Sacred Changemakers

Our guest on the podcast this week is my good friend Dorothy Siminovitch, PhD and Master Certified Coach and I have to tell you she is one of the best coaches I know. Dorothy is an international coach, consultant, speaker, and author.

She is founder of the ICF approved Gestalt Coaching Program-Istanbul, and serves as Director of Training and faculty. Dorothy specializes in coaching for signature presence, leadership peak performance, overcoming derailment, and working with high performance leaders, groups, and teams. Her book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ, is a core text for practiced coaches and novices alike.

Listen in as we discuss how our capacity for awareness is embedded into everything we do as humans, and when we become aware of something but don’t take action on it, we will later have regret.

Dorothy brings forward a deep wisdom grounded in Gestalt theory, yet she has now travelled beyond, to inspire us to expand our awareness individually and collectively. She quietly encourages us to live within the rhythms of of our lives, to listen deeply to our own interior and be intentional about how we show up and what we evoke in others. Her message is simple yet profound, she speaks of our very human journey of becoming , how we can evolve together as we navigate this moment in time, and use our essential humanness reconnect to the currency of humanity on the workplace.

I was left feeling inspired by Dorothy’s questions and her journey through life, especially as she speaks to what matters most to her moving forward. She shares stories and quotes that we can all learn to live by.

If you’re a coach or consultant who works with people, or just someone interested in fulfilling their potential then I suspect you will learn a lot from Dorothy, especially as you tap into your own capacity to dream, to strengthen your presence and use your life in positive ways to serve the world.

Resources related to this episode include:

• Dorothy’s Website
• BOOK: A Gestalt Coaching Primer by Dorothy E. Siminovitch
• ARTICLE: The Oxytocin Checklist by Dorothy E Siminovitch and Marcia Feola
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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 this week is Daniel Levin.

Daniel walked away from an opportunity to run a billion dollar business, to hitchhike around the world to find happiness and inner peace. He studied in a seminary five years and left one day before becoming a Rabbi and he has lived as a Monk in a monastery for 10 years. As Director of Business Development, he grew Hay House from $3,000,000 a year in sales to $100,000,000 a year in revenue. 

I can attest to the fact that Daniel is a rare blend of businessman and mystic who sees what others do not see, in fact we met when he was doing something I haven’t seen others do, we came together on his Mosaic podcast where he talks with strangers and had a deep conversation, that I truly enjoyed.

He tells me it has been this quality of seeing what others don’t, that has thrown him into some of the most exclusive boardrooms to help them innovate new ways of finding solutions when the old ways stop working. Daniel is also the author of The Mosaic, a life-changing fable that invites people to listen to those others do not hear, and to see the situations in their life differently.

Listen in to our truly resonant conversation as we dive deeply into the flow of wisdom at it emerged between us. You will hear Daniel give voice to the complexity and mystery of life, the mosaic, the stories and the underlying truth that nothing is as it appears. Refreshingly, he invites us into his world in very simple, accessible and pragmatic ways.

We talked through so many different points of resonance that emerged in our conversation, as we experienced, the experience of our experience together fully (you’ll know what I mean when you listen in!). We talked about the listening revolution, how to listen in ways we can hear what people are really trying to say to us, we talked about running away from pain and how if we can stay in relationship with it, it can actually become the light for us. This felt like a true transmission of heart and soul for me (Daniel’s words) and I concur.

This was deeply insightful conversation that will help you to perceive yourself in more expansive ways, and perhaps leave you feeling refreshed, inspired, awed and perhaps a little haunted by the gaps between the way you’ve been living your life and the vision Daniel brings for what is possible for you. I hope you enjoy this awe-inspiring conversation as much as I did!

Resources related to this episode include:   

• Daniel’s website
• TheMosaicOnline.com
• TheMosaicPodcast.com
• Daniel’s YouTube Channel
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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.

49: The Power Of Story To Change Our World

Our guest on the podcast this week is my good friend Lisa Bloom, founder of Story Coach, she works with organizations developing Transformational Story Leaders, creative yet resilient cultures, and leading powerful change processes with the power of storytelling. Lisa helps entrepreneurs and business owners find their confidence to attract ideal clients and live their success story and she trains coaches to use storytelling as a powerful approach to impact their clients and grow their business.

Lisa and I have known each other for many years now, she is an incredible Storyteller, accredited Coach, Author, Mentor, and Leadership expert. Her work is truly groundbreaking and she is often invited to the stage where she speaks internationally about her unique approach to business, leadership, and coaching. She is also the author of her latest book, The Story Advantage: Unleash the Power of Storytelling to Engage, Inspire & Influence, and the creator of the Stories That Sell Mastery & Certified Story Coach Programs.

Listen in as we discuss the power of stories to change our lives and ultimately to change the world.

Highlights include:

• The impact that stories have on our lives, and how they shape our reality
• The many levels of story we live within and how to release and transform stories that are no longer supporting us fulfilling our potential
• Shared stories that resonate, we invest in these stories together in corporate life often without realizing or questioning
• The contagious energy of storytelling

Lisa has a really interesting perspective on how we have lost many inter-generational stories over the years, and that through the pandemic we are beginning to remember and bring back this profound form of communication. She is so knowledgeable, with a wealth of experience about how when we raise our awareness to the stories around and within us, we get the opportunity to craft an authentic presence and share our reality. This was such an insightful conversation for me, despite knowing Lisa for over a decade I learned so much in this conversation - I think you will too! Listen in and decide for yourself what stories you need to embrace, live into, and release in 2021!

Resources related to this episode include:

• Lisa’s Website
• BOOK: The Story Advantage by Lisa Bloom
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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 this week is Jo Edwardes.

Jo is the Managing Partner of Good Karma Media, a data driven marketing, public relations and social impact agency born out of an authentic passion for social and environmental change. It is also the UK’s first social enterprise data-driven agency.

Jo worked in marketing and consulting for 15+ years before entering the Social Enterprise space in 2009. He has been a passionate advocate of the sector and believes Social Enterprises offer their clients sustainable, tangible and ever-increasing value as they scale. And if you want to find Jo on a Saturday night look no further than to the front of the stage, he is usually the lead vocalist!

Listen in as we discuss the middle ground, of purpose and profit in business and how Jo’s vision for the future, a social media network called Good Connections, is designed to use data in different ways that support the planet, individuals and the collective. Jo describes it as “One Big Healing Machine”. He talks with passion of redirecting the value from data to be of benefit to us all, and how as a business leader his intention is to create an experience for people to experience who they truly are, with authenticity and creativity. He espouses keeping a fundamental why at the very heart of everything we do in business and in our own individual journeys asks each of us to consider if there’s a way we can bring nor oof ourselves to work, to bring more purpose into the workplace.

This was a fascinating conversation that will help you understand the threads between connectivity, data, and healing in business. I hope you enjoy this impactful conversation!

Resources related to this episode include:   

• GoodKarmaMedia.co.uk
• GoodConnections.com
• BOOK: Grow The Pie by Alex Edmans
• BOOK: Alchemy: The Dark Art & Curious Science Of Creating Magic in Brands, Business and Life by Rory Sutherland
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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.

47: Standing In The Way To Protect And Defend The Next Generation

Our guest on the podcast this week is Sarah Symons.

Sarah is the founder and Director of Her Future Coalition, an international charity that has helped thousands of girls rise out of poverty and exploitation to become free and independent.

Over the years they have saved thousands of survivors in India, Nepal, Cambodia and Thailand. Most exciting to Sarah is the fact that the survivors who joined our programs a few years ago are now managing the programs, working as trainers and mentors to newly rescued girls. They couldn’t imagine any future at all when they were living in brothels. Now, their dreams are limitless! - Welcome Sarah

Listen in as we discuss how Sarah went from a successful career as a songwriter in the film and tv industry to helping sex trafficking survivors in Nepal and India.

We talk through the traumatic reality that many girls in poor communities are subject to, the web of lies and deceit that can prompt parents to sell their daughters at a young age, how it can become almost ‘normalized’, and the societal problems that create a world where this not only happens but thrives.

She also talks of the joy and hope the survivors bring to her organization, paying it forward to stand in the way for the next generation of girls and women.

The resilience of these girls to me, was staggering after everything they had been through, to be of service to others, to be utterly selfless and committed to make a difference.

I had so many emotions during this conversation, from deep sadness to horror that we live in a world where this is allowed to happen, to the hope, the joy that Sarah brings to an incredibly challenging situation.

I was left feeling moved at a soul level by the work and the relentlessly positive determination to make a difference that runs through Sarah’s organization ‘Her Future Coalition’, and how we can all make a difference. I hope you’ll find the courage to listen, and be moved yourself enough that you might also want to make a difference.

Resources related to this episode include:

• Sarah’s Website: HerFutureCoalition.org
• Sarah’s Book: This is No Ordinary Joy
• Sarah’s New book with Anjali coming out on January 11th available for pre-order now. Standing In The Way: from trafficking victim to human rights activist
• Sarah’s TED Talk From Slavery To Success
• SacredChangemakersU.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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.

46: Beyond 2020 - What Does The Future Hold?

In today’s episode, we will be discussing “Beyond 2020 - What Does The Future Hold?” with seven incredible changemakers, who each have a unique perspective for us to consider. Join Al Spicer, Orla Scott, Runa Bouius, Claudia Lindby, David Wetton, Amina Eperjesi, and Nick Warrilow as we take a deep dive into this timely topic.

Here’s some background on the guests with us in roundtable today:

Dr. Al Spicer, - Dr. Al Spicer, founder & CEO of Extraordinary Life, Inc, honed a vision of achievement and contribution that is possible when people harness their leadership power, align with their life purpose, and live from the conviction of their legacy. Our focus is helping senior-level leaders expand their leadership acumen and operate from their potential, one that is aligned with their LIFE, LEADERSHIP, and LEGACY.

Amina Eperjesi - Amina partners with leaders and coaches through coaching and supervision to create sustainable relations in work and in life.

Orla Scott - Orla Scott specializes in organizational development, strategic leadership, and transformational change for teams, leaders, and individuals. Having worked at senior levels across financial services and not-for-profit organizations, Orla understands the importance of encouraging a strong culture that unlocks lasting solutions and higher engagement. She believes that by partnering with businesses and challenging the status quo, that together, individuals can unlock unique insights into complex issues and increase performance, saving both time and money.

David Wetton - helps conscious leaders grow themselves and develop purpose-led high performing teams through 1.1 coaching and tailored leadership programs.

Runa Bouius - Rúna is the Founder of the True Power Institute, Bestselling Author & Conscious Leadership Influencer Helping CEOs & C-Suite Leaders on Their Journey to Personal Power & Greater Impact.

Claudia Lindby - Sourcing from more than a decade of leadership experience in international business, and from deep insight into what it means to be human, Claudia Lindby assists leaders in getting to the next level of performance by letting our natural potential unfold.

Nick Warrilow - Nick is the founder of the Lead Flow pro marketing agency working with coaches to help them fulfill their potential online. He is a nationally recognized Social Media authority serving businesses at all levels to increase their SEO, social impact, and customer base.

Listen in to our thought-provoking conversation as we discuss our experience of 2020, the lessons learned and the unexpected benefits in both our personal and professional lives. We talk about the global pause, the impact of the pandemic, and how it has impacted us in so many different ways. We talk about the world being broken open, and the unexpected rise of innovation, creativity, and community.

Despite it being such an incredibly challenging year all of our panelists are feeling excited about the future, they sense the unity, the coming together in more agile ways, and how we’re learning how simple life can be. Maybe we’re returning to simpler ways? We discussed our responsibility as humans and also as coaches to create a new world, and how now is our time to redefine the “sacred” as we claim our soul work in the world.

This was a truly cross-cultural conversation and surprising how our experiences on different continents resonated so much with all our panelists. This was a deeply moving conversation for me, one to reflect upon in the days ahead. An enormously insightful and entertaining conversation - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! A huge, heartfelt thank you to my guests!

Resources related to this episode include:

• ClaudiaLindby.com
• Amina Eperjesi Website
• Dr Al Spicer’s Website (Extraordinary Life)
• Nick Warrilow’s LinkedIn
• Runa Bouius Website (True Power Institute)
• David Wetton’s website
• SacredChangemakers.com (Free program: Awaken The Changemaker Within)
• Our Sacred Community (and our sponsors)
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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 would like a little more meaning and purpose in your life, we invite you to join our free five-day program “Awaken The Changemaker Within” - you can get access at SacredChangemakers.com

45: THE PATH TO AN ANTI-RACIST SOCIETY THROUGH LOVE, COMPASSION, AND TRUST IN A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES

Our guest on the podcast this week is Birungi Ives. With over 20 years of experience, Birungi is a branding, marketing, PR, and diversity professional. She brings to ALIGNE Academy the highest level of expertise, global experience, and established relationships with internationally renowned brands.

It is through years of recognizing synergies amongst these relationships that she developed the marketing strategy, BRAND ALIGNMENT. As founder of ALIGNE Consulting,

Birungi consults senior executives, C-suite leadership, and founders of Fortune 500 companies at Entertainment Studios, Celebrity Foundations/Non-Profits, Multi-national Corporations, and NGO’s in the development of corporate communications, diversity, and marketing strategies. - Welcome Birungi

Listen in as we discuss what it means to be a person of color in the US today, and how Birungi’s experiences in life, have shaped her work in the world.

You will hear Birungi talk with a deep-seated passion as she describes her work dismantling racism, how it begins and ends with trust.

Trusting ourselves first so we can be vulnerable with others despite our differences, trusting others so we can be seen and heard, and collectively redefine what it means to be human. Birungi speaks with compassion as she describes the inherent challenges in this work and how it is a moral imperative for us all to overcome our fears and create equality for all.

This was an energizing conversation for me, you will hear us challenge each other with grace and deep trust, and I came away with some core insights about myself and my own relationship to this important work. I think this is one you’re going to really enjoy!

Resources related to this episode include:

• Birungi’s Website
• Birungi’s Linkedin
• Birungi’s Article: Don’t Wait…To Bring Equality To Your Business
• Birungi’s Course for Individuals
• Birungi’s Course for Corporations
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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 this week is Walt Hampton JD, helps mid-career professionals pivot into the work and lives they love.

A graduate of The Cornell Law School, Walt trained with Tony Robbins to become an executive coach. Walt is the founder of Summit Success International, a global personal and professional development firm.

His passions are high-altitude mountaineering, ultra-distance running and adventure photography. He lives with his wife (and business partner), the author Ann Sheybani, in Castletownshend, Ireland. - Welcome Walt

Listen in as we co-create a deep dialogue exploring what it means to be human in today’s modern world. Walt shares his love of entrepreneurship, the freedom and flexibility and how it is a counter-culture to today’s speed of working longer, harder and faster.

We talked about the idea of rest, how that allows us to connect and how in today’s corporate world there is no place to rest and how this is contributing to unprecedented levels of fatigue.

Walt speaks with such a humble elegance that only comes from plunging the depths of your own interior. He invites you into deep metaphors and stories to inspire you to wake up to your own truth, and discover what it means for you to live a ‘whole’ life. If you’re curious about what it means to be human, you will love this conversation as much as I did. I hope it acts as a portal for you to find yourself in unexpected ways as you listen to the insights from the self-proclaimed “Priest Of Possibility”. Enjoy!

Resources related to this episode include:

• Walt’s Website
• BOOK: Journeys On The Edge by Walt Hampton
• BOOK: The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
• BOOK: Deep Work by Cal Newport
• POEM: Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy
• SacredChangemakers.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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 this week is Finn Kellow-Webb, an international human performance, mindset and results coach. He specializes in helping soul-driven entrepreneurs to reconnect with their inner courage, strengthen their mindset and optimize their nervous system in order achieve their highest potential in life and business.

A passion for helping people started out with a successful career as a PE teacher and sports coach followed by running his own business as an Alexander Technique teacher and running coach - Welcome Finn

Listen in as we discuss how we can find ourselves dominated by external factors as humans, and how easy is to live disconnected and in survival mode. We discuss the pervasive nature of fear in today’s society, how it impacts our lives and how we can find the courage to heal and thrive, and Finn shares his one minute heart breath which can help you to overcome your “little fears” to allow your nervous system to release, relax and be calm.

We talked about the subtle energies at play and how so many of us don’t realize the true potential of what is available to each and every one of us. When I asked Finn if he had a “sacred calling” he gave a very raw and vulnerable response which I suspect will resonate with you.

This was deeply inspirational conversation that will help you to perceive yourself in more expansive ways, and to understand that ultimately, we each have a more fulfilling story that is just waiting to be discovered. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

Resources related to this episode include:

• Finn’s Website
• Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani
• SacredChangemakersU.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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.

Sink or swim? Experiencing life through different lenses`

We have 2 guests on the podcast this week Pamela and Olivia Sain, an incredible mother daughter team who have been doing some deep work together. As individuals they are pretty amazing too, so let me introduce you.

Pamela is Olivia’s mom and her wisdom makes her the perfect advocate and educator for women everywhere. Her story of repeated loss and care giving is one that resonates today. Not only did Pamela learn how to thrive after loss; she went on to becoming a pioneer in philanthropy. As a board member of the Cancer Institute at Advent Health Orlando, Pamela became the face for raising awareness for Esophageal Cancer. She has helped them get new technology, that offers a breakthrough for early detection in Esophageal Cancer. - Welcome Pamela

Olivia Sain is a therapeutic storyteller, speaker, mental health advocate and bestselling author of Liv To Tell. Her life story makes her the perfect advocate, educator, and influencer for those who are looking for a way out of their own misery. Her struggles through repeated loss, failing out of college, and a myriad of diagnoses resonate with people. Liv has overcome so many obstacles in her life, to find her voice as a motivational speaker. She is also the founder of LGBTQ support group The Butterfly Talks in Orlando, Fla.

Listen in as we talk through some very challenging topics, from grief and loss, to addiction and suicide. It was really humbling to hear Olivia’s experience of coming to place in her life where she thought the only way she could be happy was to die, to rest in peace. She shares with a raw vulnerability that tugs at the heart strings. We also get to hear from Pamela, her mom about the emotional pain and anxiety of seeing her daughter suffering and trying to support her, to help her through.

After experiencing her own grief, she put her own needs aside to try to save her daughter. For any listeners who have any experience of this, you will know how challenging it can be to try to connect with those who are in such a dark place. Olivia and Pamela’s story is completely awe-inspiring and includes so many insights for all of us, how easy it is for us to find ourselves in unexpected places, how we might try to cope by becoming invisible, how important our relationships are and ultimately what it means to be human in today’s modern world.

Resources related to this episode include:

• www.StayingSain.com (Pamela and Olivia’s website)
• Live To Tell (Olivia’s Book)
• SacredChangemakersU.com
• Our Sacred Community
• Jayne Warrilow on Instagram

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, 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.