Cross Street Coaching

What matters most to you?

In this continued discussion, I brought Becky Morrison (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckymorrisonbfs/) back on the show to continue our discussion of coaching frameworks and methodology. We dive into her coach training from a division of UC Berkeley and then unpack her concept of “seasons,” the different chapter in our lives where we may need different skillsets as our needs and wants evolve. If you didn’t catch our previous episode SUBTRACT, I’d highly recommend giving that a listen to appreciate the full conversation on Becky’s development of this coaching methodology.

You can access her free content and framework we talk about at https://www.grantleycoaching.com/podcasts.

Becky is a graduate of Wellesley College and Georgetown University Law Center and a member of the Maryland and DC Bars. She has worked both as a litigator and administrator in large law firms, managed hundreds of people in complex, high-stakes, and high-stress environments, and has seen firsthand the impact of having the right people, in the right process at the right time. More recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer of an entrepreneurial investment firm. Now, she has taken her experience and passion for enabling success and works with individuals and companies looking to the future with her consulting firm, Grantley Solutions, LLC (https://www.grantleycoaching.com).

You can connect with Becky on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckymorrisonbfs/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/the.butterfly.society/).

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth, and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

How do we want our lives to look?

Becky Morrison (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckymorrisonbfs/), a UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach, comes on the show to talk about two major career changes that ultimately led to her current passion for leadership coaching. She took a personal inventory of what she wanted her professional life to look like by removing the things that needed to come off her plate. Becky believes that the willingness to be coached in the only pre-request for her ideal client.

In her own words, “Do more of what matters to you and less of the rest.” You can access her free content and framework we talk about at https://www.grantleycoaching.com/podcasts.

Becky is a graduate of Wellesley College and Georgetown University Law Center and a member of the Maryland and DC Bars. She has worked both as a litigator and administrator in large law firms, managed hundreds of people in complex, high-stakes, and high-stress environments, and has seen firsthand the impact of having the right people, in the right process at the right time. More recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer of an entrepreneurial investment firm. Now, she has taken her experience and passion for enabling success and works with individuals and companies looking to the future with her consulting firm, Grantley Solutions, LLC (https://www.grantleycoaching.com).

You can connect with Becky on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckymorrisonbfs/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/the.butterfly.society/).

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth, and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

What do you do when you revert to your old ways?

In this episode, I share some of my thoughts as I unpack what it was like to become out of sync and lose motivation in the past few months. I read a couple of quotes from Ralph Marston (https://greatday.com) that helped me start taking the first steps back into a positive direction.

It would be nice to thrive in this environment, but you have to survive first. Reconnect with your values, your purpose, and the communities that support you.

“Real Life” – August 9, 1999 - https://greatday.com/motivate/990809.html

“Do your part” – August 4, 2020 - https://greatday.com/motivate/200804.html

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth, and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

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Corey Nery-Guity (https://www.instagram.com/cci.nery/) is a brand new aspiring coach on the scene. He comes on the show to talk about how he learned about his ability to connect to others from the conclusion of a successful 3 year run with his faith-based music group, is a highly marketable skill. He’s concluded his business and coach training, and is preparing himself to write his own content and start speaking engagements. His coaching practice is called Champion Circle (https://cneryguity.com/).

He talks about self-trust by taking a leap of faith, forming genuine connections with others, and starting a new business. He shares two resources with us:

- Jen Kem’s Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast – https://www.eofire.com/podcast/jenniferkem/

- Digital Marketing for Dummies - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119660483/

- Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield - https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Pro-Steven-Pressfield-audiobook/dp/B07FWS2FHP

You can also connect with Corey on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/championcircleinc).

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth, and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

Is Coaching the same as Therapy?

A fellow member of Hawthorne Union, Rusty Mask, MS, PCC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rusty-mask-ms-pcc-a16438a8/), joins me on the show to unpack his class, The Therapeutic Roots of Coaching starting October 28th (https://www.hawthorneunion.com/product-page/therapeutic-roots-of-coaching). This ICF approved CCE class takes a deep dive into the birth of Coaching and how it emerged from Therapy. Coaches who have a deep understanding of therapy can strengthen their own practice, and serve their clients to the fullest potential. The next 

Rusty talks about his path from counseling and the academic world, into corporate life and coaching. He has found that both of those worlds require leaders taking care of themselves before they take care of their people, and that most of these industries thrive on effective communication.

We also discuss an article on coaching regulation from the perspective of a psychiatrist titled: “Life coaching is unregulated and growing rapidly. Should it be reined in?” from Pysche magazine (https://psyche.co/ideas/life-coaching-is-unregulated-and-growing-rapidly-should-it-be-reined-in).

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

What do you do when you’ve outgrown the chosen profession you love?

Dr. Claudia Solorzano (https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-solorzano-psy-d-2a3478186/), is a 14-year clinical psychologist and transitioned into coaching last year in 2019. She comes on to the show to discuss the differences between psychotherapy, counseling and professional/life coaching. Dr. Claudia’s background is working primarily with patients who have experienced trauma, mental illness, and PTSD, using wide range of treatment modalities such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), energy therapy, and alternative medicine.

She talks about how her learning path does not include a coaching credential, the methods she’s using currently to navigate trauma, and supporting her ideal clientele to grow and achieve outcomes by focusing on coaching full time. You can also connect with Dr. Claudia on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/claudia.solorzano.967) or via email at [email protected].

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I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

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According to Gallup’s ClifftonStrengths, those with the Connectedness strength “have faith in the links among all things. They believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has meaning.”

I pulled Meg Rentschler (https://afocusonresults.com/) away from behind the mic of her own podcast, The STaR Coach Show (www.starcoachshow.com,) and in the spotlight for this episode. Meg talks about what happens internally and emotionally when moving away from a 20 years in psychotherapy and into a new career in coaching. She also talks about how her therapy experience shaped her unique approach to executive coach, and what it’s like to continue to coach through COVID-19.

Meg Rentschler is a Professional Certified Coach and Clinical Social Worker. At a Focus on Results Executive Coaching, Meg partners with leaders to function in a way that promotes the health and well-being of themselves, their teams and their organizations while increasing productive communication. Prior to transitioning to executive coaching over a decade ago, Meg spent over 20 years as a psychotherapist working with individuals, couples, families and groups to create positive change in her client’s relationships and lives. Her extensive experience in working with others gives her a rich perspective on human dynamics and leadership principles as well as understanding the elements of productive communication. Her expertise in assessment, behavior change, and communication styles enables her to quickly identify strategies for improving performance and resolving conflict in the workplace or in the balance of work and life.

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I'm Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach's point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

Why are business and educational organizations now publicly embracing Diversity and Inclusion work?

Continuing my previous conversation with Love Odih Kumuyi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveodihkumuyi/), which has rapidly evolved with recent political and news cycle events, diversity and inclusion work is being increasingly asked for by a wide variety of entities. We discuss why there are hesitations to have hard conversations in fear of getting things wrong, what current objective measures in corporations look like, and starting to separate genuine progress from tokenism. Love’s consulting firm to support underrepresented groups is called Unsiloed (https://www.unsiloed.org/).

I’m Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach’s point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

Ubuntu is the South African philosophy of human interconnection.

Kicking off season 2, Hermence Matsotsa (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hmubuntuspeaksllc/) is a multi-linguist, former Peace Corps member, podcaster, and founder of uBuntuSpeaks (https://ubuntuspeaksllc.com/). Hermence comes on the show to talk about her work in public health and advocacy, the experience of growing up with community as a minority, the shift in empathy from younger generations against discrimination, and learning to be uncomfortable. You can also catch her podcast, Conversations Spoken in the Dark at https://anchor.fm/ubuntuspeaksconvo.

Hermence Matsotsa is Founder and CEO of UBUNTU, a global health workforce and professional development consulting firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.  UBUNTU guides leadership teams, employees, and career professionals to effectively embrace the mindset that cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures.Using data driven cross and intercultural communication strategies, UBUNTU works with corporations and organizations with a diverse and multiracial, cultural, linguistic workforce and global client base to improve cultural competence, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and strategic communication.

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I'm Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach's point of view.

Contact: [email protected]

What does it take to build towards a real diverse and inclusive environment?

I was able to connect with Love Odih Kumuyi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveodihkumuyi/), with her previous work with conflict mediation and Diversity & Inclusion work in higher education. She has now formed her own consulting firm to support underrepresented groups called Unsiloed (https://www.unsiloed.org/). We discuss the rise in popularity of D&I in workplace, unconscious bias, discrimination in hiring, and how this has lead Love to utilizing conflict resolution to bring the human aspect back into inclusivity.

I'm Jacen from Hawthorne Union, a professional coach. Join me as I discuss career development, personal and professional growth and leadership from a coach's point of view.

Contact: [email protected]