The Deep Coach

By Jonathan Hermida

The Deep Coach Podcast explores the transformational journeys that shape us—and that propel us to change the world. In each episode, host Jonathan Hermida sits down with those who have journeyed into ... more

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May 21, 2026The Hidden Resistance to Our Full Potential
Why do we so often resist the very things we say we want most?
In this solo episode, Jonathan explores the subtle and deeply human tendency to resist joy, love, abundance, and our own potential. Drawing from personal experience, transformational work, and the concept of the “upper limit problem,” this conversation dives into the unconscious ways we self-sabotage when life begins to feel too good.
Jonathan reflects on healing, gratitude, embodiment, emotional capacity, and what it truly means to expand our ability to hold light — not just pain.
This episode is an invitation to stop shrinking, stop dimming, and begin stepping more fully into the fullness of who you are.
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⏰ Timestamps
00:00 Why We Resist Joy

00:49 Upper Limit Self Sabotage

03:18 Practices To Hold Light

06:27 Embodied Love And Influence

08:49 Step Fully Into Your Light
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
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May 07, 2026From Numb to Alive: The Real Path to Healing & Emotional Freedom with Anamargret Sanchez
What happens when you stop running from your pain, and finally turn toward it?
In this episode, transformational coach, ketamine facilitator, and longtime yoga teacher Anamargret Sanchez shares her deeply personal journey from loss and disconnection to embodiment, healing, and purpose.
What you’ll learn:
Why emotional numbness blocks both pain and joy

How yoga became a gateway to deeper healing

What ketamine therapy actually does (and doesn’t do)

How to move through grief instead of around it

Why you’re not meant to do this work alone
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⏱️ Timestamps
02:01 - Who Was Anamargret Before

03:45 - Origin Story and Loss

07:37 - Miami Move and Contraction

11:20 - Yoga and Healing Path

29:54 - Beyond Antidepressants

31:00 - Healing Outcomes Witnessed

32:09 - Holding Space & Self-Care

34:35 - Full Circle Yoga Reunion

37:15 - Retreat to Deep Coaching Dive

40:53 - Legion Park Yoga Community

43:47 - Miami’s Ripple Effect

45:37 - Purpose as Conduit

46:42 - Life “Through Me” Framework

49:23 - Welcoming Darkness

50:18 - Transformation Needs Support
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🔗 Connect with Anamargret
Website: https://anamargret.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anamargret/
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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53min
April 23, 2026Why Success Alone Will Never Fulfill You with Patrick Boland
What happens when you do everything “right”… and still feel empty?
In this episode of The Deep Coach Podcast, I sit down with Patrick Boland—executive coach, author of The Contemplative Leader, and former high-achiever who hit a breaking point early in life.
At just 16, Patrick experienced a profound existential crisis. Despite excelling in academics, sports, and music, he found himself asking a deeper question:
“What is it all for?”
What followed was a journey through depression, spirituality, mentorship, and ultimately, a radical shift in how he relates to success, meaning, and leadership.
📝 Key Themes
The illusion of success as a path to fulfillment

Existential crisis as a gateway to transformation

Mentorship and inner healing

Letting go of control and walking the “pathless path”

Navigating uncertainty and liminal space

Contemplative leadership in a changing world

Fatherhood, legacy, and meaning
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⏰ Timestamps
01:44 Teen Pressure and Emptiness

03:17 Loss Sparks the Spiral

04:49 Ecclesiastes Awakening

06:23 Rejecting the Scripted Life

08:32 Prayer and Inner Shift

09:51 Mentors and the Enneagram

14:45 Why Mentorship Matters

18:31 Pilot Dream Shattered

21:37 Sailing and Letting Go

25:51 Richard Rohr Connection

29:15 Credentials and Calling

32:40 Lifes Work Quote

33:17 Walking the Pathless Path

35:15 Listening Beneath Fear

36:56 Culture and Consciousness Stages

41:59 Contemplative Leadership Explained

52:39 Fatherhood and Facing the Future

57:54 Doing Whats Yours to Do

01:02:19 Go Through the Storm
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🔗 Connect with Patrick Boland
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-boland-9546048/

Website: https://www.conexus.ie/

Book: https://www.thecontemplativeleader.com/
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📖 Resources Mentioned
The Contemplative Leader – Patrick Boland

Everything Belongs – Richard Rohr

Ecclesiastes (Hebrew scriptures)
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 6min
April 09, 2026A Story of Success, Addiction, and Awakening with Chris Kalbfleisch
Many people believe success will bring fulfillment — the career, the money, the family, the recognition. For Chris Kalbfleisch, he achieved all of it.
And then… everything collapsed.
In just 11 months, Chris went from a high-performing hedge fund executive with a thriving life to sitting in a jail cell, facing prison time. In this deeply moving conversation, Chris shares:
The hidden pain beneath achievement

His descent into addiction and self-sabotage

The moment everything broke — and everything began

How surrender, spirituality, and deep inner work transformed his life

What it really means to find peace
This is a story about awakening — not as a concept, but as a lived experience.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, lost, or quietly disconnected despite external success… this conversation is for you.
Below, you’ll find key moments from the episode to guide your listening:
⏰ Timestamps
02:23 – Conditioned Success Mindset

03:20 – Childhood Shame and Alcoholism

07:30 – Achievement as Escape

09:15 – Misdiagnosis and Proving Worth

11:35 – Alcohol Creeps In

13:40 – Finance Career and Outer Success

15:40 – Inner Collapse and Self-Sabotage

22:30 – 2019 Spiral to Jail

27:12 – Facing the Judge Unafraid

29:21 – AA, Surrender, and Spiritual Signs

36:03 – First Kundalini Experience

36:58 – The Teacher Training Leap

37:49 – Aquarian Sadhana Practice

39:55 – Two Paths, One Recovery

41:18 – Court Sentence as Transformation

44:55 – Amends and Family Distance

48:05 – Healing the Mother Wound

51:40 – Meeting Jacqueline Again

54:38 – Stepfamily and Being Seen

56:22 – Sharing His Story with Teens

01:00:58 – Ego Traps in a New Career

01:06:18 – Final Reflections on Surrender
🔗 Connect With Chris
🌐 Website

📘 Facebook

💼 LinkedIn
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 10min
March 26, 2026The Pathless Path: How to Trust Life When Everything Falls Apart with Phyllis Lane
Many people believe that if they can just find the right plan, the right strategy, or the right path… life will finally feel stable, clear, and under control.

But for Phyllis Lane, life unfolded in a very different way.

After the unraveling of a long-term relationship, the collapse of a shared business, and the loss of many of the structures she once relied on, Phyllis found herself with nothing to hold onto—no clear direction, no plan, and no guarantees.

What emerged wasn’t a new strategy. It was a deeper way of living.
In this conversation, Phyllis shares how she learned to move beyond the thinking mind and into a life guided by intuition, presence, and trust. Through creativity, movement, and deep inner listening, she discovered what it means to live the “pathless path”—where life is no longer something you control, but something you allow to move through you.
Together, Jonathan and Phyllis explore what it truly means to let go of control, trust the unknown, and follow the aliveness of life itself.
What we explore in this episode…
01:51 Reunion and the beginning of an unraveling

03:26 Growing up in a turbulent environment and developing sensitivity

04:57 Martial arts as the first doorway into intuition

05:39 The modeling world and a wake-up call around identity

06:48 Leaving New York and moving to the desert in search of something deeper

07:49 Art as the turning point back into the inner world

09:33 Movement, creativity, and releasing stored emotional energy

12:17 Trusting the flow and becoming a channel for life

18:54 Lessons from business, partnership, and pressure

24:21 Inner child healing and learning not to abandon yourself

31:34 When life tests your peace

32:36 “Going home” as a spiritual practice

34:38 Meeting fear at the edge of the unknown

35:44 Intuition as a daily devotion

40:20 Trusting creative work and the flow of income

50:23 Her book Living the Flow and the final invitation to leap
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🔗 Connect with Phyllis
🌐 Website: www.phyllislane.com
📸 Instagram: @phyllislane
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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56min
March 12, 2026What Happens After Awakening? Insights From a Former Buddhist Monk with Steven Lane
What happens after a spiritual awakening?
Many people imagine awakening as the end of the journey — a permanent state of clarity, wisdom, and freedom. But for Steven Lane, a spontaneous awakening in his mid-twenties was only the beginning.
In this conversation, Steven shares the surprising reality that followed his awakening experience. Despite profound insights into the nature of reality, he discovered that old patterns, conditioning, and human limitations didn’t simply disappear.
Wanting to understand what had opened within him, Steven spent seven years as a Buddhist monk before eventually returning to the world — building a family, studying psychotherapy and coaching, and developing an integrative approach to transformational work.

In this episode, Jonathan Hermida and Steven explore the deeper arc of transformation: awakening, integration, and the ongoing work of becoming fully human.
What we explore in this episode...
02:19 Before The Shift

02:38 Early Inner Calling

05:06 Rebel Years In Germany

08:13 Meditation Meets Hedonism

12:02 Psychic Warning Signs

15:59 Remove The Veil

19:39 Dreamlike Awakening Night

22:36 Integration And Aftermath

31:50 Monk Life And Tantra Drive

38:03 Cult Red Flags And Spain

41:48 Tara Wisdom And Healing

45:12 Leaving Robes And Marriage

46:29 Spiritual Bypassing Breakdown

47:32 Freedom and New Search

50:15 Angels and Healing Session

55:35 Dzogchen Homecoming

01:05:05 Koans and Cardiac Wakeup

01:15:04 Integration and Final Advice
🔗 Connect with Steven
Website: www.transformationalcoaching.ie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevenlanecoach/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-lane-transformationalcoach/
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 31min
February 26, 2026How to Insist on a Purpose-Driven Life (Even When Everything Falls Apart) with Lorenz Sell
What happens when you lose everything and move into your car just to keep your dream alive? Lorenz Sell, founder of Sutra, shares his extraordinary journey from living in his car and declaring bankruptcy to building a platform designed to cultivate collective intelligence at scale.
What we explore in this episode...
02:00 Before The Awakening

07:17 A Citizen Of Earth

10:57 Why Burning Man Feels Home

20:18 2011 Peace Awakening

29:12 New York Breakthrough

39:50 All In for New York

40:35 Love and Co-Founding

46:34 Heartbeat Collapse and Rebuild

50:20 Coding Sutra and Lean Iteration

56:16 Mission Devotion and Sutra Explained

01:08:12 Connection Lessons and Closing Poem
🔗 Learn more about Lorenz and Sutra:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzsell/

Sutra: https://web.sutra.co/
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 20min
February 12, 2026Leadership, Parenting, and the Inner Work That Shapes the Future with Ger Daly
Where does deep inner work, leadership, and parenting intersect?
This conversation with Ger Daly explores what it means to fully commit to one’s transformational journey—and how that inner work inevitably shapes the relationships we enter, the way we raise our children, and how we lead others in the world.
Ger reflects on how disconnected he once was from himself, and how a serendipitous encounter with a masseuse named Alma—“soul” in Spanish—became the unexpected catalyst for his awakening and ongoing transformation.
He also shares vulnerably about his daughter’s prenatal diagnosis, and how love, presence, and inner work carried him and his wife through the fear and uncertainty of facing a worst-case scenario.
Together, Jonathan Hermida and Ger explore why the era of knowledge and performance is giving way to embodiment, nervous system regulation, and personal sovereignty—and why these capacities are becoming essential for leaders and parents navigating an increasingly complex world.
⏰ Timestamps
03:37 Ger Daley's Early Struggles and Awakening
06:27 Discovering Healing Practices
12:16 The Power of Meditation and Energy Work
14:25 Becoming a Coach and Transformational Leader
19:44 Navigating Relationships and Personal Growth
25:12 Challenges and Reclaiming Personal Agency
29:13 The Importance of Humility and Continuous Growth
32:04 A Life-Changing Experience: Annie's Birth
34:58 Overcoming Medical Challenges and Finding Strength
37:12 Living with Love and Embracing the Unexpected
39:28 Annie's Miracle Journey
41:52 Choosing the Right Partner
44:43 The Healing Power of Relationships
49:11 Moving to a Remote Island
55:46 Raising Conscious Children
01:05:15 The Future of Leadership
01:12:26 The Age of the Wisdom Worker
01:13:16 Opportunities in a Changing World
01:14:52 The Importance of Self-Awareness
01:16:31 The Power of Inner Work
🔗 Learn more about Ger :
Website: https://www.gerdaly.ie
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ger-daly-coach/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gerdalycoaching/
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 18min
January 29, 2026(Solo Episode) How to Trust Life When You’re Headed for a Cliff with Jonathan Hermida
Have you ever had this feeling that you’re going 100 mph, the steering wheel is jammed, the breaks are out, and you’re heading towards a financial cliff?
In this solo episode, Jonathan explores what it means to trust life when control disappears. Drawing from years of meditation, spiritual practice, and real-life moments of uncertainty, he shares a grounded practice for calming the nervous system, surrendering control, and allowing a deeper intelligence to reveal the next step.
This episode is an invitation to slow down, reconnect to what’s beneath the fear, and discover how trust isn’t passive—it’s a powerful inner posture that helps us navigate chaos, uncertainty, and profound change.
Whether you’re facing financial uncertainty, life transitions, or simply the unknown future of our world, this conversation offers a way to remain calm, rooted, and open to what’s emerging
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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7min
January 15, 2026Measuring the Invisible: Human Potential, Trust, and the Future of Leadership with Mark Vandeneijnde
How can human potential actually be measured? And once it’s measured, what can you actually do with that information?
In this episode of The Deep Coach, Jonathan Hermida sits down with Mark Vandeneijnde, co-founder of Being at Full Potential and creator of the Human Potential & IDG assessment platforms, to explore a bold question: Can we bring objectivity to inner development—without losing its soul?
Mark shares his deeply human journey—from feeling misaligned in the corporate world, to embracing sensitivity as a gift, to building one of the most holistic frameworks for understanding human potential today. Together, Jonathan and Mark explore trust, awareness, inspiration, abundance, service, and why these inner capacities may be the defining skills of leadership in an AI-driven world.
Topics Explored:
01:25 Mark's Pre-Transformation Life
03:13 Early Signs of Depth and Sensitivity
04:54 Entering the Corporate World
08:07 Discovering Coaching and Sensitivity as a Gift
12:23 The Decision to Leave Corporate Life
14:42 Family Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Challenges
19:10 Recalibrating Success and Family Life
20:30 Insights from the Heart in Business Documentary
34:57 Developing the Human Potential Model
37:34 Defining Human Potential
38:10 Unleashing Human Potential
38:23 The Role of Inspiration and Abundance
38:53 Service and Greater Purpose
40:02 Unique Human Potential
40:32 Audience and Language
41:54 Organizational Impact
44:49 Entrepreneurial Journey
47:13 Trust and Harmony in Leadership
51:03 Navigating Impermanence
53:57 Reinvention and Vision
01:00:52 Democratizing Human Potential
01:11:17 Advice for Transformational Journeys
🔗 Connect with Mark
Learn more about Mark’s work: https://beingatfullpotential.com
Take the assessment: https://beingatfullpotential.io/
Connect with Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markvandeneijnde/
Learn More About Our Work at the Center:
Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach
➡️ Download our Free Guide: "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach"
💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!
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1h 17min

FAQs about The Deep Coach:

How many episodes does The Deep Coach have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.