A coaching podcast with Jerry Colonna and Tobias Weghorn, digging into radical self-inquiry coaching and what it really means to “grow up” as a leader and as a human. Jerry shares why the past is always present in executive coaching with a psychoanalytic perspective, and how compassion and curiosity unlock the unconscious patterns that keep clients stuck. You’ll also unpack his well-known “how have I been complicit” question, why “complicit” is different from “responsible,” and how shame and guilt derail real change. The episode also gets practical about coaching vs therapy boundaries, including when to bring in a therapist, and why coaching supervision for coaches (and strong referral networks) is part of the ethical job.

Key Learnings:

• Use radical self-inquiry coaching to surface patterns without triggering shame: ask “How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?” and follow it with curiosity about the hidden benefit (the IPO / intended positive outcome).
• Tighten coaching vs therapy boundaries by screening for pathology vs non-pathology, and have a plan: build a therapist referral network and agree that the psychotherapist leads the treatment plan if one is involved.
• Make coaching supervision for coaches non-negotiable: debrief intense client dynamics with a supervisor/peer group so you don’t get pulled into “doing it right” or hiding behind a rigid methodology.

Resources:

• Jerry Colonna's Website: https://www.reboot.io/team/jerry-colonna/
• Jerry Colonna's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrycolonna/
• Reboot (Book): https://www.reboot.io/reboot-book/
• Reunion (Book): https://www.reboot.io/reunion-book/
• Reboot Self-Inquiry Email Course: https://www.reboot.io/resources/
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Coaching vs Therapy Boundaries: When to Bring in a Therapist

02:12 What It Means to “Grow Up” + Radical Self-Inquiry Coaching

04:34 The “How Have I Been Complicit?” Question (Complicit vs Responsible)

09:00 Why Shame, Guilt, and Blame Block Change

11:22 Finding the Hidden Benefit: The IPO (Intended Positive Outcome)

14:05 Don’t Turn Questions Into a Script: Coaching Presence Over Methodology

16:20 Executive Coaching With a Psychoanalytic Perspective: The Reboot Venn Diagram

19:10 “Who Are You Really Serving Right Now?” and Ancestral Patterns

26:10 How Reboot Bootcamps Work: Safety, Container, Dyads/Triads

33:10 Pathology vs Non-Pathology + Coaching Supervision for Coaches

A coaching podcast with Jerry Colonna and Tobias Weghorn, centered around a coaching demo that quickly moves from “Am I enough?” to where that belief may come from in the first place. Tobi shares how safety and financial security shaped parts of his family story, and Jerry helps reframe those fears through compassion for inherited patterns. They also unpack why coaching mastery beyond methodology often requires dropping the “right way vs. wrong way” obsession and paying attention to what actually works in the moment. Along the way, they touch on radical self-inquiry, the role of supervision, and how countertransference and the third can become practical data for coaches.

Key Learnings:

• Use coaching demo moments to surface the real driver (e.g., safety beliefs behind “not enough belief (I am enough)”), then work with what’s alive rather than forcing a script.
• Practice radical self-inquiry without shame: name the benefit of the inherited pattern first, then build change through repetition (not just cognitive insight) so the coaching demo insight sticks under stress.
• Build coaching supervision into your craft: track countertransference and the third (what you feel in-session) as information, so you don’t default to “more methodology” when you and your client feel stuck.

Resources:

• Jerry Colonna's Website: https://www.reboot.io/team/jerry-colonna/
• Jerry Colonna's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrycolonna/
• Reboot (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Reboot-Leadership-Art-Growing-Up/dp/0062749530
• Reunion (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Reunion-Leadership-Art-Growing-Up/dp/0062910587
• Reboot: https://www.reboot.io/
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Mastery Beyond Methodology: The “Right Way” Trap

01:00 Introduction: The “Am I Enough?” Belief And A Coaching Demo Setup

04:00 Leaders, Safety, And The Human Condition Behind “Not Enough”

14:00 Coaching Demo: Inherited Family Trauma And Safety Beliefs

21:00 Making “I Am Enough” Stick: Benefits, Repetition, And Radical Self-Inquiry

30:00 Why Coaches Get Stuck: Methodology, The Third, And Countertransference

43:00 Coaching Supervision And Tracking What You Feel In Session

47:00 A Practical Habit: Notes On What The Client Says vs. What You Feel

A coaching podcast with Christina Merkley and Tobias Weghorn where Tobi steps into the client seat for a real coaching demo and you get to experience what visual coaching feels like on a live digital canvas. Christina guides a step-by-step process using her visual self-inquiry map, moving from the “mind and doer” into somatic signals (hello, tight lungs) and into parts work (IFS coaching) with an exile, protectors, and inner child healing. The session lands in a grounded future self visualization where Tobi meets his 55-year-old self, borrows some calm perspective, and leaves with a simple way to reconnect anytime. If you want to learn coaching through an honest, in-the-moment demo, this episode shows how visuals can make inner work more tangible.

Key Learnings:

• Run a simple coaching demo check-in: start with the “mind/doer,” name the protector, and explicitly invite “being” as a job the doer can do (presence before problem-solving).
• When a client is logically “fine” but the body isn’t, pivot into visual coaching + somatic inquiry: locate the sensation (e.g., lungs), greet it, and notice what naturally shifts before interpreting.
• Use parts work (IFS coaching) + future self visualization in one flow: meet the inner child, offer adult ally support (“I’ll always be with you”), then ask the future self for next-step guidance and a memorable anchor to revisit it.

Resources:

• Book a visual coaching with Christina: https://www.shift-it-coach.com/services/private-coaching/
• Christina Merkley’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-merkley-0790b33/
• Try the visual coaching platform: https://metafox.online
• Find your (physical) Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Meeting The Younger Self (Inner Child Healing)

01:00 Why This Coaching Demo Blurs Coaching vs. Therapy

02:00 Visual Self-Inquiry Map: How The Process Works

05:00 Parts Work (IFS Coaching): Protectors, Managers, And The Mind-Doer

10:00 From Logic To Body: Tight Lungs And Somatic Clues

13:00 Presence Creates Space: “Give The Doer The Job Of Being”

17:00 Finding The Origin Story: Belonging, The Village, And The Exile

23:00 Reparenting Moment: Hugging The 5-Year-Old

27:00 Future Self Visualization: Meeting The 55-Year-Old On The Couch

37:00 Making It Tangible: Why Visual Coaching “Completes The Puzzle”

A coaching podcast with Christina Merkley and Tobias Weghorn. They unpack graphic recording at conferences and how Christina's "visual coaching" work today goes deeper - combining visual work with the coach’s role of holding space, asking questions, and mirroring what clients say on a live canvas. You’ll hear how graphic facilitation works in real time (not just as “fun notes”), why listening and synthesis matter as much as drawing, and how visuals can support visioning and action planning. Christina also walks through her SHIFT-IT process, including life map coaching and the “alignment work” that helps when plans stall at the “trouble at the border” between where you are and where you want to be.

Key Learnings:

• Use visual coaching to “capture and reflect back” what clients say: listen for the few key nuggets, condense them, and place them on a simple canvas clients can react to in the moment.
• Borrow from graphic recording and graphic facilitation by making the visual build live during the session; it can improve clarity, recall, and follow-through (especially when you turn visioning and action planning into something visible and revisitable).
• Add a life map coaching step (a quick lifeline or a fuller history map) to harvest patterns, beliefs, and turning points—then use alignment work when the client’s stated goals and actual behavior don’t match.

Resources:

• Book a visual coaching with Christina: https://www.shift-it-coach.com/services/private-coaching/
• Christina Merkley’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-merkley-0790b33/
• Try the visual coaching platform: https://metafox.online
• Find your (physical) Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:01 Visual Coaching Beyond Graphic Recording

00:05 Graphic Facilitation vs. Static Visuals (Interactive, Live, Fast)

00:08 From Conference Graphic Recording to Deeper 1:1 Visual Coaching

00:13 The “Four Animals”: Studio Work vs. Process Work

00:18 How Graphic Recording Works: Listening, Synthesis, and “Gold Nuggets”

00:22 What Visuals Do to a Room (Attention, Buffering Intensity, Recall)

00:31 Visual Coaching with Individuals: From Strategy to Somatics and Trauma Awareness

00:33 SHIFT-IT + Life Map Coaching, Visioning and Action Planning, and Alignment Work

00:45 Where to Find Christina (Shift-It-Coach.com)

A coaching podcast with Tim Brownson and Tobias Weghorn on how AI coaching tools can support (not replace) good coaching—if you use them with clear intent, permission, and discernment. In the intro, Tobi frames the big question: is AI a shortcut that dilutes the craft, or a tool that sharpens it while keeping your voice and integrity intact? Tim shares practical demos, including AI as coach supervisor for ICF mentor coaching feedback, plus ways to feed context fast (including voice-to-text prompts for ChatGPT). You’ll also hear how Google NotebookLM for coaches can help you stay “source-grounded” when working with your own transcripts and content.

Key Learnings:

• Use AI coaching tools as a coach supervisor: with client consent, upload a session transcript and ask for ICF mentor coaching feedback on where you led the client, missed “killer questions,” or imposed values—then review critically and apply the learnings in your next session.
• Make AI outputs sound like you: improve results by feeding real context (your posts, transcripts, client avatar, values), assigning a clear role (e.g., mentor coach, copywriter), and iterating with “alternate viewpoints” to stress-test the draft.
• Speed up your learning and workflow: use Google NotebookLM for coaches to query your own library of episodes/transcripts and create summaries you can listen to, and use voice-to-text prompts for ChatGPT (or other models) to give richer instructions without typing.

Resources:

• Tim Brownson’s Website: https://thefullybookedcoach.com/
• Tim Brownson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbrownson/
• Google NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/
• WillowVoice: https://willowvoice.com/
• WisprFlow: https://wisprflow.ai/
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Pushing AI Harder Gets Better Results

00:01 AI as Coach Supervisor: Shortcut or Sharpening the Craft?

00:05 ICF Mentor Coaching Feedback with a Transcript + Prompt

00:12 Google NotebookLM for Coaches: Source-Grounded Learning From Your Content

00:19 Writing in Your Authentic Voice With Better Context

00:23 Persona Prompts: Critique Your Copy Like a Skeptical Buyer

00:30 Voice-to-Text Prompts for ChatGPT (Willow Voice, Whisper Flow)

00:39 Getting Started: Why Paid AI Models Can Be Worth It

A coaching podcast with Tim Brownson and Tobias Weghorn exploring values coaching as a practical way to create clarity when clients feel stuck, conflicted, or at odds with other people or their workplace. Tim (aka “The Fully Booked Coach”) breaks down his Clarity Method step-by-step: identifying what’s non-negotiable, using a values ranking exercise to build a core values hierarchy, and then spotting internal and external value conflicts. You’ll also hear why anti-values in coaching matter just as much as “positive” values, and how they can reveal what clients are strongly motivated to move away from. If you’re looking to learn coaching approaches that get concrete quickly, this coaching podcast is a hands-on walkthrough you can borrow for your next session.

Key Learnings:

• Use values coaching to turn “I don’t know what to do” into a clear choice: define the client’s meaning behind each value word, then build a core values hierarchy instead of assuming you both mean the same thing by “freedom,” “integrity,” or “connection.”
• Run a fast values ranking exercise (pairwise comparisons) to reduce overthinking and surface gut-level priorities; use the resulting values hierarchy to highlight internal and external value conflicts driving the client’s stress or indecision.
• Add anti-values in coaching by asking “Which is worse for you?” and rank them the same way; use anti-values to explain strong negative reactions (people/companies) and to uncover missing values (e.g., avoiding arrogance can point to valuing authenticity).

Resources:

• Tim Brownson’s Website: https://thefullybookedcoach.com
• Tim Brownson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbrownson
• The Clarity Method (Book): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45858326-the-clarity-method
• The online coaching platform Tobi & Tim use on their demo: https://metaFox.online
• Find your paper-based Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Anti-Values And Moving Away From What You Don’t Want

01:00 Values Coaching, The Clarity Method, And Value Conflicts

03:00 Why Values Create Breakthroughs (More Than Other Tools)

08:00 The 3 Stages: Define Values, Build A Core Values Hierarchy, Resolve Conflicts

12:00 Clarifying What A Value Word Means To The Client

18:00 Money Isn’t A Value: What Money Represents

27:00 The Values Ranking Exercise (Pairwise Comparisons)

34:00 Anti-Values In Coaching: Rank What’s “Worst,” Not What You Prefer

41:00 Internal And External Value Conflicts In Real Client Situations

51:00 How To Learn Coaching With The Clarity Method (Getting Started)

A coaching podcast with Nils I. Cornelissen and Tobias Weghorn about psychological safety in teams and what it really takes to make high-performing groups speak honestly. Drawing on Google’s Project Aristotle, Nils shares how he helps executive team coaching clients build vulnerability in the boardroom (or offsite) without turning it into “touchy-feely theater.” You’ll hear why he intentionally “stains the white tablecloth” to role-model imperfection, plus two practical feedback methods you can use right away: the Keep Consider feedback method and a laser feedback exercise.

Key Learnings:

• Build psychological safety in teams by role-modeling imperfection: name what you notice (as an offer), normalize reactive vs. creative states, and invite the “stupid questions” early so honesty becomes a habit.
• Use the Keep Consider feedback method as a 3–5 minute micro-ritual (e.g., monthly in exec meetings): each person shares one thing to keep and one thing to consider next time—no debating, just collecting patterns to improve collaboration.
• Run a laser feedback exercise to make behavioral feedback happen more often: pairs give 1 minute of pure appreciation, then 1 minute of “I’d appreciate it even more if…”, rotating partners to build trust and performance in executive team coaching.

Resources:

• Return on Meaning, Nils' consultancy: https://www.returnonmeaning.com/nils-cornelissen
• The Momentum Program of Return on Meaning: https://www.my-momentum.life/
• Nils I. Cornelissen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilscornelissen/
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Coach online with https://metaFox.online
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Failure Culture vs. “No Mistakes” and Missing Behavioral Feedback

01:00 Intro: Psychological Safety in Teams (Google Project Aristotle)

02:10 Entering the Boardroom: Executive Team Coaching Context and Characters

06:00 Individual Journeys, Group Dynamics, and Creating Vulnerability

08:00 Asking “Stupid Questions” to Shift Team Habits

10:30 Contracting and Shared Responsibility in Team Coaching

13:00 Role-Modeling Imperfection: The “Stain on the Tablecloth” Story

20:30 Keep Consider Feedback Method (Fast, Balanced, Repeatable)

26:00 Laser Feedback Exercise: Appreciation + “Even More If…”

30:00 Habits, Feelings, and Getting Rational Leaders On Board

A coaching podcast with Nils I. Cornelissen and Tobias Weghorn on why leadership coaching in times of transformation starts with the leader, not the org chart. Drawing from his work with executive teams in large corporations, Nils shares why organizational change management so often fails even when the strategy looks “right” on paper. You’ll hear practical ways to stay “above the line” (vs. “below the line”) in difficult conversations, including tiny questions that build ownership and a short centering routine for high-stakes moments. It’s a candid look at emotional intelligence for leaders, self-management, and how to model the mindset you want to see across the organization.

Key Learnings:

• Use leadership coaching to shift ownership back to the team: when someone asks for a solution, respond with “What have you already tried?”, “Who have you talked to?”, and “What do you need from me?” to support adult-to-adult leadership.
• In executive team coaching, normalize noticing the “above the line below the line mindset”: watch for cues like “I’m right, they’re wrong” or “I’m surrounded by idiots” as early warning signs you’ve slipped into reactive mode.
• Before a difficult conversation, train emotional intelligence for leaders with a 60-second reset: sigh/breathe out, relax shoulders, feel your stance, then actively generate gratitude and empathy (“Why might their reaction make sense?”) to re-enter a creative state.

Resources:

• Nils I. Cornelissen's Website: https://www.returnonmeaning.com/nils-cornelissen
• Nils I. Cornelissen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilscornelissen/
• Above the line vs. below the line video, Nils mentions: https://youtu.be/fLqzYDZAqCI?si=sOzQEXMTFzPxQnuN
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:06 “How Are You Going To Change?” Starting with the Leader

00:12 Coaching the Solution Out of the Client (Not Solving It for Them)

00:14 The 3 Questions That Build Ownership (Treat People Like Adults)

00:22 Preparing for the Boardroom: Your Mindset Is the Tool

00:25 The 60-Second Centering Routine (Sigh, Gratitude, Empathy)

00:33 Above the Line Below the Line Mindset in Executive Team Coaching

00:35 Inner Thermometers: How to Notice You’ve Gone Reactive

00:42 Training Emotional Intelligence for Leaders (Momentum Program)

A coaching podcast with Max Friedle and Tobias Weghorn to close out a year of "The Making of a Coach" and kick off the rebrand to "The Impactful Coach". Using Max’s coaching development framework (mindset, methods, skills, tools), they look back at highlights from coaching demos and episodes - and what actually makes sessions more impactful in real life. You’ll hear how solution focused coaching keeps conversations light and future-oriented, when the miracle question helps clients move fast, and why “ready, willing, and eager” can be a useful readiness gate. They also get practical about emotional hygiene before coaching sessions and silence as a coaching intervention (yes: count to six).

Key Learnings:

• Use solution focused coaching to shift fast from “what’s wrong” to “what’s desirable”: explore exceptions first, then use the miracle question to help clients describe the desired future in detail.
• Build a simple readiness gate: only coach clients who are ready, willing, and eager - so the work stays with the client (and solution focused coaching doesn’t turn into problem-fixing).
• Practice emotional hygiene before coaching sessions and train silence as a coaching intervention: ask the question, hold eye contact, count to six, and let the client do the work.

Resources:

• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Coach online: https://metaFox.online
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn
• Connect with Max: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilianfriedle

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Teaser: Ready, Willing, And Eager + “You Gotta Shut Up At Times”

01:00 Anniversary Episode: Rebrand To Impactful Coach

03:00 The Coaching Development Framework: Mindset, Methods, Skills, Tools

06:00 Mindset: Hold Space, Don’t Fix (“It’s Not The Pam Show”)

09:00 Emotional Hygiene Before Coaching Sessions

11:00 Methods: Readiness Gate + Coaching Demos Focus

13:00 Solution Focused Coaching: Exceptions + Miracle Question

16:00 Zurich Resource Model (ZRM) Picture Work Meets Somatics

18:00 Skills: Silence As A Coaching Intervention (Count To Six)

24:00 Tools: Shared Language (Belbin, Strengths, MBTI) + Risks Of “Boxing”

34:00 What Changes In 2026: More Coaching Skills, Less CV Stories

On this episode, Tobi meets Julika Franke for a coaching demo that starts as brand positioning and quickly turns into imposter syndrome coaching around stepping into a coach‑trainer role. Julika usually uses her Business Hub approach to map roles, goals, and visibility, revealing to come up with clear positioning and a crisp mission. In Tobi's example they find a way to fit all his hats under the vision statement of metaFox: "A world embracing emotional intelligence".

Key Learnings:

• How a vision statement can serve as north star and unify different roles.
• How Julika defines a founder‑level role map (visionary, product developer, ambassador, trainer).
• How this kind of positioning work can be an alternative to mindset coaching for overcoming imposter syndrome.

Resources:

• Julika Franke's Website: https://julika-franke.de/
• Julika Franke's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julika-franke/
• Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu
• Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com
• Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tobiasweghorn

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Opening: Emotional Intelligence And Identity Friction

01:00 Coaching Demo Setup: From Positioning To Imposter Syndrome

03:00 The Business Hub: Structuring Brand Positioning

06:00 Meta Fox Inner Journey And Tools For Emotional Intelligence Coaching

12:00 Training Roots: MBTI And Early Facilitation

15:00 Naming The Imposter Syndrome Coaching Challenge

18:00 Mission, Roles, And Personal Branding For Coaches

25:00 Two Worlds Collide: Engineering Vs Coaching Identity

35:00 From Clarity To Market: Positioning, Offer, And Visibility

41:00 Rethinking The Coaching Industry And Value Focus