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With great pleasure, in the final show of Season 2, I would like to introduce Ebony Smith, MCC. This conversation explores with thoughtfulness the idea of Self-Care for Coaches. Many coaches know all the things they need to tell their clients to help them with self-care, yet don't consistently practice the habits that serve them as coaches, leaders, and business owners. Join us as we relax into this idea of Leaders and Coaches starting with themselves, when it comes to care. Ebony Smith, founder of Ebenum Equation, is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC). She is a leadership development expert with a passion for creating forward-thinking leaders. After 20 years of risk management experience in the Fortune 100 (Sunoco, BP, and World Fuel services), her full-spectrum-lens view of leadership has empowered her to help individuals hone their goals and reach their full potential. Bringing an innovative, straightforward approach, she pushes individuals to leave their “Subject Matter Expert” mindset behind and become relationship-oriented leaders that drive their organizations into the future. Ebony is passionate about cooking, self-care, and exploring cultures. We help high-performing teams hack themselves to unlock the power of incremental self-awareness to increase resilience while achieving a flow state. For example, we provide longitudinal care to an opioid crisis team. Our work has reduced stress, increased collaboration, and actively reduced the factors that lead to crisis clinician burnout. Leadership is a skill and a mindset that needs space to incubate and grow. Connect with Ebony Smith, MCC on LinkedIn Visit her Website Or check her out on Instagram! @ebenumequationcoaching Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am pleased to introduce Dorothy Siminovitch, Ph.D., MCC, in this episode. Dorothy and I cover many topics, including the exploration of what Gestalt Coaching really is. Looking at how coaches can hold the space for their clients. Gestalt is very focused on the current present state. So awareness is a very key piece of Gestalt coaching. And there are different dimensions to awareness. Picking up your awareness, body cues, framing your awareness, naming what that is, understanding that you might have whatever it is that you name physical or emotional, or an idea might have some emotional energy, excitement, or anxiety. Deciding do we act on that? Awareness is a very key part of the Gestalt approach. So, today you will get a lot of insight into Gestalt Coaching. Enjoy! Dorothy E. Siminovitch, Ph.D., MCC, is a pioneer of Gestalt Coaching and a master coach certified coaching through the International Coach Federation. She is an international leadership, team, organizational coach, mentor coach, speaker, and author. Dorothy is the Director of Training for the Gestalt Coaching Program in Istanbul, an ICF-ACTP offering, and co-founder and co-owner of the Gestalt Center for Coaching. She uses Gestalt theory and awareness process tools to support personal and professional development and mastery at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Her areas of specialization are coaching for executive presence and masterful use of self, Awareness Intelligence TM, and high-performance team development. Dorothy has published seminal articles on Gestalt Coaching and is the author of A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness Intelligence, which has been translated into Turkish. She is a co-author of a leadership assessment called Awareness2020. Quick Links from Episode Visit Dorothy Siminovitch, MCC, by visiting her website, and check out what she is up to! Book(s): A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IntelligenceFind Dorothy Siminovitch, MCC, on LinkedIn Read the Transcript here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I happily welcome Miriam Guerrero Cheuk, MCC, to the Coaching Studio. Join us as we dive into ideas around empowerment and people's basic needs, Autonomy, Purpose, and Mastery. We also take a turn into the idea that the most impactful coaches are the ones that don't see themselves as coaches only professionally, but they see themselves as coaches in all aspects of their life. With that comes curiosity and exploring how we show up, with our ego in the way, or egoless. And how Proximal Learning is a pathway toward your development as a person and as a coach. Miriam has been a Professional Coach since 2007 and founded Empowerment Coaching MC LLC. She maintains the Master Certified Coach (MCC) Certification with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), specializing in Leadership, Executive, and Life Coaching. She works as an internal and external coach in many different industries, including banking, Information Technology, start-ups, and large corporations. She is also an experienced trainer for topics like coaching, mindset, teamwork, cross-cultural communication, positive intelligence, and leadership. Miriam is a Coach Facilitator and Mentor Coach and enjoys supporting others in becoming the coaches they desire to be in alignment with ICF coaching competencies. Miriam coaches with laser focus and great depth, bringing her warm style of strong support and commitment to helping the client move forward! Miriam absolutely loves her work and the transformation it brings! Find Miriam on LinkedIn Visit her Website Read the Transcript Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am happy to introduce Christine Billy, MCC, to the Coaching Studio. Join us as we dive into the Karpman Drama Triangle and discover how a coach can use the model to inform their curiosity and build their own courage. Christine and I explore what it means to come to the center of the triangle and how as a coach, to move from helper to coach. Focusing on the questions and not the solutions. How our preferred role influences the work we individually need to do to find our own center so that we can show up fully with our clients and in our lives. Christine shares, "I think life is about the learning that I do too. From control to openness. That's our wisdom because we are all unique. We all have a story in life. My experience in coaching is that if you create a safe space, a respectful space, where there is no judgment on the curiosity, and you are with the person or the team, then at some point, people dare to say things sometimes that they have never said to anybody else. And um, that's what we name a moment where they realize that they can face their emotions, their beliefs, and it's not dangerous; it's a relief. So it's a unique experience." Scientist and Master Certified Coach (MCC ICF) Christine Billy is passionate about Influencing individuals, teams, and organizations at all levels. High-performance coach, trainer, and speaker working with leaders and teams to transform obstacles into opportunities. A scientist who held project and team leadership roles in the Pharma industry for 20 years. A catalyst of change to liberate our best potential. With more than 20 years of enterprise-wide business transformation experience. Coached and trained more than 2000 individuals and Fortune Global 500 executive teams. Coaching on stage (conferences, workshops) and online. Podcaster and LinkedIn Live facilitator. Christine is a Ph.D., Laureate of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris, and MBA. She is MCC, SHRM-SCP, CCMP, NPDP, PMP, PMI-ACP and EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, Hogan advanced, TalentX7, Saville, and Marshall Goldsmith certified. Former Board Member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Switzerland. Lead Trainer, Mentor, and Supervisor of ICF Accredited coaching school. Speaker and Author. Executive Advisor and Ambassador of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC). Learn more about Christine Billy, MCC, by visiting her website, and check out what she is up to! You can connect with Christine on LinkedIn Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am happy to introduce Philippe Rosinski, MCC, to the Coaching Studio. We run the gamut from how coaching impacts human potential and how our systems may impact how we decide to be purposeful in this conversation to Culturally competent coaching. We discuss the difference between uniformity and unity. And how some organizations have an impoverishment of differences. In these times of the "Great Resignation," organizations need to be willing to get curious and shift towards more unity. This requires them to explore differences and open up to their diverse population's wisdom, supporting their people's empowerment to share something greater with their organizations and, ultimately, the world. Prof. Philippe Rosinski, MCC, is considered the pioneer of intercultural and global coaching. He is the author of two seminal books, Coaching Across Cultures and Global Coaching. Philippe is a world authority in executive coaching, team coaching, and global leadership development. He is the first European to have been designated Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. He has also developed an integrative coaching supervision approach. Philippe is the principal of Rosinski & Company, a consultancy based in Belgium with global partners, and a professor at the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business in Tokyo, Japan. He intervenes in several other academic institutions. He is the co-author of several books, including: Coaching Across Cultures: New Tools for Leveraging National, Corporate and Professional DifferencesGlobal CoachingEvidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best Practices to Work for Your Clients Mastering Executive CoachingPhilippe is the author of the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) assessment. Philippe has received numerous awards, including the Thinkers50 Leading Global Coaches Award and the ICF Circle of Distinction. Visit Philippe Rosinski's Website to learn more. Find Philippe Rosinski, MCC, on LinkedIn Read the transcript here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

This week on the Coaching Studio, I am happy to introduce you to Georgina Woudstra, MCC. This conversation centers around Coaching teams, not facilitating or advising teams, but using your coaching presence and curiosity to hold the space to support teams to self-discovery. It's an important and powerful distinction. Team coaching, with a capital C, is coaching at the heart and lends itself to Teams having insights and agency. Georgina shares how to stay a coach and empower teams. Team coaching takes a coach able to hold space. Remembering that there is Self, Team, and Situation. Georgina says, "I'm going to say it depends on the SPF because every team is different. Different sizes, contexts, lengths of programs, and levels of maturity. So my answer here is, in an ideal scenario, with a team that can hold it, and you may need to do more work to get the team to that place. But ideally, we mess around with the process as little as possible. See, the moment we facilitate breaking into small groups, and bring them back together, that's facilitating. They're not managing their own process. Right, but if the only invitation is to talk amongst yourselves for ten minutes, then you see, and they get to see how they self-organize. And, um, that's when the learning happens, not when we organize for them. Otherwise, they need us with them organizing their process. So if we get out of the way, the system will reveal itself good, bad, or indifferent." Georgina Woudstra is much more than an executive coach. She is a chief executive coach with more than 30 years of experience and a proven track record in coaching CEOs, executive boards, senior leaders, and top teams. She specializes in coaching new and established CEOs as well as CEOs in the making. Georgina is one of the leading lights globally in team coaching. In 2017, she founded the Team Coaching Studio to provide coaches with a pathway to mastery in team coaching, ultimately leading to professional accreditation with the leading professional bodies. She is one of the first coaches globally to be recognized by the International Coaching Federation with the Advanced Certificate in Team Coaching. Georgina Woudstra is much more than an executive coach. She is a chief executive coach with more than 30 years of experience and a proven track record in coaching CEOs, executive boards, senior leaders, and top teams. She specializes in coaching new and established CEOs and CEOs in the making. Georgina is one of the leading lights globally in the field of team coaching. In 2017, she founded the Team Coaching Studio to provide coaches with a pathway to mastery in team coaching, ultimately leading to professional accreditation with the leading professional bodies. She is one of the first coaches globally to be recognized by the International Coaching Federation with the Advanced Certificate in Team Coaching. Check out Georgina's book, Mastering The Art of Team Coaching, plus various book chapters and a regular column in Coaching at Work magazine called "Talking Teams." You can find Georgina on LinkedIn. Visit her website Team Coaching Studio Find the full transcript here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am delighted to introduce you to Angelos Derlopas, MCC. We traveled through several important topics, including becoming comfortable with discomfort, courage in changing careers, cultural awareness, and the power of mentoring. Angelos Derlopas is a thought leader and reputed coach, coach educator, mentor, and supervisor. Director of Education at Positivity Coaching, Master Certified Coach (ICF MCC-the highest level of accreditation for coaches held by just 4% of all coaches worldwide) with an Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ICF ACTC) and an Accredited Coach Supervisor (EMCC ESIA). 30 yrs of business experience. 20,000 hours of coaching. Clients in 130 countries. Conference speaker on three continents. Trained 1,000 coaches. Academic studies include MBA and MSc in Psychology. Book author. Director of Education of ICF LEVEL 2, former ACTP, accredited coaching education program. Trains and certifies Mentor Coaches. Subject matter expert in ICF Global for the updated Core Coaching Competencies and the Team Coaching Competencies. Angelos' values in coaching include clarity, diversity, intention, and action. While his values in life include justice, integrity, and human rights. You can find Angelos on LinkedIn to connect with him. Visit his website, Positivity Global Coaching. And, take a listen to Angelos' Coaching with Positivity Podcast. You can read a transcript of the show here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I am thrilled to introduce you to Gideon Culman, MCC. Someone who I consider a good friend. I thoroughly enjoyed this thoughtful conversation with Gideon as we launch grenades into ideas about non-judgment and explore the idea of skillfully cultivated ignorance. Join me as we consider how our world is created and impacted by how we show up as a coach. Gideon received his MCC in 2020. He brings a deeply thoughtful style and curiosity into his coaching. Gideon believes that embracing curiosity is essential to creating the world we want. Life today is accelerating at a ferocious clip. The stability, predictability, and certainty that we may have taken for granted are falling away. The more tightly we cling to a fleeting world order we once knew, the more fluidly it seems to slip through our fingers. Stepping back and taking in the impact of the volatility that greets us at every turn can take our breaths away. Rising to the occasion of life in a rapidly evolving world and our exceedingly demanding roles in it leaves us with no choice but to grow and change. Learn more about Gideon Culman, MCC, by visiting his Website K-Street Coaching Find Gideon Culman, MCC, on LinkedIn Check out his Podcast Master Coach Collection And learn more about Lego Serious Play Read the transcript and find other links here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

Join me as I welcome Chariti Gent, MCC as she shares many nuggets of coaching wisdom that help us move through the internal churn of needing to fill the space and our discomfort with silence; Coaching with the Twenty-Second Rule was priceless! We also explore the work of education around equity and inclusion that she is working on with the University of Wisconsin Coaching Program. The question becomes, how do we bring white people together to do their work so that they can dig into themselves and figure out how to participate in advancing coaching as a paradigm for transformational change for human beings across the planet? Honoring other cultures and other experiences. Chariti Gent is a veteran of the coaching world, having started her journey by hiring her first professional coach in 2004. Since then, Chariti has held positions as an internal corporate coach and trainer for a major international franchise, president and founder of Chariti Gent Coaching and Consulting (www.charitigent.com), and Program Director and Lead Faculty for the University of Wisconsin’s Certified Professional Coach program (UWCPC). Currently, Chariti is the Director of Professional Coach Education at the University of Wisconsin. Chariti received her formal ICF training and certification through the Co-Active Training Institute in 2010. She became a certified ICF PCC Assessor in 2018 and earned the designation of Master Certified Coach (MCC) in 2020. When not working to bring top-notch training to all of the UW’s coaching students, Chariti can be found e-bike riding around town, creating mixed media art in her home studio, and/or relaxing near the lake with a cold beer. Learn more about Chariti Gent, MCC by visiting the UW Certified Professional Coach Program Find Chariti Gent, MCC, on LinkedIn And learn more about yourself with the tool we discussed University of Michigan: The Social Identity Wheel Read the transcript and find other links here. Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Mel Leow, MCC. We discuss business, feedback, self-reflection, and bravery. The idea of partnership and the need to learn to get comfortable with "not knowing" so that we can be in full curiosity with our clients and thusly better coaches. When I asked him what he would say to those seeking their MCC, he responded, "I think I'll just start by saying don't take yourself so seriously. And I did, and I did the start, at least. Um, I kind of felt like I was the savior of the room. I didn't just do coaching; I did facilitation. I did some speaking gigs and, um, strategic leadership team meetings and stuff like that. So did all that. Um, and sometimes those experiences give you the feel like you're in control, back again. Um, but I guess, uh, the more I let the people do the work, um, the less I feel like I've got to build up this, and I've got to do this to build my credibility. All of that is, I guess, important for the growth." With 28 years in Coaching, Consulting, Marketing, and Leadership in the Asia Pacific region, Mel’s key drive is to coach and empower Catalysts and Leaders to Live. Be. Brave. Mel serves c-suite executives from global and regional organizations to lead and thrive, speak their minds, connect with their hearts and bring out the best in others! He has over 4500 hours of Executive and Team Coaching experience and is one of 1500 Master Certified Coaches globally credentialed by the ICF. He is passionate about equipping "Future Coaches" through the Catalyst Coach Certification program as their Mentor Coach and Principal Trainer. Mel is a co-author of three books, “Bring Out Their Best,” “Coach Wisdom” (Volume II), and “The Calling” and author of the “ENGAGE – How to Stop Living in Default and Start Living the Life You Desire. Check out Mel's book, Engage: How to stop living in default and start living the life you desire! I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Mel, and I hope you will as well. To learn more about Mel Leow, MCC, visit his website and check out his podcast #100MasterCoaches Connect with Mel Leow on LinkedIn. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Ruth Kudzi, MCC. There were many favorite parts to our conversation one had to do with the three things Ruth would have done differently. And what she thinks when coaches say, "My Client would never do XYZ." Join us as we explore ways to open ourselves up, reflect, and not put limits on our clients and what they would or wouldn't do. Taking time to become transparent with ourselves and giving to ourselves what we give to others. Ruth started in recruitment and people development and moved into education where she helped to embed coaching skills and coaching culture in a number of schools. She is now the CEO of Optimus Coach Academy. Check out Ruth's book, Is This It?: The Smart Woman’s Guide To Finding Work You Love Her new book will be out in 2023. Ruth, thank you for being on the show! I hope you enjoy the show! Learn more about Ruth Kudzi, MCC visit her website and see what she’s up to! Take a listen to her Podcast, the Coaching Hub Connect with Ruth on LinkedIn here. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

It is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to my guest today Tony Latimer, MCC. I always learn something in each podcast and today was no different. Tony was taught coaching at it's genesis, focused on the non-directive coaching principles at that time with the likes of Sir John Witmore. Our conversation covers the gamut of becoming a coach to AI and the impact AI is going to have on coaching. This leads to why coaches need to up their game to stay relevant. Tony is a Master Executive Coach, working globally with leaders in transition; to guarantee promotion success for themselves, build effective leadership teams, and sustainable rapid organizational change through his Profitable Leadership® framework. Having his first exposure to coaching in the early 80s, Tony is at the forefront of defining the applications of coaching in the workplace; is active on ICF global task forces. He is piloting one of the first Level 3 MCC training programs and has a new Level 3 CCE-based Level 3 membership program delivering advanced masterclasses on The Simplicity of Mastery: pure, connected, presence. Tony is a Contributing Author in several books, The Handbook of Knowledge Based Coaching Chapter 16 – Organizations and Organizational Culture and Coaching In Asia the First Decade - Chapter 9. Who Coaches Whom: The Case for Internal Coaches - Tony Latimer Tony, thank you for being on the show! I hope you enjoy the show! Learn more about Tony Latimer, MCC check out his website and see what he’s up to! Find his Simplicity of Mastery Course And, connect with Tony Latimer, MCC, on LinkedIn Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

Today’s guest is someone who I think you are going to enjoy; I am excited to introduce you to Mike Green, MCC. In our conversation today, we talk about Mike’s adventure into Leadership Coaching, becoming an MCC, and how each coach has to discover how to let go of their baggage, such as the idea of adding value, to become the coach their clients need. Mike Green’s story reads like something from a Hemingway or Kerouac novel. This guy hitchhiked from New York to Alaska just to prove a point. He believes that leaders are made in the wild. In all environments, no matter how extreme, there is a shared fundamental need: people who are brave enough to discover their leadership truth. Throughout his 30 years of working and traveling around 63 countries throughout all seven continents, he has documented over 11,000 hours of coaching along the way. His book “Wandermust, A Hero’s Journey To Seven Truths” chronicles some of his travels as well as how he coaches clients in the outdoors. Mike utilizes various methods, including dynamic workshops, virtual coaching, face-to-face coaching, and adventure coaching, to help uncover clients’ leadership truths. He earned the Master Certified Coach accreditation from the International Coaching Federation, which is the highest standard for coaching. I hope you enjoy our conversation as we adventure into ideas around how we show up and give value, to stepping into having empathy and grace with ourselves as we develop as coaches. Mike works with Executives and Leaders, and we chat about how coaching benefits his clients as they explore how they may be very far out of alignment and congruence with themselves and the type of leader they want to be. Exploring their leadership truth ultimately melts into their life truth. You’ll never discover the truth about yourself behind a desk, but in the rugged wilderness of Alaska, on the breathtaking plains of the Serengeti, or in the stunning Gobi desert. Extreme environments challenge us to become the best version of ourselves by drawing upon the courage within each of us to achieve new levels of performance. His book Wandermust is available on Amazon. Thank you again, Mike, for coming into the Studio. I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Mike Green, MCC, on LinkedIn and his website. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest in the studio Tara Nolan, MCC. One of my favorite parts of the conversation was when Tara was talking about the "being" of partnership. And the move away from listening to the content and she shifted into listening now just for energy. Noticing what words really spring out to her that she could then be curious about. She said, "Am I picking something up and being curious about that and noticing the terminology, or when a client just takes a deep inhale and moves backward." These small easily overlooked elements that often lead to the deeper underlying important inquiries. Tara Nolan, MCC is a coach for Top Teams & Senior Executives of global concerns. Tara is a certified Mentor Coach & facilitates Leadership Development programs. Tara is a keynote speaker & Podcaster. Visit her Podcast, The Game of Teams. Consistently working with organizations such as Microsoft, Zurich FS, Quintas, the Senior Civil Service, and others she delivers an executive coaching service with a difference. Her approach balances the needs of the company and individual while leaving a lasting, positive legacy of professional and personal change. Previously she was a headhunter for PricewaterhouseCoopers and an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, working across the world, and is now the head of Tara Nolan Ltd, a pan-European provider of executive leadership solutions with selected partners. Thank you Tara for joining me in the Coaching Studio! I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Tara Nolan on LinkedIn and on her website. And definitely check out her Podcast The Game of Teams Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Coach Sophia Casey, MCC. As we explore her coaching journey and what she learned along the way about showing up and being with her clients. Choosing presence over performance and how she let go of copious note-taking so that she could truly be present with the person in front of her. Letting go of control in order to empower her clients to discover their own wisdom. Sophia Casey, MCC is a co-founder and Chief Learning Officer of the International Coaching & Leadership Institute (ICLI) and the CEO of Sophia Casey Enterprises—a leadership development, executive coaching, and consulting firm. Sophia received her education at UCLA and Johns Hopkins University and has more than 25 years of experience as an educator, facilitator, and certified trainer. She led several training organizations, including serving as a Director of Enterprise-wide Training responsible for providing professional development programs to more than 10,000 engineers and attorneys, as well as being named Director of First impressions for a former Vice President of the United States. Sophia supports the empowerment of leaders as an award-winning international speaker and is the author of 5 books. She’s currently publishing her sixth and seventh books: a sequel to “Fierce Vulnerability, a Colored Girl’s Truths, Trials, and Triumphs”, and a coaching business startup workbook. All of Sophia's books so far :) The Gifts of Life CoachingEase and Flow JournalFierce Vulnerability – A Colored Girl’s Truths, Trials, and TriumphsThank you Sophia for joining me in the Coaching Studio! I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Sophia Casey on LinkedIn and on her website. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

Welcome to the Coaching Studio, I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tünde Erdös, Ph.D., MCC. Join us as we meander through the forces that moved Tünde from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation and how coaching aligned with that journey. One of the interesting parts from our conversation was around "knowing" or "not knowing." Tünde shares, "I don't want to know and interestingly what I realized today and I didn't know that before when I was a novice coach, was that anything that we need to know to start working with, emerges in the first 5 to 10 minutes in any encounter. And because I have had this experience, this is what I'm looking for. This innocent, this blank sheet, you know, going in as a blank sheet as best as we can." Tünde is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and has done a body of research on Presence. Her work has explored how coaches may think they are present with their clients, yet the body language of the coach and the client tells a different story. What does it mean to be present? Tünde Erdös, Ph.D., MCC, would say, "My profession is more than a vocation: it’s a pro-vocation: I coach in synergy with leadership, HR, teams, and workshop staff mostly in culturally diverse environments. What I learned is that staying fresh as a coach is the biggest challenge for me. So, I’ve decided to fall out of love and in love with coaching over and over again. My vision is to coach for connection between all stakeholders. The goal is to encourage systems-collaborative thinking, the key to organizational thriving beyond individual growth. I also place my practice on evidence base through my own engagement in research. And creating social impact through coaching has been my latest pet peeve: it's about moving from 'power for me' to 'empowering other women in Kenya - through coaching and coach training: and the coaching documentary is the most recent initiative to do just that. So thank you again, Tünde, for being on the show. Visit Tünde Erdös at her website and see what she's up to! Coaching Documentary: The Light and Shadow of Coaching Find out more about the Mama Organization and Doing Good Book(s): The Coaching Science Practitioner Handbook and Coaching Presence Find Tünde Erdös on LinkedIn I hope you enjoy the show! Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

In today's podcast, my guest today is Dr. Antoinette Braks, MCC. Join us as we have a listen to Antoinette's coaching journey into Leadership Coaching. Exploring transformational and conscious coaching, that leaders need, in order to support a positive change in the world. Antoinette is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is the author of Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership: The Drivers and Dynamics of Vertical Development (2020). She founded the global StageSHIFT Coaching & Consulting Community. They specialize in Transformative Coaching in Vertical Leadership Development to the advanced stages of Synergist and Alchemist. Dr. Braks offers the StageSHIFT Coaching Certification Program, and the VHLP Certification Program – the VHLP is the Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile. It’s a capability-based Vertical self-assessment for senior executives. StageSHIFT coaches partner with strategic leaders through the StageSHIFT Vertical Leadership Culture Program proven to inspire, co-create, and accelerate a quantum vertical shift in consciousness, leadership culture, human systems, and our socio-economic foundations, so life flourishes in a more sustainable, healthy, equitable, joyful, and peaceful world. So thank you again Antoinette for being on the show. You can find Dr. Braks on LinkedIn and on their website. Enjoy the show! Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Ben Dooley, MCC. Join us as we discuss Ben's thoughts on what coaches need to hear about marketing, coaching, and clowning around. Ben shares his secret to everything, ABC! You'll have to listen to find out what the acronym stands for, but I can tell you it deserves the exclamation point. Ben is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Ben came out of an acting background only to discover himself in coach training. Ben states, "When I walked in that first day of training, it was something in me, woke up that I didn’t even know had been asleep my whole life." Ben is awesome. (So are you.) And he’s here to help you bring your awesome fully into the world. Whether it’s through the bi-weekly “COACHING SKILLS FORUM” telecalls, “The Fast Pass to Masterful Coaching” advanced coach training program, his Masterful YOU membership (packed with videos, audios, and more), or one-on-one mentoring, he is committed to stretch and grow coaches of ALL levels (ACC to MCC and beyond) into full confidence, full power, full range, full impact coaches. In other words, to help you BE the Masterful coach you are truly here to BE. And your journey continues to deepen right now. So thank you again Ben for joining me in the Coaching Studio. I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Ben Dooley on LinkedIn and on his website. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tracy Sinclair, MCC. Join us as we ponder what would be different in the world if Coaching wasn't typically a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th career, but rather if young adults could choose Coaching like they do Social Work or Organizational Psychology. What if Coaching was the first career? And, then we take a dive into the differences and similarities between Counseling and Coaching. Tracy is a Master certified coach with the International Coach Federation, she does coaching supervision, she's a mentor coach, she is a coach trainer as well as being an assessor for the ICF, As people are going through their credential process. She is the co-author of Becoming a Coach, the Essential ICF Guide, which was published in 2020. Becoming a Coach provides a comprehensive guide to coaching for coaches of all skill levels and all levels of experience. It is really an opportunity to explore the psychological underpinnings of coaching and how that also relates to the new, updated core competency model. Tracy founded Coaching with Conscience which exists to have a positive impact on society and our environment through coaching. She leads projects related to mental health, well-being, and coaching young leaders. Tracie has volunteered with the ICF in the last 10 years In various global and local roles, including being the Global Chair in 2018. Which in fact was the first time that I met her at the Global Leadership Forum in Warsaw Poland. So thank you again Tracy for being on the show. I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Tracy on LinkedIn and on her website. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan

Welcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Donna Zajonc, MCC. Donna is the Director of Coaching for the Center for the Empowerment Dynamic. Donna also has an upcoming book, Who Do You Want To Be On The Way To What You Want: Coaching with the Empowerment Dynamic. Her work comes out of her partnership with David Emerald and his book The Power of TED. Both books are useful to coaches in exploring the Karpman Drama Triangle. Let's explore our and our client's relationship with the Dreaded Drama Triangle and discover ways to get curious and become trigger intelligent. Discover more about Donna Zajonc. Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCC Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Production Editing: Lyssa deHart Social Media and Communications: Michele Logan