What if the key to more ease, productivity, and fulfillment in your life and business wasn't about doing more, but about aligning with the natural rhythms that govern everything in nature?

That's what the Sacred Rhythms Method is all about. It's one of my most beloved teaching frameworks, one that has been part of how I live my life and move through my business for over two decades. And in this episode, I'm taking you deep into it.

Whether you're looking to bring more flow to your own projects, or you want a powerful new coaching methodology to help clients who can't seem to get things done or finish what they start, this episode is for you.

Topics we cover:

• The surprising way nature's cycles mirror every project, relationship, and habit in your life
• The 4 phases that anything must move through to be successful and deeply satisfying
• A clear, simple framework for understanding and working with all four phases
• What to focus on if you or your clients have trouble starting projects, completing them, or finding balance
• How to use this methodology to create more ease and fulfillment across every area of life and work

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The 4 Phases Cheat Sheet

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How you start every group coaching program sets the tone for everything that follows — and that's what this mini-episode is all about: opening content and exercises that build engagement and readiness.

Whether you're leading a retreat, teaching a course, or delivering a workshop, this matters more than most practitioners realize. Neuroscience and human behavior research shows that even the most excited participants can lose momentum before the first session even begins. By creating a "container" from the start, you help participants build investment, move through resistance, and feel safe enough to engage deeply with your content. Without this foundational work, even the most compelling curriculum can fail to deliver its full impact.

Episode highlights:

• Start with inspiration — share why they're here, why you're here, and what's possible through the program
• Clarify intentions — help participants identify their personal goals and starting points
• Foster connection — facilitate early interactions to build community and engagement
• Create a safe container — use proven strategies to prepare participants emotionally and mentally to receive your content
• Success in action — a real-world example of how these strategies transformed engagement in a program for formerly incarcerated individuals

Resources I mentioned:

• Create A Course As Powerful As You Free Workshop
• Create Transformational Courses Free Ebook

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Thought leadership is one of those terms that's everywhere in the coaching, transformational, and educational industries, and yet for so many practitioners, it's also one of the most intimidating. The fear of not being original enough. The worry that someone else has already said it better. The confusion about what thought leadership even really means. All of it creates blocks that keep brilliant coaches from sharing the work they're most meant to share.

Here's the truth: the seeds of thought leadership are already inside you. This episode is about recognizing them, articulating them, and stepping into your role as the leader and teacher you actually are — without waiting to feel more ready, more original, or more certain.

Whether you're developing your first group program, reworking an existing course, or simply trying to get clearer on your voice and expertise, this episode will shift how you think about your own unique contribution.

Topics we cover:

• Why thought leadership doesn't require being completely original or groundbreaking — and what it actually does require
• How to recognize and claim the value of your own lived experience, insights, and perspective
• How your voice, background, and specific way of seeing things create something no one else can replicate
• What it means to be a disruptor in your field and why challenging the status quo amplifies your impact
• Why getting clear on your thought leadership is the essential foundation for creating transformational curriculum and standout programs

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Transformative Power of Curriculum — free 90-minute masterclass

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Every year, I make myself a nice cup of tea, move away from the computer to a comfy spot, and move through a review and assessment process that helps me more fully metabolize the year, extract the real lessons, and step into planning and visioning from a place of genuine clarity rather than just momentum or pressure.

It's one of the keys to my ongoing success and satisfaction in this work. And in this episode, I take you through the full process, step by step, while also sharing what really happened behind the scenes in my own business in 2024. The wins, the doozies, and the important entrepreneurial truths that emerged from both.

If you've been in business for decades or just starting out, doing a real review matters. This episode will show you how.

Topics we cover:

• The 5 key steps of an effective year-end business review process
• A treasure trove of important assessment questions you'll want to write down
• The "Bonus Questions" that bring it all together in powerful and often surprising ways
• What actually happened in my business in 2024: the good, the hard, and the instructive
• Important marketing and entrepreneurial truths that emerged from my own review this year

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Transformative Power of Curriculum — free 90-minute masterclass

• Life Changing Courses — curriculum and course development training

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Creating curriculum that genuinely transforms — not just informs — is one of the most important skills a coach, facilitator, or transformational practitioner can develop. And it's also one of the most overwhelming. In this episode, I pull back the curtain on my full curriculum creation process, developed over years of designing dozens of courses, workshops, retreats, and ceremonies ranging from two sessions to year-long journeys.

Whether you're building your first program or refining something you've already been running, what you'll walk away with is a clear, grounded process for creating curriculum that reflects your unique thought leadership and stands out in a sea of sameness.

Topics we cover:

• The number one mindset piece that's essential before you create a single piece of curriculum
• Why starting with the end in mind is critical…and the key questions to ask about your students' transformation
• How to map out the journey your students need to take so that it feels intuitive and genuinely impactful
• Common mistakes coaches and facilitators make in curriculum design, and how to avoid them
• Practical strategies for making the time and space needed to actually create

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Create Transformational Courses — free 14-page ebook

• The Transformative Power of Curriculum — free 90-minute masterclass

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A life-changing group coaching program is dynamic, transformational, and goes genuinely deep…and creating one doesn't just change the lives of those you serve, it changes your life too. It's also what allows you to stand out and create the kind of results that lead to more clients completing, and raving about, your programs.

There's no shortage of courses to buy in the transformational industries, and a lot of them are okay, maybe even good, but not life-changing. They don't co-create excellent results with participants. They don't create experiences people remember for years. They don't keep participants engaged.

In today's episode, we get to the heart of what separates a good group course, program, workshop, or retreat from a truly life-changing one.

Topics we cover:

• Why you don't want to be a "presenter"
• A massive key to creating community in your programming
• One tweak to your course topic or title that gets you significantly more interest
• The biggest mistake made in curriculum design, and what to do instead

Resources I mentioned:

• Create a Course as Powerful as You - Free Workshop
• Create Transformational Courses - Free EBook

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As part of our month-long focus on the Ethics of Leadership, we take a look today at the challenges and importance of admitting our mistakes as leaders.

In order to be not only ethical and trauma-informed in our client work, but also highly effective and transformational coaches and practitioners, it is essential to be able to own up to our mistakes.

We need this on all levels of leadership!

In the episode, we cover:

⇒ what happens in our communities and with our clients when we don't own our mistakes

⇒ a story about a crucial moment where I made a huge mistake…and what I did…and what happened next (the most important part!)

⇒ what lies underneath the difficulties of owning mistakes and how to move forward

This episode is short but a really important toe-dip into one of the most important topics of coaching and leadership.

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And here is the info on Authentic and Ethical Sales Conversations.

And previous podcast episodes I mentioned:

Episode 26: The Ethics of Leadership

Episode 16: 6 Elements of Authentic & Ethical Sales Calls

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Ethics and integrity are foundational to exceptional coaching, and they're also two of the most underaddressed topics in the coaching and transformational industries. You cannot build a practice that creates lasting client results, genuine referrals, and a sustainable reputation without them. And yet most practitioner trainings barely scratch the surface.

This episode is part of a full month we're devoting to the ethics of leadership at Applied Depth Institute, and it's one I feel strongly about. In it, I share a personal story that gets to the heart of what can go wrong — for clients, for practitioners, and for the integrity of the work itself — when ethical grounding is absent.

Even if you consider yourself a person of deep integrity (as most practitioners listening to this do), this episode will challenge and expand your understanding of what ethical practice actually looks like in action.

Topics we cover:

• Why the ethics of leadership matter so deeply, and why they aren't talked about enough in coaching spaces
• Why people of high integrity still need to actively learn and practice ethical principles
• A personal story about what can go wrong when ethics are absent, even with good intentions
• Three vital coaching principles that support you to show up more ethically in your client work and your sales conversations

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As coaches and transformational practitioners, we are always holding what our clients are holding. And right now — with ongoing global conflict, climate disasters, relentless news cycles, and so much collective uncertainty — that is a lot.

Sustained difficulty takes its toll. It doesn't matter how evolved we are, how strong our mindset is, or how much inner work we've done. When the world is heavy, our clients feel it, we feel it, and our sessions need to be able to hold it.

This episode is about exactly that: how to show up for your clients with exceptional skill and care during difficult times…and how to take care of yourself in the process.

Topics we cover:

• Five distinct and vital coaching concepts for supporting clients through difficult times
• The first and most important thing to do for your clients when they're in crisis or overwhelmed
• Why getting comfortable with discomfort is a non-negotiable coaching skill, and how to build it
• What "Honoring What Is" means as a coaching principle, and why it's one of the most powerful tools you have

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What happens when we start to over-identify with success, status, and the outer symbols of who we've become? And how does that clinging (subtle as it often is) end up blocking us from the very transformation we most need?

That's the territory we explore in this episode, through one of the oldest and most powerful myths ever told: the Myth of Inanna's Descent. It's one of my all-time favorites, and one I return to personally every single year — because it never stops being relevant.

This is a rich, layered episode: part storytelling, part introspection, part practical application for your client work. There may also be a public service announcement or two from me. I get passionate about some things.

Topics we cover:

• The power of mythology as a tool for transformation: in your own life and with clients
• The story of Inanna's Descent, one of the oldest narratives in human history
• What happens when we cling to worldly success and symbols of power and respect
• Why the metaphoric journey to the Underworld is not something to avoid, and how to help clients navigate it
• Three of the four Sacred Depths pillars, and the specific skills you need to help clients unpack the cultural messaging shaping their relationship with status and identity

Resources mentioned in this episode: How to Work with Shadow (free ebook)

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