Episodes

Way of Being & the Macklin Method

Ron realised early in his engineering career that he had a passion for building and leading teams. And he realised that to succeed, he needed to build a deep network of support. He needed to learn why people connect and how they create results together. This realisation led him on a 30-year journey that culminated in the creation of the 7-step Macklin Method and the launch of Macklin Connection.

Ron earned a degree in engineering from Kansas State University a...

Please Don't Funnel Me!
Exploring the Impact of Funneling in Relationships: A Perspective on Conscious and Unconscious Influences

Have you ever felt uncomfortably processed, like a mere statistic on a spreadsheet or an impersonal number on a list? That's how I began to feel with the increasingly popular strategy of funneling in relationships used by organisations.

I've grown weary of this impersonal approach and have made the conscious decision to pull away from it. But how does this funneling...

Reflection, Attention, Love & Re-Creating Yourself

Rob Ryles is a football coach, physiotherapist, podcaster, and writer.

Rob has over three decades of hands on life experience in elite professional football and has worked with some of the best players England has produced. This has afforded him a significant depth of knowledge around elite performance and achievement with many ups and downs.

He has been a passionate reader and researcher of ancient wisdom as well as modern day science around...

Leading Through the Void & the Value of Retreats

My friend and regular guest Thom Dennis of Serenity in Leadership is offering an extraordinary retreat experience in September. Thom invited me to have a chat with him about it, as part of his 'spreading the word' activity. We decided to take the opportunity to dive into a bit of a deeper discussion about the value of retreats in general, and why we both feel senior leaders do well to carve out time now and then for such experiences.

If you're c...

Finding our True Self & Bouncing Back from Disaster

At the age of 23 Danielle was hit by a drunk driver and sustained a life-altering injury to her brain. The medical world said there was no hope of recovery & told her to accept this life as her “new normal”.

Although her body was physically impaired, her spirit was strong & she refused to believe their diagnoses. Her mind was determined to recover…and she did!

She is a testament to the concept of post traumatic growth and has since built an ...

Sugar, Addiction & Liberation

In this episode I talk about the miraculous effects of giving up the white powder ~ which some say is more addictive than cocaine.

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If something in your life is beginning to open — or there is a sense of moving toward deeper alignment — you’re warmly invited into this work.

This is a space for reflection, unfol...

Freestyling, Being Made To Stop & Starting Again

Steve is a man who is not afraid to take risks. Both physically - obviously - and now more personally as he chooses to explore on the air the awkward and challenging experience of ‘starting again’.

We all know that Starting Again is an inevitable part of life experience - and yet how much energy do we put into avoiding it, or rushing headlong into it, or theorising about it, or basically anything other than mindfully experiencing and living it a...

Pellowah & Trusting Our Intuitive Yes

Five years ago I came across Pellowah, a relatively new energy technique out of Australia. I felt an immediate appeal, which I followed, to good effect. I'm glad I trusted my own intuition and went with it.

In this episode we take a moment to ask ourselves - do we trust our intuitive sense of what draws us and what we find appealing? Could we open more fully to this extraordinary 'superpower' we all have?

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Ken Lizotte - Thought Leadership & Trusting Your Big Idea

Ken Lizotte CMC is author of nine books including The Speaker’s Edge: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Locating and Landing Lots of Speaking Gigs and The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority that People Turn to Every Time.

Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) and founder of Emerson Consulting group. For 25+ years, Ken's firm has facilitated its over 450 “client thoughtleaders” to publish their strategic ideas and appear at targeted business...

The Art of Happiness & The Spiritual Dimension

Some years ago, in a time of seeking for happiness, a friend gave me a copy of The Art of Happiness, co-written by HH Dalai Lama and Howard C Cutler (1998).

The book is a delight, with more than a few challenges along with beautiful words of affirmation and encouragement.

In this episode I share a beautiful piece from near the end of the book, in which the Dalai Lama explains the important connection between the possession of a spiritual dimensio...

Detachment, Non-Sacrifice & The Joy of Witnessing Transformation

Serial entrepreneur, realtor, podcast host, and social media expert, John Mendez, is deeply passionate about helping other like-minded individuals achieve a life of abundance. Through the power of the mind and social media, John Mendez is empowering others to obtain financial freedom and build the lives they’ve always dreamed of living.

By way of his podcast, Walk 2 Wealth, John is celebrated for sharing personal and guest experi...

I Don’t Know, I was Wrong, I Made a Mistake & I Need to Vent

None of us are infallible. And yet, how much of the time do we feel we are expected to pretend to be? And do we ourselves feel the need to cover up and appear beyond error and utterly well-regulated?

Using our judgement and expanding our circle of appropriateness when it comes to acknowledging our fallibility, and perhaps having a good vent or ‘cathart’, can have an astonishingly liberating effect for us.

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Charisse Cooke - Relationships Matter!

Charisse Cooke is a psychotherapist with over nineteen years of professional experience. She works in private practice in London and is also an online educator through social media.

Specialising in relationships, Charisse offers challenging, hard-hitting advice to anyone wanting more honest and authentic relationships.

She wants to bring all the lessons learnt in the counselling room to a wider online audience, so as many people as possible can benefit.
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Self-Limiting Beliefs & What To Do About Them

We’ve probably all heard about self-limiting beliefs and how they - well - limit us.

But what do we do about it?

Contrary to some beliefs, there are a few very simple techniques we can employ to good effect, to help keep us moving along.

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Danny Brassell - Spreading Joy & The Power of Storytelling

A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, Leadership Begins with Motivation.

A former inner-city teacher, Danny’s on a mission to bring joy back into education and the workplace by transforming struggling and reluctant readers into more passionate and proficient readers. And he shows bu...

The Bug in Our Thinking & The Way To Fix It

Hugh is an author with experience in business, market research, psychotherapy, academia and performance.

He has led over a hundred workshops in negotiation, qualitative research, therapeutic transformation, hypnosis, effective presentation skills, practical philosophy and authentic storytelling.

In 1997 he gained his PhD in Philosophy from City University, London.

In 1999 Hugh co-founded Corr Willbourn Research and Development, a qualitative market...

Living Your Passion & Creative Play

John C. Morley is an International Keynote Speaker, Podcast host, Drive Time Radio Personality, and CEO and Founder of The JMOR Connection, Inc now a 30+ year company in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

John has a passion for Technology and helping others feel comfortable with using their technology to maximise its optimum potential.

During 7th Grade he started one of New Jersey’s largest BBS Systems to build community before there was an internet. Later, he managed two...

The Creative & Transcendence as the Norm

Robert Fritz first published his excellent ‘The Path of Least Resistance’ in 1984. The book took the personal growth world by storm. Here was a work that integrated psychology with creativity with productivity, seamlessly. His highly leveraged modality proved effective for millions across the following decades.

In this episode I share with you his closing words ~ the punchline if you will. Here we tap into the true motivation for becoming the creative f...

Ep 92: Michael Kurkowski - Strength, Intuition & Emotional Regulation

Michael has been a strength and mindset coach for almost 15 years. He’s the owner of Breakthrough Secrets and host of The Strength Connection Podcast.

Michael helps busy professionals create a harmony in

their physical, mental and spiritual strength practices to help them live out their fullest potential and most joyful life.

He believes in the process of mastery ~ that everyone is capable of becoming a master of their own...

The Nameless & What is Reality?

While it’s true we require some sense of what is or isn’t real for our basic survival and ability to navigate life, it can be significantly liberating and helpful to dip into philosophical notions around perception, reality and illusion.

Creativity calls for expanded thinking and expression. We can’t do this very well when we’re wedded to a limited and limiting position about reality.

In this episode I introduce a highly esoteric and ‘out there’ piece from the ...

The Spirit of Things & Assured Success

Robert D’Aubigny is an entrepreneur and investor. His main raison d'etre is creating organisations where the environment and corporate systems lead to personal growth.

Much of Robert’s early life was spent working in and collaborating with alternative communities; studying the main streams of humanistic psychology under the tutorage of leading thinkers in the field. After exploring different approaches to personal development he created his first organisa...

Building Community & The Rabbi’s Gift

As tribe creatures we all need community. As leaders it behoves us to create and nurture community within our organisations.

In this episode I introduce the great M Scott Peck who researched and wrote about Community extensively in the 80s.

I share with you the beautiful and very moving myth or legend The Rabbi’s Gift, drawn from Peck’s wonderful book The Different Drum (1987). The story contains within it some of the crucial principles for creating a thr...

Park Your Ego At The Door

Charles J Read is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), U.S Tax Court Practitioner ( USTCP), member of Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) and the Founder of GetPayroll.

A Vietnam war vet, and a business owner for over 30 years, his companies have provided full-service payroll services, payroll tax services, and other payroll-related services since 1991.

Charles is an accomplished senior executive and entrepreneur with more than fifty years of financial ...

Organisations as Political Systems & The Sources of Power in Your Organisation

Re-introducing Gareth Morgan who gave us his marvellous book ‘Images of Organization’.

Over several decades of working with clients who are making significant changes in their businesses, I’ve noticed that organisational interventions that are not specifically tailored to the organisation in question do not work. At best there’s some improvement but not as much as hoped. At worst damage is done and more money must b...