The Hidden Why Podcast

Lisa Lahey, Ed.D. is the co-founding of Minds at work that helps individuals, teams and organizations make those personal & collective changes that are most important to them but have proved resistant to thoughtful plans and heartfelt intention. The mind, like the body, has its own immune system.

Dr. Robert Kegan and Dr. Lisa Lahey have spent the last 10 years developing and researching an award-winning coaching method based on their breakthrough discovery of a hidden dynamic called the “immunity to change”. This methodology helps people attain deeply sought changes by bringing this internal unconscious resistance to change to light.

Lahey is the author of “Immunity to Change: How to Overcome it and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization”, and more recently “An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization.”

Lisa is a passionate pianist and hiker; she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and two sons. This is a powerful conversation with many great insights. Enjoy my key take-outs below and please leave your comments.

“Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.”  Bruce Lee This is a thought that is an extension for a blog that I wrote. If you … Continue reading 237: Leigh Martinuzzi| Thursday Thought: If You Are Aware You Are Ready!

Doug Hensch is an ICF credentialed coach who brings a wealth of experience and passion to the work he does for his clients. His philosophy is simple: Set meaningful goals. Identify your strengths. Work in them regularly.

This philosophy guided him at Nextel Communications where he led the company’s eCare efforts that resulted in yearly savings that exceeded $10 million. Working in his strengths with purpose helped him launch a leading self-improvement web site that helped over 100,000 people increase their well-being and resilience.

Doug has touched many lives with innovative coaching, engaging workshops, and thought-provoking consulting. Dr. Martin Seligman who is considered as the ‘father of Positive Psychology,’ referred to Doug as one of his “most talented young colleagues.” A father of two active little boys, Doug lives in the Washington, DC.

In this chat we discuss Doug’s book “Positively Resilient” and some of the secrets to creating more resilience in life. We also discuss Doug’s signature strengths including: Gratitude, Judgment, Modesty/Humility, Fairness/Equity/Justice, and Capacity to Love & be Loved. Enjoy!

Part of the new generation of spiritual visionaries and thought leaders, Derek Rydall is the author of EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change and the world’s #1 expert on the revolutionary Law of Emergence.

He has trained top executives at Fortune 500 companies in empowered leadership and communications, and has coached celebrities and media professionals on creating conscious entertainment.

As a regular Huffington Post contributor, and host of the top-rated Emergence podcast on iTunes, he reveals cutting-edge spiritual principles and success strategies to achieve financial freedom and abundance, master productivity and creativity, and gain true wealth and happiness. With his global platform, Derek has touched hundreds of thousands around the planet and now shares his message on finding your path, living your purpose and making a powerful impact in this episode on The Hidden Why Podcast.

Is ego the enemy? I am in two thoughts on this and love books like this that help me questions topics like that on the ego at a higher altitude. Ryan Holiday author of The Obstacle Is The Way and fantastic book that I have also reviewed at The Hidden Why has done it again. His writing is brilliant. The topic is relatable and message important to all.

Ryan is a master of the writing and I understand that the process of writing mustn’t be an easy one even for someone that appears to do it so easily. His writing is without clutter and very purposeful. It is not highly technical making the process of reading smooth and messages shared more absorbable. In this book, Ryan speaks and shares reasons on why he believes ego is the enemy in three parts as it relates to our aspirations, successes and failures.

Each chapter is sharp and to the point sharing one view on why ego is the enemy using contextual examples that help give reason to his thought. While each chapter is short it is also rich in content. This leaves no room for wasted mumble. It also allows you to keep your attention focused and then leaves you time to reflect on each point more fully. I really enjoyed the book for this reason.

Full review at www.thehiddenwhy.com

“A fixation with connecting with ‘friends’ online comes with the risk of disconnection with friends waiting for you to be present in the offline world.” Craig Hodges In this episode I discuss the thought of disconnecting. The thought is twofold. One is to disconnect online to reconnect and create greater connections offline. This will ultimately … Continue reading 232: Leigh Martinuzzi| Thursday Thought: We Need To Disconnect To Reconnect

Nic Gregoriades is a martial artist and spiritual explorer from Cape Town, South Africa. In 2003 he moved to London to earn his black belt in Jiu Jitsu. There he founded the popular martial arts community, The Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood and became the first person to be awarded the black belt by the legendary Roger Gracie.

In late 2012 he took a trip to the amazon to drink the sacred plant medicine, Ayahuasca, which profoundly affected his world view and caused him to drastically change his life path. He now travels the world teaching Jiu Jitsu, studying yoga and learning about the human experience.

Thomas Faustin-Huisking is an aspiring polymath from Texas. He has played gigs in Austin, taught SAT prep in Seoul, modeled in Paris, shown paintings in New York, shot film and television in Los Angeles, and trained Muay Thai in Phuket, among many other pursuits.

He is home for good (for now) in Venice Beach, Ca, working on building businesses, improving his crafts, and helping people do and be more.

I hope you enjoy our very open, authentic, deep and at times of the rails discussion. I would summarise our chat by this – “with awareness comes great wisdom and with great wisdom can we master our life.”

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney In this episode of The Hidden Why Podcast I delve again into the topic of dreaming. Do not let go or lose hope in the pursuit of your dreams. Connecting your inner self with what you dream will allow … Continue reading 230: Leigh Martinuzzi| Dream Baby Dream: Create Space, Reconnect, Take Action & Live More Fully

Meet Grace Marshall:

“I coach, train, write and speak on productivity. I help people adopt new ways of working and thinking about their work to replace stress, overwhelm and frustration with success, sanity and satisfaction. 

I’m naturally disorganized! My passion for productivity began when I got fed up of saying “I haven’t got enough time.” Impatience is what drove me to get good at getting things done. I wasn’t willing to put life on hold so I juggle my business, family, community and social life on a daily basis – and not necessarily in that order. Now I absolutely love helping people live the life they want in the time that they have.”

You’ll enjoy this conversation all about productivity sharing some great insights and practical tips.

The life we live today has changed dramatically to the life we lived 100 years ago. The truth of our existence now is overwhelm and rapid change. We are evolving at an increasing rate. Here inlays the battle, we are still human. The reality of this is the reason why we all need to pay more attention for if we don't it will take away the beauty of what our existence is truly about.

What is life? How are we meant to live this life? Why am I here? What’s it all for? Questions that I ask myself often but only because I have hacked my life and in doing so created space to allow time for reflection. Do you have the time for yourself or do you find life passing by quick as you speed from one task to the next? Chasing one rabbit and only in catching it chasing the next for what you thought it would bring didn't eventuate. This book will give you some insight into how to avoid some of these traps of life and how to stay grounded.