Joan-Claire Gilbert, a former attorney turned relationship coach, shares her transformative journey into coaching, sparked by personal health struggles. She discusses strategies to reduce self-judgment and emphasizes fostering self-love to enhance both personal and professional relationships. Joan-Claire highlights the importance of self-awareness in communication, revealing how mindfulness and vulnerability can improve team dynamics. Listeners will appreciate her gentle approach to personal development and the profound impact of self-compassion on relationships.

In this episode, host Philippe Bartu introduces Lindsey Capp, a determined mother whose son Ronnie was diagnosed with severe autism at the tender age of 2. Experts painted a bleak picture, saying he would never make friends, drive a car, or live independently. She made a courageous decision - to discard anyone's preconceived notions of who her son was or what he was capable of. She was determined to let Ronnie discover his own potential and define his identity on his terms. In a radical move, Lindsey gave up her job to embark on a journey of discovery alongside her son.  Together, they shattered expectations, with Ronnie ultimately becoming an olympic gold medalist in under 12 gymnastics. This remarkable story exemplifies the profound impact of love, acceptance, and embracing what is, while inspiring us to unleash incredible possibilities within ourselves, others, and the world. Prepare to be deeply moved and discover the power of embracing the seemingly impossible in this enriching and inspirational episode.About the Guest: Lindsey Capp is one of the UK's top Emotional Intelligence trainers. She has a highly successful coaching and training business where she leads teams in the corporate world and also works 1-1 with entrepreneurs, helping them all to create a richer emotional and financial life. She is also the mother of three beautiful children.About the Host:Philippe Bartu is a recovering people-pleasing hotelier that became a stressed-out restaurant owner and survivor of severe burnout in 2008. This led him to become a seeker of deeper meaning and purpose in life. In doing so he had a profound spiritual realisation. He saw that every human being is always ok and perfect. Over the last 8 years, he has led transformational international retreats and coaching programs that have helped hundreds of clients replace stress and anxiety with fun, ease, and play. He is passionate about relationships and is on a mission to create a world with less drama and more fully expressed, authentic human beings.By reading The Ultimate Coach, Philippe deeply saw how we create our future from a place of being limited or being unlimited. Today, he helps his clients transform their relationships with their own limitations and become powerful unlimited creators.www.philippebartu.com The Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. 

Releasing the go,go,go for the slow, slow, slow and being presence. Alex shares how he has transformed through making a difference and ultimately being in service to himself through self-acknowledgement.In this conversation with our host Cordelia Gaffar, Alex Dumas, one of the original Ultimate Coach Experience creators and manuscript readers of The Ultimate Coach Book, you get a snapshot of processing self-forgiveness and creating space for yourself.About the Guest: Alex Dumas is the CEO/Founder of Abundance Daily Coaching and Vice-President of the BIPOC Coach Collective. He is an expert in sales and marketing with a track record generating six figures in revenue and six-figure launches. He has a background in Psychology and a decade of leadership experience in the Nonprofit world.Alex also knows what it’s like to do everything that’s expected of you but still feel empty. He struggled for years but hid behind jokes and seeking approval, so he could fit in. It was really a mask for the pain and loneliness he constantly felt. And it led to using drugs for years and keeping anyone who wanted to get close at arm’s length.Alex is now a husband and a father, with years of deep personal work behind him. Since 2018, he has partnered with his wife, Sarah—who has been a consultant to start-up companies and companies with over $80M in revenue—to create a high-performance business and consulting firm.Leaders who are committed to creating their team culture with enthusiasm and effective listening are the ones who call Alex.Learn more about him at http://alexdumascoaching.com/Learn more about the BIPOC Coach Collective at https://bipoccc.orgAbout the Host:Cordelia Gaffar is the Ultimate Joy Monger. That means that she holds space for you to reveal your joy within. Joy Mongering is a word she created from several life experiences and based on her philosophy that self-nurturing is freedom. In fact she has created a process she calls Replenish Me ™ to help you transmute fear, rage and anger into Joy. In one of her eight books, Detached Love: Transforming Your Heart Do That You Transform Your Mind, she breaks down the Replenish Me ™ process through her research, client stories and her personal vulnerable shares. She is also the host of three host podcasts. She won Best Podcast Host for her solo show called Free to Be Show and collaborates as a co-host on Unlearning Labels and the Ultimate Coach Podcast. The multidimensional genius she is, is further demonstrated as the mother of six children whom I homeschooled for 17 years. In summary, she has won multiple awards: Best Podcast Host of 2019, Top National Influencer, Sexy Brilliant Leader, and inducted into the Global Library of Female Authors in 2020; and in 2021 nominated for Author of the Year and Health and Wellness Coach of the Year and in 2022 Master Coach of the Year and Orator of the Year. She has also won the Brainz Global 500 Award of Influencers and Entrepreneurs for 2021 and won BOOKS for PEACE 2022 award, CREA Award.She has been featured on America Meditating Radio, British Muslim TV, Spirituality Podcast, Ultimate Coach Podcast, also featured on South African radio 786, and Fox News.hello@cordeliagaffar.comhttps://linktr.ee/cordeliagaffarhttps://www.cordeliagaffar.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/cordelia-gaffar/The Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. 

Some people find it easy to give and hard to receive. Farah Ismail was one of those persons until she experienced the personal benefits of opening herself to receiving at the Ultimate Experience event in Mumbai. In this conversation, Farah talks about the lessons she learned. She also shares with host Meredith Bell how she has listened to her inner wisdom over the years and taken immediate action on the nudges she’s received.You’ll discover what prompted Farah to create her Document and two of her statements that she lives into every day. She also talks about what she learned in taking an unhurried approach to conversations and her enthusiasm for being a part of The Ultimate Coach book-reading group. You’ll take away wonderful tips about BEING as you listen to Farah describe her own journey. About the Guest: Farah Ismail is an internationally recognized facilitator, coach, speaker, founder of Interact Consulting, and CEO of Coach Farah. She helps women entrepreneurs and leaders who find themselves frustrated and unfulfilled, despite outward signs of success. When they work with her, they re-imagine their business, crafting a lucrative purpose-driven enterprise that delivers more confidence, more connection, more revenue, and more meaning.Having rebuilt her own life and business from scratch after struggling through her own life-changing experiences, Farah knows exactly how to forge a new path toward a meaningful life and offers her clients a proven blueprint for their own success.In her 25 years of experience, she has designed and facilitated bespoke leadership and cross-cultural programs for global organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Decathlon, Pfizer, and Hitachi Energy.Farah's LinksWebsite: https://www.coachfarah.com/Instagram: https://Instagram.com/just.ifarahLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-ismail/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/just.ifarahYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceV1i72WzEgLTobKj3tpaAAbout the Host: Meredith Bell is the Co-founder and President of Grow Strong Leaders. Her company publishes software tools and books that help people build strong relationships at work and at home.Meredith is an expert in leader and team communications, the author of three books, and the host of the Grow Strong Leaders Podcast. She co-authored her latest books, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills, and Peer Coaching Made Simple, with her business partner, Dr. Dennis Coates. In them, Meredith and Denny provide how-to guides for improving communication skills and serving as a peer coach to someone else. Meredith is also The Heart-centered Connector. One of her favorite ways of BEING in the world is to introduce people who can benefit from knowing each other. https://growstrongleaders.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmbellThe Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. 

Karl Hebenstreit, an executive coach with 25+ years of experience, discusses how the Enneagram can positively impact leadership teams and improve businesses. He explores the importance of connecting with others, understanding clients' motivations using the Enneagram, and shifting away from compartmentalization. He also emphasizes the significance of forgiving ourselves, striving for personal growth, and sharing the podcast with others.

How do you respond when someone acknowledges you for something you’ve done or said? And do you tell others about their positive qualities or actions? Our guest Ankush Jain shares with host Meredith Bell the powerful lessons he learned from his coach Steve Hardison. There are so many layers to the simple gestures of expressing and receiving acknowledgements. You’re sure to discover new ways that you can strengthen this valuable life skill.Ankush describes the process he followed in creating his Document and all the ways he’s brought it to life so it’s truly his way of Being in the world. He’s also learned the power of language to create the people in his world…and the positive impact on his relationship with his wife and coaching clients.About the Guest: Ankush Jain is a Transformative coach, business consultant, author, podcast host and public speaker based in the UK. He is the founder of The Powerful Men's Immersions, which is the best personal development program for men in the world. Clients fly from around the globe to work with him, and he is among the most successful coaches in Europe. He has a waiting list of people wanting to work with him.Ankush also coaches other coaches to grow impactful, ethical and sustainable practices. He founded the hugely successful AJC Coaching Career School, which quickly sold out after it launched. He is the author of the book: Sweet Sharing: Rediscovering The Real You and is currently penning his second book about his journey to becoming the coach he is today.Website: www.ankushjain.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ankushkjain IG: https://www.instagram.com/ankush_jain_coach/About the Host: Meredith Bell is the Co-founder and President of Grow Strong Leaders. Her company publishes software tools and books that help people build strong relationships at work and at home.Meredith is an expert in leader and team communications, the author of three books, and the host of the Grow Strong Leaders Podcast. She co-authored her latest books, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills, and Peer Coaching Made Simple, with her business partner, Dr. Dennis Coates. In them, Meredith and Denny provide how-to guides for improving communication skills and serving as a peer coach to someone else. Meredith is also The Heart-centered Connector. One of her favorite ways of BEING in the world is to introduce people who can benefit from knowing each other. https://growstrongleaders.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithmbellThe Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. 

In this episode, host Philippe Bartu sits down once again with the exceptional Gary Mahler, ready to explore new revelations and distinctions on planting seeds of being. Listen in as we uncover the depths and challenges Gary faced in crafting his unique document, and explore the profound ripple effect “being his document” has had on his personal growth, his family and his ability to live an intentionally created life.Listen to Gary’s first interview on The Ultimate Coach Podcast here: Episode 10About the Guest: Gary is married to Kanako and is the father of Koan and Kona.Home wherever he is, Gary was born in Quebec, moved to British Columbia, and has lived in Paris, Tokyo and Hawaii. He is based out of Vancouver.Gary ran Mahler Industries, a highly regarded CNC manufacturing facility in British Columbia, for more than 20 years before he became alive as a professional coach.Gary’s Website: https://www.garymahler.com/About the Host:Philippe Bartu is a recovering people-pleasing hotelier that became a stressed-out restaurant owner and survivor of severe burnout in 2008. This led him to become a seeker of deeper meaning and purpose in life. In doing so he had a profound spiritual realisation. He saw that every human being is always ok and perfect. Over the last 8 years, he has led transformational international retreats and coaching programs that have helped hundreds of clients replace stress and anxiety with fun, ease, and play. He is passionate about relationships and is on a mission to create a world with less drama and more fully expressed, authentic human beings.By reading The Ultimate Coach, Philippe deeply saw how we create our future from a place of being limited or being unlimited. Today, he helps his clients transform their relationships with their own limitations and become powerful unlimited creators.www.philippebartu.com The Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. 

Dr. Saloni Singh is a life coach and mindfulness trainer who transitioned from a career as a gynecologist to help individuals with self-mastery and emotional well-being. She shares her personal journey from self-nurturing to serving others, emphasizing that true service starts with oneself. Cultural greetings like 'namaste' are discussed as essential to connection, alongside the importance of navigating social media boundaries for positivity. Dr. Singh encourages fostering genuine relationships that inspire growth and transformation.

Lisa Catto, known as The Business Catalyst, dives deep into her personal journey of self-discovery and transformation. She shares how overcoming limiting beliefs has shaped her evolution, emphasizing the importance of forgiveness in parent-child relationships. Listeners will be inspired by her commitment to gratitude and openness to feedback as tools for growth. Notably, she discusses the role of supportive communities in fostering transformation and the power of authenticity in one's narrative, encouraging everyone to embrace their true selves.

Remember the unbelievable story about the father who went bankrupt and dreamt that he had ended his life and witnessed the aftermath of his suicide? Remember how the next morning Steve Hardison showed up in his house and said “I’ve been with you all night.”His name is Byron Applegate and in this vulnerable conversation with Philippe Bartu, he bares his soul in a heart-wrenching story that has moved so many readers to tears. Discover how the power of keeping his word, saved his life and the biggest lessons he learnt from the ultimate wake-up call. Buckle up for an awe-inspiring journey as we delve into this “other-worldy" story of resilience, love, and the power of the human spirit.About the Guest:Byron Applegate is a real estate investor who has known Steve Hardison for over 30 years. He was privileged enough to have Steve as his mentor, boss and coach. He considers Steve to he one of the 5 most influential people in his life. About the Host:Philippe Bartu is a recovering people-pleasing hotelier that became a stressed-out restaurant owner and survivor of severe burnout in 2008. This led him to become a seeker of deeper meaning and purpose in life. In doing so he had a profound spiritual realisation. He saw that every human being is always ok and perfect. Over the last 8 years, he has led transformational international retreats and coaching programs that have helped hundreds of clients replace stress and anxiety with fun, ease, and play. He is passionate about relationships and is on a mission to create a world with less drama and more fully expressed, authentic human beings.By reading The Ultimate Coach, Philippe deeply saw how we create our future from a place of being limited or being unlimited. Today, he helps his clients transform their relationships with their own limitations and become powerful unlimited creators.www.philippebartu.com The Ultimate Coach Resourceshttps://theultimatecoachbook.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theultimatecoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatecoachbookLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14048056YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUltimateCoachBookThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.