The Hello, Personality Podcast

S6E8 - In this conversation with Huw Edwards, we learn about Huw's journey from achieving conventional success to a realization that he didn't know who he was or what he was here for. In his quest to seek deeper fulfillment, he found the Core Gift Discovery Process and uncovered his Core Gift. Despite his initial skepticism, he has found that having an awareness of his Gift has helped him align his actions and relationships with his values and what feels personally meaningful to him. 

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Huw Edwards is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and international speaker turned executive coach. Huw is on a mission to guide educated overachievers to more purpose and fulfillment in their careers.

With an MBA from Harvard Business School and two mathematics degrees from Oxford University, Huw's corporate career centered around his work at Goldman Sachs, Rackspace, and Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with $160bn under management. 

Huw is now an entrepreneur and investor - in 2016 he acquired and later sold Jungle Disk, a cybersecurity company previously owned by Rackspace; founded CyberFortress, a VC-backed insurtech startup; and founded Porthcawl Holdings, a value-driven technology holding company investing in startups and businesses in the SaaS and bitcoin space.

With a wealth of knowledge in finance and investing, technology and business strategy, Huw developed a proven strategy that guides dissatisfied, highly driven executives to a crystal clear vision and implement a strategic plan to create the outcomes they desire both professionally and personally.

Whether you're an entrepreneur with imposter syndrome or a corporate overachiever barely gripping the ladder, Huw can help you move forward with clarity and confidence in your work and life.

S6E7 - In this episode, Diane Ring and I will look at the intersection of her Core Gift and her Type 4 Enneagram personality type to explore how each of these things impacts the other and how they're different. We'll also talk about how your Core Gift can deeply influence your interactions and decisions. Diane and I discuss the importance of applying your Core Gift to all areas of your life, not just your work because leveraging your Gift can enhance your leadership, relationships, and overall wellbeing. You'll hear about Diane's hobby and how understanding her Core Gift is causing her to evaluate how her Gift is showing up even in that area of her life.

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Diane owns Ring Results, a leadership development and executive coaching firm in Austin, Texas.  Her dynamic career reflects numerous diverse accomplishments with the highlight being 30 years of executive coaching specializing in leadership and team development.  Diane has coached leaders from Fortune 1000 and middle-market organizations to start-ups and non-profits and has worked with all levels of talent. Her passion is to help her clients find innovative ways to solve nagging problems and help people and their organizations be the best at what they do. 

Diane’s expertise draws upon her deep professional experience, and her numerous studies/certifications in the areas of executive coaching, leadership, applied behavioral science, and advanced adult learning. She holds a BA from Michigan State University in Employment Relations and Psychology. 

Diane is a Certified Master Facilitator of the Core Gift Discovery™ process where she helps her clients identify their Core Gift, the most significant and positive 'deeper why' in their life, their ultimate purpose for being. She also helps people develop greater understanding of “Why I do what I do” based on 20 years of studies and practice using the Enneagram Personality system. She guides leaders to explore how uniting gifts and Enneagram insights offers multiple points of leverage to get started, go deeper or get unstuck in a journey of development.

S6E6 - In this conversation with Jocelyn about her Core Gift, we see how the discovery and application her Core Gift fosters a sense of belonging and purpose in both her personal and professional life. We also explore the process of self-discovery through understanding your Gift as well as how difficult it can be to see and acknowledge the shadow side of your Core Gift. Jocelyn and I also reflect on the ongoing journey of growing and developing your Gift.

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Jocelyn is passionate about working within Communities.  Education has led her to two careers in different cities: a Program Assistant with Community Living Brant and Developer of Children and Youth Ministry with Port Nelson United Church.

Jocelyn refocuses through a love of animals primarily volunteering at a therapeutic equestrian centre and caring to the needs of her Beagle. She always makes time to enjoy friends and family and is always up for an adventure. 

S6E5 - We meet Sol in this episode who emphasizes the importance of recognizing and integrating her Core Gift into all areas of her life, both professional and personal. Despite facing a period of grief, she reflects on how her Core Gift provides direction and purpose and an ongoing reminder of who she is during this difficult time.

Sol shares her initial experience with the Core Gift Discovery process, how her relationship to her Gift has evolved for her over time, and the initial skepticism she felt towards her Core Gift statement before it became a central, grounding part of her identity and her purpose in the world.

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More about Sol...

Solveig Pedersen is passionate about cultivating a kinder, more peaceful, and loving world - and believes that through living our most authentic, pleasurable, and joyful lives, we are each a part of that conscious change. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and works as a life, love, & leadership coach and as a university professor of Communication. As a coach, Solveig supports bright-hearted sensitive seekers, forces for good, and peace-builders to expand in their life, love, and leadership. You can find her on Instagram @solandheart and via her website: solandheart.com. 

S6E4 - In this inspiring conversation with Myrna Jackson, we see the profound impact of discovering her Core Gift of making others feel seen, valued, and empowered. Myrna shares how the realization of this as her Gift has shaped her personal and professional life and has guided her through significant challenges. Myrna gives us a glimpse into the power of living in alignment with her true purpose.

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More about Myrna:

Myrna Jackson is the owner of Metamorphosis Coaching & Consulting, and she’s also an Author and a Leadership Coach and Consultant. Myrna established Metamorphosis to help leaders unleash their full potential and step powerfully into the lives they desire. Myrna is an entrepreneur, wife of more than 30 years, a mother, and a native of Washington, DC. She's a successful business leader in commercial and government industries with over 20 years of experience, wisdom, and lessons learned and a proven ability to help organizations, teams, and individuals get the clarity needed to set goals, create alignment, and achieve. You can find her at myrnajackson.com. 

S6E3 - Through the lens of Nima Novak's experiences and insights, you'll learn how identifying your Core Gift can simplify your decision-making, help you develop self-trust, and improve your relationship with yourself and others. By using your Core Gift as a filter across all areas of your life, you'll gain a deeper connection to your most authentic self. This self-understanding not only provides a deeper connection to yourself, personal healing, and resilience, but it also enriches relationships with others by enabling more authentic connections.

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Nima Novak is an Indigenous Speech Language Pathologist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology. She has worked extensively in marginalized communities, specifically in Oxnard with the Indigenous preschool population and on the west side of Chicago, where she has seen firsthand the negative effects of trauma on speech, language, and fluency development. 

She is currently studying somatic therapies, Polyvagal Theory, Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), and Reiki to promote healing across the communities she serves, with the intention of loving kindness for all. Her focus on evidence-based practices and empirical research serves to bridge the worlds of healing and science which are often relegated to different categories. Nima’s holistic approach of resilience and education teaches how research-based mindfulness practices can be used to manage trauma in the body for both her students and colleagues. She is dedicated to empowering her students and all womxn to pursue their passions through the cultivation of resilience and self-worth.

Nima is an advisor on the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board and mentors current students at California State San Marcos in the Students of Speech & Language, Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity Group. For her anti-racism work, she has been featured in Vice Magazine, Medium.com, The Community Psychologist Special Feature, Authority Magazine, and Thrive Global Magazine. She was a contributing founder and author of the anti-racism work group Living in Empathy. Nima has been featured in interviews on Evergreen State College Olympia, Educators for Justice IG live, SLPs Of Color IG live, the SLPs of Color podcast, the FAACT podcast, and the Breaking Down Podcast. She has presented as a keynote speaker for Fred Finch CA Youth & Family Services, Community Living Thunder Bay, AntiToch University, The Rainbow Project Child & Family Counseling, LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Women Trans Femme Bike Group, Bradley Street Bicycle Co-op, Chicago Minds, University of St. Augustine Health Sciences, WI Oneida County Tourism Council, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Northwestern University.

Nima offers accountability, consultation, and training in somatic work and anti-racism work.

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: somatic.healing.circle

S6E2 - Bruce Anderson has been working with the Core Gift Discovery process for over 30 years, and in this episode, he shares how understanding and embracing your Core Gift can guide your decision-making and empower you to live a more purposeful and impactful life. 

Bruce also shares the power of recognizing and nurturing your Core Gift and how this can bring about personal growth, community building, and a sense of thriving and healing both at an individual and collective level.

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More about Bruce...

Bruce is the Executive Director of the Core Gift Institute. His primary work is helping  individuals and organizations use the power of gifts in their daily life. The Institute offers nine different learning events related to specific practices to discover and use gifts, takes small groups on gift-reflective pilgrimages in Europe, offers one-to-one private coaching, and trains and certifies folks from all walks of life to want to use the facilitated Core Gift Discovery process in their work as coaches, educators, community-organizers, therapists and organizational development consultants. He lives on a small plot of land on Vashon Island, Washington where he tends to his gardens, chickens and family. 

S6E1 - In this episode, we kick off a new season focused on understanding your Core Gift. Learn about what a Core Gift is, what it's not, and how it's different from other gifts you have. We'll also get into how your Core Gift will impact your life by helping you make the most authentic decisions.

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S6 Trailer - Check out this preview of what's coming up in the next season of The Hello, Personality Podcast. We're taking a little departure from personality-type frameworks to dive into something that's influenced by your personality—your Core Gift!

S5E11 - In this final episode of Season 5, we look back at what we've learned about motivation through the lens of the 16 Types system from our guests to drive home the impact of your judging (decision-making) functions on your motivation.