The Coaching Life

Episode 069 - Phil Goddard 6 Essentials for a Prosperous Coaching Life There are so many things at play in building a coaching practice and creating your own coaching life. In this episode Phil outlines six essential elements that come up most commonly in conversations with other coaches, a notebook is recommended because there’s gold in them there hills… Mastering these essentials will have you well on the way to creating you own Prosperous Coaching Life. Here’s a little more about Phil: Phil Goddard helps people create easy, prosperous and loving personal & professional relationships. He is an internationally renowned life & relationship coach, speaker, leadership consultant, and lover of life and humanity. A published author he is also the host of The Coaching Life Podcast. His work centres around transforming relationships and leadership through developing a deeply grounded understanding of the principles behind our human experience and the nature of how our experience of life is created. With humour and sincerity, he combines over twenty-one years in corporate leadership with fourteen years as a professional coach, to help organisations build harmonious and highly productive teams, and individuals to live their most loving and joyous lives. He has coached Hollywood actors, international models, journalists, artists, authors, film directors, corporate executives, and numerous business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs, and can often be found on the Greek Island of Zakynthos, where he holds exclusive coaching immersion retreats for individual clients. He challenges his work on happiness by following a few English sports teams. You can find out more about Phil at philg.com and connect with him on Facebook via fbphil.com

Starting Out & Enjoying What You Do In this conversation Giles brings his light-heartedness, humour and immense enthusiasm for coaching and shares what it’s been like for him at the very early stages of his coaching career. Surely a successful career as a surgeon, working in IT and also getting paid to ride a bicycle are the perfect foundation for becoming a successful coach… Or is it simply about enjoying what you do? Here’s a little more about Giles: Giles left a career as a qualified surgeon to pursue a dream of riding his bike for a living. From medical writing to policy advising, Health IT consultancy to keynote speaking, cycle journalism to shop-keeping with his wife, his way of being in life has always been fuelled by the simple concept of “More of what you like, less of what you don’t.” He now lives and writes and runs a heart-centred coaching practice in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, walking side by side through life with others determined to be themselves and “enjoy what they do”. He speaks regularly to audiences interested in personal change, writes at facebook.com/gilespcroft and hosts the “Enjoy What You Do” Community over at facebook.com/groups/enjoywhatyoudo Given his roots, Giles is passionate about the wellbeing of NHS staff and—with an ever-growing group of like-minded people—is on a mission to bring the inside-out understanding to healthcare professionals throughout the service. If you would like to be a part of that, then email him at: hello@gilespcroft.com You can connect with Giles on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/gilespcroft

Living by the Laws of Creation Could there really be a single misunderstanding of how creation works that keeps us from what we want? Dominic has been coaching for eleven years, and in this extended episode shares how he has created a very successful coaching practice, without plans or complex strategies, by simply using what appear to be the laws of creation. Here’s a little more about Dominic: Dominic Scaffidi’s purpose is to “awaken greatness.” As a certified executive coach, he fulfils this purpose by partnering with individuals to point them back toward the unlimited potential and possibility of who they really are. By accessing their own innate wisdom, clients are supported to take on important professional and personal goals. In 2008, following a 20-year corporate career, Dominic founded HR Possibilities to provide three core services: 1) Individual Executive Coaching for senior leaders, entrepreneurs and high performing individuals. 2) Team Coaching for senior executive teams 3) Training for leaders and people managers to learn “how to be a Great Coach rather than a good boss.” Dominic has worked with leading edge, global organizations across a variety of industries. He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed through the International Coach Federation and has been awarded two Prism awards for excellence in coaching within organizations. He is also grounded in the Three Principles and certified as a transformative coach through Michael Neill’s coach academy. You can find out more about Dominic at https://www.hrpossibilities.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicscaffidi

The Courage to Love When her idyllic and dream life fell apart suddenly in October 2017, Leighann began a process and journey of grief, healing, and re-emergence, which she shares in this moving conversation. With much to handle in the aftermath of the sudden passing of her fiancé whilst they were together on the other side of the world, and then embarking on travelling to twelve different countries as she reconnected with her passion for this work, Leighann shares with us some of her challenges along the way, and how her courage to love has carried her through. Here’s a little more about Leighann: By age 25, Leighann had created her dream life. She was a yoga teacher, a psychology graduate, a highly trained coach with top-ranked schools, had a thriving coaching practice, and was engaged to the man of her dreams. She and her fiancé were in Thailand to work with a client in October of 2017 when her fiancé suddenly died next to her at age 28 with no warning - and her dream life was gone in an instant. For the next year and a half, Leighann embarked on a new healing journey, and traveled and lived in 12 different countries, redefining her life, identity, heart, and soul. Now, she's still in love with the service of coaching, and aspires every day to be the embodiment of the lessons she learned from grief and trauma. She believes that, if you choose, tragedy can be the invitation to a higher level of existence. You can find out more about Leighann at https://www.leighannamanda.com https://www.instagram.com/the.wholeness.coach https://www.facebook.com/leighann.amanda1

Just Play Everyone has a book in them. This episode is for you if you’d like to get that book out. It’s also for you if you have a message or understanding to share with the world. Nick shares his journey from being a teacher and head of music at a school, to best selling author and coach to musicians. In yet another raw and honest conversation, he shares his own personal process of how his book came into fruition and how he created a fanbase that has helped him get his message into the world with credibility that appeals to his target audience. Here’s a little more about Nick: Nick Bottini is a multi-instramentalist, consultant and performance coach. He studied at Leeds University, the Franz Liszt Hochshule Für Musik in Weimar, and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has worked s a freelance musician, as well as Head of Music in London Schools. As a workshop leader and public speaker he has shared the Inside-Out understanding of the mind with musicians, international sportspeople, business people and many others. For ten years he has worked at various levels in the music industry from school children to adult beginners, to child prodigies, competition winners, music college students and top professionals. Nick lives in East London with his wife, Polina, and their cat, Kasya. You can find out more about Nick at www.nickbottini.com

The Nature of Beliefs - A Conversation with Amir Karkouti And why sharing your understanding of the principles (or indeed anything) may be unhelpful... In this episode I share a conversation I had with my dear friend Amir, for his WTF Are The Principles Group. Let’s look at the nature of beliefs and the role they play in our interpretation of the world. We’ve seen some passionate debates around these parts, strong opinions, gentle pointing, all usually with an undercurrent of ‘so long as you're pointing to truth it’s all cool.’ I like that sentiment too. But are we pointing to truth? Or have we been hoodwinked by an unintentional magic trick that appears to have swept aside our beliefs only to instil another? Let’s explore... Here’s how Amir introduced this conversation: Alright folks, I am excited about this one! You may have seen him as the host of "The Coaching Life" Podcast where he interviewed some of the top coaches in our industry. You may have read his books Musings on Love and the sequel More Musings on Love. You may have seen him jump in and answer a question on Facebook from a completely different space that blew you away. Well, you will finally get a chance to listen to him speak and share with us. I am going to give you a personal bio even though his bio is posted below. I have known Phil since the beginning days of my coaching career. We have done workshops together and he has become a very good friend. One thing that separates Phil from so many is that he embodies what he shares. His personality, his love of life, and his generosity seeps in every facet of his existence. Whenever we spend time together I feel like I got bathed in a spiritual bath. He is incredibly human and has a talent to see what most of us don't see about how amazing we are! You can find Amir's group on Facebook via welovesyd.com Here's a little more about Phil: Phil Goddard is an internationally renowned life & relationship coach, speaker, leadership consultant, and lover of life and humanity. He is a published author and the host of The Coaching Life Podcast. His work centres around transforming relationships and leadership through developing a deeply grounded understanding of the principles behind our human experience and the nature of how our experience of life is created. With humour and sincerity, he combines over twenty-one years in corporate leadership with fourteen years as a professional coach, to help organisations build harmonious and highly productive teams, and individuals to live their most loving and joyous lives. He has coached Hollywood actors, international models, journalists, artists, authors, film directors, corporate executives, and numerous business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs, and can often be found on the Greek Island of Zakynthos, where he holds exclusive coaching immersion retreats for individual clients. He challenges his work on happiness by following a few English sports teams. Phil can be contacted via philg.com and found on Facebook via fbphil.com.

Surfing Wild Waves into Coaching In this raw and open conversation, with infectious enthusiasm Troy shares his journey from being a founder member of a super-successful clothing company, through some of life’s shit-storms, and into his first year in coaching. It’s been a wild ride, one that has had him listen to his heart and change completely how he shows up in the world. If you’re a relatively new coach, you’re transitioning or have transitioned from a previous career, or are passionate about living a coaching life, this one is for you. Here’s a little more about Troy Hailing from California Troy was introduced to the ocean and surfing at a very young age. In 1991 he was on his way to becoming a professional surfer when he was faced with a decision of surfing for a living or taking a leap of faith at a startup called Volcom. He chose the latter and ended up with the company for 20 years where he worked his way up to Global EVP of Marketing. In 2010 he left the company and shortly thereafter he was divorced. In 2016 he started a men’s yoga clothing line called Kozm. At the beginning of 2018, he was feeling unfulfilled with running his company and made the tough decision to step away. Simultaneously he experienced a painful breakup, was confronted with mid-life and was feeling depleted and lost. Soon thereafter he fell into depression which battered his immune system leaving him vulnerable for a health crisis. He then became ill and was diagnosed with mold poisoning from the house he was living in. Finally realizing the innate healing power within he soon learned how to become his own doctor and created the optimum environment (inside and out) to heal. This experience ended up being a blessing which supercharged him in becoming a life coach where he helps people to remember the true essence of who they are and what they're capable of creating and achieving. You can find out more about Troy at: https://www.radical.voyage/ https://www.instagram.com/radicalvoyage/ https://www.instagram.com/treckert/

Dropping the Mask to Wellbeing Emerging from a snotting-nosed pool of tears, Karen has realised the freedom of living life without a mask, in full integrity of showing up as herself in all circumstances, which has also brought some immense health benefits. In this wonderfully frank conversation Karen talks about play and experimentation, boobs and smoking, and gives us all a glimpse into the delights of simply showing up as yourself. Here’s a little more about Karen DiMarco, RN, BSN, iRNPA A nurse for 22 years with specialties in Intensive Care, Trauma, and Flight Nursing, Karen DiMarco (who is writing this in the 3rd person, which is weird, but apparently the standard for bios), had an experience in 2011 that she describes as “a coming home.” Within weeks of that profound moment – on the floor of a closet in a puddle of snot and tears – her mental and physical illnesses, and a 26-year history of eating disorders, melted away. Since then, she has been a catalyst for transforming the way we deliver and conceive of health care and wellbeing. Put simply, the mind and body are not disconnected, and when misunderstandings of the mind are healed, there is a profound healing effect on the body. Karen is a total geek about science, and the connection between the mind and the body. Her insatiable appetite for all things spiritual and biological, and her ability to communicate her understanding in a scientific, sometimes hilarious, and always easy-to-understand way, is what makes her both a total weirdo and incredibly impactful as a healthcare visionary and transformational coach. Hobbies include: collecting sea glass and coaching certifications; reading, research, yoga, and ‘playing with herself’ (nutrition, biological alchemy, meditation, & quantum-whatever); hanging-out with family — including her 3 daughters, a Tortoise, and a small dog named “Mr. Big” (all often seen, or spoken of, as backdrops to her 1-to-1 coaching, courses, writing, and speaking engagements.) You can find out more about Karen at https://karendimarco.com

The Power of Connecting Author of the book ‘Look Inside:Stop Seeking Start Living’, that’s exactly what Michele did. Having come across an understanding of how life works that had her feel it was impossible to continue in her well-established therapy work, she has gone on to build a successful coaching practice by connecting, having fun, not taking things too seriously, and by relentlessly being of service. Here’s a little more about Michele Michele Attias originates from Gibraltar and currently resides in London. She is a Mindset Expert, Executive Coach, International Speaker and Author of the books ‘Look Inside: Stop Seeking Start Living' and 'Fit for Purpose Leadership.' She was previously a registered and accredited Therapist. Her unique methodology combines the most powerful aspects of Coaching, Deep Mindset work and life Design, drawn from spending over 20 years working in the psychological field. She’s a passionate writer and contributor for online platforms such as Thrive Global, Lifehack, Medium, Linkedin, The Start Up, Inbound, Personal Growth and Vunela. In 2014 she was a finalist in The Women Inspiring Women Awards, and in 2017 was a Best Coach finalist at the Business Women Awards in the UK. She has also been featured in Gibraltar TV, Media and speaks internationally at events and conferences. You can find out more about Michele at www.micheleattiascoaching.com Find her Youtube Channel of talks at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0OpSZXWHjSFFPwgmtS9MA Her book ‘Look Inside:Stop Seeking Start Living’ is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Look-Inside-Seeking-Start-Living/dp/1781332959

A Hypnotising Journey From Goroka in Papa New Guinea, Ryan’s journey has taken him to many parts of the world, including Europe, Bangladesh, Australia, the USA, Asia. Following his passion for music, an associated injury led him to Hypnotherapy, which he now practices in Barcelona, Spain. In this episode he gives us a valuable insight into how coaching and hypnotherapy can compliment each other to create permanent and lasting change. Here’s a little more about Ryan: Ryan is a hypnotherapist, change-worker and Integrative coach based in Barcelona, Spain. His first experiences with healing and change came very early on in life when his Mother discovered a “lost” indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea. Ryan witnessed first hand how tribal healers used forms of ¨Trance¨ to heal people. This profoundly influenced the course of his life. This led to a deep study and practice of meditation and self-hypnosis, hypnosis, NLP and personal development. He now coaches people and enjoys creating music when he can. You can find out more about Ryan at http://www.hypnotherapyinbarcelona.com/