, R, E, D, C, H, O, i, c, e.com, you can also call me good old telephone, 773-477-4012, still have my Chicago area code. There you go. And my website, if you want to learn more, is www, dot inspired, choice.com,   Michael Hingson ** 57:20 and through the website, and I would assume that through the website, they also can contact you. There's contact information on the site and so on.   57:28 Cool.   Michael Hingson ** 57:31 Well, this, I think, has been a lot of fun to do, and I think it's so important that people learn that they can discover better how to make choices, and that you're out there to help. And I still love chief obstacle. Buster, I think that's such a great title.   Gail Sussman-Miller ** 57:52 And Michael, I just want to add that I'm happy to always set up a zoom and meet with people and explore the possibilities and see it has to be a good fit on both sides and like, am I even someone who is coachable, or is this something that would even work for me? So that's always the first step.   Michael Hingson ** 58:16 Exploration is always a good thing. Yeah. Well, I want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank you all for listening and watching us today. I hope that this has been informative and useful and helpful, and that you will take advantage of the services and skills that Gail has to offer and that you'll reach out to her. I want to thank you for listening, and as always, really appreciate all that you're doing with unstoppable mindset and attending our different episodes. I'd love to hear from you. You can reach me by email at Michael H i, at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I, B, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, Michael hingson is m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, o, n.com/podcast, wherever you're listening, please give us a five star rating. Really would love to get that. It really is one of the wonderful things. When people give us a rating, we hope it'll be five star. But whatever you rate us, please review and we'd love to hear your thoughts and your comments. If you know of anyone else who ought to be a guest on unstoppable mindset, please encourage them to reach out, or you reach out and introduce us. Love it. Gail, you as well. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest, please let us know. Thank you today. Michael, well, I want to thank you again, and we really appreciate you being here. Thanks very much for all of your time. Thanks.   **Michael Hingson ** 59:54 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. 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On todays episode, I interview Evelyn Heffermehl who is a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist (EFT) at The German Neuroscience center in Dubai. We focused specifically in the changes of intimacy after becoming parents and what that may look like.  This is a topic that is rarely discussed despite the fact that over 20 % of couples face intimacy issues  at some point in their lives. We delve deep into the up and down and really try to unpack intimacy. For those asking, EFT is today the gold standard for the treatment of couples in distress. Research studies find that 70-75% of couples move from distress to recovery and approximately 90% show significant improvement. Evelyn is also a Certified Professional Co-active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), one of the largest coaching training institute globally as well as a Relationship Systems Coach (Center for Right Relationship, CRR Global).Evelyn is passionate about helping people create deep, intimate relationships with their partner. One of Evelyn's unique strengths lies in her ability to combine powerful coaching tools and skills with therapeutic depth and knowledge. She herself is married and has two lovely children.If anyone would like to reach out and book a consultation with Evelyn head over to https://www.gncdubai.com/contact/ to make an appointment or call on  +971 (0)4 4298 578Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/german_neuroscience_dubai/https://www.instagram.com/evelynheffermehl/

Today's guest is Garry Schleifer of Choice magazine, who shares his journey to mastery from being a coach to starting a coaching magazine. Garry talks about the importance of ongoing growth and learning in life and how it can make us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves.   In this episode, we talk about: Garry's transition from being a coach to starting a coaching magazine Things that weren't around in the 90s that are now in the coaching industry Garry's thoughts on credentialing in the health coaching field Garry's vision for the Choice magazine The changes that have occurred in coaching over the years  The future of coaching and whether AI could replace face-to-face coaching The good thing about having communities of coaches Why it is crucial for health coaches to maintain their presence, even in challenging times The core competencies that coaches need to adhere to The benefits of subscribing to the Choice magazine and the resources it provides to health coaches   Memorable Quotes “Every profession has its magazine… So, why shouldn't our profession have it as well?” “Wouldn't it be lovely if we saw AI and technology as the stuff that supports us, that allows us to be with the client?” “The good thing about having communities of coaches is that those coach can get together, and they can supervise each other.”   BIO:  A seasoned businessman bringing over 30 years of experience, Garry Schleifer “walks the talk”. His credentials draw from experience as the visionary behind several multimillion-dollar corporations as well as being the owner and publisher of choice ~ the magazine of professional coaching. (choice-online.com)   Garry comes from a place of “ruthless compassion” when helping his clients. He challenges them with transformative coaching, rigorous goals, an innate sensitivity, good humor, and non-judgment.   His coaching credentials include a graduate of Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a Certified Mentor Coach certificate from inviteCHANGE, and a PCC designation from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Garry is also the Past President of the Toronto ICF Chapter and ICF Global Board, as well as several other community-based boards.   He considers himself a digital nomad, living and loving life from wherever he has traveled with his husband Patrick. He loves what he does and loves meeting like-minded business owners looking for their lost freedom. Mentioned In This Episode: Choice - The Magazine for Professional Coaches Complimentary Issue of magazine Garry Schleifer on LinkedIn   Links to resources: Health Coach Group Website https://www.thehealthcoachgroup.com/ Use the code HCC50 to save $50 on our website Leave a Review of the Podcast

Unhappy in your relationship? "I think that the first step is the education, because that's going to give you the confidence that you're not crazy." - Jessica Knight [26:26]Learn effective ways for dealing with narcissists, including how you can break up with them properly. Expert advice shared in this episode! Breaking up with a narcissist can be difficult and emotionally draining. They may not take you seriously or make you feel like you are wrong, so it is important to come prepared with the right attitude and stay firm in your decision. This guide provides tips on how to break up with a narcissistic partner while protecting your own mental health and safety.Here are some key moments:Anxious Attachment style / Codependency [11:14]Being with the Narcissist is miserable [17:26] Tips on How to Break up with a Narcissist [25:52] How to Gain Financial Freedom [31:00] When you are your lowest [35:58] “Remember who you were before all of this. "Join The Newsletter & Receive weekly inspiration & strategies to heal from Narc AbuseBetter Help get 10% off first monthBekome use code raven30 for 30% off first full monthEmpath & The Narcissist Book : and on AudibleEmpath Healing Community MembershipGrab Free responses to use if to How to Diffuse Conflict and Communication PDFOur guest today, Jessica Knight: Jessica Knight, MA, CPCC, NICC, is a Certified Life Coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). emotionalabusecoach.com Her Programs: https://jessicaknight.thinkific.com/Join the Conversation & Learn more on post here! Empath Healing Support FB GroupFollow me on Instagram: @ravenscottshow & TikTok @ravenscott.show / YouTubeDownload FREE Luvo App at Zesttolive.comSubmit your question on narcissist, spirituality, or meditation. Music YouTube Library: Believe by NeffexMentioned in this episode:10% off First Month with Betterhelp ProBetter Help Relieve Anxiety with Bekome 30% off raven30BekomeEmpath and the Narcissist Book: Healing Guide with Human Design

Unhappy in your relationship? "I think that the first step is the education, because that's going to give you the confidence that you're not crazy." - Jessica Knight [26:26]Learn effective ways for dealing with narcissists, including how you can break up with them properly. Expert advice shared in this episode! Breaking up with a narcissist can be difficult and emotionally draining. They may not take you seriously or make you feel like you are wrong, so it is important to come prepared with the right attitude and stay firm in your decision. This guide provides tips on how to break up with a narcissistic partner while protecting your own mental health and safety.Here are some key moments:Anxious Attachment style / Codependency [11:14]Being with the Narcissist is miserable [17:26] Tips on How to Break up with a Narcissist [25:52] How to Gain Financial Freedom [31:00] When you are your lowest [35:58] “Remember who you were before all of this. "Join The Newsletter & Receive weekly inspiration & strategies to heal from Narc AbuseBetter Help get 10% off first monthBekome use code raven30 for 30% off first full monthEmpath & The Narcissist Book : and on AudibleEmpath Healing Community MembershipGrab Free responses to use if to How to Diffuse Conflict and Communication PDFOur guest today, Jessica Knight: Jessica Knight, MA, CPCC, NICC, is a Certified Life Coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). emotionalabusecoach.com Her Programs: https://jessicaknight.thinkific.com/Join the Conversation & Learn more on post here! Empath Healing Support FB GroupFollow me on Instagram: @ravenscottshow & TikTok @ravenscott.show / YouTubeDownload FREE Luvo App at Zesttolive.comSubmit your question on narcissist, spirituality, or meditation. Music YouTube Library: Believe by NeffexMentioned in this episode:10% off First Month with Betterhelp ProBetter Help OfferingsRelieve Anxiety with Bekome 30% off raven30BekomeEmpath and the Narcissist Book: Healing...

Coaching can feel like a black box!  Why does it work?  How can asking questions help someone change the way they think and behave?  Exploring the neuroscience behind transformation and effectiveness is important not only for coaches, but also for leaders who are embarking on coaching to make the most of a coaching programme and even take it further for themselves.My guest today is the leader of the Advanced Diploma that I'm studying right now: Ann Betz.   Ann explains why she was drawn to neuroscience and how she has  used it to take her coaching to a different level, understanding what we need to be truly effective and creative: an appropriate amount of stimulation, an ability to regulate emotions and to allow our brains to function with flexibility and adaptability by understanding the different components of the brain.  The best leaders are those who  use those parts of their brains to be flexible to communicate the big picture with empathy and to provide detail and structure: to zoom in and out, using both sides of the brain effectively to communicate well.   References: Daniel Siegel, Mindsight: The Science of Personal Transformation 2011About Ann Betz:Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, MNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation.  In 2011, Ann studied neuroscience at the graduate level, and using this fascinating research, in 2012 co-developed (and is senior leader for) BEabove Leadership's popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching. This program has been offered in-person worldwide and is now available in an in-depth virtual format. Ann was a faculty member and served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years. She provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits, including the International Coach Federation.  A certified professional coach for 20 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI's blogs, and other coaching and HR publications.Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015), as well as a ground-breaking white paper on the neuroscience of the International Coach Federation coaching competencies.  Read Ann's blog on the brain at www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com and poetry at www.eccentricspirit.wordpress.com.ann@beaboveleadership.comWebsite LinkedInIf you'd like to find out more about coaching for yourself or for your organisation, contact us to arrange a call at ann@anncollinscoaching.com or click here.We love reviews and hearing your feed back, so please go to Apple Podcasts to rate, review, subscribe and share this podcast!To find out more:website: www.anncollinscoaching.comFollow Ann:LinkedIn: annridleycollinsInstagram: @anncollinscoachYouTube: Ann Collins Coaching

In our episode today our destination is Santa Fe, New Mexico. A wonderfully historic location and a launching point for many great adventures. Our guest is Ms. Ann Betz, the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching, and human transformation.  Ann is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, a Professional Certified Coach, and a Master Neuro-Transformational Coach. In 2011, Ann studied neuroscience at the graduate level and using this fascinating research, in 2012 co-developed (and is a senior leader for) BEabove Leadership's popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness, and Transformational Coaching. This program has been offered in person worldwide and is now available in an in-depth virtual format.  Ann was a faculty member and served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years. She provides neuroscience, leadership, and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits, including the International Coaching Federation.  A certified professional coach for more than 20 years, Ann contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI's blogs, and other coaching and HR publications. She is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness, as well as a ground-breaking white paper on neuroscience for the International Coaching Federation coaching competencies. Visit our website for access to the episode notes, and guest links and download the full transcript - Coaching4Companies

Try Kachava: https://www.kachava.com/injoy If you're interested in learning more about challenges and how you can use them to maximize your reach, increase your impact and grow your coaching business just click here: http://mychallengecreator.com/ ... Meet Dolores Hirschmann Dolores is an internationally recognized strategist, coach, speaker, TEDx organizer, and author. Dolores is the founder of Masters in Clarity, a strategy and coaching company where she and her team work with CEOs, founders, thought leaders, speakers, and entrepreneurs by guiding them through the clarity of vision, message, and market strategy to develop the blueprint needed for the next level of growth. She is a member of the International Coach Federation and has earned her CPCC credentials from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).  Her first novel, New Beginnings and her book, 18 Minutes of Impact − Moving Your Audience to Action the TED Way are available on Amazon.  What I love most about Dolores is that she is a true creator. You know that kind of person who can go from idea to reality in what seems to be a magically short period of time. From traveling the world, to starting several businesses, to being a mom of 4, she lives in the knowing that everything is possible. And spending just a few moments in her presence you can't help but have that knowing rub off on you.  So if you are an entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level, have a dream brewing inside that wants to come out or simply want to say yes to more of the good that is possible in life. … this is the episode for you. ... Connect with Dolores:  https://twitter.com/Dglarh https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirschmann/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbc8sZ8Qs-IdmgH1CbHmXWA  https://www.facebook.com/Mastersinclarity/  https://www.instagram.com/doloreshirschmann/?hl=en 

On this weeks episode of #Leadership - What's on your mind? I speak to Philip Hofstetter. Philip is a passionate executive coach, consultant, facilitator and trainer. He delivers 1:1 executive and business coaching, leads team-building retreats, runs neuro leadership training sessions, facilitates international conferences and consults for global companies as part of large leadership development and culture change programs in English, German, French and Spanish. He partners with individuals, teams and global companies to improve their performance and realize their personal and business potential. He specializes in innovation, high performance, impact communication and authentic leadership. He is passionate about enabling leaders to create environments that bring out the best in their people. Philip has a legal background and has trained as a lawyer in Switzerland and Canada. He has previously worked as a consultant and held in-house roles in the Financial Services Sector including heading up a group department at a large asset management firm. He is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) having trained with the internationally renowned Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). © PH Associates 2 He is also a trained Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner in combination with Neuroscience. Trained in other systemic and somatic methods Philip uses a blended approach to facilitate the transformation of individuals, teams and organizations. Find Philip's socials below Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-a-hofstetter-746b1545/ Find Stuart's socials below: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopm... LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwad... Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stuart_wadd... YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2x3... Spotify - #Leadership – What's on your mind? Make sure to hit SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed and thanks for watching. see you next week...

In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Beth St. Clair about her work with improv, creativity, leadership, and stepping into your being. A fun and encouraging listen to finding more creativity in your every day! Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #585: Creativity in Life Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon. Visit kimberlywilson.com/podcast for more. New to Tranquility du Jour? Learn more here. Upcoming Events Mid-Year Virtual Retreat replay 8/16 Pet Loss Support Session 10/1 TDJ Style Event {live from Paris} 10/15 Fall Virtual RetreatCoterie Waitlist: Opens late 2022 Guest   Video Interview Find Our Guest Beth St. Clair loves helping employees activate their creativity at work. As a trained improvisational performer, Beth brings the principles of improv into her work as an executive coach, leadership consultant and sought-after keynote speaker. Beth brings nearly two decades of experience in coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness to help her clients succeed. She is the Founder of ActUp and focuses her work on individuals and teams who want to use improvisational principles to increase their results at work. Her programs are fun, engaging and consistently see results. She has delivered applied improvisation programs for Deloitte Consulting, Delivering Happiness with Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh, and All State Insurance, among others. Beth was a selected speaker at Disrupt HR and TEDx IUPUI. Prior to launching ActUp, Beth was a consultant for Deloitte Consulting in Washington DC. Beth earned her MBA from Indiana University. She is certified in DiSC and MBTI personality assessments and is also a certified leadership coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Mentioned in the Show Instagram Linkedin Tea with Kimberly: Mid-Year Reflection Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more. Browse my 6 Books and planner. Follow along on Instagram and YouTube. Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TDJ by Kimberly. Share a review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show.

Emma Doyle met Barb Van Hare when they were both keynote speakers at the Mile High Society - Human Resource Managers Annual Conference. They immediately connected through a shared passion for wanting to help people maximize their potential. In this episode, Barb shares with us what she thinks makes a great coach; Love - genuinely caring for those you coach Listening - parking your own agenda Curiosity - Asking open questions yet finding the balance with 'not knowing' combined with having the confidence and certainty to trust the coaching process Barb shares so many wonderful gold dust moments in this episode including her favorite performance tools and she is deeply curious about how people respond and manage stress/tension. We hope you enjoy the show. COMPANY PRESIDENT & FOUNDER: BARB VAN HARE Barb works with leaders, teams, and organizations in mid-sized and large corporations that are experiencing increased complexity and change. The impact of change on an organization brings about a tremendous amount of stress, friction, and distraction. Your workforce may be overwhelmed, frustrated, or burning out. Engagement is likely low, and the workplace culture could feel unfocused, chaotic, and even toxic. Not surprisingly, this leads to decreased performance, the loss of top talent, and dissatisfied customers. Barb provides customized coaching, consulting, and leadership development programs that increase leadership effectiveness, improve team dynamics, and develop workforce competency and agility in navigating change. Coaching, training, and development support increase workforce engagement, productivity, collaboration, trust, and resilience...and makes work more enjoyable and fulfilling for all. She does this work because she's passionate about helping people optimize both their grace and their grit to navigate and thrive through the inevitable waves of change. Barb is the President & Founder of Kinetic Clarity, a leadership and coaching firm dedicated to increasing productivity and positivity in the workplace. She has over 26 years of experience as a leadership coach, talent development leader, and organizational change consultant with Fortune 500, mid-size, & small companies. She knows how to get the right things done quickly to create new levels of engagement and performance. Barb is a Co-Active Faculty Member for the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and a Professional Certified Coach through the ICF. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business, and Bachelor of Arts Degrees in International Studies and French from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She has extensive consulting experience as a leader with Accenture, IBM Global Services as well as several regional consulting firms. She deepened her leadership and organizational development skills as a Director of Talent Development for First Data Corporation and Director of Organization Effectiveness at TWTelecom. Email: barb@kineticclarity.com

Name: Kristen HarcourtCurrent title: Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, Podcast HostCurrent organisation: Kristen Harcourt Coaching & Leadership DevelopmentI'm an energetic, optimistic, creative and results oriented individual who is insatiably curious and loves connecting with people human-to-human. Watching people soar and experience personal transformation feeds my soul.For more than a decade, I have helped executives and emerging leaders in hundreds of organizations worldwide achieve extraordinary and sustainable results through increased self-awareness, emotional intelligence and presence.In addition to being an in-demand speaker and facilitator, I'm also an accredited coach, empowering leaders to become more aware of their strengths, blind spots, values and purpose so they can build lives and organizations of success, sustainability and health. Nothing makes me happier than working with people in a coaching relationship and witnessing the powerful shifts that happen. My personal mission is to help leaders transform from the inside out, creating a meaningful career and purpose-driven life where they reach their full potential.Through my journey of self-discovery I have developed a high level of intuition, radical candor and empathy which leads to powerful coaching sessions. I'm a compassionate coach who builds trust from a place of authenticity and creates a safe space where clients feel heard and understood.I'm a graduate of McMaster University, having attained my Honours Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology. I did my coach training and certification through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and I hold my CPCC and PCC designation through The International Coaching Federation (ICF), considered the “gold standard” in global coaching certification. I'm also a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).I host a bi-weekly podcast called Inspirational Leadership where I interview progressive CEOs, strategic HR leaders and forward-thinking experts who share my passion for leadership development and creating positive work cultures.On a personal note, I'm a big believer in authenticity, inclusivity and conscious leadership. I love spending time with my family and friends, practicing yoga, kickboxing and meditation, exploring new places and using my voice to make a positive impact in the world.Resources mentioned in this episode:Free Download of The Leadership Survival Guide (10 World-Class Leaders Reveal Their Secrets)The Leadership Conversations PodcastThe Jonno White Leadership PodcastThe Leadership Question of the Day PodcastClarity Website7 Questions on Leadership SeriesWe'd Love To Interview YOU In Our 7 Questions On Leadership Series!Subscribe To Clarity's Mailing ListJonno White's eBook Step Up or Step OutJonno White's Book Step Up or Step Out (Amazon)

Pamela Mattsson is VP of People and Organizational Development at the fast-growing unicorn sales engagement startup, Outreach. Before Outreach, Pamela was the Global Head of Executive Development for Amazon. Pamela is seasoned executive coach, dynamic facilitator, course designer, and innovative leader in Executive Development and Organizational Culture. Pamela is a respected member of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) faculty alumni and a PCC credentialed member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). Pamela is also a certified Immunity to Change (ITC) Executive Coach as well as a credentialed facilitator of Dr. Brené Brown's Dare to Lead. Native English Speaker and fluent in Swedish, Pamela has lived In Switzerland, France, the US, and Sweden. Pamela currently shares her time between Sweden and the US. She is a proud mother of four, an avid chef, and world traveler --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farah-bernier/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farah-bernier/support

Beloved Hoffman teacher and coach, Hilary Illick, is our guest this week. On the first night of her Process in 2000, Hilary experienced a life-changing moment as she first put her bat to the pillow. In those first few moments of bashing, she found permission to feel her emotions and use her voice and body to release in a way she'd longed to. She felt euphoric when done. The Process gave her the permission she'd been waiting for her whole life to no longer constrain her vibrant, vital Spirit. The next morning, Hilary realized she wanted to become a Hoffman Process teacher. Eight years later, her vision became a reality. The main thread throughout this conversation is how healing brings us the ability and opportunity to accept our imperfection. It's a vitally important point. The Process doesn't fix. The Process heals. As Hilary says, "We come to be healed and in that healing, we accept that we're imperfect and then we're less defensive about our imperfections." Hilary feels deeply that healing work must be available to all. She raises an important question: "Who gets to do this expensive healing work?" She acknowledges that it is a privilege to be able to take time off of work and go away to heal oneself. It's something that she would love to see available to all. More About Hilary Illick Hilary completed the Hoffman Process in 2000. She then became a Hoffman graduate group facilitator in 2001. In 2008, her vision became reality when she was certified as a Hoffman Process teacher.  Over her years as a Hoffman teacher, Hilary has contributed to the development of many Hoffman programs, including being a member of the Rejuvenation Team in 2013. She is currently a Supervising teacher of the Hoffman Process. Hilary is the mother of four young adults and a new grandmother to twin boys. She and her partner Pierre Valette are dual citizens of the U.S. and France and raised their children in the international school system.  Hilary is deeply proud of and moved by her children's paths of contribution, as they pursue careers in social work, social justice, and sustainability initiatives.  Her home base is in the Boston area where she has a private practice as a life coach, executive coach, and personal transformation facilitator. Hilary received her BA in Philosophy from Stanford University. Her MFA in creative writing is from San Francisco State University (SFSU). Hilary trained as a life coach through Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She is certified through the International Coach Federation (ICF). As Mentioned in the Episode Hilary's off-broadway satire - Venus De Minivan -> EVE-olution From Hilary's site: "This two-woman play was originally entitled Venus De Minivan, starring the authors themselves, Illick and Krier, in Cambridge, MA. Performed for sold-out audiences, Venus De Minivan was 100% autobiographical. Published by DPS as “EVE-olution,” the play appeared off-Broadway at The Cherry Lane Theater.  Illick and Krier made an appearance on NBC's Today Show airing of 'Come Back Moms.'” You can purchase the published play in paperback here. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron   Discover if the Process is right for you. Subscribe on Apple/iTunes

Dolores Hirschmann, ACC, CPCC is an internationally recognized strategist, coach, speaker, TEDx organizer, and author.  She has over 20 years experience in helping clients clarify their core messaging, vision, and market positioning to design the strategies and roadmaps needed to succeed. Utilizing her extensive background in strategic planning, pitch and message design, marketing and communications, executive coaching, event planning, and speaker coaching, Dolores founded Masters in Clarity, a strategy and coaching company where she and her team work with CEOs, founders, thought leaders, speakers, and entrepreneurs by guiding them through the clarity of vision, message, and market strategy to develop the blueprint needed for the next level of growth. Dolores is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and has earned her CPCC credentials from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She holds a Business Degree from the Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been a remote employee and virtual business owner for over 20 years.  Dolores leads mastermind groups, workshops, and speaks internationally about effective communication and audience engagement. As a former TEDx organizer, Dolores understands how to help experts, authors, consultants, coaches, and doctors position themselves as thought leaders in their field. By infusing a bigger vision into sales presentations, keynotes, and retail marketing communication strategies, clients achieve a higher level of engagement and resonance with their audiences.   [00:01 - 05:55] Opening Segment Get to know Dolores Hirschmann “I wanted to be an actress!”  Dolores shares how she creatively turned her ideas into reality   [05:56 - 11:15] Close More Deals by Clarifying Your Message Dolores talks about cornerstone ideas“You don't know what you don't know until you know it!” That ONE Thing and the Lack of Clarity What's that one thing at the heart of your business?   [11:16 - 23:02]   A puppy is a puppy.  Finding the best copywriter for you  I need help with…   Why the confused mind never buys Ask yourself “What is the one problem?” How to turn your problem into an advantage Why there is no such thing as a bad idea   [23:03 - 29:46] Closing Segment Quick break for our sponsorsGroundfloor offers short-term, high-yield real estate debt investments to the general public. Check www.passivewealthstrategy.com/groundfloor/ to get started. What is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?The people she brought into her life Dolores's worst investmentThings that did not grow What is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?“There's a balance between learning and getting advice and following your intuition.” Connect with my guest. See the links below.   Resources Mentioned: Crucial Conversations If You Give a Mouse a Cookie   Tweetable Quotes: “The core of leadership all comes down to being able to listen and communicate effectively.” - Dolores Hirschmann “The best copywriter for you is your customer.” - Dolores Hirschmann “The good idea is the one you're going to hustle for.” - Dolores Hirschmann ------------ Connect with Dolores Hirschmann through Instagram and LinkedIn.  Visit their website https://mastersinclarity.com/.   Invest passively in multiple commercial real estate assets such as apartments, self storage, medical facilities, hotels and more through https://www.passivewealthstrategy.com/crowdstreet/ Participate directly in real estate investment loans on a fractional basis. Go to www.passivewealthstrategy.com/groundfloor/ and get ready to invest on your own terms.  LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes                   

What does your self-talk sound like? How do you start to believe positive affirmations from not believing in them at all? Can taking baby steps lead to genuine momentum and bring about real change? MEET ELIZABETH MEYERElizabeth Meyer is a caring, warm, and intuitive Coach and Psychotherapist. She specializes in working with women who are seeking personal growth, healing, and transformation. She helps women shift their mindset, removing self-limiting beliefs and other internal blocks to success so that women can dream big and live the life of their dreams! Elizabeth has been a licensed psychotherapist for 25 years receiving her BS in Psychology from Grinnell College and her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Certified Personal and Professional Coach, having received her certification from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) over 16 years ago. Connect on https://www.facebook.com/Moving-You-Forward-Coaching-112634487055730 (Facebook) or visit her http://Elizabeth@elizabethmeyercounseling.com/ (website). Email her at CoachElizabeth1@gmail.com or phone her practice at 508-909-4109. IN THIS PODCAST:How to overcome self-limiting beliefs The power of baby steps Getting the momentum going HOW TO OVERCOME SELF-LIMITING BELIEFSNormalize them: the first step to overcoming something is to accept that they exist. You can accept their existence without believing what they say. Learn and adapt: Almost everything is “figureoutable”. There are things that you can learn to help you make meaningful changes in your life and mindset. There are things that we can learn. We can learn to do specific tasks. If there are special techniques, we can learn them. If there are mindset skills, we can learn them. We just have to apply ourselves. (Elizabeth Meyer) Self-belief: when you make changes in your mindset, you may not believe them immediately because you have spent so long believing the opposite. Work on building the structure for the creation and incubation of positive thoughts, and they will come. Depending on how people respond to the affirmation we can tweak it because it has to be something that we believe. (Elizabeth Meyer) If it feels too strange or ingenuine, remind yourself that you are learning and that it is a work in progress. THE POWER OF BABY STEPSFear and nervousness are normal. They are emotions that are telling you that this is something near to the edge of your comfort zone and that you are close to expanding yourself. Do not run away from the fear, because you can still take small actions despite it. It's normal to be scared. It is normal to feel concerned … taking a baby step allows you to feel “okay, I can do this one small thing” and then moving forward on that one small thing gives you permission to take another baby step, and another baby step. (Elizabeth Meyer) The shifts that you make do not need to be grand and scalable all the time. You can make small waves and movements. A small step is better than no step at all. GETTING THE MOMENTUM GOINGEach baby step not only helps you to make progress, but it helps you to slowly build up momentum. Over time, your small actions will turn into habits, and your new jobs will become daily routines, and before you know it your venture has become a part of your lifestyle and schedule. It all starts with a movement, and even the smallest movement done a little bit every day or week is enough to get the ball rolling. The most difficult part is starting alone, so pick something easy, commit to your growth, and take your first baby step. Connect With MeInstagram https://my.captivate.fm/@holisticcounselingpodcast (@holisticcounselingpodcast) https://www.facebook.com/holisticcounselingpodcast/ (Facebook) Join the private https://www.facebook.com/groups/227234677747980 (Facebook group) Sign up for my free email course: https://my.captivate.fm/www.holisticcounselingpodcast.com (www.holisticcounselingpodcast.com) Rate, review, and subscribe to this...

How did you choose your current career path?   For some of us, our career path is dictated by trends, listings of in-demand jobs. For others, it's determined by the level of financial compensation a career path offers. Whatever the reason, far too many of us pursue career paths that leave us feeling unfulfilled and uninspired.   In today's episode of The Greatness Machine, Darius talks to Isabelle Peyrichoux, career reinvention coach and founder of Brilliant Seeds. She's helped hundreds of people leave jobs they hated to find careers they love. Isabelle is no stranger to career reinvention herself, having gained two Master's degrees, a 2-year certificate in Psychotherapy, and certification as a Professional Co-active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).   You'll discover how career reinvention goes beyond traditional career counseling to help people find careers they truly love.   You'll learn strategies for navigating the unknown, as well as the importance of focusing on work that allows you to express yourself and make a positive impact on the world.   You'll also discover tips for overcoming the inevitable societal pressure that many of us face to choose jobs that pay well, or that are popular, despite the fact that we may not even like the field.   Join Darius and Isabelle for a fascinating conversation about the importance of finding a career you love, rather than a job that simply pays the bills.   Enjoy! What You'll Learn in this Show: The process of career reinvention and how Isabelle's process differs from traditional career counseling. Navigating the unknown, and focusing on work that allows you to make a difference in the world Tips for overcoming societal pressure to enter careers that pay well, but that don't inspire you. And so much more...   Resources: Brilliant Seeds The Real Darius Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter LinkedIn This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emotional intelligence and awareness are integral parts of living a meaningful, skillful life (and they're essential components for people in recovery from addiction or dysfunction).Meet a steward of emotional intelligence, Mike Sagun! He is a certified professional men's coach, offering life-transforming support to those in need. Recognizing the impact and importance of deep emotional health propelled him into his coaching career.He has trained with Challenge Day, Lincoln Center Education in NYC, Bi-Jingo, Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and EVRYMAN. In 2017, Mike delivered a TEDx Talk about why it's so important for young people to have trusted adults in their lives.In this episode of Tattoos & Torah, Rabbi Iggy and Mike talk about the foundation of mens work, somatic and emotional awareness as well as the modalities of breath work and meditation as portals into self-discovery, emotional processing and alignment. They also talk about the power of open ended questions for inspiring self-discovery.If you're interested in exploring the nexus of spirituality, authenticity and growth, then this episode is for you!

The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) reinforces the idea that we are all naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. And YOU are, just as you are!! On today's wise walk, we are slowing down and considering ways to nurture our creative genius, imagination, and ideas. We also invite you to consider participating in the 100-Day Project to let your creative imagination and ideas flow.  As we stride together, the questions on our mind are: What creative talent do you want to exercise? Is there something new you are interested in? Will you carve out time to let your creative gifts soar? Remember, your brain incorporates creativity in almost everything you do. Michael Bierut, an acclaimed graphic designer, and author created the 100-Day Project  in 2007 as a workshop for the graduate graphic design students at the Yale School of Art. Lindsay Jean Thomson now facilitates the100dayproject.org, which in 2021 takes place January 31 - May 10. You can find additional information at @lindsayjeanthomson or #the100dayproject.  If the 100-Day Project resonates with your heart, I would love for you to join me, other Striders, and the thousands of others who are taking part around the world. There are no rules, so you do you, and even if you don't take part, please follow to cheer us on.  Would you like some interesting ideas on things you can do? Check out Liz Young on Stacy Julian’s podcast Exactly Enough Time and see her approach to managing her photos or if mosaic stepping stones are more your thing, follow Leigh Farrow @LPFarrow or #PiecefulPath. No matter what you choose to do, remember to document your adventure and put it in your Value Vault, you deserve this investment in yourself, your creativity and the artist within you.    In this episode: [00:09] Welcome to the show! [02:36] Our brains incorporate creativity into almost everything we do. [04:31] Today, we will slow down and discuss ways to nurture our creative genius. [04:47] What creative talent do you want to exercise and make stronger? [04:56] Is there something new that you are interested in or want to learn? [05:03] And how will you carve out time to make space for your creative gifts and abilities to flourish? [06:00] Listen as I discuss what the 100-day Project is. [09:11] What do you want to get out of the 100 days, and why is it important to you? [11:35] You can pick something simple and repetitive, or something that is meaningful to you and sustainable. [13:45] We are all artists! [15:32] Take time today to brainstorm ideas that support your creative side. [17:03] Follow my friend Leigh at #piecefulpath and see what she is doing for her challenge. [17:55] Whatever you decide to do, be sure to document every day and put it in your Value Vault. [18:36] Thank you so much for listening!   Memorable Quotes "We are all naturally creative, resourceful and whole just as we are."  "I had limited thinking on what creativity was."  "Every single thing we do is a creative element."  "Our brains incorporate creativity into almost everything we do."  "We are all artists; the key is to believe in ourselves and make time for your imagination and ideas to flow."    Links and Resources Mary Tess Rooney Email Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Moving on! That's the theme of the moment. We want to get out of 2020 and move forward! We're hoping that 2021 will just move us forward. That's why it's so important that you hear from Executive Life Coach Elizabeth Dean. She was my coach and helped me move forward into a new phase in my career and I KNOW that you need to hear from her at this moment. A Certified Professional Coach with Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and founder of Elizabeth Dean Coaching Elizabeth's story and her best insights for executives and job seekers will help you to see the path and take each step to get you to your goal.

On today's podcast, we’re joined by Dolores Hirschmann.Dolores is an internationally recognized STRATEGIST & COACH and has been a remote employee and virtual business owner for over 20 years. Today, she helps clients clarify their “idea worth sharing”, design their communication strategies, and implement business growth systems. Her clients become speakers and authors and take their message to larger audiences like TEDx and beyond. She accomplishes this work through group coaching, workshops, one-on-one coaching, as well as public speaking. A woman of many talents, Dolores is a writer, TEDx Organizer, and Coaches Training Institute (CTI) certified and ICF accredited coach. In addition, she has a business degree from the Universidad de San Andres, Argentina! She is originally from Buenos Aires and speaks fluent Spanish, English, and French!Today you can find Dolores living in Dartmouth, MA with her husband and four children.Learn more and connect with Dolores here:https://www.facebook.com/Mastersinclarity/https://twitter.com/DglarHhttps://www.instagram.com/mastersinclarity/http://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirschmannhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbc8sZ8Qs-IdmgH1CbHmXWA See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Summer Innanen joins me, and we dig into why positive body image isn’t about ‘liking the way you look.’ We also explore separating your identity from your body size and food choices, strengthening your sense of self, and why accepting your body doesn’t mean ‘letting yourself go.’ Summer is a professionally trained coach through the internationally renowned Coaches Training Institute (CTI), who specializes in body image, self-worth, and confidence. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix and host of the podcast, Eat the Rules (formerly Fearless Rebelle radio). More specifically, inside the show we talk about: Why positive body image isn’t about 'liking the way you look' Why our value doesn’t lie in our aesthetic Separating your identity from your body size and food choices Understanding your beliefs about yourself Cultivating self-compassion in your thoughts and actions Why accepting yourself isn’t 'letting yourself go' How understanding intellectually that diet culture isn’t helpful is different than embodying this knowledge What does taking care of yourself mean? Why your health is not an obligation The privilege in taking care of ourselves Finding community Find Summer here. Learn more about the show host, Corinne, here.

"What takes courage really varies.""We can gain strength and gain courage and have resilience supported by other people around us.""I felt like I had to be different than I am in order to be successful.""I'm very forthright; What you see is what you get with me pretty much. I wanted a brand that really reflected that.""The growth for all of us lies in being just even braver than we were yesterday.""There's this way that expertise gets so celebrated and one of the problems experts run into is often they become siloed.""One of the advantages of being a generalist, a lateral thinker, or having a broad knowledge base is that a lot of times we can see the broader picture of impact and the connections that a subject matter expert can't see outside of that silo.""There's a courage even just admitting how much you want something and then to actually swing out and go for it can be all the scarier, too.""Conformity is one of the forces in our society. That's why we need so much courage.""Almost everybody is wrestling with something."Bio: Milo Razza coaches to increase the power, freedom, and choice of individuals and organizations so they can convert intention to action to impact more effectively, consistently, and easily. As your coach, Milo is unafraid to push back, call out bullshit when he hears it, and to be frank and direct for the sake of serving you. He is a dynamic partner in moving you through your internal resistance, and guiding you to see what is in your blindspots. An outsider to mainstream coaching, Milo brings a combination of irreverence, humor, compassion, and encouragement to support your continued growth. Raised in Washington, DC, Milo earned a BA in Semiotics and Critical Thinking at Bryn Mawr College. His fascination with how we read and create meaning allows him to  discern how you are creating meaning and framing your choices in your life and work. He draws on his experiences with The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), whitewater raft guiding, nonprofit management, owning a small business, and other influences. He has served clients across numerous industries in more than 12 years of coaching. He is trans/genderqueer and black/mixed race, and acknowledges the impact of systems of oppression in his coaching with clients, never at the expense of ultimately focusing on his clients’ path forward. Even Bravermilo@evenbraver.com CrossFit Torque Strength Beginning CrossFit (blog post) 

Isabelle Peyrichoux, Founder of Brilliant Seeds, is a Career Reinvention Coach. She has helped hundreds of people leave jobs they hated to find careers they love. Passionate, deep and empathic, Isabelle has an amazing talent to see and champion people’s unique gifts. Isabelle walks the talk. Never one to shy away from a career reinvention, she has 2 Master’s Degrees, a 2-year Certificate in Psychotherapy, and she most recently became a Certified Professional Co-active Coach through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). After 10 years working in the Internet industry as a User Experience researcher, she founded Brilliant Seeds to pursue her life’s work and bring her unique talents to the world. Drawing upon her vast experience and education, Isabelle has created a step-by-step approach to career reinvention that goes beyond the limitations of traditional career counseling. Her holistic approach brings together the best of coaching, counseling, psychology and personality types. For the past 20 years, she has made many of her dreams a reality, including moving from France to Canada and now the U.S., becoming bilingual, working for one of the biggest Internet companies in the world, climbing the highest peaks in the U.S., and, of course, changing careers to pursue her passion and start her own business.

I recently connected with Kristen on LinkedIn and we both share the same passion for people, for learning and for empowering others. A virtual "coffee meeting" led to an invitation to be on my podcast, which in turn, led to this conversation here. I'm excited to introduce others to Kristen and hope that you'll enjoy the conversation as much as we had having it! For the last 12 years Kristen has consulted with hundreds of organizations in various industries helping them create more positive and productive workplaces. Her specialties have been talent management, leadership development, organizational wellness, team effectiveness and performance management. She started her coaching practice so that she could work with more individuals on a one-on-one basis and have a deeper impact. Her mission in the workplace is to help leaders develop greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence, lead with courage, reach their full potential and bring out the best in their teams. She also supports people in finding more balance, meaning, clarity and fulfillment in their careers and lives. She’s dedicated to empowering individuals to become more aware of their strengths, blind spots, values and purpose. Kristen is a graduate of McMaster University, having attained her Honors Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology. She is accredited through the International Coach Federation and completed her coach training and certification through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) where she achieved her CPCC designation. On a personal note, Kristen is a big believer in kindness and intentional living. She’s passionate about humanizing the workplace and creating empowering work environments where people thrive. www.kristenharcourt.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenharcourt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@kristenharcourt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenharcourt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristenharcourt/

Today's episode is with Guryan Tighe. Guryan is an experienced executive coach, workshop leader and communications strategist. Tighe created FOURAGE because she is driven by her fascination in human ‘beingness.’ She created a model on how to identify and live your WHY (purpose) through accessing your fear. She's a published author; contributing a chapter on Fear as Your Treasure Map and The Importance of your WHY. The Better Business Book: 100 People, 100 Stories, 100 Business Lessons To Live By (Volume 3 & Volume 4).She has served as the Head of Speaker Development at Jolt, working to reinvent the learning experience, Partner ofSpeakeasy Strategies, a strategic communication advisory firm where she led influencer relations and messaging & positioning and prior to that, Chief Culture Officer, Highwire PR. Tighe received her coaches and leadership development training from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI).Resources Mentioned In The EpisodeGuryan's website: https://fourage.ioMy book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello everyone and welcome back again. Special thanks to all the brave men and women who work in the criminal justice field. Thank you all for what you do, and you have much support – Keep up the great work. Special thanks to our sponsors – Detectachem and Onnit. Detectachem is helping protect our brave men and women who protect us everyday by providing mobile threat detection. Detectachem's amazing technology allows for our first responders and military personnel to detect illicit drugs and explosive material from a distance. Onnit is total human optimization. The have amazing supplement and nutrition products as well as gear and apparel designed for you to become your best self. Check out both Detectachem and Onnit at www.cjevolution.com In this episode Patrick welcomes Jennifer Davis. Jennifer loves authentic connections with people and is the founder of Jennifer Davis Coaching. Jennifer is at her best at when she works alongside those who know they can follow their dreams and tap into the best version of themselves. Coaching allows her to combine her diverse skills, strengths, and experience in a creative way. Jennifer has held numerous corporate, coaching, consulting and volunteer positions over the past 25 years, including those in brand management, sales and marketing, and investment banking, at General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, and Kidder, Peabody. Her clients have included Warner Lambert, Nabisco, Hershey, Pfizer, Marriott, BMW, B. Braun Medical and Bain Capital. She is on the Preferred Executive Coach registry for Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni and provide pro bono coaching for AmeriCorps as well as for executives in the United Nations (and other philanthropic staff) for the Humanitarian Coaching Network. She also coaches fellows in the World Economic Forum's three-year Global Leadership Program. Jennifer received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and trained at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), through which she became a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation. She is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile 360 assessment and development tool and leadership culture survey. She is also a graduate of CTI's 10-month Co-Active Leadership Program. She holds a BA from Tufts University, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa member and graduated Summa cum laude. Her hobbies include yoga, jewelry and furniture design, writing, running, hiking, mixed media artwork, and Pilates. And of course, talking, writing, blogging, and tweeting about leadership and empowerment.   Find Jennifer here:   https://www.jenniferdaviscoaching.com/   Stay tuned for more great episodes on The CJEvolution Podcast   www.cjevolution.com   Patrick

Both creativity and leadership are not easy to inspire in the workplace – but maintaining an open mind and opening up to your true self can help spark that kind of company culture.  Courtney Kramer is the Head of Global Marketing at Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), formerly Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She is also an author, an executive creative director, a designer, and a strategist with a passion for creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan and Rebecca founded One Integration to raise awareness around the mindful and safe use of psychedelics for personal growth and healing. They offer individual as well as group integration in NYC. Dr. Scharf is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and has also received advanced trained in Functional Medicine and Mind-Body Medicine. She has completed the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) therapist training and is the study physician for the phase 3 clinical trials for MDMA therapy for PTSD in New York. She has also trained with the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program and the Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy Program from the Center for Optimal Living. Rebecca Hendrix is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She completed her Master of Spiritual Psychology and her Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Monica She has a coaching degree from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She is a certified Imago Therapist and has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She is trained in Energy Psychology by Henry Grayson. She has completed the Center for Optimal Living's Psychedelic Education Program's 101/102 workshops and is in a clinician group for harm reduction and psychedelic integration.   Shownotes http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/2019/07/07/episode24 (http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/?p=1887)   'Forgotten', Poem by Thal Mohammed Music by Hoiking Fung https://youtu.be/5fjc_SUlh8s (https://youtu.be/5fjc_SUlh8s)   Connect info@soulspacepodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/ (https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/) https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod (https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod) https://twitter.com/soulspacepod (https://twitter.com/soulspacepod)   About Adrian Choo & Thal Mohammed explore modern spirituality and life's profound questions with fellow seekers. Through stories, lessons and practices, this show helps listeners deepen their inner work and move towards a more meaningful life. Music produced by Hoiking Fung.

Susan and Rebecca founded One Integration to raise awareness around the mindful and safe use of psychedelics for personal growth and healing. They offer individual as well as group integration in NYC. Dr. Scharf is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and has also received advanced trained in Functional Medicine and Mind-Body Medicine. She has completed the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) therapist training and is the study physician for the phase 3 clinical trials for MDMA therapy for PTSD in New York. She has also trained with the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program and the Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy Program from the Center for Optimal Living. Rebecca Hendrix is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She completed her Master of Spiritual Psychology and her Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Monica She has a coaching degree from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She is a certified Imago Therapist and has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She is trained in Energy Psychology by Henry Grayson. She has completed the Center for Optimal Living's Psychedelic Education Program's 101/102 workshops and is in a clinician group for harm reduction and psychedelic integration.   Shownotes http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/2019/07/07/episode24   'Forgotten', Poem by Thal Mohammed Music by Hoiking Fung https://youtu.be/5fjc_SUlh8s   Connect info@soulspacepodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/ https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod https://twitter.com/soulspacepod   About Adrian Choo & Thal Mohammed explore modern spirituality and life's profound questions with fellow seekers. Through stories, lessons and practices, this show helps listeners deepen their inner work and move towards a more meaningful life. Music produced by Hoiking Fung.

In this episode we talk to Lorie Corcuera who back in 2012 called off her wedding. It wasn’t until her partner asked her to marry him, she realized that the relationship wasn’t right for her. Calling off her wedding, and choosing herself over pleasing everyone else, gave her the strength to leave her job, create a successful business and become a coach and a mentor.    About Lorie: Lorie Corcuera is the Co-Founder and CEO at SPARK Creations & Company Inc., a training and development organization that inspires people and companies to create meaningful cultures and workplaces. Over the past 20 years, Lorie has cultivated her people and culture development, community relations, and leadership coaching experience as both a strategic and progressive senior human resources leader and business consultant in the technology, interactive entertainment, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, and non-profit space. Lorie has a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), is a Certified Emergenetics Associate with Emergenetics International, an active mentor for Futurpreneur Canada, Dress for Success Vancouver, HR Tech Group, Young Women in Business and Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, and Co-Founder of the social enterprise Enspire Foundation. Lorie is passionate about elevating the life experience at work and cultivating a community that is igniting and enriching our human spirit. To learn more, go to sparkcreationsinc.com.   I hope that you enjoy our conversation but as always there is some adult language so when listening, it’s recommended that you pop your headphones on! If you enjoyed our intimate conversation then feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this page or rate us highly over on iTunes!   Resources: Feel free to connect with Lorie over on social media: Follow Lorie on Instagram @loriec8Follow Lorie on Twitter @loriecorcuera Follow Spark Creations on Instagram @sparkcreationsFollow Spark Creations on Twitter @startyourspark Find out more about Spark Creations by visiting www.sparkcreationsinc.com

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” --Buddha Sometimes...I know what I'm doing but I have no idea what's going on in my head.  Nor do I know what's going on in the heads of the people on my team.  Wouldn't it be nice to know what all that "grey matter" is doing?   Well, you're in luck!  This week I'm talking to Ann Betz.  Ann has a specialization in the neuroscience of leadership and we talk about just that....what is going on up there!?  Ann is super smart and I know you'll get as much from our conversation as I did. CHEERS! More on Ann... Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, CNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. Ann served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years, and provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits. Ann is also the co-developer/leader of BEabove Leadership’s popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching, which has been offered in the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, China, Norway, and the United Kingdom. A certified professional coach for over 15 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI’s blogs, and other coaching and HR publications. Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015), as well as a ground-breaking white paper on the neuroscience of the International Coach Federation coaching competencies. She is also a published poet, using her understanding of the brain and consciousness to bring to life the wonders of the human soul. Ann speaks internationally on neuroscience, leadership and coaching (and occasionally poetry as well), and she excels at making the complexities of the brain come to life with depth, humor and simplicity. Ann lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her partner Will Sharon, their angelic border collie Jack, and two very enlightened cats named Paz and Luz. Read Ann’s blog on the brain at www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com and on poetry at www.eccentricspirit.wordpress.com.

“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”  - Sherlock Holmes We are rolling quick into the last few weeks that are available to register for the AATH annual conference.  You won't want to miss out on this opportunity to learn, laugh, and be around people who get the joke!  You can get details about the conference at www.aath.org.  It's the 4th through the 7th of April so hurry up and get it done! Are you ready to get your mind blown?  Then prepare....because on this episode I'm talking with the incredible Ann Betz about humor, your brain, and your brain on humor.  Is that a duplicate or two different topics?  You'll have to listen to find out! Ann is one of our AMAZING speakers at the conference this year.  She doesn't share her keynote in this interview but gives us a teaser about what you can expect from her in solid content. ENJOY! More on Ann.... Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, CNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. Ann served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years, and provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits. Ann is also the co-developer/leader of BEabove Leadership’s popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching, which has been offered in the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, China, Norway, and the United Kingdom. A certified professional coach for over 15 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI’s blogs, and other coaching and HR publications. Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015), as well as a ground-breaking white paper on the neuroscience of the International Coach Federation coaching competencies. She is also a published poet, using her understanding of the brain and consciousness to bring to life the wonders of the human soul. Ann speaks internationally on neuroscience, leadership and coaching (and occasionally poetry as well), and she excels at making the complexities of the brain come to life with depth, humor and simplicity. Ann lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her partner Will Sharon, their angelic border collie Jack, and two very enlightened cats named Paz and Luz. Read Ann’s blog on the brain at www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com and on poetry at www.eccentricspirit.wordpress.com.

Lorie Corcuera is the Co-Founder and CEO at SPARK Creations & Company Inc., a training and development organization that inspires people and companies to create meaningful cultures and workplaces. Over the past 20 years, Lorie has cultivated her people and culture development, community relations, and leadership coaching experience as both a strategic and progressive senior human resources leader in the technology, interactive entertainment, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, and non-profit space. Lorie is passionate about elevating the life experience at work and cultivating a community that is igniting and enriching our human spirit. Through their SPARK Essentials Women's 2.5 Weekend Retreats and other various program, SPARK has supported over 2,500 women in our community. Lorie is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), an active mentor for Futurpreneur Canada, Dress for Success Vancouver, HR Tech Group, and Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, and Co-Founder of the social enterprise Enspire Foundation. Lucca and Rebecca dig in with Lorie to discover what's changing in the corporate world of self-development, how Lorie got into what she's doing, and where she's going next!

    Henry Kimsey-House (https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrykh/)   today discusses Leader on top  vs Leader in front. Henry co-founded the world-renowned Coaches Training Institute (CTI) which has trained more than 50,000 people. He is also the lead designer of the thought-provoking Co-Active Leadership Model. Henry shares what a leader on top is, how to stop being one, and how to become a leader in front.   What is Henry’s definition of leader on top?   [1:09] Leader on top is the command-and-control, traditional, hierarchical leader. When most people think of a leader, they think of someone who is separated from everybody else and, once they’re in that position, must continuously show up as the one in control. It’s where most of our leaders are these days.   The paradigm shift that we’re moving towards is moving leaders on top to leaders in front. Leaders in front learn how to hold a vision, see the distance between themselves and the vision, see the chaos that is in the way, and find a pattern through that chaos.   “It’s not about commanding and controlling, it’s about holding a powerful vision and being connected to the people that you are moving towards that vision.”   Once you start trying to control something, it becomes more ego-related than purpose-related; you have to play it safe, which causes you to avoid risks. Playing it safe and not stating what we think may be good for the organization will cost a lot of time, energy, and money.   What are some other limitations that Henry sees with a leader on top?   [5:27] Usually there are personal, internal limitations. They start not knowing who they are or what they’re about anymore. They’re going after something that is no longer related to themselves.   Another limitation is that they live their life in reaction. They control or manage things based on what they already know, and they’re not able to access the part of them that allows them to step into the unknown with courage. “If we are living soullessly at work, it’s going to show up in other areas of our lives. Who are we if we’re not living our life on our own edges, and looking off those edges to the next place?”   What do people need to do to start leading from the front?   [8:37] The two things that Henry would want any leader to start working on are: Having a really clear vision based on your purpose and who you are. Not just a goal, but something that’s coming from your heart. Bringing the people to the vision. In order to bring those people to the vision, you need to connect with them through your heart as opposed to just managing them.   What’s your take on vulnerability and opening up?   [11:57] Vulnerability means exposing the truth of yourself and your emotions. A lot of the time, people think vulnerability means crying but it doesn’t. It’s about letting people in. You are more powerful the more you can expose the truth of yourself. The first moment of vulnerability feels very unsafe. After you revel the truth of yourself to others, what inevitably happens is that such a powerful connection occurs that they pay attention to you in a way that they never have before.   “We build walls between ourselves and others. The more walls we build, the more alone we are.”   How do you allow light to come into this dark place?   [14:55] Henry says people need to ask for help. When you’re in a place of feeling like you have to be perfect, the last thing you think you can do is ask for help. You view it as a sign of weakness. But rather, it’s more like opening a door and saying, “come in, join me, let’s connect.”   You need to be open to different kinds of help. Don’t create an expectation that it has to be an exact kind of help. That will prevent you from receiving any help

Have the courage to embrace your unique path to success, because the only right path, is yours. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 45 Elizabeth McCourt - Have the Courage to Embrace Your Unique Path to Success. One of your greatest advantages is your unique story. It's one of a kind. No one else can claim or leverage it to their advantage quite like you. A lot of us have this idea in our head that there's a 'right way' to create our success. You know what I mean. I've also suffered from that illusion that I couldn't have a certain life because I didn't have the right background, education, career or wasn't the right age to start something new. The idea that you need to be something to become something is total bs. Elizabeth McCourt is one of those people you have to love, because she's one of those living inspirations who shows us how amazing life can be when we refuse to 'live in the box' that people expect us to stay in. Elizabeth is the founder of McCourt Leadership Group, and her path to success has nothing to do with the linear expectation of onlookers. She's created a unique that includes jumps from a career in finance, to practicing law, to a leadership expert with her own coaching practice. Most recently, she's now a published fiction novelist of a brilliant legal thriller called Sin in the Big Easy. On top of that, she spends time traveling, public speaking, doing triathlons and more. Join us in Episode 45 as we discuss the importance of defining our own path, and exercising our creativity instead of settling for the expected. Elizabeth has earned her B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland, J.D. from Loyola University in New Orleans, Natural Resources Certificate from the University of New Mexico, and MFA in Creative Writing from SUNY Stony Brook. She's also a CPCC certified coach through the "Harvard" of coaching schools, The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). You're going to enjoy the many lessons that Elizabeth and I share in this episode, and I hope it gets you thinking about your unique story, and what it is you really want to be doing for the rest of your life. It may not be what everyone else is expecting from you, and that's ok! By the way, Elizabeth gave one of my favorite TEDx talks called Why You Should Spill Your Secrets. I'm very proud of my new friend Elizabeth, and am happy to share her with you in this Episode. If you haven't already subscribed to Unbreakable Success in iTunes, this is a great time to do it! Please remember to leave a 5 star rating and a quick review to let others love what you've enjoyed most about the podcast! Have a question or comment about this episode? Call me anytime at (888)348-7298. Resources from Unbreakable Success Podcast Episode 45: mccourtleadership.com Elizabeth's Must-Have Novel: Sin in the Big Easy Twitter: @ecmccourt Facebook: fb.com/mccourtleadership LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/ElizabethMcCourt Instagram: instagram.com/rizabiz

Suze Gardner is an athlete, athletic coach, and life coach. At 19, Suze was a member of the US National Women’s Water Polo Team when she decided to make a shift. She spent the next 13 years working with teens, coaching water polo, primarily at the high school level but with some middle and elementary athletes as well. In her first season as coach at the Burlingame High School, the team earned its first CCSA tournament bid. Over the following years, Suze took multiple Burlingame Aquatic Club (BAC) teams to compete in the National Junior Olympics tournament. During her tenure as the Executive Director for the BAC, where she coached coaches and kids to realize success in prominent collegiate swimming and water polo programs, Suze found her true passion - being a life coach for teens. Suze founded her business Inner Bridge Coaching in 2016 so that she could put all her energy into the work she loves: helping people live their most authentic life. She focuses on working with teens, the demographic she believes are most often overlooked when it comes to coaching support. Trained through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), Suze lives with her family in Alameda, CA and works with clients all over the US and Canada. What you’ll learn about in this episode: What Suze went through when she made the big decision to quit playing water polo when she had a great chance to play in the Olympics The tendency for parents to be scared and unknowingly take choices away from their children and the negative effects that has on their kids What causes kids to be scared to make decisions for themselves and what can be done about it The importance of spending alone time and why electronic devices are making that an incredibly rare occurrence How Suze helps teens be creative as their life coach Helping teens figure out what they want to do after high school Why you need to ask your teens better, more variant questions than just “how was your day?” Showing your teens your vulnerable side Finding the form of meditation that works for you Some of the best breakthroughs Suze has seen as a life coach How to know if a life coach is right for your kids Ways to contact Suze: Website: www.innerbridgecoaching.com Resources: Book: "Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives"

Today PromoKitchen Chefs Mark Graham of commonsku and Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions welcome Lou Diamond to the podcast. Lou can be described as a Coach, Consultant, Master Connector, Best-Selling Author, Speaker & Motivator. In these capacities, Lou is the Founder & CEO of Thrive, a leading consulting and coaching company focused on making the most incredible leaders and their companies even more amazing. He has led teams at Accenture, Deloitte, Omnicom, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. If that weren’t enough, Lou is certified as a Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a Cornell University graduate, a passionate sports fan, avid golfer, loving husband and extremely proud parent.

Listen in to this week’s podcast as Grace tells us about giving back and serving others. She talks about recognizing opportunities that we think are not possible, why all CEO’s should be entrepreneurs and how hope is mindset. You will be challenged and you will be encouraged. Grace has a delightful edge to her that is reminiscent of her advice. “Full out compassion. Full out competence. Full out courage.”BiographyAs the creator of e-Spot and CEO of enSpire Coaching Inc., she has blended her formal education in economics and psychology, her MBA, and professional experience  in strategy and marketing with her passion for service and cultivating community. Grace has created a community of business owners and executives who are hungry for improved confidence and competence as leaders. She is a trained coach through Coaches Training Institute (CTI), she has participated in the development and enlightenment of countless entrepreneurs and executives. In addition to hundreds of entrepreneurs whom Grace had worked with, she has also an impressive range of larger organizations in her client roster. Over the 20 years of acquired business acumen, experiences and education, Grace has become one of the foremost businesswomen, thinkers and authors of our generation. When she isn’t leading and developing her own business or helping others do the same, Grace’s community service, inspiration and philanthropy takes her around Oakville and around the world. One of Grace’s greatest joys is writing a blog called The Daily Grace every weekday (which has a 500+ person readership) and helping in charitable organizations with a focus on children, art, leadership or global water sustainability. Last year, she volunteered on a missionary trip to Uganda, helping to install a freshwater harvesting water system into the maternity ward of a community hospital. With their home in Oakville, Ontario, Grace is a dedicated partner to Michael, is a mom of 3 teenagers and is knownFind out more about Grace here at Tec Canada See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Antonio Estrada Executive & Leadership Coach and Consultant. Antonio (also MBA in Finance and Engineer) brings to coaching a 25+ years career in international finance and business management. He is a Certified Professional Coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and is credentialed with International Coach Federation (ICF). Antonio became a coach to make a difference by helping to Maximize people's potential Vaughn Sigmon President and Area Developer for TAB in Southern California. He has 40 years' experience in running a diverse number of businesses including his last position in the corporate world as Regional Vice President for CarMax in the Los Angeles Region. He has been a Business Coach for some time now and as part of his business creates Peer Advisory Board for private business owners along with one on one business coaching and executive coaching Amy Crumpton is a wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, and writer.She works as a licensed counselor and board certified coach- a career she came too after a decade in sales and international sourcing for companies supplying Wal-Mart and other retailers. Amy helps peopleconnect to their essence so they can live the beautiful, brilliant lives they're created to live. Amy's life goal is reach people everywhere with the message that they are deeply loved, infinitely valuable, and positively here for a purpose Scott Kettle CEO of Gawk, Inc. which is a world innovator of digital internet related technologies. Designed to meet the needs of modern consumers, businesses and enterprises globally  

Join Dr. Krister Lowe and leading organizational coach Erin Hutchins for this week’s episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast.  Erin is the Director of Corporate Client Solutions and Organizational Coaching for the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) based in Washington DC.  She is a Professional Certified Co-Active Coach (CPCC), is Credentialed with the ICF (PCC Level), is a CTI Leadership Graduate, and is Leadership Circle Certified.  Erin is passionate about heightening awareness, aligning your mind + body + soul, and inspiring transformational change through connecting with your authentic self and purpose. She has travelled and worked across various cultures in Europe and Asia.  In this episode of the podcast, Erin provides an overview of the Co-Active Relationship Engine--a model useful for guiding team coaching engagements--and also takes listeners on a deep dive into one critical element of the Relationship Engine called "Designed Alliance." Designed Alliance involves helping the team establish a strong foundation upon which four aspects of team coaching can then unfold: 1. Take Responsibility, 2. Choose, 3. Align, 4. Commit.  Erin shares stories from her own team coaching experience and how designing a strong alliance up front sets the conditions for successful team coaching engagements.

Join Dr. Krister Lowe and leading organizational coach Jennifer Britton for this week’s episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast.   Jennifer is the Founder of Potentials Realized, a Canadian Performance Improvement company focusing on coaching, leadership and team performance issues.  Jennifer is the author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching  (Jossey-Bass, 2013). Jennifer integrates her passion for individual and team excellence, with her skills as a coach, trainer and facilitator, in the area of group and team coaching.  She trains coaches group and team coaching skills in both face-to-face as well through virtual formats.  Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Psychology, and a Masters of Environmental Studies (MES) and has completed post-graduate HR studies. Jennifer is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) and a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT). She is also a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI, 2005). She is recognized as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation and brings over 3000 hours of coaching experience with groups, individuals and teams. Jennifer has also completed advanced coach training in Organization and Relationship Systems (ORSC) and Shadow Coaching. Jennifer also holds the credential of Board Certified Coach (BCC) through the Center for Credentialing and Education.  In this episode, Jennifer helps differentiate group coaching from team coaching and shares some best practices tips and reflections about the dynamic practice of coaching teams.  Jennifer's journey to becoming a leading figure in group and team coaching is inspiring and is a story that listeners will surely not want to miss!

El coaching como generador de encuentros, entrevista a Susana Alonso y Nadia Peeters en el Congreso Expocoaching, que tuvo lugar los días 25, 26 y 27 de abril de 2014 en Madrid. ---------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------- Susana Alonso Licenciada en Geografía e Historia y MBA por el Instituto de Empresa de Madrid. Es Directora de la Escuela de Coaching Dialógico del IDDI, Instituto de Desarrollo Directivo Integral, de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. Autora del libro "Coaching Dialógico", ha dirigido los equipos de investigación para la creación del modelo de Coaching Dialógico y su programa de Certificación. Es Coach dialógica profesional, ejecutiva y de equipos, así como formadora y consultora en liderazgo, por ello ha diseñado y dirigido programas de liderazgo y coaching en diversas empresas de nuestro país. Nadia Peeters Coach ejecutivo, personal y de equipos, y está certificada por la International Coach Federation. Licenciada en Filología Germánica por la Universidad de Gante, en Bélgica, recibió su formación en coaching a través del Programa de Coaching Co-Activo de Augere y The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), y se formó adicionalmente en coaching organizacional, sistémico y de relaciones con el Center For Right Relationship (CRR). Sus 18 años de experiencia profesional fueron inspirados por su interés en las personas y las culturas. Los primeros 5 años trabajó como especialista de idiomas y project manager en la empresa médica Medronic, en Holanda. Su pasión por contribuir a la capacidad de las personas para mejorar sus propias vidas le llevó en 2001 a iniciar una carrera en la ONG internacional humanitaria World Vision, dedicada a generar desarrollo sostenible en comunidades empobrecidas, primero como Customer Relations Service Manager en Costa Rica. En 2004 fue designada Country Director de la nueva oficina de captación de fondos de la organización en España, función que desempeñó durante 5 años. En 2009, reenfocó su carrera y se estableció como coach profesional, apoyando a personas y equipos a alcanzar mayor efectividad y positividad. Actualmente trabaja principalmente con la Escuela de Coaching Dialógico del IDDI de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria: es co-autora del nuevo Modelo de Coaching Dialógico, y Subdirectora del Área de Certificación en Coaching Dialógico. http://www.iddiufv.edu.es/ ---------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------- http://www.expocoaching.net/ http://www.mindalia.com - La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El coaching como generador de encuentros, entrevista a Susana Alonso y Nadia Peeters en el Congreso Expocoaching, que tuvo lugar los días 25, 26 y 27 de abril de 2014 en Madrid. ---------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------- Susana Alonso Licenciada en Geografía e Historia y MBA por el Instituto de Empresa de Madrid. Es Directora de la Escuela de Coaching Dialógico del IDDI, Instituto de Desarrollo Directivo Integral, de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. Autora del libro "Coaching Dialógico", ha dirigido los equipos de investigación para la creación del modelo de Coaching Dialógico y su programa de Certificación. Es Coach dialógica profesional, ejecutiva y de equipos, así como formadora y consultora en liderazgo, por ello ha diseñado y dirigido programas de liderazgo y coaching en diversas empresas de nuestro país. Nadia Peeters Coach ejecutivo, personal y de equipos, y está certificada por la International Coach Federation. Licenciada en Filología Germánica por la Universidad de Gante, en Bélgica, recibió su formación en coaching a través del Programa de Coaching Co-Activo de Augere y The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), y se formó adicionalmente en coaching organizacional, sistémico y de relaciones con el Center For Right Relationship (CRR). Sus 18 años de experiencia profesional fueron inspirados por su interés en las personas y las culturas. Los primeros 5 años trabajó como especialista de idiomas y project manager en la empresa médica Medronic, en Holanda. Su pasión por contribuir a la capacidad de las personas para mejorar sus propias vidas le llevó en 2001 a iniciar una carrera en la ONG internacional humanitaria World Vision, dedicada a generar desarrollo sostenible en comunidades empobrecidas, primero como Customer Relations Service Manager en Costa Rica. En 2004 fue designada Country Director de la nueva oficina de captación de fondos de la organización en España, función que desempeñó durante 5 años. En 2009, reenfocó su carrera y se estableció como coach profesional, apoyando a personas y equipos a alcanzar mayor efectividad y positividad. Actualmente trabaja principalmente con la Escuela de Coaching Dialógico del IDDI de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria: es co-autora del nuevo Modelo de Coaching Dialógico, y Subdirectora del Área de Certificación en Coaching Dialógico. http://www.iddiufv.edu.es/ ---------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------- http://www.expocoaching.net/ http://www.mindalia.com - La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Changing habits to better ourselves: why is change difficult for so many? What holds us back or gets in the way? What needs to be in place for successful change to occur? Join me and my guest Maureen Weisner, as we discuss these and more aspects of change. Maureen Weisner, M.Ed, PCC, is the President of Women Living on the Edge of Transition. A sought-after experienced, humorous, and engaging coach on current women's issues, she brings a special brand of motivational strategies to women on the edge of transition. Maureen guides clients in developing rich and fulfilling lives focused on personal and professional evolvement, and success. She is certified by the International Coaches Federation (ICF), as a professional life coach, and a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and the Co-Active Leadership Program of San Rafael, California.

Changing habits to better ourselves: why is change difficult for so many? What holds us back or gets in the way? What needs to be in place for successful change to occur? Join me and my guest Maureen Weisner, as we discuss these and more aspects of change. Maureen Weisner, M.Ed, PCC, is the President of Women Living on the Edge of Transition. A sought-after experienced, humorous, and engaging coach on current women's issues, she brings a special brand of motivational strategies to women on the edge of transition. Maureen guides clients in developing rich and fulfilling lives focused on personal and professional evolvement, and success. She is certified by the International Coaches Federation (ICF), as a professional life coach, and a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and the Co-Active Leadership Program of San Rafael, California.