Coaches Rising

In this episode with Tatiana Bachkirova we explore the core challenges facing the coaching industry today, from the ethics of marketing and the promises coaches make to the growing influence of AI coaching and what it reveals about organisational values and human relationships. Tatiana shares her theory around bringing what she calls criticality into coaching, creating space for the client’s challenges, and developing the coach’s own selfhood, maturity and capacity to navigate the complexity that clients bring.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-future-of-coaching-ai-ethics-and-the-importance-of-critical-thinking-with-tatiana-bachkirova/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get a Free Seat to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Steve March — Transformational Coaching with Parts Work. Steve will show you why Parts Work is becoming essential for coaches navigating the complexity of today’s world — and reveal the key distinction that unlocks its deepest transformational potential. You’ll learn how to recognize the Parts beneath your clients’ struggles, meet them as sources of hidden intelligence, and create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. Learn more and register for free here.

In this fascinating conversation with Shai Tubali, we dive into the primacy of consciousness and the relationship between consciousness, awareness, identity and selfhood, before turning to the existential challenge AI presents to our understanding of what it means to be human. We explore how we might cultivate and expand consciousness in today’s world, including accessing the deeper knowing of the heart centre, reclaiming uniquely human capacities, and Shai’s vision for facilitating greater awareness through the School of Consciousness.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/beyond-the-mind-consciousness-ai-and-the-hearts-deeper-knowingDive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. 

Dave Schoof, an executive coach and former U.S. counterintelligence professional, explores leadership beyond fixed maps and formulas. They discuss relational and embodied sensing, dreamwork, imagination, expanded states of consciousness, and psychedelic integration. The conversation also examines humility, grief, meaning, and how coaching can unfold through presence, creativity, and emergence.

Simon Hampel, a serial entrepreneur and mediator steeped in mindfulness and consciousness work, talks about deep listening, presence and showing up authentically. He explores how felt-sense awareness guides facilitation, how synchronicity can legitimize intuition in groups, and how communities can bridge inner practice with systemic change.

Seth Allison, coach and therapist specializing in attachment, IFS, and emotion-focused work, explores trust, loneliness, and spiritual presence. He discusses secure attachment with life and self. He outlines attachment patterns, attachment-based leadership, and how embodiment and IFS practices deepen integration. He highlights practical solo and relational practices for cultivating safety and presence.

Steve March, founder of the Aletheia School and longtime coach, explores ontological design and the shift from self-optimization to unfoldment. He discusses how technology and culture shape who we become. Conversations cover moving from individual fixes to ecosystem change, the role of depth and presence, and practical invitations for coaching in a rapidly accelerating world.

Ewan Townhead, coach, writer, and entrepreneur blending spirituality with business. He reframes work as a sacred calling. He explores the Artist, Merchant, and Seeker archetypes and their gifts and shadows. He shares imaginal practices and visioning techniques to reclaim suppressed parts and align work with purpose.

Pranab Sachithanandan, founder of Attention Copilot and practitioner blending contemplative practice with coaching and productivity. He explores bringing deep presence into real-time work. Short sessions move from grounding to live laptop co-working. Topics include emotional integration, slowing optimization into experimentation, using presence to clear working memory, and practical in‑the‑moment coaching methods.

John Churchill, a Dharma teacher and clinical psychologist who maps planetary dharma, shares a living cosmology for transformative times. He discusses mythic endings and new beginnings. He describes a planetary mandala, heart-mind coherence, and practices for holding intensity. He explores initiation, desire transmutation, and why the next decade matters for cultural birth.

Sophia Mose, a certified coach and IFS Level 3 practitioner who co-designed IFS Foundations for Coaches, discusses applying Internal Family Systems to coaching. She explores Self qualities, the coach’s inner system and self-leadership, spotting self-like parts in practice, balancing language and presence, and safely working with exiles. Conversations highlight practical in-session checks and moving from protocol to fluent presence.