The Coaching Life

In a delightful revisit to the podcast, Lian shares, with her usual effervescence, what’s changed in her business and in herself, how her business partner Jonathan and her are running the business they want to run, as well as discussing why we do what we do, what is true, and her strategy of exploration and test. Here’s the link to Ankush Jain’s Coaching Group on Facebook, and the post referred to in the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coaching3ps/permalink/617190311954142/ And the Steve Chandler Elvis post, also mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1577403675710426&id=130573737060101 Here's a little more about Lian: Lian is a co-founder of the education platform Primal Happiness and the host of the weekly top 10 ranked iTunes happiness podcast The Primal Happiness Show. Lian was lucky to have had an amazingly happy upbringing, bursting with love and adventure. And she was attacked which resulted in chronic facial pain, massive panic attacks and anxiety. That started a 15 year search for relief from her emotional and physical pain... she tried traditional medicine and then most types of self-help and woo that you can think of. Nothing helped. Until she discovered the true nature of happiness and then in an instant, her anxiety, fears, limitations, and even the chronic pain dropped away! Her life is now ridiculously happy and her mission is to share the fundamentals behind reclaiming happiness and thriving in all areas of life… with the world! Lian lives in cottage in England, with her husband, their two young children, and a triple helping of ginger goodness: their cat Beatle and their two Hungarian Vizsla dogs Laszlo and Mabel. Her passions are baking, writing, hosting parties, making and drinking cocktails, and watching wonderful people wake up to a life without limits. Links: Primal Happiness: http://primalhappiness.co/ The Primal Happiness Show: http://primalhappiness.co/podcast_list/

‘My mouth just started saying different things.’ In his second appearance on the podcast, Piers talks in depth about the impact of understanding ‘The Three Principles’ on his coaching, his business, and his life, and offers much insight into how coaches with a grounding in this understanding can be of service to clients, irrespective of the past experiences. And how coaching is similar to being a midwife… Piers has been coaching for 18 years, and works with both private one-to-one clients and many commercial organisations. He has two children, loves cycling, running and technology. You can find out more about Piers at www.piersthurston.com

In this episode Damian gives a very candid view into his coaching life, including his biggest struggles, in spite of which how he has always managed to create and succeed, and his absolute clarity of what’s true and what’s opinion. This one’s not for the faint of heart. Here’s a little more about Damian: Damian Mark Smyth is a TEDx speaker, author, podcaster, blogger and Three Principles coach. He works in the field of mental health and addictions and is currently working on his new venture: www.vetshealth.co.uk taking the Principles into the veterinary profession where there is between 4 and 10 times the national suicide average. He also works with entrepreneurs and business owners as well as addiction and suicide clients and his first book Do Nothing! was the first Three Principles book to be released in the UK. His website is www.rethinkingbusiness.biz and he can also be found being disruptive and cheeky on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Damian-Mark-Smyth and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/damianmarksmyth His Rethink Everything Podcast is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/rethink-everything/id1203901025?mt=2

In this special monologue episode, Phil spills the beans on the real reasons he created this podcast, why you should ignore all embellishment and what anyone else is doing, and also forget about yourself being a coach. Here’s a little more about your host, Phil Goddard… (oh, that’s me!): Phil Goddard is an internationally renowned coach, author, speaker, leadership trainer, 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 through a deeper understanding of love and the nature of how our experience of life is created. With humour and sincerity, he combines over twenty-one years in I.T. and Telecoms corporate leadership with twelve years as a professional coach, to help organisations build harmonious teams utilising the most potent force in leadership - love. He also works with individuals to help them develop a deeply grounded understanding of the principles behind our human experience and live wonderfully productive, happy lives, connected to love, ease and compassion for humanity. He has coached Hollywood actors, international models, journalists, artists, authors, film directors, corporate executives, and numerous business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs. He challenges his work on happiness by following a few English sports teams. Phil can be contacted via philg.com and Facebook via fbphil.com and can often be found on the Greek Island of Zakynthos.

Your enthusiasm alone cannot carry you. Catherine is devoted to her spiritual beliefs and practice in a way that plays out in all she does, and is the foundation of her work as a radical love and empowerment coach. In a beautiful conversation she shares her story of burnout and refocusing on being a business owner, and gives us an insight into the fundamental message of all of her work. Here’s a little more about Catherine: Catherine Hummel is a Love Coach, Healer, Spiritual Teacher and your guide to love over at http://Catherine-Hummel.com She helps women heal their fear based relationship patterns so that they can experience radical self love and attract the relationship they deserve and dream of. She not only cares about helping women find love but learn the skills and tools to make love last. Using spiritual principles and practical skills she supports women in rewriting their love stories. She believes healthy relationships are what will heal the world. When she's not helping others find love, she's living her own epic love story living with her husband Andrew in Scituate, MA.

Not so much an exclusive peek behind the curtains of Shanti’s life, because anyone who follows her on Facebook will already have a sense of who she is and what’s she’s up to. But it is a lovely conversation with someone who embraces her humanness to the full, and is deeply committed to loving and serving her clients. There is a beautiful simplicity in how she does that. Here’s a little more about Shanti: “I remember the days I would cry in the bathroom so that my family wouldn’t see my tears, because at the time, I didn't think they were allowed. I had to hide them. I had to hide me. I had to be safe. I live in the opposite of what many people would think looks like safety now, because it is the opposite of what I thought was safety then. Sharing everything and your mother’s butt on the interwebs, for all the see. Feeling all of my emotions right out in public, at the dining room table, in front of my family and my preciousness boobies. I feel. I feel it all. I feel ME. Living this work is my deepest commitment to myself, as much as it is to you and BeingShanti. Fullfilling my purpose as an Emotional Advocate for Authenticity and Genuine Interactions and Ending Violence In My Lifetime. Which means, I refuse to do, preach, teach, or advocate for anything that I do not live. Living in Emotional Authenticity is the very foundation on which allows me to stand, fall, crawl, yell, snort laugh, and snotty sob without apology. It is my birthright, my internal wealth, my compass to freedom each and every moment. It is my truth, extended to you and held with tender care by me. Known with every cell, and treasured with every fiber.” Continued on Shanti’s website at https://www.being-shanti.com/ You can follow Shanti on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/simplybeingshanti/ and https://www.facebook.com/shanti.zimmermannBeingShanti

In this revealing episode Robert talks very openly about his journey through personal growth, deep inner work and ownership, saying YES to all he wanted in life, with some miraculous results. This is another episode full of gems for every coach. Here’s a little more about Robert: Hailed as “part football coach, part loving dad, and part slightly crazed drill sergeant” Robert Kandell has spent the last sixteen years helping people re energize their lives and build better relationships through more honest and authentic connection. After building a successful consulting firm in San Francisco, he then took his business acumen and co-founded OneTaste in 2004 with Nicole Daedone. Taking on the challenging task of bringing conscious sexuality to the mainstream market, Robert built the company from scratch to a high seven-figure international corporation. He left OneTaste in 2014 to start his own Consulting firm helping small businesses become marketable and profitable. Robert is also an accomplished teacher, coach, and lecturer. He brings his enthusiasm and acumen to his weekly podcast, Tuff Love, on subjects around relationships, intimacy, communication and gender dynamics. www.TuffLove.live www.KandellConsulting.com

This episode is worth listening to just to hear Mark’s beautiful answer to my final question, and his humility and wisdom offers gems for all coaches throughout. You’ll not hear a more open and honest interview with any coach. The extended BIO we talk about in this episode can be found here: http://bernhardtwealth.com/Profiles/SilvermanMark.pdf Here’s a little more about Mark: I believe that every human being has the ability to be successful, happy and fulfilled. That becoming more of who you are (instead of what you think you need to be) will get you further in business, in your relationship and in life. It may or may not involve a change in career, but it definitely requires and deserves exploration. Over a 17-year career at fast-moving, fast-growing companies like NetApp, VMware and EMC, I generated over $90 million in sales and received numerous awards. I’ve led executive teams, management and front-line stakeholders to complete many successful projects and to close multi-million dollar deals. My career in the high tech Industry as a Sales Executive brought challenges, adventures and an incredible lifestyle. I was fortunate enough to travel the world, eat in amazing restaurants, live in a big house and drive the coolest cars. Raising two incredible boys as an involved father, a deepening spiritual center and dealing with devastating health challenges, I started to see things differently. I noticed that life in the 1% had a cost. For most, though we looked good on Facebook, and were distracted by toys and vacations, and would never admit it, that cost crept up on us until it was too late. This observation brought me to the realization that the drives and motivations of our early career are often unsustainable over time. Our skill sets, strategies and even our energy sources need to mature if we’re going to continue to move up and still thrive. Our relationships, our health and the satisfaction of our success rely on our ability to evolve. The good news is we can. We can have even greater success that is sustainable and integrated with our values. It isn’t easy; otherwise everyone would be making these choices. And, if we are deliberate and intentional, our time and energy will be focused on the things that really fulfill us. Today I work with Executives and Entrepreneurs to do success differently though one on one coaching, workshops and incredible travel adventures. I am dedicated to you having an extraordinary business, extraordinary relationships and an extraordinary life. https://markjsilverman.com/

In this fascinating conversation, Alex talks about how he gave up everything he had to spend 14 years in a monastery, and since leaving has built a coaching practice, gives talks, runs workshops and facilitates events sharing all he learned in his Zen training to help people transform their lives and businesses. Here’s a little more about Alex: Alex Mill, is a Zen Life Coach, facilitator, leadership trainer and public speaker. He spent nearly 14 years training in a Zen monastery and is now offering his years of experience to transform people’s lives and businesses through mindfulness, meditation and compassionate self-awareness practices. https://www.alexandermilljr.com/

Little did I know that today’s guest had been living just 10 miles from me for 15 years, and also coaching for that long! - and it took a mutual friend some 4000 miles away to introduce us. Funny how life works that way sometimes… In this episode Rachel shares her story of building a business around looking after her children, only to reinvent it all some years later. Here’s a little more about Rachel: Rachel Henke is the founder of Living Fearlessly, transformation coach and bestselling author of numerous books. Breaking free of the job world upon relocating to a sleepy village in the UK, Rachel started her first business working from the breakfast bar around her two young daughters. After 30 years of self-improvement, she has finally found the answers she was seeking. Combined with her extensive business experience and transformative coaching expertise, Rachel helps her clients move through fear so they can follow their dreams with confidence and ease. www.livingfearlessly.co.uk