Yannick leaves the podcast in this episode and we use the opportunity to celebrate the work he has done for it.

About Yannick Jacob

Yannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Course Director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching at the School of Positive Transformation, for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches, and he’s the former Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he presents at conferences internationally. Every 1st Tuesday of the month Yannick hosts a Coaching Lab that gives novice and seasoned coaches the chance to be a fly on the wall for a live coaching session, and he is the host of Animas Center for Coaching's popular Coaching Uncaged podcast, as well as his own podcasts Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics. His book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge. Learn more about Yannick and his work at www.existential.coach and www.RocketSupervision.com.

Mick explains the parallels between therapy and coaching, highlighting the importance of collaboration and dialogue between practitioners and clients. He discusses how pluralism moves beyond rigid, one-size-fits-all approaches by embracing the complexity of human experience and individual preferences. The episode also touches on the ethical foundations of pluralism, the role of expertise in the practitioner-client relationship, and the balance between challenge and support.

This thought-provoking conversation extends to broader topics like social change, postmodernism, and existential philosophy, offering valuable insights for coaches, therapists, and anyone looking to create deeper, more meaningful client relationships. Don't miss this episode packed with practical advice and rich wisdom on incorporating pluralism into your practice!

About Mick Cooper

Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies. He is a Chartered Psychologist, and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. Mick has facilitated workshops and lectures around the world, including New Zealand, Lithuania, and Florida. Mick's books include Existential Therapies (2nd ed., Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed., Sage, 2018), and Integrating Counselling and Psychotherapy: Directionality, Synergy, and Social Change (Sage, 2019).

Mick’s principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalising therapy, and counselling for young people in schools. In 2014, Mick received the Carmi Harari Mid-Career Award from Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Academy of Social Sciences. Mick’s latest book explores the contribution that counselling and psychotherapy theory and practice can make to wider social progress and justice: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Towards a Progressive Vision for Society (Bristol University, 2023).

Visit his website ( https://mick-cooper.squarespace.com/ ) for info about videos, workshops, talks and dialogues, blogs, and latest books.

As one of Europe’s leading figures in positive psychology, Ilonal has spent over 20 years studying, researching, teaching, and implementing positive psychology, coaching, and positive education. Her work spans academia and consulting with private companies, educational institutions, and government bodies.

Their conversation also explores the power of data in demonstrating how psychological well-being boosts employee performance and student achievement. Ilonal highlights the comprehensive approaches that make positive psychology so essential in today’s professional world. Don’t miss this engaging discussion!

Discover the evolution of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), its various approaches including behavioural activation and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and the integration of cognitive and behavioural elements through models like the "hot cross bun."

This episode also explores balancing client guidance with autonomy, using collaboration and the Socratic method, and the ethical considerations in coaching. Dr. Willson discusses creating authentic client environments and managing power dynamics. Tune in for insights into evidence-based methods in therapy and coaching, packed with practical example.

David has worked with 70 organisations, including ARM, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Dropbox, Google, Logitech, Nike, PwC, and many government agencies. He is a key Advisor for Ovida, an AI-informed start-up that accelerates the development of better communication skills for coaches, leaders and others. They are using his work to create an end-to-end development solution, and he serves as a Concierge for their larger users to support the changes they seek.

This conversation is a journey through the relationship between storytelling and coaching, where David shares his insights on the non-verbal dimensions of storytelling and how an observant eye can dramatically enhance our coaching skills. A personal anecdote about family connection through shared experiences underlines the important role of framing questions to unearth deeply held narratives.

Tune in to this episode to learn the latest advancements in narrative coaching and how they're shaping the future of the coaching field.

Her journey into coaching and Transactional Analysis was sparked by her fascination with the meaning-making processes of humans and how these processes are enhanced within authentic and trusting relationships. Karen applies Transactional Analysis principles both in her coaching practice and her educational endeavours, including her role at Coaching Development and in her own TA training groups, ranging from introductory to advanced levels. Her commitment to the field is further evidenced by her role as Co-Chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), her contributions to the Transactional Analysis Journal, and her work on the book "Transactional Analysis Coaching" for the Routledge Coaching Distinctive Features series. Karen's influence extends globally through her online educational initiatives, touching lives across various continents from South Africa to Sweden, and beyond. 

Tune in to discover how Karen Pratt's expertise and passion for Transactional Analysis have made a significant impact in the world of coaching.

Tune in to gain insights on how Adlerian Psychology led Pascale Brady into the field of coaching.

Dr. Jelena Pavlovlć is the author of "Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches," a book published by Routledge in 2020, and has made significant contributions as an Associate Editor and Editorial board member of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology.

Tune in to gain insights into the foundations of coaching and the impactful role of constructivist psychology in Dr. Jelena Pavlovlć's career and life.

Tune in to explore how Jungian insights can shape effective coaching.

They'll share their takeaways from the 11 inspiring conversations in Season 14. Whether they're discussing diversity and inclusion, coaching using AI, taboo areas in coaching, or sharing the most interesting insights, Nick and Yannick will walk you through the highlights of the season.

In Season 15, we have 12 excellent guests lined up. It will involve a deeper dive into specific coaching approaches.

Robert consults and conducts trainings with organizations as diverse as Kaiser Permanente, Deloitte, Standard Chartered Bank, and Australia Department of Defense. He trains coaches at Positive Acorn, where he is known for challenging common assumptions about coaching philosophy and practice.

Robert is the author of Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching, The Upside of Your Dark Side, and Positive Provocation, among other books.

Jonathan is Senior Vice-President, CoachHub and a professor at Henley Business School, as well as a global thought leader in behavioural change, listed in the Thinkers 50 and Global Gurus lists.

He is a chartered psychologist, holds five degrees including an MBA and doctorate in psychology. He is an accredited coach with the ICF and EMCC, as well as holding qualifications in team coach and coach supervision.

He has published widely and contributed over 30 books and nearly 200 scientific papers and book chapters to the field, making him one of the most published coaches in the world. His recent books include: ‘Becoming a Coach: The Essential ICF Guide’ (2020), ‘The Coaches Handbook’ (2021) and ‘CoachMe: Your Personal Board of Directors’ (2022).

Over the past two decades Jonathan has worked as an executive coach, consultant and educator with hundreds of leaders and managers, from senior politicians to board directors helping them become the best version of themselves. Prior to his current roles,

Jonathan worked as managing director for a UK psychology company, worked for global firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), IBM Business Consulting on large-scale change projects and executive coaching, OPM on government and not for profit leadership development.

Julia is an Accredited Master Executive Coach (Association for Coaching) and has 2000 hours coaching experience and 1500 supervision hours logged. She has coaching supervision qualifications from the Bath Consultancy Group and the Coaching Supervision Academy. She has been running her own coaching practice since 2001 and supervises many independent coaches (1 -1, group, virtual) as well as internal coaching pools in larger organisations such as the NHS and the Prison Service. Julia is a member of both the British Psychological Society and the EMCC. She is an ex-Board Director for the Association of Coaching Supervisors and has been supervising other supervisors since 2010. She has co-authored a book to be published in 2022, Coaching and Supervising through Bereavement: A Practical Guide to Working with Grief and Loss.

“All in all, I found this book very accessible and packed full of expert information and actionable exercises. Definitely an excellent addition to any coach or supervisor’s toolkit! I could see it being equally useful for organisations and HR practitioners dealing with bereavement, signposting bereavement policies and handling bereavement in the workplace”. -A career transition coach.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrothauser/

He facilitates global virtual certifications in Professional Coaching, Mentor Coaching, Team Coaching, and Coaching Supervision (ESQA). He was the 2013-2014 International Coaching Federation Global President and received the 2018 ICF Circle of Distinction Award and the 2019 EMCC Supervision Award.

For the IFS Institute, he co-created Coaching for Self Leadership, which had more than 1,000 participants and is now available for download. Guthrie has created numerous trainings for the True Purpose Institute, the ManKind Project, and ICF chapters.

He has mentored coaches, therapists, and other practitioners at all stages of their careers, from beginners to masters. His mission is to create a college of light workers who can end suffering on this planet by bringing forth the light of love that lives in all human beings.

He does this by showing practitioners how they can safely enter another person’s internal system and let that system teach them how to access its natural healing capacity and its natural creativity and wisdom.

You can learn more about Guthrie here: https://bridgetothedivine.com/index.php and more about his next IFS training here: https://www.copperbeechinstitute.org/coaching-with-spirit.

He is a credentialed Master Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner, a Certified Professional Diversity Coach through the Coach Diversity Institute, and a Master MBTI Practitioner with a Ph.D. in Holistic Life Coaching.

Dr. Young was the first Co-Chair of the Council on Race, Equity & Inclusion at the Institute of Coaching and continues as a Distinguished Fellow at the renowned Institute of Coaching McLean, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.

He specialises in coaching Ultra High Net Worth Individuals, Professional Athletes, Elected Officials, Public Figures and Leading Licensed Legal and Health Care Professions. He is recognised as

one of the top African American Life Coaches in the United States and globally. He is also a leading expert on human behaviour and relationships and a highly regarded expert in the field of behavioural neuroscience.

With over 4 years of experience as a self-employed entrepreneur at evoach, she has gained a reputation for her expertise in Coaching and Technology in the era of Artificial Intelligence. She has held several leadership positions and is currently also a member of the board as Vice President of Accreditation at EMCC Germany. 

She served as the Head of Social Media and Content Strategy at Netzbewegung GmbH, Head of Social Media and UX Conception at kr3m. media GmbH, and Corporate Communications Manager at Nero AG. Her enthusiasm and knowledge in the tech industry have led her to make significant contributions to the sector, making her a respected figure among her peers. 

Her attention to detail, coupled with her passion for innovation, has been instrumental in the growth and success of her projects.

About Yannick Jacob

Yannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP) and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Course Director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching at the School of Positive Transformation, for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches, and he’s the former Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he presents at conferences internationally. Every 1st Tuesday of the month Yannick hosts a Coaching Lab that gives novice and seasoned coaches the chance to be a fly on the wall for a live coaching session, and he is the host of Animas Center for Coaching's popular Coaching Uncaged podcast, as well as his own podcasts Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics. His book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge. Learn more about Yannick and his work at www.existential.coach and www.RocketSupervision.com.

With his tireless entrepreneurial spirit AoEC John has created one of the most successful international coaching training organisations with partners in 12 countries. The programmes have professional accreditation from ICF, EMCC, AfC  as well as academic validation with Middlesex University.  

Previously, for 12 years he was Managing Director of Gestalt Centre London exponentially growing the business and gaining a Company Director diploma with the Institute of Directors. 

John is a highly principled leader, drawing on and applying his experience from a 10 year career as a Gestalt psychotherapist and further 20 years as individual & team coach, trainer and supervisor.

As a principle senior executive coach, John has worked with many executives in a wide range of private and public sector organisation, focusing  on developing their ‘Signature Presence’, their self-confidence and authority to lead their team and organisation more successfully. 

With substantial experience in team building, group facilitation and action learning as well as being an experienced team leader, John developed a specialty in Team Coaching. He works with boards & Senior Leadership Teams on developing their interpersonal connections, stakeholder relationships and team purpose/objectives so they are more effective and influential in leading their business.  From all this expertise John co-designed with Peter Hawkins the Systemic Team Coaching Certificate & Diploma programmes accredited by ICF and Middlesex University. 

He is Past President of EMCC UK where his focus was on maintaining standards for coaching and mentoring, building collaboration between the different professional bodies and well as supporting research into different aspects of coaching practice.

He has an MA in Executive Coaching, PCC with ICF, and qualified supervisor. 

In 2021 created a sister company www.gestalt.uk - focusing specifically on Gestalt Coaching Skills through virtual training workshops, presentations & webinars.  

He is an international conference presenter and author of Fertile Void, Gestalt Coaching at Work a practical and effective methodology for individual and team coaching and with Hilary Lines wrote a very practical guide Systemic Team Coaching, AoEC press.

Jenny Bird has been a coach since 2000, an ICF MCC since 2006. She has been at the forefront of the development of coaching in the UK. Her signature style includes original creative work which expands clients’ thinking and responses. She is co-author, with Sarah Gornall, of “The Art of Coaching: A Handbook of Tips and Tools”, a core text in numerous coaching/ business schools and of “How to Work with People…and Enjoy it”.  

Jenny is also much in demand as a coach supervisor, working with both internal and external coaches, individually and in groups to support development and the most rigorous professional standards. 

Her consultancy, JB Executive Coaching Ltd offers all the coaching programmes and practices organisations need to set-up, support and sustain a coaching culture. She has presented at numerous conferences and webinars internationally sharing original approaches and fostering excellence in coaching and communication. www.jbexecutivecoaching.com

With an international following from both her coaching peers and senior leadership, Clare is making a difference to the world of work via the professional application of coaching. Her mission across all her work is to encourage leaders to put people and the planet before profits. In 2015, Clare started her own business, Clare Norman Coaching Associates. Drawing on 25 years of learning and development experience gleaned from leading L&D strategy within NatWest and Accenture, she specialises in transition and leadership coaching, alongside mentor coaching and coaching supervision.

Clare’s first book, Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide, is a work of passion and according to Fran Fisher MCC, ’makes a significant contribution to the conscious evolution of the coaching profession, [and] offers a new paradigm for coach mentoring and the continuous personal and professional development of the coach.’

Her second book, The Transformational Coach: Free your Thinking and Break Through to Coaching Mastery, draws together all that she has discovered from mentor coaching over 250 coaches about what coaches need to unlearn in order to be masterful coaches. 

Living in the New Forest, Hampshire with her bloodhound and husband, Clare is a prolific blogger and an award-winning regular feature writer for industry magazines and journals. She is also a popular speaker, often called upon to deliver webinars and keynotes to fellow coaches looking to sharpen their edge.

• Leader as coach vs coach as leader
• How to manage moments when you think you know
• Adopting different stances as a coach
• Approaches to re-empowering the client
• Revealing the self vs holding back and the risks in not revealing yourself
• The importance of looking back as well as forward
• The line between coaching and therapy
• The shadow of the coach’s desire
• The role of supervision for coaches
• The role and state of ethics in coaching
• The place and compassion beyond experience
• 6 powerful questions Jerry frequently uses with clients

About Jerry Colonna

CEO and Co-Founder of Reboot.io

Jerry Colonna is CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm, and author of ‘REBOOT: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up’ (HarperBusiness, June 18). For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an executive, venture capitalist (VC), journalist, and a board member for 100+ organizations to help people lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. For more, see https://www.reboot.io/book

Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others to lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity.

Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. Previously, he led New York City-based Flatiron Partners, which he founded in 1996 with partner, Fred Wilson. Flatiron became one of the nation’s most successful, early-stage investment programs. His first leadership position, at age 25, was editor-in-chief of Information Week magazine. Jerry lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Join Hetty Einzig and Yannick Jacob in conversation around the state of coaching now and in the future.

Hetty first appeared on this podcast back in 2018 talking about the ideas from her book, The Future of Coaching and in this session, Yannick invites her to revisit the topic in the light of the many changes we’ve experienced since that time.

Together, amongst many other things, they explore:

• Why a coach needs to understand themselves
• Whether the coach is ever a neutral instrument
• New ideas on the future of coaching
• The place of the body and somatic intelligence
• Contested realities and postcolonial dimensions in coaching
• The place of ethical responsibility in coaching
• Becoming grounded as a coach for robust partnering
• BANI vs VUCA frameworks for thinking
• The place of knowledge and sharing in coaching
• The place of training within coaching
• The role and place of hope for the future

About Hetty Einzig

Hetty brings 25 years of psychology and executive coaching experience to global leadership development. A best-selling author, her career has spanned the arts, journalism, media, health and policy development in the private, public and voluntary sectors. She designs and delivers leader-coach and global culture change programmes. Key focuses are women’s leadership, Transpersonal Coaching and regenerative approaches for contribution. She works ecosystemically and holistically founded on transpersonal psychology and informed by psychoanalysis and embodiment approaches. She teaches at the Irish Management Institute, is a Senior Associate Director with Common Purpose, and she coaches, teaches and facilitates in French. She is Association for Coaching Director of Publications Strategy and Executive Editor of Coaching Perspectives, the AC global magazine.

Hetty holds a Masters in Psychoanalytic and Systemic Approaches to Organisational Consulting from the Tavistock Centre (UEL), a Certificate in Coaching Supervision from Oxford Brookes, a Masters in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute (UL), and a BA in languages from Cambridge University. She is married with two millennial daughters.

The Future of Coaching: vision, leadership and responsibility in a transforming world Routledge 2017.

‘Radical Hope – a dimension of the soul rooted’ in Holding the Hope: restoring psychological and spiritual agency in the face of Climate Change. PCCS Books forthcoming, January 2023.

For more information on Transpersonal Coaching programmes

For more information on Ecosystems Supervision groups

Contact: einzig@hettyeinzig.co.uk

http://www.hettyeinzig.com

Join coach, supervisor and author, Eve Turner, in conversation with Yannick Jacob as they explore the role of coaching supervision.

In this wide-ranging discussion, Eve and Yannick explore:

• The role of coaching supervision
• Using recorded sessions
• Clarifying supervision
• The three functions of supervision
• Techniques for generating supervisory awareness
• Reflective practice skills
• The importance of the contract in coaching
• Time To Think supervision
• Bringing the system into the room
• Making supervision fun
• Climate and ecological-crisis coaching
• What is transformation in coaching

 About Eve Turner

Eve has had three careers, in music, broadcasting and now coaching and supervision.  She sees their links through her interest in communication, collaboration and interrelationships.  

As a classical guitarist and then a willing, if not very able, orchestral conductor, Eve learned how the whole can be so much more than the sum of the parts and how the quality of the communication and relationships affected the outcome.  

She was a journalist, senior leader and internal coach in the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) before setting up her own practice.  Eve has won many awards for her research, writing, coaching and supervision.  

She does extensive volunteering alongside a busy practice: this includes co-founding and being part of the coordinating group for the Climate Coaching Alliance, founding and co-leading the Global Supervisors’ Network, and as immediate past chair of the coaching and supervision professional body APECS, and volunteering for the AC and EMCC.  

Eve’s books include ‘Ecological and Climate-conscious Coaching: A Companion Guide to Evolving Coaching Practice’ (2023) co-edited with the late Alison Whybrow, Josie McLean and Peter Hawkins, ‘The Ethical Coaches’ Handbook’ (2023) co-edited with Wendy-Ann Smith, Jonathan Passmore, Yi-Ling Lai and David Clutterbuck, ‘Systemic Coaching’(2020) with Peter Hawkins, and ‘The Heart of Coaching Supervision – Working with Reflection and Self-care’ (2019) co-edited with Stephen Palmer.  

Join Yannick Jacob in conversation with Dr Towanna Burrous, President of CoachDiversity Institute as they explore diversity in coaching and the wider ramifications of working with diversity.

Unpicking the complex issues at stake, they address the role of education in diversity coaching, how coaches can coach across cultures and backgrounds, the importance of seeing beyond the immediate issue to the human story as well as exploring the patterns that black and minority clients might experience across multiple situations.

In the process, Yannick enables Towanna to share her own story and experiences from her polymathic background to the legacy she wishes to create.

About Towanna Burrous

Dr. Towanna Burrous, President, CoachDiversity Institute, is a best-selling author, trainer, and ICF professional certified coach (PCC) based in Washington, DC. Towanna’s mission is to empower diverse communities through executive coaching as a much sought-after executive coach. Her role is to test, re-test, and ultimately drive the organization’s overarching vision, strategy, and tactical direction. The CoachDiversity team delivers training and curriculum for to-be coaches and customized diversity and leadership programs for corporate and individual clients.

Towanna delivers custom keynotes, executive coaching, DEI, and leadership training and education designed to assist organizations in their efforts to equip their leaders and key contributors with the skills and competencies needed to excel in today’s challenging business environment. She uses her expertise to help businesses shape corporate strategies that produce positive bottom-line benefits. She is a trusted partner and problem solver for many clients tackling morale, employee retention, employee engagement, training, and development in the post-recession world.

Towanna has a Doctorate of Education from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, a Doctorate of Divinity from Elbon-Solutions College of Ministry, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Mathematics from Howard University.

In this conversation, Coaching Uncaged host, Yannick Jacob, talks with Windy Dryden, author and editor of over 260 books on coaching and therapy sharing his passion for single sessions.

Together they explore:

• The premise that commitment is about long term contracts
• The pressure for the coach has to deliver
• Single session coaching as the beginning not the end of something
• Removing the tension that comes from the imperative to deliver
• Single session as a potential door into longer term work
• Single sessions as potential awakenings
• Whether multi-session contracts become a self-fulfilling prophecy
• Ending single-sessions and action plans
• Whether single-session work is better fitted for CBT/CBC approaches rather than person-centred
• Who is suitable for single session coaching and how to find out
• Providing free sessions versus paid single-session coaching
• Managing time when a client starts to just unload and talk
• Importance of contracting for the single-session
• The use of pre-session questionnaires
• Dealing with complexity in single-sessions
• The distinction between coaching and therapy
• The power of limited time in creating movement
• And much more

About Windy Dryden

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy and in Single-Session Therapy (SST).

He is best known for his work in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), a leading CBT approach.  He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.

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He has published over 240 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, North and South America, India, Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.

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He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London.

I'm discovering more and more that there's no end to the work that we can do and the work we can let go of to be fully working in partnership.

Claire Pedrick.

Join coach, author and coaching supervisor, Claire Pedrick, in conversation with Coaching Uncaged host, Yannick Jacob.

As the author of Simplifying Coaching, Claire is passionate about helping coaches achieve more by doing less and empowering the “thinker” at every step of the way.

Yannick and Claire dive deep into a wide range of areas including:

• How to listen to your recordings for greater insight into what’s happening in the relationship. And it’s not what you might expect!
• Claire’s light touch approach to contracting that ensures she never becomes the teacher or leader.
• How Claire aims to do the least possible that enables people to feel heard and to get new insights into what’s happening for them.
• The most effective tool in the coaching conversation.
• How coaching is not a dialogue but facilitating a monologue .
• The power of single session coaching and what this frees up to happen.
• Disconnecting coaching from goal achievement to progress in thinking.
• The ethical and practical problems of fixed sessions contracting.
• How the relationship can emerge without excess personal information exchange.
• Bringing a future focus to the coaching conversation.
• Contracting as a fluid, always shifting process.
• Practical steps to simplifying coaching.
• Partnership, power and privilege.
• De-powering yourself in coaching.
• Perceptions and communications of power.

About Claire Pedrick...in her own words.

I could say that I am a human who facilitates other people's thinking. I am a business owner. A Mother. A friend. A volunteer. An MCC Master Coach with over 13000 hours experience. The author of Simplifying Coaching and host at The Coaching Inn podcast. 

All of these are true and each will impact how we start a conversation. With some definitions you might assign me power which I do not deserve.

I established 3D Coaching in the 1990s to bring together the simplest and best learning from coaching to support people in organisations to have more effective conversations with an edge.  Coaching for more than 30 years, I believe that the essence of coaching is simple and that it takes time to learn to work that simply. 

My training has been as a coach (Coach University), as a Systemic Practitioner (Coaching Constellations) and a Coaching Supervisor (Bath Consulting Group). While the rest of the 3D Team are delivering high quality coaching, my current focus is developing internal and external coaches through training, masterclasses and mentoring.  

My learning lab is the coaches I listen to three days a week.  Based on those observations and noticing when transformation does or does not happen, my current learning journey is about understanding and sharing what makes for true partnership in coaching.   

When I’m not working I love walking in the hills.

About Animas Centre for Coaching, producers of Coaching Uncaged.

If you want to find out more about becoming an accredited coach, check out Animas Centre for Coaching at https://www.animascoaching.com

We deliver free, live introductory sessions on coaching throughout the month or you can book a call with one of our Coach Consultants.

With this bold statement, Georgina Woudstra takes us on a journey through team coaching as she’s interviewed by Coaching Uncaged host, Yannick Jacob.

In this episode Georgina answers and explores questions around:

• What makes team coaching different from other disciplines such as individual coaching, facilitation, workshop leadership and team building.
• What she found frustrating and, ultimately, unsatisfying about traditional approaches to team development.
• What skills and attitudes are important for a team coach and what the journey from beginner to mastery might look like.
• Ways to introduce team coaching to organisations who might not know what to expect.
• The importance of chemistry sessions for team coaching.
• Why understanding the nature of a specific team is important and what it does to the way team coaching unfolds.
• How team coaching moves the conversation from “I” to “we”.
• Some of the mistakes new team coaches make based on their experience of individual coaching.
• How to create psychological safety in team coaching.
• The difference and relationship between the contract and the container.
• Whether a team coach needs to be an expert on team and group dynamics.
• An overview of the Team Coaching Studio competencies and team coaching wheel.
• The challenge and opportunities of working with HR and coaching commissioners
• And much more.

Team coaching, Georgina says, is not about the quality of the dialogue between the team and the coach but about the quality of the dialogue within the team.

Join us on our own dialogue with Georgina as we explore team coaching.

About Georgina Woudstra

Georgina has worked with individual clients, executive teams and boards in the public, private and voluntary sectors for over 20 years. Her speciality lies in coaching new and established CEOs, and CEOs in the making, as well as executive team coaching.

She is principal of Team Coaching Studio which provides unique workshops and programmes to advance coaching skills, one-to-one and group supervision and mentoring in support of ICF credentialing to help others in the profession in their development towards excellence. 

Visit www.teamcoachingstudio.com for more information or to sign up to their monthly newsletter.

As a master-certified coach, Georgina helps executives feel clearer about who they are, what drives them and how they lead. She combines real presence and listening with a grounded psychological understanding and many years of business and entrepreneurial experience. Her style is challenging but gentle: she is direct, honest and asks the questions that others may avoid. 

Visit www.georginawoudstra.com to find out more.

In this episode of Coaching Uncaged, our host, Coach and Positive Psychologist Yannick Jacob, is joined by Dr. Peter Hawkins.

Peter Hawkins, Chairman of Renewal Associates, co-founder of the Global Team Coaching Institute, Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, and Senior Visiting Fellow, Civil Service College (Singapore), is a leading consultant, coach, writer and researcher in organisational strategy, leadership, culture change, team and board development and coaching. He has worked with many leading organisations all over the world including Europe, Asia, Middle East, South Africa, and America coaching Executive Teams and Boards and facilitating major change and organisational transformation projects. He has coached over 100 boards and senior executive teams, enabling them to develop their purpose, vision, values, collective leadership and strategy for the future, in a wide range of international, large and small commercial companies, government departments, NHS Trusts, professional services organisations and charities.

Peter is an international thought leader in Systemic Coaching, Executive Teams and Board Development, President of both the Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (www.apecs.org ); and the Academy of Executive Coaching (www.aoec.com) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Windsor Leadership Trust. He has been a keynote speaker at many international conferences on the learning organisation, leadership and executive coaching and teaches and leads masterclasses in over 50 different countries round the world.

He is the author of many best-selling books and papers in the fields of Leadership, Board and Team Coaching, Systemic Coaching, Supervision and Organizational Transformation (including Leadership Team Coaching, Kogan Page; 2011 (4th edition, 2021); Leadership Team Coaching in Practice (3rd edition 2022, Systemic Coaching (with Eve Turner (Routledge 2020); Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy: Supervision, Skills and Development (with Nick Smith), McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, (2nd ed, 2013); Creating a Coaching Culture, McGraw Hill, 2012; and The Wise Fool’s Guide to Leadership, O Books, 2005; Supervision in the Helping Professions (5th edition 2020 with Aisling McMahon) McGraw Hill and Integrative Psychotherapy (2020 with Judy Ryde) Jessica Kingsley.

Peter was joint founder, in 1986, of Bath Consultancy Group and its chairman until the company was sold in 2010 and has chaired three other company boards as well as being a trustee director of several charities. He lives on the edge of Bath UK with 37 acres which he shares, with many animals and trees as well as his children and grandchildren and leaders who come on courses and retreats.

In this episode of Coaching Uncaged, our host, Coach and Positive Psychologist Yannick Jacob, is joined by Nick Bolton.

Nick is the founder and CEO of Animas Centre for Coaching, the global leader in transformative coach training.

A philosophically oriented coach and coaching supervisor, he is fascinated by how we make sense of ourselves in the world and the mental paradigms we operate from that shape our experience and actions.

Nick established Animas in 2008 to provide training in innovative approaches to coaching that built on psychological and philosophical principles. Over time, Nick developed his thinking further around transformative coaching delivering a number of presentations on philosophical perspectives on coaching and human change.

Nick has coached since the early 2000s, firstly working within the public sector through his own education and training business before becoming a personal coach, group coach, business mentor and coaching trainer.

Passionate about best practice and deepening coaching practice, Nick also established the International Centre for Coaching Supervision to provide high-quality supervision training around the world.

In this episode of Coaching Uncaged, our host, Coach and Positive Psychologist Yannick Jacob, is joined by Dr. Simon Western.

Dr. Simon Western works strategically with diverse organisations, from complex hospital eco-systems to global banks, manufacturing and high tech’ companies. Having published his work to international acclaim, he has developed the theoretical insights and the practical methodology to address the needs of 21st century organisations.

Simon is also known for his work on Eco-leadership, and Autonomist leadership, where he applies learning from social movements and diverse organisational structures, to re-think leadership in large organisations in today’s network society.

Utilising his well researched Analytic-Network Coaching System© he has developed this advanced coaching methodology that he now offers internationally as an advanced training for experienced coaches, and as in-house leadership development for leaders. This coach training is unique, drawing on critical theory, Lacanian psychoanalysis and networked theory. It takes coaching into new territory, working to support leaders in our networked age.

We hope that you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged!

You can find out more about Simon and his work here: www.analyticnetwork.com

Since 2002, Julie Starr’s best-selling book, The Coaching Manual has supported the evolution of the coaching field through simple, powerful principles and practical approaches. Julie’s books, Brilliant Coaching and The Mentoring Manual support managers and leaders to improve business performance by developing people. Her books are translated into many languages and are required reading on coach training programmes around the world.

With over 25 years and thousands of hours’ coaching experience, Julie supports CEO’s and executives from the world’s best-known organisations. Her approach is challenging, compassionate and empowers clear leadership. She is a passionate speaker, lecturing in universities and at industry conferences to support growth and excellence in the field. Julie is MD of Starr Coaching, (www.starrcoaching.co.uk) a leading provider of coach training in organisations. Julie is a featured coach in the Netflix LEAP Coaching Movie.

Julie also writes novels for young adults and donates proceeds to charities which house, heal and educate street children and orphans; check out www.ruffdogbooks.com

In this episode of Coaching Uncaged, our host, Coach and Positive Psychologist Yannick Jacob, is joined by Dr. Paul Lawrence.

Paul Lawrence is a consultant, executive coach, facilitator, writer and researcher. His primary interest lies in helping organisations effect change, building holistic solutions, integrating change efforts with other OD interventions such as coaching and leadership development.

Paul is Regional Chair for the Association for Coaching (AC) in South-East Asia, Australian Ambassador for the Association of Coaching Supervisors (AoCS) and co-editor in chief for the Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal.

His new book, Coaching Systemically, is out now.

To start, Monica provides a glimpse of her work as an Existential Coach in a variety of contexts, which include music, conflict-resolution and organisations.

In talking about her experiences coaching world leaders, she shows us how she works in a practical yet philosophical way. She says that her starting point is always "grounded in the phenomena of themselves, within the organisation, and within their personal lives as well."

The conversation then takes a natural turn to the topic of phenomenology. Monica says that it's all about being incredibly open where everything happening in a conversation has value and has to be respected.

Yannick and Monica delve deep into the topic of assumptions and the need for coaches to bring awareness to our own beliefs as it plays a role in the coaching itself.

Yannick and Monica also talk about transformation, the responsibility - of both the coach and client-, and the current coaching market. Finally, the pair share a conversation about the varying perspectives within coaching and how great it is for coaches to clearly articulate what they do.

Monica Hanaway is an Executive, Leadership and Business Coach, Mediator, UKCP Psychotherapist supervisor, stress management consultant and management and leadership trainer.

Learn more about Monica and her work here: https://www.monicahanaway.com/

This fascinating episode begins with Chérie sharing her journey to becoming a coach - from a 20-year old "catalyst" who "likes to work with people" to realising her gift of bringing out people's truths.

In this episode, Chérie also talks about her own spiritual background. In offering how she sees training coaches as "training earth angels," Chérie and Yannick engage in conversation about the existential question: are we good or are we evil?

Chérie then talks about the need for coaches to be in good shape - physically, mentally, spiritually - for us to be able to be centred and support our clients.

She says "we have to ensure that we can lead the way into the future for people who are fearful, anxious, not feeling centred."

The conversation then shifts into Chérie's coaching philosophy, which starts with the power of "not knowing." She then explores the concepts of the Three Cs (Curious, Confidence, and Courage), DWBC (Desire, Willingness, Belief, Commitment), and some of the theories that sit behind her practice and coach training.

Chérie then delves deeper on the idea of "not knowing" as she shares what she calls an "absolutely devastating" event during a time when she seemed to have had a perfect life, and how she was able to break through this lesson in humility.

In talking about her imperfect life, Chérie also talks about the power of beliefs. She shares some powerful questions that she uses within her coaching practice, providing a small window of what goes on in a coaching session with her.

Finally, Dr Chérie shares her thoughts about transformation, calling to mind the classic metaphor of the caterpillar, chrysalis, and the butterfly.

Dr Chérie is a Global CEO, achange management expert, and a #1 NY Times & Amazon Bestselling author. She has been a frequent guest on Oprah with appearances on CNN, Today, O’Reilly. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.

If you're interested to work with Chérie or learn more about what she does, please visit this link: https://www.drcherie.com/

In what can be described as a thought-provoking discussion from beginning to end, Robin starts with what he describes to be a "controversial" stance on coaching and the client-coach relationship.

Robin also talks about the interconnectedness of supervisor-coach-client and the narratives that each brings into a conversation. He then says that it is his job, as a supervisor, to interrupt these narratives.

Drawing from over 40 years of working in supervision, he tells stories that show how he works as a coach supervisor whilst also providing his perspective on coaching supervision, supervision as a spiritual path, transformation, and much more.

We hope you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged by Animas.

If you're interested to learn more about how Robin thinks and works, you may want to check out his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Supervision-Creating-transformative-conversations-ebook/dp/B086R34TPR

Reinhard shares his thoughts around Transformative Dialogue, the three generations of coaching, Transformative Exchange and identity development and more.

He also provides a peek into his approach as a "Dialogue Coach," touching on several concepts such as the Protreptics approach, resonance within coaching and Heidegger's Vita Contemplativa or "Contemplative Life." 

Reinhard Stelter holds a PhD in psychology and is Professor of Sport and Coaching Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School.

Dr Kim shares her journey from marketing professional to the world of psychology and coaching touching on observations about social scripts and constructs that led her to her current path.

Yannick and Dr Kim dive deep into the constructivist approach from a coach and psychologist perspective as they explore different coaching models, personal and social constructivism, the positivist view of coaching and so much more.

If you're interested in learning more about her work, you can check out her book Constructivist Coaching: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Potential Alternative Futures (Coaching Psychology here: https://shor.by/UXzT

Sarah's work has an international scope and is diverse in the fields she operates in. Sarah delivers training for professionals, teachers, parents, and students on mental health awareness and wellbeing, host coaching and creativity retreats in Italy, and has a therapeutic and coaching private practice.

A part of her role as Chief Therapist at InsideOut she curates content and manages a team of 40+ coaches and therapists working on different time zones and in different languages to support employees' mental health and wellbeing.

InsideOut is a tech startup that allows anyone to access therapy and coaching wherever they are through accessible tools via the InsideOut app.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Sarah hosts free and confidential support circles for employees on furlough, NHS staff, and individuals in order to strengthen the sense of solidarity and emotional resilience while facing this unprecedented time of change and uncertainty.

Sarah's main area of interest is the power creativity has on the development of human potential. Finding links between different art forms, cultures, and approaches inspires her practice using creativity and dialogue as a key to unlock potential, invite self-expression, and enhance self-awareness.

Everyone Song is a weekly meeting circle I ran with an opera Singer bringing newcomer refugees together with Berliners. That is when I realized the power of the dialogue.

It is possible to enable strangers to communicate, and to exchange if you create the right atmosphere and rules for a healthy dialogue.

Since 2015, I have been working in social business programs that enable migrants to start their own business in Germany or back in their homes.

I support social organisations in Iraq to come up with peaceful solutions to the conflicts they are facing.

Regardless of where we are in the World, we are becoming increasingly diverse and different. There is more a need than ever to be able to have a dialogue that enables us to communicate so that we are able to live in harmony

I started with Animas last year. Coaching is the key I was searching for.

The road to a peaceful world starts with a dialogue.

Julie's talk explores the highs and lows of running a high impact socially driven coaching business, and the myths that you can’t do good in the world and also make a profit too. Sharing the story of how her company Too Fat to Run was formed, some of the challenges of monetising, the high points, and also my thoughts on how small business owners can build profitable mission led communities around their work.

Julie has been working in community engagement for more than 2 decades, having worked on high profile mega events like the London 2012 Olympics, with a specialism of engaging hard to reach groups. She loves the idea of bringing people together around a shared purpose and my motto across all of my businesses is “nobody left behind”.

Organisations are a product of people's thinking. Ways of thinking, and the subsequent impact on others, can enable or limit what any organisation can achieve for itself and society. We do not offer businesses a ‘how-to’ guide but explore and challenge dominate assumptions that shape how businesses think and act.

In this talk, I will explore these assumptions (with light historical context), the importance of creating space for dialogue and debate, the challenges of leadership and a high-level overview of the journey companies undertake. I will also share emerging thoughts on business in light of the current health crisis and the looming climate crisis

In fact, research suggests that British people would prefer to talk about politics, religion or sex, rather than talk about money. However, life goes on whether or not we are happy to talk about things we find embarrassing.

Currently, about 28.7 million working-age adults in the UK are not satisfied with their finances. No wonder – we live lives of ever-increasing financial complexity. We must deal with busy lives and the complexities of major financial decisions, as well as key life events such as bereavement, buying a home or nearing retirement.

Everything seems to influence the world of finance: from global political issues such as Coronavirus and Brexit to local issues like housing, schooling, and work prospects.

A growing body of evidence shows that anxiety about finances leads to poorer mental, physical, and social wellbeing and that this affects attendance and performance at work. In fact, those suffering from financial worries are 4.1 times more likely to be suffering from anxiety.

In my talk, we will be discussing how I use financial wellbeing strategies to support workplaces' physical and mental wellbeing, as well as tips on how to find and get involved in similar associations that promote social impact.

Many people are saying it was a wake-up call to reflect on what kind of future we want to design as citizens of the world. And with the Climate Emergency becoming ever more real, how will people cope with an increasingly unstable world?

What is the role of coaching in helping people to cope with everything from Eco-Anxiety to fundamental changes driven by global warming?

How do we help people move from feeling powerless to powerful in light of seemingly unstoppable threats to our current way of living?

Gem talks about their passion for bringing activists and changemakers from different social movements together and how coaching plays an instrumental part in that, particularly when your work is integrated into your way of showing up in the world.

Gem Kennedy (they/them or she/her) is a transformational coach, activist and founder of Queers & Co., a podcast, zine and community for queer folks and allies.

Support Haven started out as an idea to offer free coaching to help people better cope and quickly blossomed into a community of over 100 Animas coaches mobilised to help.

Our volunteers offer two hours per week of pro bono coaching to anyone feeling challenged by COVID-19 globally. Through emotional support and practical guidance, we help people feel more calm and grounded.

This is an inspiring story of restoring faith in humanity by highlighting the shared values in our coaching community and pulling together to help in moments of great difficulty.

Coaching was still in its infancy then and, in many ways, it was setting itself up as a counterpart to traditional people-helping professions. Its focus on goals, actions and accountability made it a refreshing antidote to the more introspective practices.

But all practices evolve and coaching is no exception. Over the last 20 years, it has matured into a profession that has drawn influences from far and wide and attracted practitioners from every walk of life.

This diversity and richness have brought with it new ways of seeing. The individual client is no longer the sole focus of coaching and, increasingly, the systemic lens has begun to find a welcome place in coaching as coaches gear their work to have the widest possible ripple-effect.

Along with this systemic approach has come a different, yet complementary energy - that of coaching as a means to larger-scale change.

Alongside traditional practices, coaches are increasingly finding ways to collaborate and bring project-based coaching to hard-to-reach groups and organisations that normally can't access costly coaching programmes.

Nick will suggest that we are only just at the start of a groundswell of change within the coaching community as the membership of the coaching profession changes, diversifying from traditional corporate recruitment pool to a more fully inclusive movement of people who share core beliefs of empowerment, compassion, courage and the belief in personal agency and collective action.

As the founder of Animas, and the host of this summit, he brings together a vibrant group of coaches today to share their work, explore the challenges they've encountered, and ultimately to encourage an ever greater movement to scale coaching to new communities.

Professor Clutterbuck starts by delving into the etymology of the word coaching and provides a snapshot of the history of coaching that spans thousands of years across different cultures.

He then shares insights on the transitions that coaches go through as they become more experienced and mature, touching on some long-term and ongoing research on the levels of coaching maturity.

Rob and Professor Clutterbuck then discuss coaching mastery and how mature coaches are able to pull from their wealth of experience and interest to work within complex, adaptive systems of coaching.

Throughout the conversation, the pair draw from their personal coaching journeys, sharing deep insights and lighthearted stories that can provide value to coaches from all experience levels. 

You can find out more about Professor Clutterbuck and his work here: https://davidclutterbuckpartnership.com/

Nick shares the background that brought him to coaching, and his current work, and touches on what is meant by ‘coaching the shadow’, with reference to Carl Jung’s original ‘shadow’ concept. Offering examples from his own journey, he highlights the benefits of truly understanding the shadow for our own self growth, as well as being able to bring it into the space with the coaches we work with.

Nick explains how the things that anger, frustrate or upset us in others are often a projection of something from our shadow that we can take back to explore how we might reframe it and . Nick also touches on the relationship of the shadow and being ‘triggered’, and offers some examples of ways that you can start unearthing your shadow.

Throughout the episode Nick highlights some of the key concepts and ideas around working with the shadow in coaching, the benefits it brings, and offers some examples of the takeaways that you can expect from the upcoming Coaching the Shadow Masterclass taking place on Thursday 16th September. If this episode has piqued your interest you can find out more and book your spot here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/coaching-the-shadow-masterclass/

You can find out more about Nick and his work here: https://www.nickthorpe.co.uk/

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Nobantu starts by sharing the story and winding journey that led her to becoming an executive coach in South Africa, offering snapshots of how the coaching landscape in Africa looks and feels, and the way that she works with her clients, sharing both the challenges and rewards of this work. 

Nobantu explains in detail what she means by an Ubuntu approach to coaching, sharing the translation ‘I am because we are’ to highlight that it’s an approach that’s really all about ‘walking alongside your coachee arm in arm.’ She talks about the heart-centred work of Ubuntu, being completely attuned to those you’re working with and speaks to the importance of completely loving your coachee, even if you don’t particularly like them!

Nobantu also shares a fascinating insight into her somatic work, and her love for the body, touching on how if we lean into the intelligence and feelings of the body, it can often offer us something different, or even more-informed than the mind, giving examples of how she brings this into her work in the coaching space. 

You can find out more about Nobantu and her work here: nobantucoaching.co.za

We really hope you enjoy this episode!

Lucy shares more about the Time to Think approach, what sits behind it as a coaching concept and shares her background around this fascinating work, as well as her journey as a coach. She shares some more detail around the 10 components that comprise the Time to Think approach to coaching, and what each of these brings to the coaching dynamic for both coach and coachee. 

Lucy also speaks about some of the people she works with both as a Time to Think coach and a transformational life coach, sharing some of the differences between the two approaches, as well as the many crossovers. Robert and Lucy also highlight some of the crossovers between Time to Think and a narrative approach to coaching.

Finally, Lucy shares some more details around the upcoming (18th September) one day ‘Thinking Environment’ Masterclass, including what you can expect to learn as well as some of the key takeaways from the day. 

You can find out more about Lucy here: https://lucygourlay.com/

If you’re interested in learning how you can bring a Time to Think approach to your practice, join us for the ‘Thinking Environment’ Masterclass here:

https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/thinking-environment-masterclass-sep/

Ashana shares her journey to coaching and her background around Diversity and Inclusion. She details the work that took her from the UK to the US and back, and what finding herself in that new environment offered her and her practice through a new language around diversity and inclusion.

Robert and Ashana explore what it really means to be an inclusive coach, the biases or blind spots that can sometimes get in our way, before highlighting the true benefits of being inclusive for coach and client, the coaching industry as a whole, as well as the wider world. 

Ashana shares her feelings around what we as coaches can do to better inform ourselves around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and that this work doesn’t just sit with Diversity and Inclusion practitioners, but every single one of us if we are to make a difference in this area.

Robert and Ashana also explore the pivotal role of self work in mastering our craft and making an impact around inclusivity, the notion of feeling comfortable in the   discomfort of uncertainty, the importance of the work we do with ourselves outside of the coaching session, as well as sharing that this is not a specialty or a niche, but this is how we all become better coaches.

You can find out more about Ashana and her work here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashana-crichton/

https://www.arc-growth.com/

We hope that you enjoy this discussion!

Emma details her background around social impact, sharing some of the big campaigns and projects she worked on around the world. Projects often focused on making an impact on young people, health and education. Emma also shares her own definition of Social Impact and the work being done around finding Animas’ own definition of what social impact means to us as an organisation.

Robert and Emma also explore Creating Space, sharing what the programme is, who it’s for, how it came about, what we want to achieve with the initiative and the benefits for teachers joining the Creating Space programme. 

Emma also touches on the reception of the programme from both the coaching and teaching communities, some of the challenges behind getting such a big project off the ground, as well as detailing some of the learnings from the first wave, and the subsequent tweaks that will make the programme even more impactful.

Finally, Emma shares her big vision for the Creating Space project, namely creating a culture of coaching within the education system, as well as detailing some of the other social impact initiatives on the horizon including the much anticipated Animas Impact Incubator that will aim to support the Animas community to create, take part in and run their own impact initiatives.

You can connect with Emma here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmakoubayssi/

You can find out more about Animas Impact here: https://www.animascoaching.com/about-animas/our-impact/

If you or someone you know is a teacher who might benefit from the Creating Space programme, you can find out more and apply here: https://www.yesfutures.org/creating-space

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Robert and Simon look specifically at the topic of diversity and inclusion as they delve into what makes particular dialogue difficult. They touch on the idea of defence and attack stances that can come into play when dealing with difficult conversations, the importance of recognising our own triggers and biases, as well as exploring how as coaches, we might use our knowledge of human relationships, human beings and psychological safety as coaches in service of creating conditions for dialogue.

Simon also highlights the work that might be done to create leaders that are better equipped to have these conversations, offers his take on the role of supervision in this area, touches on the role of shame, and speaks on the notion of who you are as a person is who you are as a practitioner as he encourages you to “go inside as much as one might look outside”. 

You can find out more about Simon and his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-cavicchia-1a6a521/

We hope that you enjoy this conversation!

Cheryl shares how she first came to coaching, touching on the realisation that she was actually coaching before she even knew what coaching was - something that is no doubt familiar for many coaches listening to this episode - before mapping her journey from a career in PR, to training as a coach and recently achieving her MCC credentials - one of only 1235 worldwide coaches to do so. 

Cheryl shares more detail around the process she went through to achieve her MCC credentials, why she is so glad to have done it, what it offers her and her coachees, as well as what taking two attempts at submission taught her about herself and her coaching. 

Robert and Cheryl discuss how far the profession has come in the last few decades, touching on how it has matured into a ‘true profession’, sharing where they feel it might head in the near future. Cheryl also offers her perspective on the place of coaching within Social Impact work, and why pro bono coaching is important to her. 

During this fascinating discussion, Cheryl shares the value of professional coach training as she sees it, speaks on being perfect and getting caught in the processes, and touches on the value of always being true to ourselves as coaches.

You can find out more about Cheryl and her work here: https://www.astepaheadpr.com/home.html

We hope that you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged!

Steve shares how he came to write The Prosperous Coach with fellow coach Rich Litvin, as well as touching on the thinking and processes behind some of his other popular literature, sharing that the majority of his books were created through a desire to serve others, and the permission to play, experiment and be creative.

Steve details the personal journey, including the challenges, that led him to coaching, following careers in the music industry, journalism and corporate training, before setting up the Coaching Prosperity School 14 years ago.

Robert and Steve touch on some of the anxieties and challenges around starting out as a new coach, including a tendency to personalise common occurrences such as potential clients not wanting to work with us, and offers takeaways from his own experience around these challenges to help coaches to reframe limiting beliefs touching on what he calls a ‘not yet list’. 

Steve also speaks on not needing to have a North Star goal - and if you do that it’s OK if it changes, the place for social media and marketing within coaching, and the importance of building relationships and real connection among those that we work with, as well as sharing what’s next for him around coaching, writing and speaking on the topics that really interest him. 

You can find out more about Steve and his work here: https://www.coachingprosperityschool.info/

https://www.stevechandler.com/index.html

We hope that you enjoy this discussion! 

Fatoumata explores the impact that the pandemic has had on people and communities, including those that work in the coaching space, sharing her insights and observations from both a coaching perspective, as well as sharing what she has seen as the impact from a clinical psychologist perspective too. 

Fatoumata discusses the importance of self-awareness as coaches around making sure we are giving enough care and time for ourselves in order to avoid burnout, and touches on the caveats that come with sharing our own struggles in a challenging world. 

Robert and Fatoumata speak on the Black Lives Matter movement and the topic of diversity, sharing their perspectives and learnings around cultural diversity and difference over the past year. Fatoumata also shares the work that she does with organisations as a diversity and difference trainer and the space for awkward or difficult conversations that she facilitates as part of that work. 

Finally, Fatoumata also discusses the work that she is doing around Female Genital Mutilation, including an open and honest sharing of her own journey, touching on the part that culture plays in these rituals, as well as what she is currently doing in this space to support others that have experienced FGM.

You can find out more about Fatoumata and her work here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/dr-fatoumata-jatta-online-therapy-london-eng/736383

Erik details the background and personal journey that led him to coaching and consulting, and shares what sits behind his passion for coaching research, offering various examples from his books, including the upcoming What Works in Executive Coaching, to illustrate the importance of academic research in gaining a better understanding of what makes coaching successful.

As part of this exploration around coaching research, Erik and Robert dive into the relational aspects of coaching, and how the quality of the relationship between coach and coachee might affect the outcomes of a session. They speak on the biases that we all possess as coaches, and the importance of keeping an open mind as a coach that really wants what’s best for their client. 

Erik and Robert also share their thoughts around organisational leadership, the role of the leader, why good leadership is so needed right now, and how we might create better leaders so that we are better able to tackle the various crises that we collectively face as human beings.

Finally, Erik discusses the importance of being able to freely associate as a coach, for both coach and client, and not being too attached to our own hypotheses, shares some information around Rogerian counselling, as well as revealing what’s next in terms of his upcoming research projects. 

You can find out more about Erik and his work here: http://www.erikdehaan.com/

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Robert and Andrew thoughtfully explore the topic of domestic violence, and how it might show up in the coaching space, particularly for those coaches that work within a relationship coaching context. 

Andrew draws on his experience as a domestic violence prevention trainer and coach as he shares this world from a coaching perspective, touching on patterns of behaviour, the notion of identifying what makes a relationship healthy or unhealthy, and the importance of building an awareness of the early signs that show up around domestic violence that can be key in its prevention.

Andrew also touches on some of the common myths associated with domestic violence, as well as offering some resources, statistics, frameworks and models that can be useful in bringing a coachee’s awareness to what is considered a healthy or unhealthy relationship and how this may be showing up or affecting other areas of their life.

Andrew also shares that while a recognition of when someone needs professional support is paramount, the held and heard space of a coaching session can be key in supporting those that are facing domestic violence by helping to rebuild feelings of agency and competence. 

He highlights that while boundaries, self-awareness and comfort are key in this space, if as coaches we are able to avoid trying to cure or solve the issue for the client, and able to recognise that we are but one piece of the puzzle - a piece that might just be offering a space for the coachee to share and feel heard - coaches can play a crucial role in this incredibly important area. 

You can find out more about Andrew and his work here: http://www.andrewmacklin.com/

Below are some useful helplines that offer support for those facing domestic violence:

National Domestic Violence Helpline - 0808 2000 247

• www.womensaid.org.uk

You can freephone the 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, calls to this number will not show up on BT landline phone bills.

Galop – 0800 999 5428

• www.galop.org.uk

Galop is the only National LGBT+ Domestic Violence Helpline providing confidential support to all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) communities, and their family and friends.

Men’s Advice Line – 0808 801 0327 

• www.mensadviceline.org.uk

A confidential helpline for male victims of domestic abuse and those supporting them.

Anna shares the background that led her to employing art-based approaches in her coaching practice, touching on the executive and corporate spaces that she predominantly works in, and how she brings art into this work. 

Anna talks about the importance of coaching from who you are, bringing the conversation back to the idea of authenticity as one of the keys to succeeding as a coach. Robert and Anna also delve into the pivotal element of building trust with our coachees, and how being confident in what we bring to the coaching space, can help that trust to flourish. 

Touching on the somatic element of working with art in the coaching space, the similarities between art-based coaching and art-based therapy, as well as a fascinating exploration of the right and left hemispheres of the brain, Anna shares how she supports her coachees to tap into working with just the right hemisphere in her coaching sessions.

Finally Anna walks us through her art-based coaching framework, sharing the stages that she takes her clients through, and offers resources for those that are looking to work with art in the coaching space, including her own book - Coaching Beyond Words: Using Art to Deepen and Enrich Our Conversations. 

You can find out more about Anna, her work and her book here: https://www.artincoaching.co.uk/

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Robert and Linda delve into Adlerian Psychology, a psychotherapy approach based upon the work of pioneer Alfred Adler. They explore what it is, some of the historical background of the work, as well as some of the many crossovers that Adlerian psychology has with coaching - including being a systemic approach, as opposed to a mechanistic one, that looks at the relationships between things, not just the things themselves.

Linda shares the background that piqued her interest in Adlerian psychology, and the journey that led to her founding of the Adler Graduate Professional School in Ontario, Canada. Linda touches on the idea of what Adler called ‘social interest’, and the notion of believing in yourself and others as the key to health and wellbeing, drawing similarities to the practice of coaching.

Robert and Linda also explore the notion of working on the self as a coach, the benefits of reflection for both coach and client, as well as the importance of cultivating what she terms ‘appreciative curiosity’ when working with new clients.

Touching on buddhism, diversity and inclusion as well as the politicalness of coaching, Linda shares case studies, historical references, personal anecdotes and even a short poem in this deeply interesting conversation that explores the similarities and crossovers between Adlerian Psychology and coaching.

You can find out more about Linda and her work here: http://www.lindajpage.com/

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Jenny shares her impressive background in executive coaching, touching on some of the journey that has led her to the work that she is doing now: a combination of executive coaching, pro bono coaching for a charity called Smart Works which aims to get unemployed women back into work, as well as her role as one of the faculty on the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s coaching programme. 

Jenny also touches on the work around trauma that she is currently doing with Julia Vaughan-Smith, and discusses how trauma can show up in the coaching space, and why it is important to consider how the past might be playing out in the present for our coaching clients. 

Jenny shares her thoughts around how coaching, and particularly executive coaching, has shifted, changed and progressed over the past 30 years, and also discusses her take on psychometric tools such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and why tools like this can be useful, particularly when used in conjunction with other psychometric devices. 

Finally, Jenny shares some insight into her background as a prolific writer, touching on where this desire to write comes from and why writing can be a great way to learn, as well as sharing some more information around her upcoming book ‘Coaching: What Really Works’ which is released in March this year. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

You can find out more about Jenny and her work here: https://jennyrogerscoaching.com/

Emma shares her background that brought her to coaching, touching on the previous work that she did with groups around community development, bringing people together and nurturing groups within communities. 

Emma and Robert also share what it means to be a group coach, and coach a group, and what we mean when we talk about group coaching. Emma also touches on how coaching skills show up in the group coaching space and some of the differences between coaching and facilitation.

Emma also shares how much we can learn when coaching happens as part of a group, and how when observing coaching in a group dynamic, it gives everyone a space to reflect, and think ‘what does it mean for me?’ ‘How does it impact me?’ ‘What’s my reflection around my goal, outcome or desire?’ And how powerful it can be to coach as a group, and create a space of sharing, and learning from one another.

Emma also shares some of the key topics covered and takeaways that people can expect from the Accredited Certificate in Group coaching, including exploring how we bring groups together, what we might need to notice as coaches in that space, as well as delving into various group theories and group dynamics during a weekend that will include experiential practice sessions and lots of valuable reflection.

We hope that you enjoy this discussion!

You can find out more about Emma and her work here: https:www.emmadempseycoaching.com

If you’re interested in coaching groups, the CPD course this weekend is actually fully booked… but fear not! The course is being run twice more this year, with the next one being in March. If you’re interested, you can find out more and book your spot here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/accredited-certificate-in-group-coaching-2021/

Alison shares her journey, one which might be familiar for many listeners, that started with a realisation that the climate emergency isn’t under control and evolved into a questioning around what if coaching was reframed? And Instead of being about individual and organisational success, what if it was there to create a healthy biosphere?

Alison shares how this thinking led to her co-founding the Climate Coaching Alliance with Eve Turner and Dr. Josie Mclean - A movement centred around bringing together coaches, coaching psychologists, and coaching supervisors, facilitators and other leadership professionals in order to co-create a space to share resources, explore practice, and hold dialogue around the climate emergency.

Robert and Alison explore the many ways coaches might bring in either a wider lens or bigger sense of self into the space around climate and the wider ecology, with Alison sharing examples from her own coaching. 

They also discuss how organisations and professional bodies can avoid making it feel as though coaches ‘must’ or ’should’ be part of this conversation, and instead open it up as an invitation to be part of the dialogue and resulting action should it feel aligned to their purpose.

Finally, Alison shares what’s next for the Coaching Climate Alliance, including a 24 hour global conversation open to all, on the climate emergency which is taking place on the 4th March this year.

You can find out more about Alison and the Coaching Climate Alliance here: https://www.climatecoachingalliance.org/

https://www.alisonwhybrow.com/about/

We hope that you enjoy this discussion!

Sarah shares her journey from studying neuroscience to working with special needs children, through to the coaching work that she is doing now around mindset and change, touching on how she came to coaching and why she loves what she does. 

Sarah explains how neuroplasticity works, and how it can manifest around negative thought patterns, limiting beliefs and habits that hold us back from taking forward steps towards what we want. She reveals how she bring this into her work with her clients, as well as sharing her findings that it takes 67 days to break a habit and build a new one.

Sarah also talks about cognitive dissonance, and the importance of getting comfortable with feeling uncomfortable at times, particularly when tackling new things. She also discusses the impact that fear can have on the brain when tackling new challenges, as well as revealing why our brain will automatically look for quick fixes that are unlikely to yield long-term results. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

You can find out more about Sarah and her work here: sarahasquithvallance.com

Nick and Robert recap on their last ‘behind the curtain’ conversation back in August and discuss how the business has grown and developed since then, touching on new additions to the team, new offerings for the community and new and exciting endeavours that are already in motion and expected to really take off in 2021.

They also take a look back at 2020, and share their thoughts, reflections and learnings around the shift to virtual training, the addition of both a Community and Events Manager and Head of Social Impact to the Animas team and what it offers to the Animas community and wider world.

Finally Nick and Robert share their key takeaways from this year, the pride that they both take in what the Animas team has achieved and the ways in which they’ve grown and evolved in the face of challenge, 

as well as sharing some more detail around some of the exciting developments that you can expect to see in 2021

If you want to know more about what’s happening behind the scenes at Animas as we come to the end of 2020 and move full steam ahead for 2021 be sure to tune into this episode!

Nick also founded the International Centre for Coaching Supervision whose mission is to enable coaches from across the world to access an exceptional coaching supervision course through accredited, virtual live-training. If you're interested in training as a coach supervisor you can find out more here: https://iccs.co/

For those of you that have tuned in this year, thanks for your support, we hope you’ve enjoyed listening to Coaching Uncaged as much as we have enjoyed being part of such brilliant conversations.

Here’s to 2021!

Tal delves into the science of happiness, sharing his fascinating background around the subject, the scientific data that sits behind living happier, healthier and more meaningful lives, as well as how these ways of thinking about happiness show up in the coaching space and the role that coaching has in helping both self, and others to work towards greater meaning, fulfilment and better ways of living.

Tal touches on the importance of not just finding the purpose of life but also the purpose in life. He also shares some of the reasons behind why systems thinking is so important in establishing leverage points with coachees, as well as the benefits of coaches really experimenting with truths in the coaching space.

Whether it’s using Daryl Bem’s 'Self-Perception Theory' to illustrate the important two-way connection between thoughts and actions, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘Circles’ essay to highlight that the most impactful interactions are loops as opposed to a linear process, or Robert Greenleaf’s research that found that the characteristic most associated with great leaders is an ability to truly listen and be present; something that sits at the heart of every great coaching conversation, Tal offers so many insightful anecdotes, references and resources in his exploration of the science of happiness.

We hope that you enjoy this conversation!

You can find out more about Tal and his work here: http://www.talbenshahar.com/

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Clare shares the differences between mentor coaching and supervision for coaches and touches on some of the many benefits of mentor coaching to both coaches and their coaches.

Clare explains the process of mentor coaching, what it is, and how it plays into the ICF core competencies. She also offers some examples of how a mentor coaching session might look and feel and shares some of the benefits that come from observed coaching and data-driven feedback against a benchmark set of competencies, including highlighting areas where we need to ‘unlearn’ in order to become better at what we do.

Clare also touches on how, as coaches, we will often create much more value by not actively trying to add value, or find that ‘aha’ moment. She highlights that if we trust the process, trust ourselves as coaches, trust the client and that they’re creative resourceful and whole, and if we as coaches can create that psychological safety, hold the space for them to do the thinking, and stay out of their way, something beautiful will emerge into the space. 

You can find out more about Clare and her work here: https://www.clarenormancoachingassociates.com/

You can find her book ‘Mentor Coaching: A Practical Guide’ at a discounted price here: https://www.mheducation.co.uk/mentor-coaching-a-practical-guide-9780335248797-emea-group

We hope that you enjoyed this episode!

What are your key takeaways?

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In this engaging conversation Animas Centre Director Robert Stephenson explores the concept of mindfulness with Animas Trainer and Wellbeing Practitioner Emily Johnston .

Emily shares what mindfulness is, her own mindfulness practice, and how practicing mindfulness can enable us to be more self-aware and in turn give us more choice in the present moment.

Emily also touches on some of the takeaways from the upcoming Accredited Certificate in Mindfulness for Coaching that's taking place this weekend.

We are facing difficult times right now, but at times like this, we can bring mindfulness into our own practice enabling us all to better manage the stress brought on by the present challenges.

We hope you enjoy this webinar conversation!

You can book your spot on the upcoming Accredited Certificate in Mindfulness for Coaching taking place this weekend here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/accredited-certificate-in-mindfulness-for-coaching-3-2/

Yannick shares how he works with positive psychology, some of the benefits of bringing positive psychology approaches into the coaching space, and how you can begin to think about integrating it into your own coaching.

Yannick also touches on flow state, and explores some of the positive psychology informed approaches that coaches can work with to create conditions for people to be more in flow.

Finally Yannick shares some details around the upcoming Certificate in Positive Psychology including what he brings to the space, what’s covered in a nutshell, and some of the key takeaways from the weekend.

You can find out more about Yannick and his work here: http://www.coachingandmediation.net/

https://rocketsupervision.com/

We hope that you’ll enjoy this conversation!

If you want to find out more about bringing positive psychology into your coaching, you can book a spot on our upcoming Accredited Certificate in Positive Psychology that takes place this weekend (14-15 November) with Yannick here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/accredited-certificate-in-positive-psychology-2/

Andréa shares her background around this creative approach to coaching, and where her own interest around working with collage stems from as well as the benefits it can bring to clients that are feeling stuck - hence the name of her business: Unglue You.

Andréa talks us through her three-part process around this creative approach and how she created it, moving from an unearthing of the client’s unconscious to creating a narrative around the images before moving into the actual coaching conversation, also highlighting some of the key benefits of working in this way.

Andréa also touches on the importance of creating the right environment for this approach to coaching, the curiosity of coaches as being key to the work, her current book project which delves into coaching with collage in greater depth, as well as sharing what’s next for her and her work.

You can find out more Andréa and UnglueYou here: https://unglueyou.co.uk/

We hope that you enjoy this episode! 

Myira and Lou share their backgrounds around this interesting framework, highlighting where their interest stems from, before sharing what we mean when we talk about intersectionality, how it shows up in the coaching space for those that aren’t familiar with it and why bringing this framework into your work can be greatly beneficial both in the coaching relationship, as well as in our relationship with our own sense of self. 

They also explore the different elements that create an individual’s identity, both internal and external, how the varying levels of power and powerlessness attached to these elements intersect, and how important this is for coachees when considering “who am I? And what’s my narrative or journey?”

Lou and Myira also touch on their work around allyship, organisational culture as well as bringing in some interesting concepts such as ‘code switching’, the notion of their being two truths in the coaching space, and the idea of ‘social location’ - how we are placed in the world and how we show up as a result. 

You can find out more about their work here 👇

Lou: https://louchiu.com/

Myira: https://www.myirakhancounselling.co.uk/

We hope that you enjoy this episode, what are your key takeaways?

Emily shares the work she does in this area, some of the things she brings to the space that makes her work so tangible and relatable for the young people she works with and her background working with young people. 

Emily also touches on why working with young people in education sector is hugely needed at this time, the differences in coaching young people both inside and outside the education system, who she works with currently, and the issues that she works with in the coaching space.

Robert and Emily dive into the mental health element that comes into the work that Emily does, the importance of building rapport and the relationship that’s fundamental to working with teenagers, as well as suggestions around managing the self and self-awareness for those that are new to working with young people, or have a desire to do so.

Finally, Emily shares more information around the upcoming Certificate in Youth & Education Coaching that’s taking place in November including what people can expect to get from it and some of the key takeaways around the neuroscience of teenagers, working with growth mindset and some aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

We hope that you enjoy this conversation!

You can find out more about Emily and her work here: http://www.emilywellbeing.co.uk/

If you’re interested in working with young people both inside or outside of the education system you can find out more information and book a spot on the upcoming CPD course here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/accredited-certificate-youth-and-education-coaching/

Jenny shares her journey to coaching, and the multitude of things that she is doing now as a result of this transformational journey, from coaching, to writing books, to leadership training as well her creation of the first executive coaching directory for Coaches from Black, Asian and Minority backgrounds. 

Jenny touches on how and why she set up the directory, as well as offering her thoughts and perspectives around the issues surrounding diversity and inclusion that mean that coaches and leaders of Black, Asian and Minority backgrounds aren’t proportionally represented in many organisations. She also offers some of the benefits to changing this dynamic for both the individuals and the organisations.

Jenny also touches on the importance of following the thing you’re really passionate about, and the ‘why’ that sits behind the work you do, the critical importance of taking time for ourselves, and the benefits of saying yes to opportunities and open doors and how this approach has really shaped her journey as a coach and thought-leader. 

You can find out more about Jenny and her work here: https://www.jennygarrett.global/

We hope that you enjoy this episode and don’t forget to tune in for a new episode every Tuesday!

Julia shares how she has seen trauma emerge into the coaching space amid the challenges presented by Covid-19, her thoughts around the role of coaching in trauma work, and how in understanding trauma as coaches, we can better determine whether therapy might be more appropriate for a coachee.

Julia also touches on the significance of receiving supervision as a coach working with trauma, as well as the importance of self-awareness and self-reflection to a trauma-informed coaching approach.

You can find out more about Julia and her work here: https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/

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Julie shares her background from rebellious student with a passion for drama to her time spent working as a project manager at the olympics before becoming a coach and turning her plus-size running blog into a global fitness brand which has now seen her help more than 15,000 women from all around the world.

Touching on her passion for building communities and tribes Julie shares how she came to create the global fitness brand ‘Too Fat to Run’, the impact it has had, what she loves about this work, and her vision to help a million people through her coaching.

Julie also shares a little around how she came to study with Animas, her take on the topic of whether to niche as a coach as well as the importance of identity and how we show up in various spaces, not just as coaches, but as people. 

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Find out more about Julie and her work here: https://juliecreffield.com/

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Back in early February, before the challenges presented by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, we recorded a new series of in-person podcast episodes with a handful of our brilliant alumni!

It hadn’t felt like quite the right time to share them, but having shared the first two episodes in the last fortnight, here’s the third episode of our bonus series titled “Alumni Conversations”.

In this episode, Animas Centre Director Robert Stephenson is joined by coach and co-founder of the campaigning network Survivors Speak OUT Kolbassia Haoussou MBE.

Kolbassia shares his incredibly challenging, but deeply inspirational journey of fleeing persecution and torture in central Africa and the challenges of being a refugee in Britain, including his time spent in immigration detention and its subsequent effects on his mental health.

He also shares the support that he received from the charity organisation Freedom From Torture during this time, the impact that it had, as well as his own deep-rooted desire to help others that has allowed him to be where he is today - training as a coach, giving back to other torture survivors in his role now working at Freedom From Torture and being awarded an MBE as a result of his work helping support those that have suffered torture and sexual violence.

Kolbassia also touches on his experience of training as a coach, what it has added to his current role with Freedom From Torture, as well as his ultimate goal of taking his coaching full-time and where he sees himself making an impact on the world.

Find out more about Kolbassia and his inspirational work here:

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/what-we-do/how-were-run/structure-and-people

And find him on Twitter here: 

https://twitter.com/haoussou

We hope that you find this episode inspiring and don’t forget next week’s episode will be back to it’s usual Tuesday evening schedule!

It hadn’t felt like quite the right time to share them, but having shared the first one last week, here’s the second episode of our bonus series titled “Alumni Conversations”.

In this episode Animas Centre Director Robert Stephenson is joined by business coach, speaker, author and founder of Mpower for mums in business Nicola Huelin.

Nicola shares her background as a marketing strategist and the transformational journey that led her to coaching, and in turn setting up her business helping mums: Mpower.

Nicola touches on the milestones that she reached as part of the journey that led her to where she is today, including beating her fear of speaking and talking for TEDX in Greece, and successfully publishing her own book - two things which she never thought that she would do!

Nicola also shares her experience of the Animas training journey, offers tips for those that want to write a book or tackle public speaking, and touches on the importance of perseverance and authenticity in becoming a successful coach.

You can find out more about Nicola here: https://www.mpower.academy/

Www.growyourcoachingbusiness.co.uk

We hope that you enjoy this episode, and don’t forget to subscribe for a new one each Tuesday! 

It hadn’t felt like quite the right time to share them, but having taken a break last week, we feel that now is the time, and as a result we will be sharing these episodes across the next 4 weeks as part of a bonus series titled “Alumni Conversations”. 

In the first episode of this bonus series, Animas Centre Director is joined by transformational coach, creative consultant and Founder of Shift Coaching Prince Laryea.

Prince shares his background as a touring artist and the journey that led him to setting up his own business which focuses on coaching creatives as well as some of the key things that he learned along the way.

Prince also shares his perspectives around niching as a coach, the nebulous nature of coaching and the importance of aligning our coaching with our skills, strengths and interests in order to not only make it a success, but to truly enjoy the work.

He also touches on his training journey with Animas including his key takeaways, and the importance of drawing on your personal network when first starting out as a coach.

You can find out more about Prince and his work here: https://shiftcoaching.life/

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

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Robert and Nick dive into all of the things that are both exciting and challenging us at the moment, as well as sharing the current purpose and four missions for the business, and touching on the vision for the future of Animas.

As part of the discussion they share the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on the business, Animas team and community, and speak about the important re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and what it means for us as a coaching organisation that wants to make a difference.

Nick and Robert also touch on some of the current projects around thought leadership and social impact including the upcoming social impact summit which will take place on 22nd September.

If you want to know more about what’s happening behind the scenes at Animas, our current focus, and exciting plans for the future be sure to tune into this episode!

Nick also founded the International Centre for Coaching Supervision whose mission is to enable coaches from across the world to access an exceptional coaching supervision course through accredited, virtual live-training. If you're interested in training as a coach supervisor you can find out more here: https://iccs.co/

Nash explains his three-part Personal Consultancy model that integrates counselling and coaching, revealing why it is such an effective approach for enabling change and touching on the fundamental importance of ‘being’ with our clients before we begin any ‘doing’.

Nash shares his thoughts around the lines and differences between coaching and counselling and how both practices are expanding to include elements of the other, offering Personal Consultancy as a forward step towards an integrative approach that combines the two.

Nash also shares what’s next for his work, including the development of a training programme in integrative supervision, and his future goal to expand Personal Consultancy to include somatic elements in order to create a truly integrative approach to personal development. 

You can find out more about Nash and his work here: https://www.personalsynthesis.com/ 

We hope you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged, and don’t forget to hit that subscribe button for a new episode every Tuesday!

Srabani maps her journey from 30 years in executive leadership, and training as a coach through to her startup Full Colour - A  business with the key focus of helping organisations develop strong, energised, effective leaders who understand that diversity and inclusion is central to building high-functioning teams and delivering business success.

Robert and Srabani share their experiences around organisational diversity and Srabani offers insights and research around what a greater focus on organisational diversity and inclusion can bring to both leaders, and their organisations. 

Srabani shares the way in which she approaches work with her clients, pulling in all of her experience and touches on the importance of always holding the question in her mind: “How can I best serve my client?” She also touches on the notion of getting out of your own way as a coach, the importance of humility for both new coaches and experienced coaches alike, as well as sharing her exciting vision and future plans for Full Colour.

You can find out more about Srabani and her work here: https://www.fullclr.com/

We hope that you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged, and don't forget to subscribe for a new episode every Tuesday!

David shares how his narrative coaching approach grew out of a fascination with the hidden potential in the stories our clients tell us and a desire to move away from a linear, goal-orientated approach to coaching. He also shares what it is that makes this approach so powerful for both the coach and coachee. 

Robert and David also explore the tendency to over-exert ourselves as coaches, the power of silence, the importance of building relationships and the magic that happens when we allow our client the space to do the work. 

David touches on the work of Carl Rogers, Timothy Gallwey and Lev Vygotsky as well as his own work as he talks about the importance of ‘serious play’, experimentation and crossing thresholds. He also shares some fascinating ideas around rites of passage in coaching and an updated view on the Hero’s Journey. 

David also shares his provocative thoughts around masculine and feminine approaches to development, the role of change in coaching, and Integrative Development, his pioneering grounded theory that underpins narrative coaching and opens up a new field of practice.

You can find out more about David and his work here: https://www.themomentinstitute.com/

We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Sasha shares the work that she is currently doing around existentialism, and neurodiversity, touching on her co-authored project which shines a light on existential coaching for adults with an autism spectrum condition. Sasha also shares exciting news around her work on the intersectionality of the LGBTQ+ community that also have an autism spectrum condition, and being approached to advise for next year’s pride event in Houston, Texas as a result.

Robert and Sasha explore what we mean when we talk about existentialism, before diving into fascinating topics such as the dizzying and confusing nature of ‘freedom’ when considered through an existential lens, the notion of valid anxieties as opposed to something that needs to be fixed, and the idea that as humans we are always in the process of becoming, and never in a fixed, static state. 

Sasha also shares what’s next for her, and some more information around the upcoming existential CPD course, including some of the key existential philosophical themes and voices that are explored, what’s covered and some of the key takeaways people can expect from the weekend of training. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode, and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for a new episode every Tuesday!

Find out more about Sasha and her work here: https://sashasmithcoaching.com/

Interested in bring an existential approach to your coaching practice? You can find out more about the upcoming CPD in Existential Coaching here: https://www.animascoaching.com/blog/events/accredited-certificate-in-existential-coaching-2/

Jackee shares her journey from part-time youth worker and coach to work around diversity and inclusion for young black students to be mentored within the BBC, offering lots of fascinating insights and perspectives on her experience of cultural diversity both inside and outside of the coaching profession.

Jackee touches on her personal approach to the coaching dynamic, the importance of being present as a human being, and really truly seeing people in the space. As well as sharing her thoughts around the landscape of the coaching profession with regard to both class and colour and exploring with Robert what we might do to make coaching, accreditation and organisational membership not just more accessible, but more appealing for BAME coaches.

Find out more about Jackee and her work here: www.jackeeholder.com

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Simon shares his journey from coach and management consultant to gestalt psychotherapist and executive coach, highlighting the work that he is currently doing around relational coaching. He shares what is meant by a relational approach to coaching and the benefits of bringing this work into the coaching dynamic with his clients. 

Simon touches on the research that highlights the critical importance of the quality of relationship and dynamics between people in creating conditions for learning and growth, and how the critical factors in determining an outcome isn’t the modality of the coach, nor the type of training or particular theoretical foundations they stand in, but everything to do with the quality of the relationship. 

Simon also shares what he loves about having a relational orientation as the unifying lens that allows him to bring different approaches, perspectives and theories into his work, while remaining firmly rooted in paying attention to how to create the optimal conditions in the relationship for change, transformation, learning and growth to happen. 

You can find out more about Simon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-cavicchia-1a6a521/

We hope that you enjoy this exploratory conversation. Don't forget to subscribe and follow for a new episode every Tuesday!

Catherine shares her experience of coaching leaders for 25 years and her journey to the work that she is doing now around psychodynamics. She explains what is meant in practice by a psychodynamic approach and the benefits of applying this lens to her work. She also describes the shifts that she has seen around how organisations relate to coaching over time.

Illustrating her points with plenty of anonymous examples from her coaching clients, Catherine touches on the importance of our unconscious emotions as drivers of our thoughts, attitudes and actions and explores how coaches can use elements of the psychodynamic approach to help their clients overcome longstanding obstacles and transform their leadership behaviour. 

You can find out more about Catherine and her work here: https://www.sandlerconsulting.co.uk/

Simon shares his personal journey from general and psychiatric nursing, and family therapy, through to his coaching and training work, touching on his various books and theses, as he shares his current work focusing on how to develop leadership in our networked society. He also reveals his interests and passions that led him to this point. 

With fascinating insights into the design of the education and healthcare systems, Robert and Simon dive deep into the notion of improving organisations, leaders, and in turn society through an adjustment in the way that we think about leadership, networks and ecosystems, and a shift towards greater social cohesion. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode of Coaching Uncaged!

You can find out more about Simon and his work here: www.analyticnetwork.com 

The panel share their personal experiences and journeys around diversity in the world of coaching, drawing on their own backgrounds, insights and observations to create a fascinating discussion on an incredibly important topic. 

Using the current pause to recalibrate and consider what we can do to make a real difference, this exploratory discussion really asks us all what things we might do to address the lack of diversity within coaching, create change and in turn a greater richness in our tribes, communities and the coaching industry as a whole. 

Want to watch these discussions? You can do so here: https://www.animascoaching.com/our-knowledge/thought-leadership-interviews/

Georgie is an Animas-trained life coach, serial entrepreneur and the founder of Trigger Conversations. In all of her work, she is fascinated with how we can engineer real conversations that allow us to express our whole self, feel truly nourished, connected and provoke new discovery about ourselves, others and the world.

In the final episode of series 3 of the Animas Podcast, our new Edinburgh trainer Emma Dempsey shares the insights she gained on her twenty-year journey through health and development, detailing her transition from training with the NHS to becoming a life coach and setting up her own business. She also shares how coaching men has really inspired her to think about how we are raising our boys.

In this episode, Bronwyn talks about her background in the corporate world and how she made a complete 'career' U-turn to set up her coaching practice 'Magic roundabout coaching'. Also, learn about Bronwyn's experience with coaching Supervision and much more!

Carole shares her pathway to coaching and her expansive career experiences that led to a personal understanding of the 'Multipotentialite' concept.

Carole runs various coaching circle on 'Animas Connect' and is involved in some exciting social impact projects such as 'The Wilderness Foundation'.

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Romans trained with Animas in 2016 and has since gone on to build his own travel company with his wife – Last year Romans hosted and facilitated his first ever coaching retreat with the Animas team at the beautiful Starosel resort in Bulgaria.

Also, don’t miss Romans’ top 5 personal development books…

She is concerned with global healing and sustainable futures, and regards personal responsibility as the key to collective recovery; appreciating the utter relativity of the individual to the whole.

An enigmatic tour de force, she bridges well the gap between the intellectual and the spiritual, offering a language for both, and in dialogue, invites any theme from daily dilemma to abstract concept.

With a breadth of Life experience and 20 years in the creative industry, she coaches with both artistry and wisdom.

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Find out more about Dimitra's work here: https://www.ameliorise.com/

Livon is famously known at Animas HQ for going off at the deep end with her coaching practice by giving up her full-time job to pursue a full-time coach career...before she even became qualified.

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In this episode Kevin shares his exciting and fascinating adventure into Coaching, covering: Coaching internationally with the charity work he has done in West Africa, Australia and in the Jungles of Belize.

We also explore with Kevin his Coaching style, philosophy and why he made the transition from computer engineer to Transformative Life Coach.

At the start of the presentation, Nick invites attendees to view or revisit the first four presentations of the series - likening each presentation to pieces of the jigsaw that shows how we think about Transformative Coaching. 

In tackling the theme, “Psychological Dimensions to Transformative Coaching”, he first defines what we mean by "psychological" and explores why transformative coaching is fundamentally an inside job that emerges from psychological awareness meeting real world behavioural change and the resultant paradigm shift.

He then talks about the chronology of change by revisiting Mezirow's 10 Stages of Transformative Learning and then discussing each level of the 3 Levels of Coaching: Performance Coaching, Developmental Coaching and Transformative Coaching. 

He also talks about Psychological Foundations behind the psychological dimension where he touches on Personal Construct Theory, Transformative Theory, and Psychology of Worldview. 

With traditional forms of coaching focused on behavioural change, transformative coaching intentionally seeks to create this paradigm shift through reflexive learning, exploration and experimentation and Nick shares how the Animas approach seeks to achieve this through the Unifying Transformative Theory.

He then shares a model of transformative inquiry - a client-centred model that he says is more of a reflection of his intuitive process rather than a proven model. 

Finally, Nick talks about ethics where he offers several considerations for coaches who seek to do Transformative work. 

Nick first explores what we mean by the integrative stance. He defines it as an "open attitude towards models, practices, and theoretical frameworks that draw upon whatever will be most useful for the client but built on top of a unifying theory of change and a core purpose."

He then delves into the importance of the integrative approach to the 5 Animas Principles of Transformative coaching. Particularly, he believes the integrative stance is a natural consequence of our approach that puts the clients' experience first: the phenomenological stance at the very heart of Transformative Coaching.

In discussing the Unifying Transformative Theory, Nick gives us a brief look into the sets of concepts that Animas attempts to integrate to create paradigm a shift.

Nick also shares how the integrative approach can be problematic in that it can become merely light-fingered eclecticism and, done badly, can prioritise technique over the humanistic endeavour. He then shares ways to mitigate these risks, asking us to treat these theories as narratives and metaphors - as a stance rather than an ambition or metric of progress.

With that in mind, he argues that supervision is something that transformative coaches should seriously think about.

Finally, he shares the Animas Integrative Model offering it as an approach that we can fully adapt or one we can use to develop a sound integrative framework of our own.

Nick first frames what we mean when we say holistic and systemic. In the holistic stance, he asks us to consider our clients as both an individual system, mind, body, spirit, but also part of a wider system, of family, work, society and beyond.

In the systemic stance, he asks that we recognise that a person is part of multiple systems that shape and impact them. In turn, we, as coaches, should recognise that we are also part of such systems, which inevitably shape the coaching.

By considering the holistic experiences and systems at work, we are able to recognise our client's existential reality and their challenges. This enables the clients to face the systems at work in their lives and helps draw out possibilities that can be missed if the holistic and systemic stance isn't considered.

On the contrary, if these systems aren't taken into account, Nick argues that coaches operate at a superficial level that may not stand up in the real world.

Nick then offers practical approaches to coaching systematically, inviting us to bring into awareness the systems and holistic experiences of both client and coach.

Finally, he leaves us with ideas to consider as we begin to explore coaching systematically and a final question to ponder- "is the system really a system?"

In this second presentation of the Transformative Coaching series, Nick will consider the topic of “The Humanistic Tradition in Transformative Coaching”.

Taking a brief historical tour over the key thinkers and practitioners in this field, he will draw out the journey that coaching has been on to reach its current state.

He’ll consider notions of self-actualisation, the primacy of the phenomenological experience, the unfolding nature of being and the vital nature of relationship, as he builds a more detailed picture of the humanistic tradition.

Finally, he’ll explore what this means for transformative coaches in particular and where they can encounter unexpected challenges with their own personal, deeply-held assumptions about personal growth and change and notions of accepted truth.

Drawing from a range of sources that form the heritage of the transformative concept, Nick will explore how Animas developed its own unique philosophical and psychological approach to coaching that is both transformative yet also intensely Humanistic.

He explores the five dimensions of transformative coaching devised within Animas mapping them to the evolution of coaching in particular and the talking professions as a whole.

This presentation will provide the foundations for the remainder of the six lecture series.

He shares what he has seen as the archetypal roadmap that, over many years, enables the rise of the successful coach, and how understanding this will ease the frustration, disillusionment and even resentment born from misunderstanding the stages and essential nature of an enduring coaching practice.

Join Sasha as she explores the way in which existential practice can not only help to illuminate our values, but identify the often concealed impact that they have on our choices.

An existential coach and academic registrar at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, Sasha will consider how to work with a client’s personal narrative, and how working existentially with imagery can help to uncover tacit knowledge, in turn aiding clients to move forward with renewed energy and vigour.

Sasha is the course leader of the school's MA in Existential Coaching, and deputy course leader for the MA in Existential and Humanistic Pastoral Care and MSc in Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Conditions.

She has an MA in Existential Coaching and specialises in working through creative dilemmas, issues around self-esteem, and has experience working with adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

But do we always?

How do we tap in to the unexpressed human needs that clients are looking to meet beyond their consciousness?

In this Animas Lecture, Marcus Stone will explore what it means for a coach to operate beyond the verbal interface and to access and meet, intuitively or otherwise, the unspoken, unexpressed and even unknown within coaching.

Far from being a withdrawal from the world into calm, mindfulness enables us to be more consciously and choicefully active in the world - facing change with resilience, positivity and great objectivity to lead a powerful life in time of change.

Topics - Animas, Coaching, Olivia's book and launch event in East Grinstead.

Exploring theoretical and psychological conceptions of human-time as well as his own practice of coaching which seeks to draw out self-concept as formed over and through time, Nick will offer news ways to think about what your clients share with you and perhaps new ways to think of your own experience.

Sitting between traditional coaching and classic talking therapies, Transformational Dialogue creates a space for a truly collaborative enquiry on what it is to be human and to live one’s life with all its paradoxes, tensions and complexities.

Transformational Dialogue is a courageous, challenging, compassionate, provocative, humorous and wholly authentic way of engaging in change work.

Last week you heard his story (part 1), now hear Nick's 15 principles that he lives and dies by as an entrepreneur, business person and CEO.

Here are some of the question raised in this interview... Leadership, Where is coaching going? What role does it play in a VUCA world? (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity), What does this all mean for the coaching profession?

Nick Bolton is the CEO and founder of the UK's leading transformational coaching school, Animas centre for coaching: https://www.animascoaching.com/

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In this TWO part dinner Symposium, Nick invited a small handful of Animas students to the Modern Pantry in London to share 'his' 15 principles in entrepreneurship.

Part ONE: Nick started the evening by giving some context about his fascinating journey by sharing with great openness. You will get to hear about his - failures, victories, hinge moments, failed marriages, the experience of living on a boat, losing his boat, how he created Animas and the many transitions and mental shifts he had to make along the way...