From Depression to Expression

Spirituality in The Home Space - Dr Stephen Broadhurst - part 1

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On episode #19 of #FromDepressionToExpression, I sit down with Dr Stephen Broadhurst, Author of, ‘Spirituality in the Workplace’ A Tool for Relations, Sustainability and growth in Turbulent and interconnected Markets. Dr Broadhurst is an Aerospace Engineer by trade, Specialist Change Agent, Continuous Improvement Specialist and Transactional & Transitional Leadership Specialist. Dr Broadhurst's professional background includes strategic alignment, implementation and organization in culture and standard ways-of-working through agile business process improvement, re-engineering with lean tools and techniques. He is also a personal (motivation and wellbeing) Change Teacher, Trainer & Coach.

We got to talk about:

  • His background from childhood and work
  • How his upbringing and school performance influenced his work life later on (Immature 42!)
  • How his egos started taking control of his life. Ego & vanity
  • Showing the world how clever he was by racing after achievements, titles, good jobs, women & materialistic hoarding
  • His darknight of the soul, loosing it all, even his mother => Depression
  • Becoming unexpectedly father and how this made him become the best person he could be
  • His journey out of Depression and into Self-Accepting
  • What he learned during the journey. Growth, Pain vs. Wisdom
  • Who and how he was before the darknight and awakening journey
  • Spirituality: It’s work in progress. It’s all about “Who am I?”, Self-reflection
  • The different “ism’s” that hold us back. The fears, the excuses
  • What is the Ego. Is it good or bad? What is it’s use
  • His trigger points. How to see them. How to see and find the issues to work on them
  • “What I need.” vs “What I want.”
  • The good news is that you have emotions. The bad news is that you have emotions
  • Life is an experience. It’s about having a balanced life. Have fun
  • People learn more out of hardship
  • Ego vs. Super Ego. It’s harder the cleverer you are
  • All you can do is to be the best version of yourself.
  • Mantra “I get what I need, not what I want!”
  • The Al-Anon Group and how it helped him
  • Forgiveness. The only person that you forgive is yourself
  • Do the right thing. The right stuff flows. The wrong stuff gets stuck
  • Story on cleaning wounds. Physically & the emotional spiritual ones
  • HALT. Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired (emotional grit) Clean the wound
  • Self Doubt & Denial (wire brush) => Cleaning House => Personal Inventory List => Ism’s

    • Reach out:

    • Stephen Broadhurst EDBA on LinkedIN
    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-broadhurst-edba-39653714/
    • His book “Spirituality in the Workplace” https://www.amazon.co.uk/stephen-j-broadhurst/s?k=stephen+j+broadhurst

      • Links:

      • Interview on Ecole des Ponts Business School “What Spirituality Isn't All About”
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGj2Kli5syw&ab_channel=EcoledesPontsBusinessSchool

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