295 - John Churchill: A Cosmology for Transformative Times

In this powerful episode with John Churchill we explore how we can navigate an age of profound transformation by developing a living cosmological map—one that integrates the sacred, the imaginal, and the developmental dimensions of human experience. Together we examine alignment, coherence, planetary purpose, and the role of desire, relationship, and embodied practice in calling forth the future we want for the world.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/a-cosmology-for-transformative-times-with-john-churchill/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. 

In this episode with Michael Hudson we explore how leaders can move beyond old ways of operating and develop the emotional, relational, and meaning-making capacities needed to navigate complexity. Michael speaks to possibility thinking, collective sense-making, values-led action, and why a compass—not a plan—may be the most powerful guide for creating meaningful change in an uncertain world.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/leadership-capacities-for-change-with-michael-hudson/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. 

In this thought-provoking conversation, futurist and philosopher-activist Richard David Hames explores why today's global challenges may be less a story of collapse and more a sign of profound transformation, inviting us to rethink leadership, how we think, and the assumptions that shape how we make sense of the world. Together we examine the shifts in thinking, language, integrity, and collective intelligence needed to navigate complexity, foster meaningful change, and participate consciously in the emergence of a new paradigm.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/beyond-collapse-from-breakdown-to-emergence-with-richard-david-hames/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Early Bird enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your Early Bird spot here.

In this conversation with David Burns we explore explore how lasting transformation emerges through the integration of inner awareness, intentional practice, and skillful engagement with everyday life. Together we discuss everything from longing, presence, and constructive coaching presuppositions to training the brain, anchoring wholeness, and cultivating consistent practice.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/beyond-insight-the-path-to-transformation-with-david-burns/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your spot here.

In this episode we speak with Adam Kahane and Jennifer Garvey Berger about the enduring tension between love and power, and how this cultural moment is inviting us into a deeper understanding of justice, interdependence, and collective flourishing. Together, we explore how individual and collective development, nervous system resilience, and an expanded sense of kinship can help us move beyond fragmentation and into new ways of being and belonging in a rapidly changing world.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/exploring-love-power-and-justice-with-adam-kahane-and-jennifer-garvey-berger/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Early Bird enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your Early Bird spot here.

In this episode with Marvin Oka, we explore the art of coherent decision-making in complex systems, weaving together adaptive leadership, self-organising dynamics, paradigmatic metaphors, and the deeper role of vision, values, and feedback loops in transformational change. The conversation also dives into the intelligence of the three brains — head, heart, and gut — revealing how greater alignment, congruence, and heart-centred awareness can create the conditions for wiser collective conversations and more emergent ways of leading.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/decision-making-in-complex-adaptive-systems-with-marvin-oka/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Early Bird enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your Early Bird spot here.

In this episode we speak with Geoff Graber about the evolving role of coaching in a world shaped by systemic disruption, exploring how business can become a vehicle for service, humanity, and deeper purpose. Together we unpack the transformative potential of AI, looking at how it can help us improve our coaching and our businesses, as well as the deeper invitation for humanity in a world where tech is doing most of the work.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/ai-coaching-evolutionary-business-with-geoff-graberDive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Early Bird enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your Early Bird spot here.

In this episode of the Coaches Rising podcast, we speak with Barrett Brooks about the hidden inner struggles many creative leaders face, the deeper questions that emerge in times of transition, and how presence, grief, and values-based alignment can reshape both leadership and ambition. Together we explore the edge of provocative coaching, the challenge of client resistance, and the practical path of growing a thriving presence-based coaching practice through authentic connection and relational trust.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/leadership-grief-presence-based-coaching-with-barrett-brooks/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you his elegant model for creating transformational leadership — and why working at the level of consciousness is the key to navigating these times. Learn more and register for free here.Early Bird enrollment is now open for Unlocking Leaders — our in-depth online leadership coach training with Jim Dethmer and Bob Anderson. Learn the highest leverage move you can make as a coach in today’s rapidly changing world: helping leaders shift the state of consciousness they operate from. Go beyond traditional coaching models and develop the capacity to unlock greater presence, creativity, clarity, and transformational leadership in your clients. Learn more and book your Early Bird spot here.

In this episode of the podcast we speak with Charlie Awbery about the unfolding edge where developmental theory, embodied presence, and contemplative practice meet. Together we explore the move from cerebral understanding to somatic intelligence, the integration of Vajrayana and developmental approaches, and the subtle art of facilitating conversations that awaken awareness, welcome the self, and create mutually transformative ways of being.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/vajrayana-developmental-psychology-and-the-practice-of-presence-with-charlie-awberyDive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get a Free Seat to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you the highest leverage move you can make as a leadership coach in today’s AI-dominated world. You’ll learn to go beyond traditional coaching, to work at the level of consciousness itself. Learn more and register for free here.

leadership as a practice of deep listening—to self, to others, and to the wider field of life itself. Together, we explore intuition, shadow and emergence, and the delicate dance between fear and calling, revealing how presence opens a gateway to inner truth and the unfolding intelligence of our times.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-praxis-of-conscious-leadership-with-bob-anderson/Dive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Start each week with inspiration, insights, and tools for transformational coaching from our founder, Joel Monk. Join the global community of human-centered coaches responding to the call of these times. Subscribe for free here. Get a Free Seat to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Jim Dethmer — The 4 States of Consciousness: Unlocking Transformational Leadership. Jim will teach you the highest leverage move you can make as a leadership coach in today’s AI-dominated world. You’ll learn to go beyond traditional coaching, to work at the level of consciousness itself. Learn more and register for free here.