The Embodiment Coaching Podcast 740. How Good Facilitation Changes Everything - With Myriam Hadnes
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Oct 28, 2025 
Myriam Hadnes, a master facilitator and founder of the NeverDoneBefore Festival, explores the critical role of effective facilitation in today's world. She distinguishes between facilitation, coaching, and training, highlighting how good facilitation fosters deeper learning and psychological safety. Myriam discusses the impact of AI on learning, the significance of embodied practices, and the need for clear boundaries in training. She also offers insights on creating brave spaces for discussions and the essential qualities that make a great facilitator.
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Clear Differences Between Roles
- Facilitation, training and coaching use similar tools but differ by goal: trainers fill knowledge gaps, facilitators help groups achieve shared outcomes, coaches guide inner personal change.
- Myriam emphasizes facilitation focuses on process and shared purpose rather than teaching content.
AI Means Embodied Learning Matters More
- Information is cheap in the AI era, so value lies in embodied, facilitative training that helps people absorb and apply knowledge.
- Myriam argues facilitators remove nervous-system barriers so groups can actually use existing knowledge.
Make Live Sessions Truly Participatory
- Design live workshops as participatory events and require active presence to get embodied learning and regulation benefits.
- Use breakouts, camera-on norms and interactive check-ins to prevent passive 'watching TV' attendance.