Sacred Changemakers

Our guest on the podcast today is Jackie Woodside, a USA TODAY and four-time Amazon bestselling author, TEDx speaker, international trainer, and professional coach. She is the founder of the Curriculum for Conscious Living and the Conscious Living Summit, and trains coaches around the world to deliver this life-changing work.

Jackie has been featured on television shows with Jack Canfield and Don Miguel Ruiz, and at educational summits with Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith, and Daniel Siegel. Her expertise is widely sought after as a teacher and speaker. Jackie is a certified professional coach and licensed psychotherapist with 30 years of experience in both fields. Jackie offers professional development training, keynote speeches, and retreats around the globe.

Today you will hear us discussing the nature of consciousness at both an individual and a collective level, the vibrational frequency and we talk in-depth about the path towards healing ourselves so we can fully open our hearts even in challenging times. Jackie shares insights from her own life path of overcoming trauma, healing, and finding her way to living a ‘happy and blessed life”. This conversation can be heard on multiple different levels, as we’re discussing what it means to live a conscious life and fully embrace the consciousness of love, and of course, that is invisible, it might feel conceptual, yet Jackie does a really great job of bringing what could be a lofty conversation down to earth and the practical realities of what it means to live in this intentional way.

I want to encourage you to listen deeply to what Jackie shares because there are some incredible gold nuggets in her perspectives about life that can have a profound impact on you and the way you live your life, but only if you are open to allowing them in. So incredibly insightful!

If you get the sense that there’s more harmony you could invite into your life, and more of a positive impact you can make with your life and work, then I encourage you to listen to this deeply resonant dialogue for insights. I suspect you’ll enjoy Jackie's perspective on what we can do to take our own next steps through life’s challenges to find our way to more peace and fulfillment. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• Jackie’s perspective on what it takes to lead a conscious life
• How to overcome trauma and breakthrough to healing
• The small steps that can make a huge difference in your quality of life
• The difference between consciousness and awareness
• How to live in the consciousness of love

Memorable Quote

“It is so much easier to blame other people for your discomfort than to take responsibility for it. To live consciously takes an enormous amount of psychological and spiritual maturity.”—Jackie Woodside

Episode Resources:

• Jackie’s Website
• Jackie’s Linkedin Profile
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to the members of our Soul Business Academy who are our podcast sponsors, and also our extended Sacred Changemakers community who are helping us to make a global impact aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all visible on our website.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to build a business that resonates with their souls. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. 

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

We have a different kind of episode lineup for you today because it’s our 100th episode, and to celebrate I have invited some members of our Sacred Changemakers Inner Circle to join me for a discussion.

Today we are answering one of the questions I get asked most - which is “what is a sacred changemaker?” And I can’t think of better people to answer that than our guests who are all living deeply into their soul’s purpose, being authentic with what matters most to them, and using their business as a transformational force for good.

This conversation is rich and deep and filled with lots of insights about how business and leadership are changing, but we’re not talking in abstract ways, we’re all in the trenches working with leaders to stay ahead of the curve and so you’re going to hear some very practical advice that can help you in your life and business. I think you’re going to enjoy this vibrant dialogue.

Todays Guests:

Al Spicer - As founder & CEO of Extraordinary Life, Inc., Al has been a trusted confidant and strategic advisor to senior-level executives for over 20 years. He helps business leaders, and their teams thrive in today’s VUCA world by helping them increase their leadership acuity and agility through personal and professional development.

Crina Ancuta - Crina Ancuta is a Relationship Coach, empowering women executives to live fulfilled personal lives and amplify their impact, as inspirational, authentic leaders. Her unique approach to transformation taps into the fundamentals of conscious living, cultivating her clients’ emotional, mental, and spiritual mastery, so they thrive in all their relationships, in integrity with their soul’s desire.

Shari Goodwin - Shari Goodwin is an innovative strategist, leadership coach, author, speaker, and horsewoman with over 25 years of experience, including starting four businesses and serving as Director of Program Strategy for a global engineering firm. A former environmental scientist, Shari’s equine-assisted leadership program is featured in her recent TEDx talk.

Claudia Lindby - Executive & team performance coach working with evolutionary leaders. Claudia works with leaders to redefine Performance Leadership and create practical strategies to get there, combining 25 years of experience in international business, from top management and business owner positions, with a deep understanding of what it means to be human ("human technology”).

Lynn Rousseau - Lynn is the CEO and Founder of The Conscious Leader, a coaching and consulting company helping business leaders create intentional cultures to produce exceptional outcomes, specializing in individual and team leadership development for C-suite executives. She helps executives uncover the habits/behaviors getting in their way to transform into new ways that produce exceptional outcomes.

Key Takeaways

• Embrace the unpredictability of change and be open to creating something new
• How the pandemic has unleashed what was already running under the surface
• The day-to-day reality of shifting organizational and business life in a new direction
• How we’re shifting towards creative destruction, dynamic balance, and collective wisdom
• The importance of connecting deeply with the mission of your organization and exploring how you can add value to it

Memorable Quote:

“What if we would be sacred, how would we treat ourselves? What if life in its essence is sacred and then we can integrate treating the work we do as sacred? What if we choose to see the sacredness in everything? We’re integrating as humans with something bigger than us” - Crina Ancuta

Episode Resources:

• BOOK: Illusions By Richard Bach
• BOOK: Pathways To Bliss By Joseph Cambell
• Al’s Website
• Claudia’s Website
• Crina’s Website
• Lynn’s Website
• Shari’s Website
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community

Thank you to our sponsors:

A HUGE thank you to the members of our Soul Business Academy who are our podcast sponsors, and also our extended Sacred Changemakers community who are helping us to make a global impact aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all visible on our website.

If you would like to support our show: Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to build a business that resonates with their soul. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. 

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

Our guest on the podcast today is Kathleen Joy Founder of Lumiere, Executive Leadership Consultant, and Creative Director. Kathleen consults in Fortune 500, mid-size and start-up companies in the USA and Europe., she works predominantly with leaders who need breakthrough thinking, engagement, and innovation work. Kathleen consults in Fortune 500, mid-size and start-up companies in the USA and Europe. Using a trademarked methodology she leverages a multi-sensory, multi-intelligence approach to create transformative experiences for leaders, teams, and organizations.

Kathleen holds a MA in Organizational Development from CIIS and a BA from the University of Michigan. She completed graduate-level studies while working in France for several years. She is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and earned a 4-year certificate in The McKay Method of Energy Healing. She’s been an ICF member since 1997.

Today Kathleen speaks to some newly emerging and increasingly important issues that we face in business and leadership, as we try to navigate the accelerating pace of change… that is the paradigm of Higher Ground, and how we can create a transformative perspective for ourselves and our clients.

Listen in as Kathi shares her unique perspective on what is working for her clients, and what we all need to be mindful of as we approach any change process. We talk through everything from miracles to leadership performance and everything in between. I think you’ll enjoy the easy flow of our conversation, it was so incredibly inspiring!

If you get the sense that there’s more ease and flow that you could embrace in your life, more of an impact you can make with your life and work, then I encourage you to listen to this deeply resonant dialogue for insights. I suspect you’ll enjoy Kathi's perspective on what we can do to elevate and reach for higher ground. I think you’ll enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• Kathi’s unique perspective on life has shaped her work in creative ways
• How to create and hold a transformative perspective for yourself and others
• How transformative change demands we partner with a deeper consciousness
• Becoming open to miracles (and what that means!)
• How you can become more resourceful by embracing multiple perspectives to uncover your unique gifts

Memorable Quote

“Everybody holds the consciousness they need to create the changes they most desire in their life.”— Kathleen Joy

Episode Resources:

• Kathi’s Website
• Kathi’s Linkedin profile
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to the members of our Soul Business Academy who are our podcast sponsors, and also our extended Sacred Changemakers community who are helping us to make a global impact aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all visible on our website.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to build a business that resonates with their soul. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. 

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

Unleashing Radical Authenticity In Life & Business

Our guest on the podcast today is Amber Swenor, a transformational business strategist who helps visionary leaders live and lead in authenticity. She’s the founder of Soul Seed, a brand ecosystem with several businesses including Soul Seed Strategy, a business coaching, and brand transformation firm that helps visionary leaders to grow values-aligned, authentic businesses through transformational strategy, coaching, and marketing services. She’s the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book, Unleashed: A Been-There, Rocked-That Guide to Radical Authenticity in Life and Business. When she’s not strategizing with clients or speaking on stage, you’ll find her rocking with her metal band, Morningstar.

Today Amber shares experiences from her own life path that have led her to embody more of her own radically authentic self, and how this leads to her experiencing greater freedom. She talks about shifting from the chains of expectation, self-shaming, and self-doubt into being fully free as someone who embraces the polarities of life and chooses to integrate opposites.

Listen in as discuss the challenges of bringing a soul perspective into business, of how resistance is actually where the opportunity lies, and how when we connect with our soul mission, through healing and empowerment, we build the capacity for personal freedom and rise as leaders to bring more consciousness through business.

If you get the sense that there’s more for you in this world, perhaps more of a soul perspective, if you yearn for more of an impact on your life and work, then I encourage you to listen to this deeply resonant dialogue for insights. I suspect you’ll enjoy Amber's perspective on what we can do to embrace our individual and collective evolution. I think you’ll enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• Amber’s radical authenticity and how it led her to build a powerful change-making business
• How to walk your own healing and authentic journey
• What it means to be human in business/workplace
• The power of becoming truly and radically authentic
• How money and evolutionary power are intrinsically linked, and how you can optimize for both

Memorable Quote

“Your big T truth, it's your personal truth is your path to freedom.”—Amber Swenor

Episode Resources:

• Amber’s Website
• BOOK: Unleashed: A Been-There, Rocked-That Guide to Radical Authenticity in Life and Business by Amber Swenor
• Amber’s Linkedin Profile
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to the members of our Soul Business Academy who are our podcast sponsors, and also our extended Sacred Changemakers community who are helping us to make a global impact aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all visible on our website.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to build a business that resonates with their souls. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. 

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

In today’s episode, I am talking with Dr. Irena O'Brien, Founder of the Neuroscience School, and a passionate research scientist of the brain. She helps practitioners understand and apply insights from cutting-edge neuroscience research.

Dr. O'Brien teaches coaches and helps professionals how to achieve better results for their clients with neuroscience. She loves seeing her students gain confidence in their ability to evaluate neuroscience findings and use them successfully in their own practice. Her Certificate Program in Neuroscience is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for Continuing Coaching Education credit.

Dr. O’Brien has studied neuroscience for 25 years. She holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM), where she did brain imaging studies. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Language, Mind, and Brain at McGill University.

Today we talk through the latest neuroscience research, bust a few myths about the brain and learn how we can use our understanding of neuroscience to help us combat negative emotions, like anxiety with some simple and very actionable techniques. In fact, Dr. O'Brien talks about the personal impact her neuroscience education has had on her own life and how her readings and research have helped her to manage her own anxiety.

Listen in as Dr. O’Brien shares the 2 different networks of the brain, and how a very simple understanding of these functions can help you get unstuck and move into action. She helps us to differentiate between mood and emotions, understand more about our tolerance for change, and how we can help our clients succeed including the mistakes that coaches often make. We also talk about the mind and consciousness.

If you too are interested in neuroscience and the mind-body system, and how it can elevate how you inspire change in others, then this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. I suspect you’ll enjoy earning about your brain as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• The latest research about the brain and mind-body connection
• The simple techniques you can use to combat anxiety
• The difference between mood and emotion
• How to help your clients get unstuck and move toward their goals
• How to deal with negative emotions, and what you can do to shift them

Memorable Quote

“We're a mind-body system. And you really have to take care of your physical body. So diet, exercise, and sleep. Because if you don't have those, no matter what else you do, you aren't going to have your best brain.” — Dr. Irena O’Brien

Episode Resources:

• The Neuroscience School Website
• Irena’s Linkedin Profile
• A Sacred Invitation
• SacredChangemakers.com
• CoachesBusinessSchool.com
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to our sponsor Coaches Business School who are helping coaches to succeed in business so that they can make a meaningful difference in our world. Go to coachesbusinessschool.com to get the tools, strategies, and frameworks you need to enjoy growing your business in a way that is profitable, predictable, and purpose-driven. A big thank you to all our coaches because without them this wouldn’t be possible.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to become more purpose-driven, create a lasting impact, and inspire a better future for all. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

96: Creating Space and Time to Integrate New Ways of Being

In today’s episode, I get into a deeply resonant conversation with Makhosi Nejeser, known as “The Royal Shaman”. She is the world-leading African Shaman specializing in energetic alignment and human potential. She mentors high-performing individuals to create powerful transformations amplifying their wealth and impact. Called a Spiritual Guide For Empire Builders, Makhosi turns entrepreneurs into conscious leaders.

Teaching thousands in her online communities to connect with their best self, those working with her see incredible growth personally and professionally. Makhosi has been referred to as the "productivity shaman" by Girlboss and “The Get Sh*t Done Shaman” by Refinery29 for her ability to motivate and enlighten. Mixing real talk and ancient wisdom she's a spiritual advisor for modern times.

She is a fully initiated South African Sanusi, Zulu Shaman, and is trained in Ancient Egyptian Spirituality through the Dogon Mystery School. Using integration and evolution, Makhosi shows disruptive visionaries how they can magnetize more in flow and alignment with their authentic essence, establishing a life beyond success, encompassed by legacy, freedom, and fulfillment.

Today we dive deeply into her work as a modern-day shaman, and how she is taking a devotional path to empower people all around the world to build a euphoric existence filled with limitless abundance.

Listen in as we go beneath the surface of her powerful brand to discuss shifting paradigms in leadership and business, and how global change begins within as we embody energetic alignment and step into our highest potential.

If your soul is whispering to you, giving you the sense that there is more of your potential to be unlocked then this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. I suspect you’ll enjoy this deep, inspiring dialogue as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• Makhosi’s wisdom-filled insights about alignment, co-creation, and potential
• The practical examples she shares of how alignment, or lack of it, plays out in business
• The value of living in alignment with your essence
• How to step into your own euphoric evolution
• Dissonance and its relationship to change

Memorable Quote

“Some of the challenges we as humanity are facing seem outside of our reach, they’re so big, they seem insurmountable, but we’ve got to understand that all of these systems are just people and when enough people get on board with a different way of being, new ways of seeing the world emerge. That’s how revolutions happen.” — Makhosi Nejeser

Episode Resources:

• Makhosi’s Website: The Royal Shaman
• Makhosi’s Instagram
• A Sacred Invitation
• SacredChangemakers.com
• CoachesBusinessSchool.com
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to our sponsor Coaches Business School who are helping coaches to succeed in business, so they can make a meaningful difference in our world. Go to coachesbusinessschool.com to get the tools, strategies, and frameworks you need to enjoy growing your business in a way that is profitable, predictable, and purpose-driven. A big thank you to all our coaches because without them this wouldn’t be possible.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to become more purpose-driven, create a lasting impact, and inspire a better future for all. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world. 

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

Our guest this week is Frank Uit de Weerd, a Dutchman living in the Netherlands, an organizational psychologist, and a trusted advisor and coach for leaders, teams, and organizations. Frank brings a broad international experience in leadership development, business innovation, and (cultural) transformation to his clients. He has over 25 years of experience in Human Resources with Shell. He held assignments in Africa (Gabon), Asia (Malaysia), and Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, UK). Since 2015 he works as an independent leadership consultant and coach, guided by the belief that great leadership is key to a better, more conscious, and sustainable world. He is the first author of the best-seller “Systems Inspired Leadership” (2021) and co-author of the Dutch book “Leading Innovation” (2017).

Today we dive deeply into the interrelatedness of life, how the relational field impacts us and how once we can understand the systems we live within, not just as a thing, but as a living organism everything shifts. I love how he invites us into the holistic perspective and takes a longer-term view, expanding our own horizons for change and what is possible.

Listen in as we discuss the challenges leaders face today and how we can best navigate the complexity and fast pace of change currently underway. If you thought systems-inspired leadership is just another leadership fad think again, it’s empathic, relational, and utterly human in its approach. As Frank describes, the first thing many of his clients feel when working with him is a relief. He encourages us all to truly listen to our calling and to trust it because it will lead the way for us in life and leadership.

If you are a leader or you work with leaders then I think you’re going to gain a lot of insights from Frank’s wisdom, this is a valuable conversation and one I think we can all learn from.

Key Takeaways

• Frank’s insights into what it means to be wise
• The invisible web of connection and its role in information flow
• The system as a living entity, sensing what it wants, what wants to happen here
• How to tap into the creative intelligence within organizations
• How to manage conflict in ways that relieve tension and toxicity

Memorable Quote

“Leadership is around creating a new and better future, and it needs a different approach, to make leadership a role of the system, tapping into the knowledge of everyone.” — Frank Uit De Weerd

Episode Resources:

• Franks’ website
• Systems Inspired Leadership Assessment
• Frank’s Linkedin
• BOOK: Systems Inspired Leadership
• A Sacred Invitation
• SacredChangemakers.com
• CoachesBusinessSchool.com
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to our sponsor Coaches Business School who is helping coaches to succeed in business, so they can make a meaningful difference in our world. Go to coachesbusinessschool.com to get the tools, strategies, and frameworks you need to enjoy growing your business in a way that is profitable, predictable, and purpose-driven. A big thank you to all our coaches because without them this wouldn’t be possible.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

94: How To Communicate The Impact You’re Here To Make.

Our guest today is Michelle Mazur a messaging expert who works with brilliant business owners and changemakers who are shaking things up but having trouble talking about it. She combines the tools of successful social movements with the qualitative research skills she earned in her Communications Ph.D. to help them craft their powerful, captivating message. She is the author of the 3 Word Rebellion & host of the Rebel Uprising podcast.

Today Michelle shares how the seeds of the work she is doing today were planted back in High School, in the speaking and debating society and how this fostered her interest in communication leading to graduate school and a Ph.D. in Communication studies. You will hear her take a stand against “bro marketing” and unnecessary hype as she is on a mission to help the many experts who are doing really great work, yet they get overlooked and ignored in favor of people with less experience & expertise. Why? Because they don't know how to communicate their value and promote their expertise. It’s clear she wants to put an end to that.

Listen in as we talk through what it means to create your 3-Word Rebellion and why that is so important for your business, especially if you want to create a movement and not just a transactional business. Michelle’s energy is infectious, she has such enthusiasm for her work, and more than that she shares simple and actionable ideas to help you communicate the value of what you do. I left the conversation feeling so inspired by her vision of a marketplace filled with changemakers who can Cleary articulate exactly what they do in ways that helps them stand out and get hired.

If you want to make more of an impact, you need clarity in your messaging and a 3-Word Rebellion can help. I think you’re going to get a lot of value by listening to Michelle and her unique approach to helping you stand out with authenticity and power.

Key Takeaways

• Michelle’s dynamic perspective on crafting a message that helps you to stand out
• The mistakes most of us make with our messaging
• Where to begin when crafting your own 3-word rebellion
• How to uncover what matters most
• How social movement theory can help you stand out as a changemaker

Memorable Quote

“Don’t skip over the messaging part, because if you do it’s always going to be a struggle. Do the deep work to figure out how to lead, and how to lead people to the work that you do.”— Michelle Mazur

Episode Resources:

• Michelle’s Website
• Michelle’s Linkedin Profile
• Book: 3 Word Rebellion
• SacredChangemakers.com
• CoachesBusinessSchool.com
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to our sponsor Coaches Business School who is helping coaches to succeed in business, so they can make a meaningful difference in our world. Go to coachesbusinessschool.com to get the tools, strategies, and frameworks you need to enjoy growing your business in a way that is profitable, predictable, and purpose-driven. A big thank you to all our coaches because without them this wouldn’t be possible.

If you would like to support our show: Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to become more purpose-driven, create a lasting impact, and inspire a better future for all. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world.

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

In today’s episode, we are welcoming back Catherine Bell of the Awakened Company. She’s a good friend and colleague who is up to some really inspiring things which you’re going to hear about. She consults with organizations on how to create healthy innovative corporate cultures. In addition to being the author of the revolutionary book Awakened Company, which won countless awards, she has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, Women of Influence, and written for the UN.

Catherine now focuses on awakening the fire within organizations as the founder of The Awakened Company. She has a partnership with Russ Hudson on Creativity and The Enneagram. She also started The Awakened Project, which ignites a presence that includes a jewelry line with a Canadian Artist that symbolizes awakening. 50% of the Awakened Project’s profits go to setting up a fund to help female entrepreneurs start their own businesses. She also volunteers for Impact Society and the Science Centre.

Today we go behind the scenes of her incredibly busy life to discover what is “alive’ for Catherine right now, the projects and people she is passionate about. Catherine shares her approach to radical self-care and why it is so important for us to embrace this as women and particularly as mothers.

Listen in as we talk through what it means to awaken and how the Enneagram can support a more profound sense of self-awareness enabling us to “tap into the magic” of life and fulfill our own individual potential. Catherine dives deep into the 9 different Enneagram types and how important it is for us to know our “INTENTIONS“ to understand ourselves and others better and form more resonant relationships.

If you have a growth mindset and are interested in learning more about yourself using the Enneagram, then this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. I suspect you’ll enjoy this deep, inspiring dialogue as much as I did.

Key Takeaway

• Catherine’s insights into her own life and how it relates to yours
• The magic of the Enneagram and the 9 types
• The value of radical self-care and how important this is for us, especially if have a vision of change for the world
• How to contemplate the truth of who you are
• The need for women and mothers to get intentional about ourselves, so we don’t lose ourselves in relationships or in our work

Memorable Quote

“When we bring our sensory experience to the moment, our physical senses, and our action or inaction. I believe magic can happen. And I believe every time we utter a word, it is magical and has a ripple effect on our entire being, and other beings, and the planet. I believe everybody is an instrument to enable good, healthy magic to help serve humanity and the planet” — Catherine Bell

Episode Resources:

• AwakenedCompany.com
• Catherine’s Linkedin profile
• BOOK: The Awakened Company
• APP: Awakenly
• A Sacred Invitation
• SacredChangemakers.com
• CoachesBusinessSchool.com
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

Thank you to our sponsor:

A HUGE thank you to our sponsor Coaches Business School who is helping coaches to succeed in business so that they can make a meaningful difference in our world. Go to coachesbusinessschool.com to get the tools, strategies, and frameworks you need to enjoy growing your business in a way that is profitable, predictable, and purpose-driven. A big thank you to all our coaches because without them this wouldn’t be possible.

If you would like to support our show:

Please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and other podcast platforms. We would be SO grateful.

Sacred Changemakers is a transformation company that believes in change for good. We partner with changemakers (coaches, consultants, speakers, authors, business owners, leaders, and conscious humans) who want to become more purpose-driven, create a lasting impact, and inspire a better future for all. Together, we are making a meaningful difference in our world.

If you are a fellow changemaker who would like the support of an incredible community (and make a bigger impact along your path), you can find out more about us here.

Our guest on the podcast today is Ralph Hoefliger, an OD consultant. Ralph has a deep purpose and passion to support organizations in their transformational change process, raising consciousness, and leading them to the essence of what makes them great. Ralph lives in Switzerland and as a citizen of that country, being a member of true democracy and having a say in how the country is run has truly inspired his passion to democratize organizations and the ripple effect this would have on the world.

Today Ralph shares his passion for helping leaders shift from feudalism to democracy and the immense benefits that bring to humanity. He shares some great examples of the benefits of systems thinking and creating role-based organizations where everyone understands the value they bring, He talks about how profit is a direct result of value and his vision for the future of business where everyone is included and engaged in their work. That sounds to me like a world where we could all thrive.

Listen in as Ralph talks us through his transformational process, the steps that move an organization towards democracy, and the benefits that bring to all involved. He works with leaders and employees to create safety, to hold the space for the ideas of all employees to be heard, and how when leaders are able to embrace a different perspective on their organizational systems, energy, ideas, and innovation flows. And to prove the efficacy of such a shift Ralph speaks to the structures inspired by Switzerland as a country that has taken them from being one of the poorest countries to one of the best places to live globally. So incredibly inspiring!

If you are a leader, consultant, or work within organizational life, I think you will gain some great insights from Ralph that will inspire you to harness the energy within different roles and the fractals of organizational life. I suspect you’ll enjoy Ralph's perspective on what we can do to bring more awareness and engagement into the workplace. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Key Takeaways

• Ralph’s own life experienced how living in Switzerland has inspired his work
• How to create the safety and the courage to democratize organizations
• What steps to take to harness the value and the energy of the organization
• Mindfulness and the systemic perspective
• How to foster self-organization and the benefits that are produced as a result

Memorable Quote

“Mindfulness is on the individual level, the capability to observe yourself, the state of yourself on all levels, and direct democracy is mindfulness on a systemic level”—Ralph Hoefliger

Episode Resources:

• Ralph’s Website - Hoefliger Partners
• Ralph’s Linkedin Profile
• Book: Democratizing Organizations (in English)
• Book: Democratizing Organizations (in German)
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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