Professor Peter Hawkins invites us as a profession to rethink coaching and leadership as deeply systemic, relational and ecological work - away from an individual focus. He explores how moving beyond IQ and EQ into WeQ - collective and collaborative intelligence - can support us meet the complex challenges of our time. Through insights on beauty all around us, purpose and our interconnectedness with nature, Peter offers a new lens for creating meaningful, future-shaping change. The episode closes with one powerful question: What do you uniquely do that the world of tomorrow most needs?

What happens when you take a team out of the boardroom and into the woods Coach and ex-corporate leader Paul Jefferies shares how coaching in nature restores attention, lowers defenses, and sparks fresh thinking. He provides practical ways to work outdoors: constellations, reflective walks, and nature-based metaphors. The results: deeper connection, clearer purpose, better outcomes.

In this episode, we explore the depth of ICF Core Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements in a way that can be transformative by exploring with our reflective partner what they truly want to understand under the surface of what they initially bring into the coaching conversation. Jeanine and Marie share practical insights on how slowing down and partnering with clients to uncover what's truly meaningful can lead to powerful, transformational sessions. A must-listen for coaches wanting to masterfully embody the coaching competencies and create a deeper impact.

Jeanine and Marie Share how we can build our resilience and heart coherence to create new perspectives and better emotional experiences and outcomes in these challenging times with the Corona-virus outbreak in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 142.

Our experiences are a reflection of our beliefs, emotions and habits. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 141, we explore if we take this notion on board and ask ourselves as coaches and leaders how are our experiences reflecting who we are being, we can get curious and do a deep personal dive within ourselves as well as support our clients do the same.

How comfortable are you in being with your clients when they are experiencing challenging emotions such as fear, anger, resentment or hate? Masterful coaches recognize the power of meeting client where they are and, with their permission, staying just a little bit longer in the discomfort. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 140, Marie and Jeanine discuss the importance of being brave and exploring all emotions for the purpose of creating deeper awareness.

The most important work we do as a coach is our own work. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 139, Marie Quigley speaks with Jacob Melaard - transformational men's coach - about his personal journey of understanding how he shows up in the world, embracing both his masculine and feminine energy. Jacob shares his thoughts and experiences on how to recognize and balance these two energies in both his personal and professional life.

There is so much pressure on coaches to "live the dream" and set up their own business... but is this the only way to make a difference? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 138 Pioneer in the coaching profession - Master Certified coach, Co-Active coach and author of coaches going corporate - Lori Shook challenges this perspective, creating provocative thinking around what it means to be a successful coach.

Group coaching, like one to one coaching, involves similar, masterful facilitation skills to support the group with its outcome. And there are also nuances to be aware of. Marie and Jeanine share some tips and ideas in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 137 to be aware of in group facilitator/coaching.

Learn strategies to support your clients to move out of their habitual stories and create greater awareness for themselves. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 136 as they discuss about creating greater awareness.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 135, Inspire Me founder Elizabeth Wood shares both her courage and vulnerability in relation to taking massive action to bring her purpose and dreams come alive.

Are you aware you may be leading your client instead of giving them choice as to which way they want to move forward? Here are some do's  and don'ts Jeanine and Marie share in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 134 to ensure your clients are in charge of their lives.

Do you find yourself rescuing, de energized, drained when you coach? Listen in to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 133 to gain insights and strategies to become an empowered coach.

The way we see ourselves can be the key to unlocking our greatest potential. In this thought-provoking episode, special guest Dasha Dare - photographer turned self-image coach - shares how visibility, vulnerability, and the art of seeing beyond appearances can be transformative. Dasha shares how years behind the lens taught her to witness the unseen greatness in others - that they don't see in themselves - as well as understand and get curious about all of the different and potentially uncomfortable parts of self that perhaps ordinarily get 'pushed' aside. A compelling listen for coaches and leaders who are curious about different ways to support their clients.

Are you sitting in your comfort zone being dictated by your fear? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 132 Jeanine and Marie share their thoughts and tips on how to move into where you want to be.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 131, Dee Hutchinson and Jeanine share insights about how new coaches can get started as a coach and create a sustainable coaching business both on and offline: what to focus on, what to be aware of, and how to set yourself up to build your practice and business.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 130, Jarek Michalski, HR and Senior Business Transformation Professional, who has worked with external coaches on various HR initiatives, provides insights into what organisations are potentially looking for in a coach and how to potentially be found by an organisation for coaching services.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 129, Jeanine interviews experienced coach, mentor and supervisor Lily Seto to explore the magic of metaphors: what they are and how to support clients to tap into their visions, words, body language and more to create deeper awareness about what is really going on underneath the surface of their story.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 128, Amy McLean shares her journey of 'feeling the fear and doing it anyway to live her life on purpose since completing her training two years ago. With the launch of her new podcast, she is once again stepping out of her comfort zone, which we explore in this interview.

Are you wishing, hoping, planning, ruminating on and spending all of your time thinking about creating a successful coaching practice or are you taking action? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 127, Marie and Jeanine share how they have created Empower World by setting a clear intention and then taking action.

Do you want to be friends with your clients or be a professional coach who courageously empowers them to live their best life? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 126, Marie and Jeanine discuss how vital it is to challenge our clients to step outside of their comfort zone of thoughts, beliefs, emotions, behaviors, actions and experiences.

Coaching is an art and science, a balance between presence and a coaching conversation framework. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 125, Marie and Jeanine discuss how to be mindful of both when supporting our clients to create transformational change.

Perfectionism is the killer of creativity. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 124 Musician and Empower World Business Manager Arslan Athar shares how he let go of being perfect which enabled him to share his passion with the world and how it has brought incredible success to his life.

Over the last years the profession of coaching has grown exponentially. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 123, Marie and Jeanine share their beliefs of creating a coaching practice coming from an abundance mindset and how when we come from a place of love instead of a place of fear, it supports us to recognize there is enough for everyone.

What if the questions that unsettle us most are the ones that lead to our deepest growth? In this episode, we explore the world of existential coaching with renowned practitioner Yannick Jacob, who shares what sets this approach apart and how it naturally emerges in coaching conversations. Together, we unpack themes like freedom, responsibility, meaning, and authenticity, revealing how they can spark profound transformation for both coach and client. Whether you're looking to deepen your coaching practice or explore a more philosophical lens on human development, this conversation offers powerful insights and practical wisdom.

Empower World directors Jeanine and Marie share their experiences of coaching and how it has changed their lives in powerful and positive ways.

The skill of bottom lining our client and taking charge to support them to move out of their stories and into the internal world of self-reflection is the key to life changing transformation. Marie and Jeanine discuss how this skill supports the creation of new awareness and it's where we allow space for clients to go deep inside their unconscious mind.

Professional executive coach Lynn Harrison shares how coaching supervision can support coaches to go on an incredible journey of self discovery. A place where the coach regenerates, restores, reflects, expands awareness, learns and develops who they are being as a coach to create a thriving practice.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 119, ACC Ren Wlasiuk interviews MCC Marie Quigley about her thoughts, experiences, motivators and influences on her coaching practice.

We explore what are powerful, thought provoking questions which can enhance our personal and professional lives beyond a coaching conversation. How we can use them in every day conversations with our families, team members, friends and more. We also look at the ethics and what is the difference between a coaching and non coaching conversation.

Marie and Jeanine explore the power of silence and how it enables people to search inside themselves and listen deeply for the answers that lay within.

As we welcome 2019, Jeanine and Marie talk about setting goals that truly matter and align with our values and purposes to support our ongoing success.

Tara Maxamed, an Empower World alumni, shares her journey to becoming a certified coach with a thriving practice. By leaping out of her comfort zone of and recognising confidence is learned (not necessarily something we are born with) supported her decisions to start a business she loves, adapting it around being a mum to three beautiful children.

Anita Tomany, former Vodafone HR Director, shares how stretching out of her comfort zone throughout her life has led to her next big adventure: moving country and setting up her own coaching and consulting company in the UK. Anita's vast experience in the Royal Air Force and in corporate life - has brought her to the next leap into the unknown: setting up her coaching and consulting business

In this Episode Marie speaks with ICF accredited coach and Empower World alumni Ren Wlasiuk about her journey into coaching and how she stepped out of her comfort zone by sharing her writings with others in order to support them to live more empowered lives.

As coaches and leaders who coach, we're trained to hold space in support of others, but what happens when we don't create space for ourselves to do the deeper work and take care of self In this episode with ICF MCC coach and EMCC ESIA coach supervisor Inga Bielinska, we dive into the importance of self care as a leader and coach, which can be often over be overlooked by those in high-responsibility roles. This is a conversation about the intersection of self-care, leadership, and real coaching mastery.

We speak to ICF Certified coach Michelle Arscott who shares her journey about what it's like to go on a journey of becoming a certified coach and what opportunities in different areas can open as a coach. She also shares how she has successfully set-up her practice by 'listening' to her own story/development needs and reaching out to those who share similar challenges.

In this podcast Marie and Jeanine talk about the power of supporting people to focus on their success and fulfilment which enables them to be inspired and anchor them to what they truly want to experience. 

Jeanine and Marie talk about creating powerful ways of working as part of the coaching agreement with ICF associate certified coach and certified grief coach Clare Hadley.

We were recently asked 'how to deal with a session as a coach when you feel that session was a failure, no awareness was made and the client became confused and left the session confused.' At Empower World, we believe this is a fantastic opportunity to work on ourselves as a coach - to support us to be even more powerful - and get really clear about what we might do differently by getting specific feedback from ourselves (as a coach) and importantly from the client. Yasmeen Hassan - Empower World Associate and ICF Associate Certified Coach joins in the conversation with great insights as to how manage ourselves as a coach. 

Expert marketer and highly successful business owner Cham Tang provides invaluable insights as to how attract clients to your business and live events (paid and non-paid strategies), as well as how to promote your services from the stage in a way that is highly effective and not 'salesy.' He also offers free audio resources in the podcast: the 27 steps for a perfect pitch and presenter's pro formula - plus some additional invaluable bonuses for coaches - so be sure to listen in to find out how to access.

Dee Hutchinson supports entrepreneurs and more specifically new start-up coaching entrepreneurs to thrive as an online business/service. She powerfully shares her insights as to what has supported the success of her business and the turning point - the questions she asked of herself - that has led to really finding her niche and present focus.

Do you have a message (and service) you want people to see and hear? Vanessa Talbot supports coaches, experts and change makers who have a message to share with the world and step into the spotlight. Vanessa shares valuable insights as to how she started out and how new coaches can also start creating their business based on their unique knowledge and passion/strengths.

Embracing and learning from our dark side, the place we don't want to acknowledge within us or our saboteurs, can allow us to speak our truth. And it can also free us from the things that hold us back from living a whole-hearted life.

Jeanine and Marie share how exploring physiology can create new awareness, new perspectives and new experiences that will support the clients to live their best life.

Many coaches struggle to support their clients to get a powerful goal to work on in the coaching session. In this podcast Jeanine and Marie discuss the power of establishing goals and share a demonstration which supports the client to get a clear goal.

We explore the power of team coaching in today's ever-changing world with team coach Tammy Turner. From economic instability and political uncertainty to post-pandemic realities, Tammy shares why working with groups and teams—collectives—is more vital than ever. In this episode, we cover why team coaching can increase ROI, distinctions (and overlaps) between team and group coaching, and practical insights for supporting transformation. 

Sam Patterson, MCC ICF coach and mentor joins Empower World sharing his wisdom and insights to support coaches to support their clients as best as they can through presence and trust.

Being a leader means being able to think and make decisions clearly and effectively from a place of looking forward into possibility versus being driven by fears. Scientific evidence says taking deep breaths can support us to get present and into the effective decision making part of our brain to notice new perspectives, new ideas and spark new energy.

Jeanine and Marie talk about how coaching skills have opened up their clients' worlds and opportunities, sharing their recent work with an organization that has supported successful leadership both in the workplace and in their personal lives.