Episodes
17
Nov. 19, 2021
Ep 17: Why we Don't Want People to Think for Themselves & the Subtle Dynamics of Ranting
Why We Don't Want People to Think for Themselves & The Subtle Dynamics of Ranting
Let's say we agree that we want to help our people think for themselves. We see the benefits of that. The trickiest barrier for us as leaders is ... not really wanting people to think for themselves!
~ Why we might not want people to think for themselves
~ Common underlying unconscious 'programmes' that interfere with helping others think for themselves
~ How ranting arises and some of the negative and unhelpfu...
Let's say we agree that we want to help our people think for themselves. We see the benefits of that. The trickiest barrier for us as leaders is ... not really wanting people to think for themselves!
~ Why we might not want people to think for themselves
~ Common underlying unconscious 'programmes' that interfere with helping others think for themselves
~ How ranting arises and some of the negative and unhelpfu...
16
Nov. 12, 2021
Ep 16: The Importance of Empathy for Other Perspectives
The Importance of Empathy for Other Perspectives
How do we help our people deal with the demands of the time?
We want to help them think for themselves - but they may not be ready for that. They may be suffering from what they've been through or are still going through.
Empathy for suffering makes space for us to hear other points of view.
When we hear other points of view we have the data we need for helping people, and for negotiating and bringing people with us.
Some of the experiences we...
How do we help our people deal with the demands of the time?
We want to help them think for themselves - but they may not be ready for that. They may be suffering from what they've been through or are still going through.
Empathy for suffering makes space for us to hear other points of view.
When we hear other points of view we have the data we need for helping people, and for negotiating and bringing people with us.
Some of the experiences we...
15
Nov. 5, 2021
Ep 15: Thinking For Ourselves
Episode 15: Thinking For Ourselves
The importance of thinking for ourselves and helping our people to do the same
How free thinkers come through difficult times most effectively
Our own choices are the only ones than satisfy in the end - and no-one else can give those to us
Why waiting around for others to do our thinking for us is a path to misery
How to help others think for themselves
Recalling how we learned, where we are strongest, where we are vulnerable
The significance of humility,...
The importance of thinking for ourselves and helping our people to do the same
How free thinkers come through difficult times most effectively
Our own choices are the only ones than satisfy in the end - and no-one else can give those to us
Why waiting around for others to do our thinking for us is a path to misery
How to help others think for themselves
Recalling how we learned, where we are strongest, where we are vulnerable
The significance of humility,...
14
Oct. 29, 2021
Ep 14: Finding Our Fearless Position
Finding Our Fearless Position
The importance of leaders transcending the pro-vax/anti-vax argument by being true to themselves - and true to their people
Why people need strong and wise leadership in these times
Why vagueness is inadequate for effective leadership - as is being didactic and ignoring other points of view
Recognition that polarised thinking springs from unacknowledged fears and confusion
Going beyond our own fears and confusions and finding a place where fear has no hold on us...
The importance of leaders transcending the pro-vax/anti-vax argument by being true to themselves - and true to their people
Why people need strong and wise leadership in these times
Why vagueness is inadequate for effective leadership - as is being didactic and ignoring other points of view
Recognition that polarised thinking springs from unacknowledged fears and confusion
Going beyond our own fears and confusions and finding a place where fear has no hold on us...
13
Oct. 22, 2021
Ep 13: Speaking Out
Speaking Out
Why Speaking Out is so important - especially now
How communication plays a vital part in helping us process our experience and move on
How Speaking Out helps us connect with others, for greater success and fulfilment in all areas
The inadequacy of words and the question of mastering our communication
The importance of failing to communicate - and keeping going
The value of striving to allow the heart to come through into the words and through the words
Listening to feedback ...
Why Speaking Out is so important - especially now
How communication plays a vital part in helping us process our experience and move on
How Speaking Out helps us connect with others, for greater success and fulfilment in all areas
The inadequacy of words and the question of mastering our communication
The importance of failing to communicate - and keeping going
The value of striving to allow the heart to come through into the words and through the words
Listening to feedback ...
12
Oct. 15, 2021
Ep 12: Celebration, Play & Going Again
Episode 12: Celebration, Play & Going Again
Recognising when the mission or key phase is complete.
Fully receiving completion satisfaction, fulfilment and self-recognition.
Wildly celebrating, play and showing off.
Sharing the love.
Deeply unpacking what worked and how.
Celebrating again .
Intensive self-rewarding, holidays, luxuries & indulgence.
Returning & re-integrating.
Refreshing the practicalities and setup of life.
Preparing for the next mission or key phase.
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Recognising when the mission or key phase is complete.
Fully receiving completion satisfaction, fulfilment and self-recognition.
Wildly celebrating, play and showing off.
Sharing the love.
Deeply unpacking what worked and how.
Celebrating again .
Intensive self-rewarding, holidays, luxuries & indulgence.
Returning & re-integrating.
Refreshing the practicalities and setup of life.
Preparing for the next mission or key phase.
ASK ME ANYTHING
Se...
11
Oct. 8, 2021
Ep 11: Nourishment & Support for Continued Growth and Expansion
Episode 11: Nourishment & Support for Continued Growth and Expansion
Rugged individualism & self-sufficiency.
Humility & self-acceptance.
Self-love and receptivity.
Needs & permissions.
Practical matters - emotional matters - spiritual matters - physical matters.
Dreaming up our ideal support framework and ingredients.
Faith, courage and determination.
Asking for help & inviting input.
Fending off takeover - with grace.
Receiving - with gratitude.
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Rugged individualism & self-sufficiency.
Humility & self-acceptance.
Self-love and receptivity.
Needs & permissions.
Practical matters - emotional matters - spiritual matters - physical matters.
Dreaming up our ideal support framework and ingredients.
Faith, courage and determination.
Asking for help & inviting input.
Fending off takeover - with grace.
Receiving - with gratitude.
ASK ME ANYTHING
Send in requests for ...
10
Oct. 1, 2021
Ep 10: The Temptations of Power
The Temptations of Power
Power as the ability to act and affect
Metabolising new feelings of enhanced personal power
'Power over' as the social norm
The pull of domination
Forging renewed values set
Discovering 'power with' as a model for doing good - and for success
Practicing using power for good
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A challenge – you disagree with s...
Power as the ability to act and affect
Metabolising new feelings of enhanced personal power
'Power over' as the social norm
The pull of domination
Forging renewed values set
Discovering 'power with' as a model for doing good - and for success
Practicing using power for good
ASK ME ANYTHING
Send in requests for future episodes ...
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Further exploration – a question about a theme or principle.
A challenge – you disagree with s...
9
Sept. 24, 2021
Ep 9: Loved ones, Reactions to your evolving Self-Mastery, and Love
Loved ones, Reactions to your evolving Self-Mastery, and Love
The crab-pot story.
Why we want others to stay the same.
The purpose and dangers of pigeon-holing.
Fears of abandonment and loss underlying discomfort with others changing and growing.
Preparing your colleagues, family and friends for your growth journey.
How much of your growth process to share & how to share it.
Checking in and nurturing your relationships during your growth phase.
The desire to fix people and why and how not...
The crab-pot story.
Why we want others to stay the same.
The purpose and dangers of pigeon-holing.
Fears of abandonment and loss underlying discomfort with others changing and growing.
Preparing your colleagues, family and friends for your growth journey.
How much of your growth process to share & how to share it.
Checking in and nurturing your relationships during your growth phase.
The desire to fix people and why and how not...
8
Sept. 17, 2021
Ep 8: Upwellings, Meltdowns, Healing Crises & Breakthroughs
Upwellings, meltdowns, healing crises & breakthroughs
Dispelling the myth that breakdown is always a pre-requisite for growth.
When and why breakdowns are necessary for us.
How early conditioning can reduce our capacity to self-govern.
The importance of healing crises and how to recognise them.
Sometimes we are ready, and sometimes we are not - and that's OK.
How to recognise and utilise our natural resistances as valuable data sources.
The only way through is through.
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Dispelling the myth that breakdown is always a pre-requisite for growth.
When and why breakdowns are necessary for us.
How early conditioning can reduce our capacity to self-govern.
The importance of healing crises and how to recognise them.
Sometimes we are ready, and sometimes we are not - and that's OK.
How to recognise and utilise our natural resistances as valuable data sources.
The only way through is through.
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7
Sept. 10, 2021
Ep 7: Creativity & Strategic Leverage
Creativity & Strategic Leverage
Creativity is both a natural phenomenon and an aspirational outcome.
Our Creativity both affects everything in our lives, and is affected by everything in our lives.
Our minds and bodies are inevitably involved.
Why Creativity cannot be defined or measured.
Why we need both adaptive & innovative Creativity in our organisations.
State of mind, body and spirit as a creative asset.
Our role as leaders fostering unique Creativity in others.
Dance as a metaphor ...
Creativity is both a natural phenomenon and an aspirational outcome.
Our Creativity both affects everything in our lives, and is affected by everything in our lives.
Our minds and bodies are inevitably involved.
Why Creativity cannot be defined or measured.
Why we need both adaptive & innovative Creativity in our organisations.
State of mind, body and spirit as a creative asset.
Our role as leaders fostering unique Creativity in others.
Dance as a metaphor ...
6
Sept. 3, 2021
Ep 6: Showing Up as Global Contribution
Showing Up as Global Contribution
The power of authentic presence.
What authenticity is not.
How we lose authenticity through socialisation.
Our sensitivity to authenticity in ourselves and in others.
The profound pleasure of present moment experience.
How authentic presence is naturally magnetic and compelling.
How being authentic and present empowers leaders and delivers greater wisdom.
How to increase our authenticity and encourage others to show up authentically.
How showing up authe...
The power of authentic presence.
What authenticity is not.
How we lose authenticity through socialisation.
Our sensitivity to authenticity in ourselves and in others.
The profound pleasure of present moment experience.
How authentic presence is naturally magnetic and compelling.
How being authentic and present empowers leaders and delivers greater wisdom.
How to increase our authenticity and encourage others to show up authentically.
How showing up authe...
5
Aug. 27, 2021
Ep 5: Comfort Zones
Comfort Zones
How the term 'comfort zone' means very little and masks difficult experiences.
How the term is used to bully people.
Not everything outside our comfort zones is a good idea.
Fine tuning our felt sense of opportunities outside the comfort zone.
When to follow the beckoning and when not to.
Growing and shrinking the comfort zone.
Inherent power and acquired power.
The risks attached to acquired power.
How we build personal inherent power through practicing moving in and out o...
How the term 'comfort zone' means very little and masks difficult experiences.
How the term is used to bully people.
Not everything outside our comfort zones is a good idea.
Fine tuning our felt sense of opportunities outside the comfort zone.
When to follow the beckoning and when not to.
Growing and shrinking the comfort zone.
Inherent power and acquired power.
The risks attached to acquired power.
How we build personal inherent power through practicing moving in and out o...
4
Aug. 20, 2021
Ep 4: Let's Start From Here.
Let's Start From Here
Why understanding our Starting Point is of value at any time in our lives.
Why we'd rather not examine our Starting Point.
The unhelpful effects of early exposure to critical assessment by others.
Why we reach adulthood averse to self-review and overly self-critical.
How this aversion prevents us learning how to give feedback clearly and helpfully to others.
How our early schooling has a lot to answer for in this regard.
How our overly progress-addicted culture interferes w...
Why understanding our Starting Point is of value at any time in our lives.
Why we'd rather not examine our Starting Point.
The unhelpful effects of early exposure to critical assessment by others.
Why we reach adulthood averse to self-review and overly self-critical.
How this aversion prevents us learning how to give feedback clearly and helpfully to others.
How our early schooling has a lot to answer for in this regard.
How our overly progress-addicted culture interferes w...
3
Aug. 13, 2021
Ep 3: Big ideas and Finding our Perspective
Big Ideas and Finding our Perspective
The difference between holding a belief without examination, and having a felt experiential or cognitive intellectual connection with it.
How our judgement is affected by our relationships with big ideas.
Why it's important for leaders to examine big ideas - both on the level of felt experience, and on the level of intellectual examination.
The unfortunate downsides of acting on unexamined beliefs.
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The difference between holding a belief without examination, and having a felt experiential or cognitive intellectual connection with it.
How our judgement is affected by our relationships with big ideas.
Why it's important for leaders to examine big ideas - both on the level of felt experience, and on the level of intellectual examination.
The unfortunate downsides of acting on unexamined beliefs.
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2
Aug. 6, 2021
Ep 2: The Power of Choice
The Power of Choice
Why are you here? and why am I here?
Why your attraction to anything is important.
How suppressing our attractions disempowers our ability to make true choices.
What is it that calls you, and do you listen.
Understanding the meaning of seemingly random paths to the here and now.
Liberating authentic choice-making as a force for good.
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Why are you here? and why am I here?
Why your attraction to anything is important.
How suppressing our attractions disempowers our ability to make true choices.
What is it that calls you, and do you listen.
Understanding the meaning of seemingly random paths to the here and now.
Liberating authentic choice-making as a force for good.
Watch the 60 minute video:
How and Why to Elevate your Life
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July 30, 2021
Ep 1: The Unlimited Self
The Unlimited Self
That part of you that can imagine beyond imaginings. The part of you that recognises your unlimited nature. How the unlimited mindset expands our perception, deepens our wisdom and intuition, and strengthens our contribution as leaders.
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That part of you that can imagine beyond imaginings. The part of you that recognises your unlimited nature. How the unlimited mindset expands our perception, deepens our wisdom and intuition, and strengthens our contribution as leaders.
Read the eBook:
Why Thinking for Ourselves is a Strategic Necessity and What to Do About it.
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July 23, 2021
Truth & Transcendence Trailer
Truth & Transcendence - brought to you by Yes You Now with Catherine Llewellyn
An introduction to the Truth & Transcendence podcast.
What to expect, why we're doing this, and why you might choose to tune in.
Weekly 30 minute episodes.
Helping us transcend the current global crisis - physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially and economically.
Helping leaders provide strong and wise support and guidance.
Principles and themes for Strategic Self-Mastery.
Find out more here:
yesyou...
An introduction to the Truth & Transcendence podcast.
What to expect, why we're doing this, and why you might choose to tune in.
Weekly 30 minute episodes.
Helping us transcend the current global crisis - physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially and economically.
Helping leaders provide strong and wise support and guidance.
Principles and themes for Strategic Self-Mastery.
Find out more here:
yesyou...
July 15, 2021
Truth & Transcendence Teaser
Truth & Transcendence is brought to you by Yes You Now with Catherine Llewellyn.
Weekly 30 minute episodes.
Helping us transcend the current global crisis - physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially and economically.
Helping leaders provide strong and wise support and guidance.
Principles and themes for Strategic Self-Mastery.
Find out more here:
yesyounow.today/podcast
Support the show
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https://be...
Weekly 30 minute episodes.
Helping us transcend the current global crisis - physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially and economically.
Helping leaders provide strong and wise support and guidance.
Principles and themes for Strategic Self-Mastery.
Find out more here:
yesyounow.today/podcast
Support the show
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More about Catherine / Being Space / Expansive Coaching
https://be...