Join Marie and Robbie Swale from “The Coaches Journey” in this long form podcast as they meander through a fascinating conversation filled with discovery and connection. Exploring living and leading with values, Robbie's 12-minute method and so much more.

In this episode, Marie speaks with Roger Fielding about his journey to becoming an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Listen in to hear lots of tips, procedures and processes to support you on your ICF credentialing journey.

Most coaches are taught about the different levels of listening but what does this really mean? In this episoded Jeanine and Marie discuss practical ways to increase our presence and our listening to support our conversations to be even more impactful.

In this episode, Velvey Blocker, Director of  Executive Coaching Black and Veatch who has been leading global leadership development programs for professionals, supervisors, managers, and executives for over 25 years shares his thoughts and experience on how coaches can move into the world of executive coaching. What experience is required,  how organizations choose executive coaches, what the onboarding process is, how organizations measure the success of a coaching engagement and so much more.

In this episode, Christina Zini, an ICF-credentialed coach with extensive leadership experience with some of the world's leading organisations, shares her vision of what a modern successful leader is and how coaching can support that success in numerous ways. As Christina describes in this podcast, a modern leader can engage, inspire and invite their team to tap into their resourcefulness, wisdom and talents to identify ways forward and navigate the ongoing opportunities and challenges all teams face today effectively and ecologically.

In this episode, Marie and Tony Adamson explore Tony's first year of working as a full-time coach and the questions he has been asking himself about staying true and authentic to who he is when bombarded with so many different coaching models and philosophies. They begin with talking about Tony's focus on Voluntary and Community Sector managers who are feeling exhausted, to help them avoid burnout so that they get their mojo.

Colluding with our client’s stories can lead to stifling our client’s growth. Believing or going along with our client’s beliefs potentially move the relationship from coach and client where the client is supported and challenged to expand their perspectives and thoughts to a friendship role. In this podcast we share what collusion is and how we can prevent it in support of our client’s growth.

We explore ICF Core Competency 4: Cultivates trust and safety in this podcast. This competency is about partnering with the client to create a supportive environment which allows the client to feel psychologically safe, respected and free to share honestly. We share our perspectives to support relationships built on trust and rapport and for our clients to open up to create the change they seek. Listen to Jeanine, and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 186 🎙️ #icfdohachapter #ICF #Coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skills #presence #fulfilment #leadership #leadershipskills #development #changeyourlife #supervision #MiddleEast #australia #UK #europe #singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personalised #climate #change #action #ew

Climate challenges are ever increasing with more awareness and urgency being created about its impact in homes, schools, organisations, communities, countries ... across the world. Many coaches want to know how they can support climate action - especially in roles of facilitating change, thought partners and holding space for what is emerging. In this podcast, Jeanine has a conversation with coaches Tim Collings and Suzanne Glendenning, and together as a group share some ideas about climate coaching work and the different ways we can support our clients... and ourselves.   Sue Glendenning ([email protected]) - Certified Master Coach and Master NLP Practitioner Sue brings a wealth of experience in senior management roles, together with 20 years as a certified Master coach and Master NLP Practitioner to her clients. She is values driven, which is demonstrated in not only her work with helping people to take bold steps around positive change, but also with her own purpose and passion around our environment and the precious planet we all share.   Tim Collings ([email protected]) - Professional coach, leader and founder of 4i Leadership   #icfdohachapter #ICF #coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skills #presence #fulfilment #leadership #leaders #development #change #supervision #MiddleEast #Australia #UK #Europe #Singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personal #climate #change #action  

In this session, we explore what this competency of embodying a coaching mindset means to live and breathe. It incorporates how we can support ourselves in service of our clients. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 181

This is the first episode in a series of 8 where We explore the core competencies and what they mean. In this episode we discuss developing an ethical practice, what to consider for the clients, the organisation you work with and for you personally as a coach. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 180

Professionally contracting with your clients at the beginning of each coaching session sets the foundation for creating powerful conversations and new awareness for clients or colleagues - in any relationship.   Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 179   #icfdohachapter #ICF #coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skils #presence #fulfillment #leadership #leaders #development #change #supervision #MiddleEast #Australia #UK #Europe #Singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personal #professional #melbourne #sydney #uae #oman #saudiarabia #bahrain

Do you find yourself getting lost in your clients story? Getting hooked on the details which stops you listening deeply to what is happening underneath the client's story - forgetting to ask them thought provoking and powerful questions? We share our thoughts about how and why this may happen and strategies to keep you in presence so you can do the powerful work of a professional coach.   Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 178   #icfdohachapter #ICF #coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skils #presence #fulfillment #leadership #leaders #development #change #supervision #MiddleEast #Australia #UK #Europe #Singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personal #professional #melbourne #sydney #uae #oman #saudiarabia #bahrin

Tim Collings - professional coach, leader and founder of 4i Leadership - shares his experience of how he brought what he is passionate about: supporting the health of our lands and developing leaders to bring out their best - do the inner work in support of living, healthy and generative systems. Listen to Jeanine and Tim in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 177   #icfdohachapter #ICF #coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skils #presence #fulfillment #leadership #leaders #development #change #supervision #MiddleEast #Australia #UK #Europe #Singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personal #professional #melbourne #sydney #uae #oman #saudiarabia #bahrin

Often when we have a goal we want to achieve or we feel stuck or have a decision to make, we can experience internal conflict and hear ourselves saying “part of me wants this and a part of me wants something else”. In this episode, we discuss parts work and how, as coaches, we can support our clients - and ourselves - to get curious about the learning that our internal parts are offering us. When we can integrate our parts we become more whole and connected to our wisest self. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 176     #icfdohachapter #ICF #coaching #coach #mastery #newperspectives #skils #presence #fulfillment #leadership #leaders #development #change #supervision #MiddleEast #Australia #UK #Europe #Singapore #Asia #doha #qatar #personal #professional #melbourne #sydney #uae #oman #saudiarabia #bahrin

Giving and receiving effective feedback means opportunity for growth! Engaged feedback is an important leadership skill that leads to powerful, inclusive connections with people. The more we are willing to stretch into the skills of feedback - as both the provider and acceptor of - the greater our self-development and the development of others in professional and personal lives.

We believe to be truly effective as a leader is very interlinked with coaching. The ability to be coached, coach others and coach self can create deep and powerful connections to self and others which leads to empowering behavioural transformation. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 174 to find out why.

If you find you are coming out of sessions, tired and exhausted you may be doing the work for your client. Masterful coaching is enabling the client to do their own work. In this podcast we share reflections, thoughts and ideas about how to support your clients to do their own heavy lifting.

With strong Māori genealogy to her tribal lands and people of Waikato-Tainui, Rachel Petero is an advocate for gender equity, diversity and inclusivity in her various roles as an professional coach, entrepreneur, consultant and author. In this podcast Rachel shares her journey of traveling, finding meaning in her life and returning to her homeland to create a legacy to support indigenous leaders, who in turn create and enhance their legacies for the good of the people and the planet.

Mental health awareness is increasing - and perhaps there is still much more to do to shine light on women's health issues such as infertility, miscarriage and menopause. Michelle Arscott and Karenna Wood - both award winning coaches, share some of their experiences and expertise in some of these areas that are often hidden and not spoken about in support of creating more awareness and how to get support.

Closing a session is just as important as creating awareness in a session - in fact - it creates even more awareness by supporting our clients to step into who they want to be and what they are committing to doing going forward so they step into their compelling future immediately. There are many powerful components to support our client's brilliance and desired future and in this podcast we share some of those ways of closing a session in a way that supports a client's behavioural transformation. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 170

There is an art in setting a goal with our clients - and when we do support our client to create a clear and 'deeper' goal - it can set a solid foundation for creating transformational conversations. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 169

Coaching with loving presence is perhaps one of the most powerful ways we can be of service to our clients - and be in service of ourselves to support whatever needs to emerge in the system of coaching. Nadim Bitar (ACC credentialed coach) shares his insights about the power of love, presence and spontaneity in coaching. Listen to Nadim in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode. 168

Mental Health Nurse and founder of Keith's Closet (a free boutique for outgoing mental health patients) Keith Donnelly shares how learning the skills of coaching have supported his effectiveness both personally and professionally - through the challenges and opportunities that have arisen in recent times. Listen to Keith in Empower World Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 167,

The International Coaching Federation says coaching is based on the principle our clients are naturally creative resourceful and whole. When we work with our clients on this basis, we don't see them as 'broken', and therefore, we don't rescue or do the work for our clients. This empowers and frees them to do their own work in their own time.

Just like Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, said in relation to the seventh habit - Sharpen the Saw - coaching super-vision also supports coaches to 'preserve and enhance the greatest asset you have – you.' Supervision provides a safe place to reflect, renew and develop as coaches and who we are being first and foremost. Lily Seto, an ICF PCC coach and an award-winning supervisor as recognised by the EMCC in 2021 explains what supervision is and isn't and the benefits of this powerful practice in this podcast. Listen to Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 165 here.

Coaches often look at ways to increase their reach and their capabilities. In this episode Marie and Jeanine talk about volunteering and the various opportunities available to enhance the coaches reach. Growing not just themselves and their businesses but also having an impact on people and the world as a whole. Listen in to hear how volunteering is a win win for everyone involved. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 164 here.

Neil Scotton shares a simple, yet very powerful coaching conversation tool to support clients to realise what is most important to them - beyond themselves - yet intrinsically connected to who they truly are. Neil's wheel opens up systemic coaching conversations related to the environment, sustainability, financials, economics, legacy, purpose, fulfilment, human connection and so much more.

Often coaches omit to set a clear goal for the coaching session, which means both the client and coach might get lost during the session - not really sure what was agreed and where they are heading towards. This also means neither have a way to clearly measure the success or not of the conversation. In this podcast we provide tips and clues as to how to set a SMART goal for the coaching session. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 162

We share our experiences for setting up our coaching business for success: what were the keys to our success, what we did specifically, what we learned through successes and 'falling over', what we decided to do differently and what we are celebrating in Your Onion's podcast. This recording was made and shared with the permission of Ginger Camel's Founder Stefan Lindberg-Jones.

Who we are as a coach will impact our results. In other words, who we attract into our business and how we support our clients in terms of how brave, vulnerable, open, compassionate, daring, loving, curious, connected and so on - will also impact our client's ability to make the change they desire. Our client's will be responding to how we are being as an instrument or pathway of change for them. The more energy, love, passion, trust and dedication we put in, the more that will come back to us in all sorts of beautiful and powerful ways. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 160

International women's day celebrates the steps women have taken to obtain the freedoms and opportunities we have today! And we are grateful for those incredible sacrifices made that have opened up doors for Empower World and the work we do. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 159

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 158 Marie and Jeanine share how there is much research and our own experiences which supports how we all express our emotions in unique and different ways through our physiology and the words Using intuition is one of a coach's most powerful ways of supporting their clients to create new perspectives about what they are experiencing or what might be possible. Tapping into our own intuition as a coach as to what to ask, what to reflect and share, as well as asking our client to tap into their intuition in relation to what is their truth and way forward is hugely empowering. Listen to the podcast to find out more.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 157 Marie and Jeanine share how there is much research and our own experiences which supports how we all express our emotions in unique and different ways through our physiology and the words we use - which means when we make assumptions about someone's experience using our own personal experiences - we can be off track with what our client or the person we are communicating with is attempting to convey. This can possibly lead to breaking of trust and rapport or coming out with outcomes not as powerful as they can be. In this podcast we explain how we can work with our clients to create powerful awareness and new empowering choices.

What are your reflections upon the year 2020 and your work as a coach? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 156 Marie and Jeanine share how impactful not only formal but also informal reflection has been on their life and work. They share simple reflection practices to enhance the coaching experience which in turn create deeper growth and learning for both the coach and the client.

Michelle Arscott shares how living her life according to her purpose, values, and passions has lead to creating her dreams which is bound to create a beautiful legacy.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 154, listen to Helen Isacke founder of the Trusted Coach Directory as she shares some of the mistakes to avoid when setting up your coaching practice.. and so much more.

George Nuthu, is a member of as well as Co-Chairing the ICF Global Task Force 'Reviewing Core Values and Definition of Coaching' to set-up coaching practices which maintain and enhance ethical practices in coaching to ensure diversity, inclusion, fairness, equality and justice. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 153, George explains - as coaches we have a social responsibility to appreciate and respect humanity. 'Human beings are human beings' and that means suspending judgment, respecting the individual and being mindful of local rules and cultural practices.

Diversity, inclusion, equity is part of many conversations taking place across the world at present with the rise of Black Lives Matter marches taking place in many major cities worldwide. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 152, Rachel Petero, ICF credentialed coach brings her perspective of these important and critics topics through her own lens as an indigenous woman in support of a unified approach in the world.

When our clients listen beyond the words they share - they are beginning to listen to their whole selves and at a much deep and richer level. This supports clients to create the expanded awareness necessary for opening up choices and new experiences. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 151, Jeanine and Marie share what embodied coaching really means.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 150 Jeanine and Marie share how asking questions to clients to reframe their experiences is one of the powerful ways we support them to experience powerful change!

Katie Mapondera shares her hopes for and experiences with having courageous conversations between different races to come together to create awareness, understanding and a way forward that's good for all people involved in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 149.

Nothing feels better than knowing that you are taking care of yourself. Listen to Jeanine Bailey & Marie Quigley to know the tips in finding the best versions of ourselves in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 148.

Coaches and leaders can have a direct impact and change the narrative about racism. Shannon Kadenyi (Professional Personal Trainer and Life Coach) and Tenneka Campbell (Life Coach, and an Intuitive Coach and Energy Healer) discuss racism with Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 147, in relation to being seen and heard as black women. They also share about the work we can all do to break down racism: learning and unlearning, acknowledging racism exists, supporting the black communities, being mindful of language and behaviours towards black people and having difficult conversations in daily lives and business.

Coaching supervision is a way to navigate our 'world' and support ourselves as coaches to be the best we can be - particularly in these times of uncertainty and great challenge for ourselves as coaches, our coaching clients and all the systems and stakeholders involved. Jeanine and Marie share more about the power of supervision in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 146.

Cultural intelligence: what is it and how can we expand it and bring it into our coaching practice and everyday life. Mary Britton, (Founder and Managing Director of Coaching Pacific Ltd) shares her own experience of cultural intelligence as an English woman living in New Zealand working with indigenous Maori and Pasifika people in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 145.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 144 Jeanine and Marie share how they support their clients to get present with whatever is happening with them in the moment - emotions, sensations, thoughts - to support resilience in challenging times.

What are you choosing to feed yourself in this challenging time? Are you focusing on hope or fear? Are you feeding yourself with stories that lift you up or bring you down? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 143 Jeanine and Marie ask thought provoking questions and discuss whether it's a choice as to how you nourish yourself - or not - to 'weather the storm' to be able to come through it in great healthy shape.

Jeanine and Marie Share how we can build our resilience and heart coherence to create new perspectives and better emotional experiences and outcomes in these challenging times with the Corona-virus outbreak in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 142.

Our experiences are a reflection of our beliefs, emotions and habits. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 141, we explore if we take this notion on board and ask ourselves as coaches and leaders how are our experiences reflecting who we are being, we can get curious and do a deep personal dive within ourselves as well as support our clients do the same.

How comfortable are you in being with your clients when they are experiencing challenging emotions such as fear, anger, resentment or hate? Masterful coaches recognize the power of meeting client where they are and, with their permission, staying just a little bit longer in the discomfort. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 140, Marie and Jeanine discuss the importance of being brave and exploring all emotions for the purpose of creating deeper awareness.

The most important work we do as a coach is our own work. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 139, Marie Quigley speaks with Jacob Melaard - transformational men’s coach - about his personal journey of understanding how he shows up in the world, embracing both his masculine and feminine energy. Jacob shares his thoughts and experiences on how to recognize and balance these two energies in both his personal and professional life.

There is so much pressure on coaches to “live the dream” and set up their own business... but is this the only way to make a difference? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 138 Pioneer in the coaching profession - Master Certified coach, Co-Active coach and author of coaches going corporate - Lori Shook challenges this perspective, creating provocative thinking around what it means to be a successful coach.

Group coaching, like one to one coaching, involves similar, masterful facilitation skills to support the group with its outcome. And there are also nuances to be aware of. Marie and Jeanine share some tips and ideas in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 137 to be aware of in group facilitator/coaching.

Learn strategies to support your clients to move out of their habitual stories and create greater awareness for themselves. Listen to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 136 as they discuss about creating greater awareness.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 135, Inspire Me founder Elizabeth Wood shares both her courage and vulnerability in relation to taking massive action to bring her purpose and dreams come alive.

Are you aware you may be leading your client instead of giving them choice as to which way they want to move forward? Here are some do’s  and don’ts Jeanine and Marie share in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 134 to ensure your clients are in charge of their lives.

Do you find yourself rescuing, de energized, drained when you coach? Listen in to Jeanine and Marie in Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 133 to gain insights and strategies to become an empowered coach.

Are you sitting in your comfort zone being dictated by your fear? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 132 Jeanine and Marie share their thoughts and tips on how to move into where you want to be.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 131, Dee Hutchinson and Jeanine share insights about how new coaches can get started as a coach and create a sustainable coaching business both on and offline: what to focus on, what to be aware of, and how to set yourself up to build your practice and business.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 130, Jarek Michalski, HR and Senior Business Transformation Professional, who has worked with external coaches on various HR initiatives, provides insights into what organisations are potentially looking for in a coach and how to potentially be found by an organisation for coaching services.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 129, Jeanine interviews experienced coach, mentor and supervisor Lily Seto to explore the magic of metaphors: what they are and how to support clients to tap into their visions, words, body language and more to create deeper awareness about what is really going on underneath the surface of their story.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 128, Amy McLean shares her journey of 'feeling the fear and doing it anyway to live her life on purpose since completing her training two years ago. With the launch of her new podcast, she is once again stepping out of her comfort zone, which we explore in this interview.

Are you wishing, hoping, planning, ruminating on and spending all of your time thinking about creating a successful coaching practice or are you taking action? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 127, Marie and Jeanine share how they have created Empower World by setting a clear intention and then taking action.

Do you want to be friends with your clients or be a professional coach who courageously empowers them to live their best life? In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 126, Marie and Jeanine discuss how vital it is to challenge our clients to step outside of their comfort zone of thoughts, beliefs, emotions, behaviors, actions and experiences.

Coaching is an art and science, a balance between presence and a coaching conversation framework. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 125, Marie and Jeanine discuss how to be mindful of both when supporting our clients to create transformational change.

Perfectionism is the killer of creativity. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 124 Musician and Empower World Business Manager Arslan Athar shares how he let go of being perfect which enabled him to share his passion with the world and how it has brought incredible success to his life.

Over the last years the profession of coaching has grown exponentially. In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 123, Marie and Jeanine share their beliefs of creating a coaching practice coming from an abundance mindset and how when we come from a place of love instead of a place of fear, it supports us to recognize there is enough for everyone.

Empower World directors Jeanine and Marie share their experiences of coaching and how it has changed their lives in powerful and positive ways.

The skill of bottom lining our client and taking charge to support them to move out of their stories and into the internal world of self-reflection is the key to life changing transformation. Marie and Jeanine discuss how this skill supports the creation of new awareness and it's where we allow space for clients to go deep inside their unconscious mind.

Professional executive coach Lynn Harrison shares how coaching supervision can support coaches to go on an incredible journey of self discovery. A place where the coach regenerates, restores, reflects, expands awareness, learns and develops who they are being as a coach to create a thriving practice.

In Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast Episode 119, ACC Ren Wlasiuk interviews MCC Marie Quigley about her thoughts, experiences, motivators and influences on her coaching practice.

We explore what are powerful, thought provoking questions which can enhance our personal and professional lives beyond a coaching conversation. How we can use them in every day conversations with our families, team members, friends and more. We also look at the ethics and what is the difference between a coaching and non coaching conversation.

Marie and Jeanine explore the power of silence and how it enables people to search inside themselves and listen deeply for the answers that lay within.

As we welcome 2019, Jeanine and Marie talk about setting goals that truly matter and align with our values and purposes to support our ongoing success.

Tara Maxamed, an Empower World alumni, shares her journey to becoming a certified coach with a thriving practice. By leaping out of her comfort zone of and recognising confidence is learned (not necessarily something we are born with) supported her decisions to start a business she loves, adapting it around being a mum to three beautiful children.

Anita Tomany, former Vodafone HR Director, shares how stretching out of her comfort zone throughout her life has led to her next big adventure: moving country and setting up her own coaching and consulting company in the UK. Anita's vast experience in the Royal Air Force and in corporate life - has brought her to the next leap into the unknown: setting up her coaching and consulting business

In this Episode Marie speaks with ICF accredited coach and Empower World alumni Ren Wlasiuk about her journey into coaching and how she stepped out of her comfort zone by sharing her writings with others in order to support them to live more empowered lives.

We speak to ICF Certified coach Michelle Arscott who shares her journey about what it's like to go on a journey of becoming a certified coach and what opportunities in different areas can open as a coach. She also shares how she has successfully set-up her practice by 'listening' to her own story/development needs and reaching out to those who share similar challenges.

In this podcast Marie and Jeanine talk about the power of supporting people to focus on their success and fulfilment which enables them to be inspired and anchor them to what they truly want to experience. 

Jeanine and Marie talk about creating powerful ways of working as part of the coaching agreement with ICF associate certified coach and certified grief coach Clare Hadley.

We were recently asked 'how to deal with a session as a coach when you feel that session was a failure, no awareness was made and the client became confused and left the session confused.' At Empower World, we believe this is a fantastic opportunity to work on ourselves as a coach - to support us to be even more powerful - and get really clear about what we might do differently by getting specific feedback from ourselves (as a coach) and importantly from the client. Yasmeen Hassan - Empower World Associate and ICF Associate Certified Coach joins in the conversation with great insights as to how manage ourselves as a coach. 

Expert marketer and highly successful business owner Cham Tang provides invaluable insights as to how attract clients to your business and live events (paid and non-paid strategies), as well as how to promote your services from the stage in a way that is highly effective and not 'salesy.' He also offers free audio resources in the podcast: the 27 steps for a perfect pitch and presenter's pro formula - plus some additional invaluable bonuses for coaches - so be sure to listen in to find out how to access.

Dee Hutchinson supports entrepreneurs and more specifically new start-up coaching entrepreneurs to thrive as an online business/service. She powerfully shares her insights as to what has supported the success of her business and the turning point - the questions she asked of herself - that has led to really finding her niche and present focus.

Do you have a message (and service) you want people to see and hear? Vanessa Talbot supports coaches, experts and change makers who have a message to share with the world and step into the spotlight. Vanessa shares valuable insights as to how she started out and how new coaches can also start creating their business based on their unique knowledge and passion/strengths.

Embracing and learning from our dark side, the place we don’t want to acknowledge within us or our saboteurs, can allow us to speak our truth. And it can also free us from the things that hold us back from living a whole-hearted life.

Jeanine and Marie share how exploring physiology can create new awareness, new perspectives and new experiences that will support the clients to live their best life.

Many coaches struggle to support their clients to get a powerful goal to work on in the coaching session. In this podcast Jeanine and Marie discuss the power of establishing goals and share a demonstration which supports the client to get a clear goal.

Sam Patterson, MCC ICF coach and mentor joins Empower World sharing his wisdom and insights to support coaches to support their clients as best as they can through presence and trust.

Being a leader means being able to think and make decisions clearly and effectively from a place of looking forward into possibility versus being driven by fears. Scientific evidence says taking deep breaths can support us to get present and into the effective decision making part of our brain to notice new perspectives, new ideas and spark new energy.

Jeanine and Marie talk about how coaching skills have opened up their clients’ worlds and opportunities, sharing their recent work with an organization that has supported successful leadership both in the workplace and in their personal lives.

Jeanine and Marie discuss what it means to take 100% responsibility for our experiences and how this supports us to create our best lives. When we are blaming something or someone outside ourselves, we focus on what we can't control. By taking 100% responsibility for what we experience we are in charge of our destiny and can take the steps to create the lives we truly want.

When you spot something in others, you have potentially got it within yourself - perhaps not in quite the same way. What you see in others is also in you in some shape or form - both the feel good and not so good feeling emotions and characteristic traits. For example, when you notice someone in your life is continuously angry or judgmental - then perhaps you too are continuously angry and judgmental in a part or numerous parts of your life. Find out how this concept can support you live your best life in this podcast.

Empower World co-founder Marie Quigley speaks with Tracey Livingston about creating financial abundance in the coaching arena. In this podcast, they discuss how helping professionals may have limiting beliefs and old stories about charging for their services that hold them back from achieving financial abundance. Marie candidly shared her insights and experiences that support coaches to confidently and powerfully charge the true value of their services.

Fiona Quigley, Stoma Care Nurse Specialist talks about her work with her patients as they live life with serious illness. She shares how she supports these inspiring people in their everyday living to build resilience strategies and practice self compassion and acceptance.

In this episode Jeanine and Marie discuss about the effective use of physiology in coaching and leadership.

Jeanine and Marie discuss the Be Do Have model which is a powerful structure to support clients to create immediate change based on new awareness and decisions to move forward in an empowering way.

Jeanine and Marie share the power of looking at different perspectives when faced with challenges and turning them into opportunities of growth and expansion.

Jeanine and Marie discuss, how we can overcome judgement that doesn't serve us or our clients. We are all judgers. Judgement is designed to keep us safe. But when it's over done or we make things up about being judged or we misjudge others (versus being an observer of our judgement), we create the emotions that may not serve us. Find out more here.

Jeanine and Marie share learning insight from mentoring to support coaches to hone their skills.

Deep values work is the key to creating fulfilling and purposeful lives. Values drive our decision making and behaviours. If we do this deep and intensive work, we can make decisions easily and effortlessly aligned with the things that matter most in our life (our values) versus being guided by other people's values - like our parents', our community or cultural values and so forth - which often we adopt without questioning. But on a deeper unconscious level, these values we adopt as we grow up (often unconsciously), can sabotage our happiness and success.

Marie & Jeanine discuss the purpose of purpose and how it supports us to make decisions and life choices easily, especially if decisions align with our purpose. They also share one of their favourite questions to help support what is potentially our purpose for being in this world.

Jeanine and Marie have a conversation about imperfection and how being good enough, is enough to create a whole hearted life of courage and fulfilment

Rachel Petero ACC ICF is part of the Auckland ICF leadership team after becoming an ICF credentialed coach in 2015. Her passion for what she does - empowering and supporting indigenous women utilising coaching as the foundation of leadership skills - has also led her to volunteering for the ICF. Rachel shares what it is like to do what she loves: coaching through an indigenous lens - as well as giving back to the coaching community through her ICF role.

Trusting your client is whole and fully resourceful even when facing difficulties is a powerful way of supporting them to live in fulfillment and joy. Jeanine and Marie share strategies for coaches to build more trusting coaching relationships.

Jeanine and Marie interview digital marketing specialist Joe Kershaw who had also trained as a coach and understands the great challenges and opportunities available to coaches. He shares how we can attract our ideal coaching client in a very effective way

Marie and Mohamed Eraky discuss the power of creating a coaching culture in organisations.

Jeanine and Marie discuss the topic of finding your niche with coach Karen Kennaby.

Jeanine and Marie reflect back on 2016 and the learnings they have discovered from the challenges they faced. And how they will do some things differently in 2017

Perfectionism stops us from sharing our gifts, expanding and growing and creating a fulfilling life. Jeanine and Marie discuss how being enough is more than enough .

Shame is a human experience. It is a diminishing feeling of not being good enough, not being worthy enough. ICF accredited coach Melissa Loizou gets curious with Empower World co founder Marie Quigley about how, as coaches, we can support our clients to move from shame into worthiness.

Intuition is something we all possess but many don't realise they do or they often choose to ignore it. Using our intuition as a coach and as a human being is very powerful: it's listening at a much deeper level to support our clients and ourselves. Learn more about intuition in this podcast episode.

Jeanine and Marie discuss resilience in challenging times. In a country such as Qatar, which is rich with many nationalities together with a downturn in some of its major industries: resilience is required to navigate change and uncertainty. Jeanine interviews Marie who has just completed Brene Brown's Daring Greatly facilitator training about developing our own resilience and some ways we can manage challenging situations.

May-Britt Searty is a certified life coach, naturopath, kinesiologist and yoga instructor. She shares how she incorporates her coaching skills with her use of various different modalities as well as her overall approach to working with clients. May-Britt is focused on supporting her clients in relation to balancing their physical, mental, emotional, intuitive and spiritual body.  

Tina Ringer Mogensen Danish Psychologist,  and mindfulness teacher with over 20 years of experience in both organizations and clinical work shares how the practice of mindfulness can positively impact our lives. Tina is passionate about supporting people to thrive, connect, grow and be fully alive by reclaiming the lost parts of themselves and growing into their full potential for the benefit of the individual, relationships, families, societies and the world. She is a heart driven psychologist who facilitates connections and presence in a positive, empowering, safe way.

Maher Khani, CPCC, ACC, Performance Coach and co-founder of Impact Labs  based in Dubai - shares his journey of choosing to leave his corporate job in search of fulfilment and uncovering his path through coaching.

Melissa Loizou ICF accredited coach shares her journey of moving from the corporate world to becoming a full time coach and the positive impact that coaching has had in her own life and in the lives of those she loves and works with. 

Siobhain Whitty,  ICF Certified Coach and Chartered HR professional in the oil and gas industry  - shares her story of how she moved into the coaching profession and how she was inspired and engaged  through her own personal coaching process to step into her own power and create a successful practice that supports others to do the same.

Naomi Abboud, mother to baby girl Ocean Grace born too soon. Shares how she managed conversations with fear last year through her journey with a high risk pregnancy that has given her the greatest gift of self love, power and the desire to share her experiences with the world, to inspire people to lead their lives from within. Naomi’s goal is to reduce premature births through her work and research. She is a CTI life coach and a WOMBS Birth coach and Doula for mothers to be. She listens and supports people to connect to the reason they are here on earth, their legacies and how they design their lives- whether in the birth room, their business or on a hike. She now lives Johannesburg after moving from Lausanne, Switzerland with her baby girl and husband who she say’s has taught me that Grace is our way of being.'

In Empower-World's Coaching and Leadership podcast, Larissa Thurlow, certified coach and leadership development professional based in Canada - shares her experience of being instrumental in the introduction and development of a coaching culture and approach to leadership in the workplace within a university based in Qatar. This is with the aim to create greater organisational awareness, opportunities, resourcefulness and effectiveness.

Colin Boyd, a coach who specialises in high performance, leadership and sales joins us again to share his insights into the potential for coaches to sell online products. Colin provides invaluable suggestions to get coaches started to be able to create another channel to offer their services.

A tribute to Avril Baxter - a business and life coach and mentor - who passed away recently was a key person in the shaping of our business. We share Avril's powerful attributes as an inspiring coach, person and dear friend who left a positive transformational mark on this world and on our hearts.

What are the keys to creating successful outcomes in a diverse cultural organisation or team? Dr Yvonne Sum and Mark Dickson from 5 Echo - leadership development consultants and coaches based in Kuala Lumpur - share their experiences of working in diverse organizations and countries and what have been some of the key ingredients to their success, including their own unique offering.

Empower World's Marie Quigley and Jeanine Bailey share the importance of not only setting a clear goal for a coaching session, but importantly, when the goal is achieved, what will the successful achievement of that goal look, sound and feel like. Being aware of and going through the process of understanding success provides the best opportunity for the client to create their personal fulfillment.

The Seven R's of successful and intentional leadership to navigate change told by Dr Yvonne Sum CSP, ACMC, NLPTT, BDS (Hons) - a certified Meta-Coach, leadership facilitator, entrepreneur and speaker who has presented alongside Edward de Bono, Tony Buzan and Jack Canfield. Yvonne works with global executives to support them through an ever changing world by empowering them to delve deep into their inner essence to make timely changes in their outer world. Yvonne has been through her own transformational journey, drawing insights from various roles as a dentist, RAAF officer, media expert, author, corporate expat, business partner, wife and mother of two. 

Kaye-Maree Dunn, Project Manager with Māori Women's Development Inc (MWDI), shares how coaching skills are the foundation to supporting the organisation to be able to support Māori female entrepreneurs create their success in their business and relationships in this podcast. Kaye-Maree shares how the journey and skills of coaching has transcended personal, professional, cultural, gender, individual, group... any type of idea that may inhibit personal or group fulfilment... to create the outcomes that are truly desired and sought.

Michelle Arscott, educator and executive life coach based in Doha explores her passion with education and her beliefs about the importance of coaching in academic institutions. She shares her thoughts about how utilizing coaching skills with teachers and children can support more creativity and enable children to reach their best potential. 

Fatima Nakhjavanpur, PCC, CPCC executive and leadership development coach and founder and managing director of Choice HR consultancy based in Dubai. In this episode Fatima shares her thoughts about the power of choice and how as coaches we can support our clients to see the many perspectives available at any given time whether it be in the life or executive coaching arena.

In this episode we revisit interview with Joe Pane, a hugely successful trainer, coach and facilitator based in Australia working with the renown Coaching Institute of Australia. He works with leaders, business owners, consultants and coaches as a human behavioural specialist sharing insights into what drives both positive and fearful human behaviour and how we can become even more effective as coaches and leaders by understanding this illuminating knowledge.

Last year we spoke with Rachel Anastasi who before the age of 30 started a number of successful businesses and established a wellness centre as well as significantly contributing to charitable organisations as a founder, event manager and provider of services. Find out what drives Rachel to live a courageous and purposeful life as a coach, trainer, author, mentor, speaker and trailblazer on a mission.

Last year Empower World spoke with Sonia Choquette, celebrated author, teacher, and transformational visionary guide.  She’s an enchanting storyteller known for her humor and skill and quickly shifting people out of their difficulties into a healthier energy flow. In this episode she talks about using intuition and  shares a practical example that as coaches we can utilise in our coaching practice as well as in our own lives. Sonia Choquette is the author of 19 internationally bestselling books about intuitive awakening, personal and creative growth and the transformational leadership capabilities that reside within us all. Sonia is inspiring a global consciousness movement around her belief that as  human beings, we are divine beings endowed with powerful senses to guide us through life. 

Last year Empower World spoke to Dr John Gray author of the number one bestselling book of the last decade “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”. Dr Gray shared how leading with an “open heart” can create honest, intimate and powerful relationships built on trust and authenticity. We believe having courageous conversations with an open heart is one of the keys to coaching success and listening to Dr. Grays teachings is a wonderful reminder to focus on creating relationships that matter.

In this week's podcast, Empower World shares the gifts of not only learning these skills of great leadership to empower and lead others, but also great coaches and leaders will undergo a journey of personal development themselves to uncover what is important to them. By stretching ourselves as coaches as leaders to do our personal deeper work, we can be the best we can be to support and empower others to be the best they can be.

Empower World spoke to Dr John Demartini last year about the importance of understanding our personal values at a conscious level so that we can make decisions easily and effortlessly in alignment with our authentic self in a way that energises and inspires us. We believe values work is so incredibly important to lead ourselves effectively and wanted to revisit Dr John Demartini's insightful and wise words.

Leadership coach Sam Preston shares how she uses Maslow's hierarchy of needs motivation theory to support clients to create more awareness in their lives.

Jeanine and Marie continue the conversation answering questions from coaches. In this episode they share their advice for coaches working in the Gulf region.

Jeanine and Marie continue to answer questions from listeners in this episode, sharing their thoughts, feelings and real life experiences to support coaches at all stages of their practice.

After coach training, new coaches have many questions they would like answered. Listen in as Jeanine and Marie share their personal answers and experiences in relation to some of their great questions?

Danijela Mijic is a life and tennis coach and the founder of her coaching business Pivotal Power. She has spent over 10 years researching and studying psychology, personal development and breakthrough strategies. Danijela has coached, mentored and trained hundreds of life coaches and individuals. She shares the keys to setting up a successful business as a solepreneur, and also reveals with the birth of her son Jack came some big challenges, but by listening to her intuition came the inspiration to incorporate her coaching skills intrinsically with her love of tennis. Danijela possesses a post-graduate training in Psychology, and she is a trained life coach and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and Trainer as well as a professional tennis coach.

Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigley share how failures, mistakes and errors are all part of the life's expansion... "the rich tapestry of life!" In this episode Marie and Jeanine show how we can reframe and embrace mistakes to become great gifts of learning.

In this episode, the founders of Empower World and hosts of The Coaching and Leadership podcast show Marie Quigley and Jeanine Bailey are interviewed by Nicole Van Hattem, host of Hot and Healthy Podcast. Jeanine and Marie share their beliefs about the mind, body and soul being at one - all connected - and when we tap into all of these areas as a coach, we support clients to make deep, transformational behavioural change. 

Karen Porter is an experienced, passionate fitness trainer and coach working towards ICF certification. Based in Qatar, she created a highly reputable business working with individuals and organisations for 10 years and in recent years added to her toolkit by becoming a trained Life Coach and NLP practitioner. Karen shares how supporting her clients by working at the mindset level has enabled clients to achieve outstanding results. 

Listen as Qatari coach Mohammed Al Hayder shares his coaching journey and how he supports people to find their authentic self through confidence and character building strength and values based coaching.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is not some sort of magic tool; it's the study or the modelling of expert behaviour. It is the study of excellence: noticing a repetitive pattern that creates the same known outcomes over and over again with the intention of repeating the strategy in another area of life. Lindsey Reed is the owner of Glows Coaching and an ILM Trainer and Level 7 Executive Coach, Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP, and Apprentice to Sue Knight (International NLP Trainer Coach and Author) explains how NLP successfully complements her coaching practice in this week's Coaching and Leadership podcast.

Discover how three coaches with differing backgrounds created SHIFT: a programme supporting and empowering health care professionals in the UAE to lead effectively, communicate skilfully, and listen with confidence from patients, to colleagues to stakeholders - ensuring a positive and healing patient experience. José De Heer is a certified co-active coach, an accredited organisation and relationship systems trainer, and a member of the European Association for Communication in Health Care. While coaching and researching in health care, she found communication errors had wide ranging consequences from adverse drug reactions to physician burnout, which led to the creation of SHIFT: a course specifically for health care professionals.

How does a coach work with a four-legged sentient being - a horse - lead people to a deeper self-awareness and overcome fear, anxiety and procrastination? Listen in as Pia Ault an ICF and Co Active accredited coach and Equine Assisted Coach Practitioner, as well as founder and Managing Director of Caballus Coaching and Consulting shares her unique coaching story of working with these incredibly intelligent animals and how they support people create positive and powerful change.

There is often a perception outside the coaching world we have to use different tools, approaches, adopt different ways of being to support our clients from different cultures. It maybe true to a degree, but this week's special guest coach to First Nationals in the Middle East - Susie Kelt says, at the end of the day, as human beings all want the same basic things. Susie shares her successes of working in different cultures by asking the universal coaching questions to support clients to find their own authentic truth.

Do you want to know more about how 'a web’ can support you and the people you work with to have more successful relationships? We speak with Linda Berlot, PCC  ICF accredited coach, CEO of System’s Works and CRL Global Partner based in the  UAE.  She shares what Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) is and how coaching the relationship rather than individuals in the system can be a powerful way connect and move towards success for all involved.

Want to know how coaching conversations can support leaders, entrepreneurs, teams and organisations? This week's podcast guest, Teresa Tepania-Ashton, CEO of Maori Women's Development Inc in New Zealand shares with us what inspired her to introduce a coaching programme into her organisation and how it will enable its coaches to support and empower their communities, clients and families.

Want to know how going through a door will support you to have even more powerful coaching conversations? We often find ourselves coaching in a world focused on action which limits us to problem-solving on the surface and to short term change. But, if we consciously look for it, we can find a door that leads us to the client’s inner world. Lori Shook Master Certified Coach, Trainer, coach, speaker, author shares her “Through the Door” coaching model which acts as a pathway to create greater internal awareness.

What are personal values? How can they empower us to make clear choices when faced with challenging decisions? How can understanding your top values empower you to live a fulfilling life? Listen as Marie Quigley and Jeanine Bailey - co founders of Empower World - discuss the importance of understanding values and how focusing on their own personal values have supported them throughout the difficult times in their lives.

What were the learning's from the challenges that occurred in 2015 and how can they  empower you to lead a more fulfilling life now and in the future. What you do want to let go of and what do you want to hold onto?  What was fabulous and what could you do even more of? What advice would you give the person that you were on 1 January 2015? Empower world co founders Marie Quigley and Jeanine Bailey talk about the lessons of 2015 and how they will use these lessons for their personal and  professional life growth in 2016.

How can a simple practice make a difference in your life? Empower World co founders Marie Quigley and Jeanine Bailey talk about gratitude and how it can impact life in a positive way. They look back at the opportunities and challenges over the past year and give thanks for all that life and work has presented to them in 2015.

Rachel Petero, talent expert, HR professional and ICF credentialed coach recently launched #rise2025 - a global leadership and coaching programme designed to develop indigenous women to support communities, corporates and countries using the leadership skills of coaching. Rachel and Empower-World co-founder Jeanine Bailey began the programme's 10-year vision of supporting 100,000 indigenous women and girls around the world on December 9, 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand with 16 Māori women. This initiative is also in partnership with Māori Women's Development Inc. 

Are you curious about discovering what extended D I S C means and how knowing this information can support you and the people you live and work with to create better relationships? Sharon Hudson, Accreditor and Managing Director of Talent Tools Australia has been delivering Extended DISC Accreditation Training along with other psychometric testing tools since 2004. Sharon recently came to Doha to deliver accredited DISC live training to a number of professionals in HR, learning and development and the coaching field. In this episode Sharon shares her vast knowledge of the DISC tool and how to put it into practice for both yourself and others. 

How does giving up stability enable you to live an inspiring life supporting and empowering others? Layla Saad , Soulful Confidence Coach for visionary women entrepreneurs shares her personal story about the lessons she learned from suffering from depression and how now she is on a mission to empower women with the confidence to create the soulful businesses and lives of their dreams, by teaching them how to reclaim their inner power.

Nathan Cham is Publisher and Editor of Foundr Magazine (link it), a hugely successful magazine for entrepreneurs on Google Play and App Stores. He launched Foundr from his bedroom in 2013 and is now a top 10 ranked 'Business & Investing Magazine' on the App Store. He has interviewed accomplished entrepreneurs and leaders around the world, namely Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Tony Robbins and other world change makers. He shares his key to success in this week's interview.

Taki Moore is regarded by many as the world’s #1 business & executive coach lead generation expert. Since 2004, Taki has been the go-to-guy for coaches when they need/want to sign clients quickly. In this podcast, he shares his insights into what makes a highly successful, effective and heart-centred business.

Sue Knight is a renown Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) expert and coach working globally with individuals and organisations. Sue shares with us that one of the elements she likes to bring into her coaching is the use of humour to create - often - very significant change to someone's perspective. Find out more about how Sue uses this effectively to support her clients create positive change.

Siimon Reynolds is a multi award winning entrepreneur, mentor and coach to some of the most successful business leaders in the world focusing on top performance. He also writes for Forbes.com, the world's leading business website. In this week’s podcast, Siimon shares insights as to how he has achieved huge success from age of 21 appointed as Creative Director for a leading international advertising firm to founding a highly successful business based in New York in his twenties and starting a business listing on the Australian Stock Exchange to where he is today.

Experience the wisdom and playfulness of master certified coach Cynthia Loy Darst as she shares how listening to or not listening to our positive and negative internal voices can affect our everyday choices and so much more  Cynthia is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and a Certified Relationship & Systems Coach, Cynthia is also recognized as a Master Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation and a Board Certified Coach from CCE.  She is on the faculty of  CTI (The Coaches Training Institute) and CRR Global (The Center for Right Relationship).and one of the founders of ICF. In 2006, she developed “The Inside Team” a powerful one-on-one coaching tool, inspired most directly from working with people and  relationships.

How does a coach who is naturally disorganised end up being a productivity coach for leaders in some of world's well known organisation's? Discover how Colin Boyd, who describes himself as being creative versus orderly, learnt and practiced powerful strategies to empower himself and the creative leaders he has worked with to become highly effective and productive across all the areas of their lives. Colin Boyd works with a number of large organisations such as Hewlett-Packard, Alliance, and Fuji/Xerox to support their leaders to achieve great performance.

How can the simple questions of a child enable you to get curious about who you are are what you want out of life? Listen to Gonan Premfors - author, speaker, founder of Gozamm and co owner of the Coaches Training Institute, as she shares how her daughter's questions proved to be a powerful catalyst for developing a hugely successful coaching business which in turn also created balance and fulfillment for her and her family.

What can you do if you are surrounded by health issues - including your own - and when someone you've worked closely with and admired has suddenly passed away from heart failure? Find out how Nicole Van Hattem - health and wellness personal and corporate warrior - took matters into her own hands by firstly leading the wellness shift in her own life to inspire others to make the change in themselves.  

What does feeling like a ram versus a sheep have in common with talent development and leadership? Find out what it means to Rachel Petero, talent transformation expert and coach, and how she has utilised this understanding to shape her unique and successful offering to blue chip and entrepreneurial organisations across her native New Zealand, as well as Qatar and the UK.

How does cartoon character Rin Tin Tin and finding a chick egg shell as a child shape a highly successful journalistic career? Find out more about award winning Al Jazeera International news anchor and correspondent Nick Clarke, whose role has taken him on many world-wide adventures to places not many would go. Find out how he has lived according to what he is passionate about, creating much awareness about environmental issues to support positive and sustainable change on a global level.  

How do expeditions to wild and far-flung places in the world contribute to our health and leadership development? Julie Lewis proved how it supports our well-being, especially after leading over 50 expeditions in over 20 countries, including journeys to the Arctic and Antarctica, most notably with groups of female cancer survivors. Find out more about how she has taken men and women on life-changing challenges and transformation.

  Rachel Anastasi started a number of successful businesses and established a wellness centre well before the age of 30 whilst also significantly contributing to charitable organisations as a founder, event manager and provider of services. Find out what drives Rachel to live a courageous and purposeful life as a coach, trainer, author, mentor, speaker and trailblazer on a mission.

  Ben Croft is the president of the World Business and Executive Coach Summit and co-founder of the Coach Master toolkit as well as the CEO of the Executive Coach MBA. He is also an award-winning marketer.  Ben has over 4,000 coaches as clients from 149 countries and his annual event in 2014 attracted over 14,500 business and executive coaches. Ben works firsthand with the world’s leading experts in the coaching industry including Marshall Goldsmith, Seth Goden, John C. Maxwell, Brian Tracey, David Allen, Karen Kimsi-House, Vern Harnish, Sir John Whitmore, Michael E. Gerber and heads of the largest coaching organisations in the world.

  Ann De Villiers is an experienced human resource leader with a successful track record of over 20 years in the HR business particularly with KEO International Consultants.  Ann currently leads KEO’s global human resource enterprise and is responsible for driving workforce strategy across KEO’s diverse human capital including talent acquisition, development, rewards, and HR governance for over 2,500 employees.  Ann is a passionate, inspirational leader having years of experience successfully implementing centers of excellence within KEO.  

Rama Chakaki is the co-founder and CEO of Dubai based Baraka Ventures. Rama’s passion is to promote a collaborative approach, invest in social enterprise, use technology for social development and nurture a generation of social entrepreneurs among youth and women in the Arab world. Find out more about her inspiring story focused on creating significant positive change in this week's podcast episode.

  Arul Subramaniam is the co founder of Brainobrain Kids Academy.  Brainobrain is an organization that started in Chennai over 12 years ago and now has a presence in over 25 countries with more than 2,000 teachers and over a 100,000 children go through its programmes. Brainobrain was created to nurture and support children to sharpen their mind skills. Arul heads the research and development as well as designs its syllabus and curriculum for the children.  He also facilitates mind training programmes and public workshops for teachers, students, parents, managers and business leaders around the world.  He is passionate about enabling and empowering people.

  Maeve Galvin is the co-founder and managing director of Apple Tree Nursery, with a reputation for delivering excellence in child care standards in Qatar.  As a parent of three children, Maeve recognized that a child’s nursery environment is a huge stepping-stone for both parents and the child. So Apple Tree Nursery was born out of this thought as she recognises the need for a different standard of nursery within Qatar.  

  Sonia Choquette, is a celebrated author, teacher, and transformational visionary guide.  She’s an enchanting storyteller known for her humor and skill and quickly shifting people out of their difficulties into a healthier energy flow.  She’s the author of 19 internationally bestselling books about intuitive awakening, personal and creative growth and the transformational leadership capabilities that reside within us all. Sonia is inspiring a global consciousness movement around her belief that as human beings, we are divine beings endowed with powerful senses to guide us through life. She was awarded the Leader of the Year by a Global Holistic Psychology Association.

  Nigel Risner is a respected author, television presenter and prolific speaker.  As one of the youngest CEOs of the financial services company in the city of London, Nigel knows business and more importantly, he knows what it takes to lead a successful business.  He is also the author of The Impact Code and It’s a Zoo Around Here: The New Rules for Better Communication which literally transforming lives around the world.  

  Kasia Wezowski is co-founder of the Center for Body Language, one of the world’s leading body language training centers, for businesses with 50 representatives across 15 countries. She is the executive producer of the award-winning documentary, Destressed, which won two best documentary awards in 2011.  Currently Kasia is working as co producers and creator of the soon to be released movie entitled, Coaching.

Sue Knight is author of bestselling book and winner of Business book of the Year award ‘NLP at Work’. Sue is a consultant to leaders in business around the globe. She is a renowned NLP trainer, author, coach and speaker.    Sue’s mission is to support leaders in business to make a difference, not only in their business, but also in the world at large by living out values such as truth, integrity, learning, commitment, fun and love. She is passionate about enabling people in all parts of the world understand and learn from the differences that make each culture so very special. 

  Dr Sepehr Tarverdian, has brought some of the world’s foremost successful international speakers such as Dr John Demartini, Brian Tracey, Jack Canfield, Allan Pease to the Middle East, and namely Iran where he is based. He is passionate about the development of people and making a difference in the world through his own international speaking business based on bringing out the best in people and organisations. Be inspired by his story in this podcast.

  Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al–Khalifa is CEO of Qatar Development Bank, a leading investment and financing body driving the growth of Qatar’s private sector. He has been a long-term supporter of entrepreneurship and the advancement of leadership, which he believes is critical to ensure the successful achievement of Qatar’s 2030 ambitious national vision.  Abdulaziz shares his experiences in relation to the opportunities and challenges in relation to these areas in this week’s podcast.

In this episode we interview Joe Pane, a hugely successful trainer, coach and facilitator based in Australia working with the renown Coaching Institute of Australia who works with leaders, business owners, consultants and coaches. He is also a human behavioural specialist and shares his insights into what drives both positive and fearful human behaviour and how we can become incredibly empowered in all areas of our life.

In this episode we speak with Ghada Zakaria was the first Emirati to gain both accreditation and certification as a Professional Co-Active Coach from the well renowned Coaches Training Institute. Ghada’s mission is to connect people, to always find the common link and bridge cultures, thinking and ideologies.

In this episode we speak with Dr. John Gray, author of the number one bestselling book of the last decade “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”. Dr Gray  shares how leading with an “open heart” can create honest, intimate and powerful relationships built on trust and authenticity.

In today’s episode we speak with Mark Leppard, long time educator, leader and Principle of Doha College, Qatar. He shares his beliefs about leading with mind heart and soul and how Doha College encourages leadership development in young people and the people who are responsible for educating them.

Today is the start of International Coaching Week 2015 and past president of ICF Dubai Nic Woodthorpe Wright shares his insights about the power of coaching and the importance of accreditation. If you are already a coach or you are an aspiring coach you won't want to miss this episode.

We interview Sharoq Al Malki, Chief Human Capital Officer of the Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) who is certainly making a difference in Qatar and beyond in a number of major influential organisations as an employee engagement expert empowering teams to go from not performing so well to becoming star performers by tapping into their strengths.  Sharoq has been acknowledged for her efforts globally and is also a speaker and author of A Piece of Peace with the intent of creating an everlasting legacy that's good for all.

UP! Your Service Founder and Chairman Ron Kaufman has helped companies in every continent of the world for over two decades to build a culture of uplifting service that delivers better business results year after year. Ron is a sought-after educator, consultant, thought-leader and customer service speaker on the topic of achieving superior customer service.  We talk to Ron about making the most of our unique talents, skills and capabilities is a must if we want to live a fulfilling life. He also shares the challenges he and his family have overcome to create an inspirational life. Enjoy!

In this interview with Gautam Ganglani, the Co-Founder of Right Selection - a leadership training and learning based organisation in Dubai - speaks candidly about his difficulties at school as a young child and how he turned the challenges around with the key support of his father.  Gautam also shares how he was inspired to support others to also turn around their challenges through the work and leadership roles he does in his organisation. Enjoy!

Empower World speaks with Aysha Al Mudahka, who is the CEO of the Qatar Business Incubation Center. As a Qatari woman, balancing a demanding career alongside raising her young family, Aysha understands a thing or two about self leadership. Listen in to hear more about the inspiring work she is part of and influencing, as well as find out more about her role models who have shaped her leadership style. Enjoy!

Empower World speaks with global thought leader Dr. John Demartini, one of the people involved in the movie The Secret. In his teachings around the world he will often share the secret behind The Secret. His wisdom and knowledge about what drives human behaviour and what supports a fulfilling and rewarding life have inspired us at Empower World hugely. We have no doubt listeners will get great value from his generous insights in this interview. Enjoy.

Life coaches, entrepreneurs, and now podcast hosts, Jeanine Bailey and Marie Quigley, introduce themselves and their new podcast, Empower World.