288 - Barrett Brooks: Leadership, Grief & Presence-Based Coaching

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.

In this weeks’ conversation with Adam Klein we explore coaching through the lens of becoming, inviting a wider field of creative possibility where presence, spaciousness, and freedom allow a client’s essence and purpose to emerge. We reflect on key coaching moves that cultivate this unfolding, from emptying our own vessel as practitioners to inviting clients into creative participation and action that serves both their lives and the wider world.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-becoming-paradigm-with-adam-kleinDive 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 of the podcast with Staci Haines we explore how somatic awareness can deepen social justice work by helping us recognize the cultural conditioning, polarization, and systemic biases that shape our bodies, relationships, and institutions. It invites us to move beyond “power-over” dynamics toward more human, relational forms of “power-with,” cultivating daily practices of cultural inquiry that support both personal and collective transformation. For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/creating-a-world-of-power-with-with-staci-hainesDive 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 Robert Digings we explore how teams become truly effective by strengthening the relational web; the often-unspoken dynamics that shape trust, intimacy and coherence at work. Robert shares key aspects of the journey of fostering honest check-ins, working skillfully with core emotions, and creating the conditions for deeper connection, authenticity and collective intelligence in teams.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/fostering-highly-relational-teams-with-robert-digings/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 week’s conversation with Tara Springett we dive into the nine stages of consciousness and how they evolve, tools for ethical manifesting, practices to expand awareness, and guidance on navigating spiritual crises. We also look at the hallmarks of spiritual awakening and how to work with people in spiritual crises.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-9-stages-of-consciousness-with-tara-springettDive 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 deeply human conversation with Elena Tochilina, Vytautas Buciunas and Dana Carmen we dive into what life in Ukraine is like in the midst of war, reflecting on the profound human impact of conflict and the resilience that emerges when spirituality, nervous system awareness, and inner work are tested by reality. For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/lessons-from-a-country-a-war-with-elena-tochilina-vytautas-buciunas-and-dana-carman/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 weeks’ conversation with Lisa Doig we explore how conscious transformation unfolds through examining our values and beliefs, learning to dis-identify from outdated patterns, and understanding the deeper wholeness of our experience across the seven levels of consciousness. Together we explore the role of the coach in helping people metabolize triggers, reconnect with intuition and core values, and hold a wider field of awareness that supports meaningful inner and outer change.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page at https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/leveraging-values-for-conscious-change-with-lisa-doig/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 conversation with Marvin Oka we explore neurobehavioral modelling as a lens for understanding change, leadership, and learning, examining the tension between stability and integration, the four types of change, and the cognitive capacities - such as metacognition and generative inquiry - required for second-order leadership. Moving from theory into practice, the episode explores leadership as an emergent property of systems, offering insights into whole-system change, the leadership anchorline, and how leaders and coaches can guide people from inner turbulence toward greater integration, flow, and adaptive development.For more resources, visit the podcast episode page https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-nature-of-second-order-leadership-with-marvin-okaDive deeper into transformational coaching with us…Get Free Access to our Transformational Coaching Masterclass with Staci Haines — The Body Knows the Way: An embodied approach to coaching in times of collective uncertainty and stress. Staci will show you how to unlock the wisdom of the body so you can help your clients transform reactivity into resilience — even in the face of today’s challenges. Learn more and get the recording here.