The Thriving Coaches Podcast

In this episode, I speak with author, podcaster and coach, Anke Hermann. Anke is author of the book, "Taming the Technology Monster", but her work with clients is as much to do with their thinking and their ideas about themselves as it is with their technology projects. In this brief conversation, she reveals how her passion for the work she does today was steadily tapping her on the shoulder while she looked somewhere else for work she loved doing. This conversation speaks to the wisdom that's guiding every single one of us, once we know how to tune into it. You can find out more about Anke Herrmann here: https://www.ankeherrmann.com/ Find out more about the guest's podcast here: https://www.ankeherrmann.com/passionbusinesspodcast/ Find out more about the book here: https://taming-the-tech-monster.mn.co/ By the way, I'm about to kick off a free masterclass series on sharing the principles in these turbulent times. If you want to join in, just go to www.ClarityAcademy.co/free3p to register. Now here's the episode.

In this episode, I'm speaking to a good friend and colleague, Simon Ong. Simon's focus is on inspiring people to see their world differently and igniting their imagination of what is truly possible so that they can lead an extraordinary life doing that which makes them feel most alive. And as you'll hear, he's got a gift for distilling his insights into powerful lessons that can be easily understood and applied immediately. As an award-winning coach and international keynote speaker, he has appeared on Sky News, BBC and Forbes, and has spoken at some of the planet's most successful organisations like Virgin, Barclays, Salesforce and Microsoft. And one of the interesting things about Simon is that he's just agreed a deal with Penguin Random House to publish his first book. Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2021 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. And you can save up to £3000 when you book your place by June 26th 2020. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach So here's the episode...

In this episode of the Thriving coaches podcast, you're going to be hearing a re-release of a conversation I had with a good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Ankush Jain. Ankush is a successful coach and a leader in the coaching community. He's spoken at conferences in the USA and Europe, and works with clients from around the world, helping them achieve extraordinary results. And one of the interesting things about Ankush is he's the creator of the Relationship Series, a podcast where he interviews coaches and experts from around the world on a wide variety of topics around the theme of relationships. And this episode was first released as a companion piece to my book RESULTS, because it contained a story about realisations Ankush had while observing a 3-day, 1:1 Coaching Intensive I was doing with a client. Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2021 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. And you can save up to £3000 when you book your place by June 26th 2020. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach that's www.JamieSmart.com/coach So here's the episode...

Today, I'm going to introduce you to one of my favourite people. She's a master of having a flash of inspiration and then running with it. She's got a deep understanding of the principles behind clarity, and at the start of this year, she found herself wondering... "What would it be like to live in in a town where we had the time and energy to connect with friends, and family and the wider community?" Clarity Coach Liz Scott asked herself this question in January and started a 3-month experiment exploring wellbeing in her local town of Ivybridge. So how did it go? Put it this way. The experiment has been extended for another 6 months! In fact, Liz is now running online 'Wellbeing Listener' programmes supporting those in the community who want to be better listeners for friends, family and work colleagues. And here's the cool thing... Few of the participants have ever even heard of the Inside-Out understanding. But based on their experience so far, they're very curious to find out more. Lots of people have already joined in with the Wellbeing Listener webinar including people from charities, volunteers, listening services, the community connector, business-owners, parents, change-workers and educators. So I've asked Liz to join us here in to share - her inspiration for the project - how she got it off the ground - and her ideas about where it may go next And here's the thing: because these principles are playing out for *everyone*, this conversation will be a great opportunity to have insights and realisations for yourself into the principles, and how you can share them with others.

Welcome to the podcast. And in this episode you're going to hear a coaching demo I did with a client who was completely stuck following a series of catastrophes. First, she was hit with the deaths of both her parents within the space of a couple of years. Then her husband became seriously ill. She told me that during this period, her work as a coach kept her going. But then, the UK coronavirus lockdown kicked in, and her business collapsed overnight. She said it was like a domino effect of 'big things' happening that's left her feeling stuck and with no confidence. She said she felt like she had lead in her boots and was unable to move. When I asked her what she wanted to have happen as a result of our session, she said... "I want to become unstuck. I want to go back to being me." Just before I introduce that session, I wanted to let you know that the 2021 Intake of our flagship programme, the Clarity Certification Training is now open for enrolment and you can save up to £3,000 when you register by Friday 26th June. A few things worth knowing… 1. Clarity Certification Training is our flagship seven month programme for anyone interested in bringing an understanding of the principles behind clarity into their life or work. 2. I'm going to be delivering all 7 modules on the Clarity Certification Training myself, so you're going to be working closely with me. 3. We're limiting the number of places on the programme to 36 people, and.... 4. You can save up to £3,000 when you book your place by Friday, 26th June, 2020. >>> You can find out more and book your place at www.JamieSmart.com/coach So now to the coaching demo. I did this session in front of an audience of clients on my 12-week Coaching Immersion programme. The client's name is Cecilia, and as you'll hear, I move between coaching Cecilia and speaking to the audience. The main coaching session is in the first 26 minutes of the podcast. Then in the last minute or two of the podcast, you'll hear me circle back and check in with Cecilia - this was actually an hour later (I was coaching some other members of the group in the meantime). So here's the coaching demo.

In this episode, you're going to hear me being interviewed by Billy Mann. In fact, it's a conversation as much as it is an interview. Billy is a coach, and entrepreneur and an absolutely lovely human being. And one of the things that's interesting about Billy is that he's been deeply impacted by the single paradigm as articulated by Keith Blevens and Valda Monroe, so that's one of the areas we explore in this episode. About Billy Mann Billy Mann is a Father, Husband, Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Coach, Blogger, Soon to be Author and All-Round lover of life. Billy has spent all of his life in business in one form or another. He literally grew up in his family business (we lived over it) and has worked serving people in one form or another as far back as he can remember. People have always been his passion. As life has it, it took a life changing event to see something new and he has spent the last 10 years dedicated to understanding what it really means to enjoy our lives, creating what it is that reflects our joy. Now, along with running a very successful salon with very happy staff (it's a really joyful place to work for us all) to helping others to find that sweet spot inside, he's busily creating a coaching business to help business owners discover what it means to really live and love their business and their staff. Having spent 27 years employing people both as a freaked out, stressed out boss to having a more productive and profitable business taught him that people always come first and a great relationship with staff builds a great business... Being a great boss isn't as tough as it may seem. If you want to connect with him, you'll find him on Facebook and Instagram and you can DM him or email him at billymanncoaching@gmail.com

The 9 minute clip you're about to listen to is an excerpt from an interview where I was asked the question, "What are the 3 principles." As you'll hear, my response started in somewhere that's probably pretty familiar to most people and ended up somewhere much deeper. In fact, by the time we'd reached the end of my answer, the feeling was so deep and profound that my interviewers (Lea Wernli and Shailia Stephens-Würsig) fell completely silent, and we sat in that insight-friendly space for the next 25 seconds. We've left that 25 seconds of silence in at the end of this recording, and I haven't recorded an outro because you may find that you want to sit in that silence for a while once we get to it. And here's the thing: You may have heard me say that I see my job in sharing the principles as 'helping make it easy for my clients to have the insights that are going to make a difference to them in their lives.' What I've found is that when we spontaneously fall into that quiet, peaceful, 'insight-friendly' space, that's a time when people are particularly open to having some big realisations. Here's the episode.

I'm Jamie Smart, and welcome to the podcast. We're many weeks into lockdown as i record this, so I hope this finds you and yours safe and well. One of the things I've been doing is having a look at ways to introduce people to my work, and so I was looking through our most popular podcast episodes. I've got some great new episodes lined up for you, but this week I'm going to share one of our most popular episodes of all time. The recording you're about to hear is a keynote speech I did at the opening of the first "Unlimited Conference" in Helsinki, Finland back in 2016. It starts with an introduction from the conference organiser, Niko Leppanen. I first met Niko at a workshop in Oslo, Norway, and he went on to train with me as a Clarity Coach, so we've been on this journey together for quite a while. Now, almost everyone who's been touched by the 3 principles gets hit by the same three big questions, 1) Why doesn't everyone know this? 2) What can I do to help get this 'out there'? 3) Why does it sometimes seem difficult to share this understanding with other people? The Unlimited Conference was Niko's inspired answer to the "How can I help get this out there?" question, so I felt very honoured to be one of the speakers. And the name of my keynote talk was, "The Search is Over (except when it isn't)". So here's the episode...

This episode is a 10-minute clip taken from the first module of this year's Clarity Certification Training. I'd been exploring the notion of 'true identity' with the members of the group, when I was asked this question: "True identity is consciousness itself; I'm very happy with that. The question is, when we move beyond that, into defining that consciousness as having characteristics (such as stillness, love, resilience, truth, calm), where's the evidence of that?" Basically, where's the evidence that these qualities are innate? My answer both surprised and resonated with people. Here's the episode.

I'm Jamie Smart - welcome to the podcast. You don't need me to tell you that, as I record this, we're living through a time of extreme volatility and uncertainty. One aspect of that is the coronavirus and its health impacts. Another aspect is the societal and economic impacts of our response to the pandemic. But the third, and for many people the most troubling aspect is the psychological and emotional distress that people are dealing with in relation to all this. This week's podcast is a recording of an online masterclass I did recently called "Finding your bearings in turbulent times." As you listen, we're going to be exploring the things that can help you to… - Navigate these rapidly changing circumstances. - Keep your bearings (and find them again quickly if you should lose them). - Be of real help to the people around you when they start losing their sh*t. You'll also hear me do live Q&A as I deal with the various questions and concerns people (quite naturally) have as they're navigating these strange times. So here's the Masterclass...