• A model of inside-out change moving from the individual to the collective.
• A method of mind-body-spirit-soul cross-training at work.
• The relationship between purpose, leadership, culture and impact.
• How your deepest purpose leads to your greatest contribution.

We are not separate from Nature, we are Nature! 

Dr. Marc Palahí is a leading expert on forests and global change, with a new vision of the transformational role forests can play in fighting climate change and developing a circular bioeconomy.

He has been Director of the European Forest Institute since 2015, driving its development as a pan-European science-policy platform, and working to connect knowledge to action at the interface of science, policy and business. Marc has a PhD in forestry and economics and his work, which has featured in Nature and other high-level scientific journals, focuses on the development of a sustainable circular bioeconomy that prospers in harmony with Nature. Marc leads the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

More about Marc and his work: 

https://efi.int/director

https://blog.efi.int 

You Are Here to Understand, Honor, and Liberate Your Uniqueness!

Today's lessons come from Irina Prokofieva!

She is a Certified Transformational Coach, Business Mentor and Human Design Expert.  She specializes in supporting women on a journey of deep self-discovery, self-reclamation and self-empowerment, using a unique combination of powerful energy and mind-body tools, including Human Design, Gene Keys, Neurolinguistic Programming, Emotional Freedom Technique etc.

She has a PhD in Economic Theory and over 15 years of experience in international scientific research coordination. She’s passionate about empowering and educating a new generation of female leaders and spiritual visionaries, who are committed to building a better world for themselves and our future generations.

Irina’s Links:

Website: https://irinaprokofieva.com

IG: @iamirinap

Community: Human Design for Entrepreneurs

'It's one thing to be aware of childhood wounds, it's another thing to have healed them... and it's another thing to see how they show up in your relationship to your children." - Mark Guay

Mark is a transformational coach, speaker, and full-time dad. He believes in the untethered ability to manifest our unlimited potential and works with leaders who bring their greatest gifts to the world in a way that aligns mind, body, and soul.

Conscious Dads are rather rare... join the conversation!

Links: 

https://markwguay.me

https://remoteclo.com 

Shonte Jovan Taylor is a neuroscientist, potentialist, and brave-minded leader who wants to do things differently. She knows that we need to do something at a much deeper level to shift from the old way of thinking to new and innovative ways of reaching higher levels.

“We don’t work in a production line any more for the most part, and I don’t think in the current workplaces that we have, this nine to five, Monday to Friday, is the way that it should work. I don’t think it does work… largely, we have moved away from like production work, industrial work, to more creative work…. even tech work is very creative work. To me creativity means space. You can’t schedule creativity.” - Anantadev

Growing up in the outskirts of London, Anantadev found himself surrounded by poverty, crime, and segregation. He understood that the world around him was not quite right, but for years, he simply watched, feeling helpless. This was his adolescence, and although he may not have known it at the time, all his rough-and-tumble experiences were preparing him for a higher calling. Every time he faced something traumatic, he was also facing his inner growth, and slowly but surely, questions arose within him – deep, meaningful questions that would guide him towards his path.

Today Anantadev is a wisdom teacher, personal development coach and thought leader in the field of inner transformation. He also serves as a Bay Area CEO at the forefront of social change philanthropy.

Highlights from this episode

• Outer achievements, lack of balance [3:20]
• Outdated systems [6:04]
• Toxic masculinity [9:15]
• Exploitation, property [11:20]
• Balancing masculine and feminine values [14:15]
• Inner ethics, outer ethics [18:00]
• Race to the bottom [21:25]
• Shadow, fears, growth [26:30]
• How we find our greater cause [30:10]

Quotes

“When you look at things as property… land, assets, human beings -as they did in the past… inherently you take away the rights of the things that you are looking at.” [11:27]

“We have to reassess our value system, and it’s not about getting to the top, but rather how you are striving to grow and achieve things.”  [15:30]

“Meaning is a far more satisfying pursuit than happiness.” [37:00]

Anantadev’s website: https://anantadev.com

Maria’s website: https://remoteclo.com 

“In the infancy stage of development, boys have more emotional reactivity than girls. Once a boy gets around the teenage years… almost every westernized man, have some story in their life where they’ve been deeply shamed for expressing emotions. Men were shamed around sadness, but women were shamed just as much, typically around anger, … clean anger is hard for anyone to express." – Mark Guay

Mark Guay is a meditation teacher and performance coach based in San Diego, California. He combines developmental psychology with the ancient art of the chakra system to unlock your unlimited potential and lead a life with greater purpose, energy, and connection. 

Highlights from this episode

• What does it take for a human to feel [4:20]
• Sharing feelings with a man vs sharing feelings with a woman [6:45]
• What we need to unlearn from our conditioned childhood [9:25]
• What happens when a man opens up in front of other men [11:18]
• What does it mean when a man says ‘I just don’t cry’ [13:40]
• What men can do if their emotions have been silenced for too long [17:38]
• What could women do to hold space for emotional expression [19:10]
• What would it take for men to safely honor emotions in the workplace [24:45]
• How to interact with emotions in five steps [29:24]

Quotes

“It’s a minority still out there… particularly in leadership roles, for people to have this embodied high emotional intelligence.” [16:50]

“The human being does not stop developing after the physical body develops… you can continue to expand and grow, it’s an infinite game.” [22:36]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Robert Kagan’s theory of Adult Development

Drama Triangle

Men Talks Podcast

The Mankind Project

Transformation Through Intimacy Book

Nature and The Human Soul Book

More about Mark Guay

• Mark’s website
• Join Mark’s Men Circle
• Meditate with Mark on InsightTimer 

Maria's website: https://remoteclo.com 

“Mindfulness in some way is cultivating our attention, our way of being, that can be a doorway to our own emotional lives, and then our emotional lives can be a doorway to cultivating our leadership ability and toward the possibility of creating great cultures…positive, healing cultures.” – Marc Lesser

Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the author of 4 books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. 

Highlights from this episode

• Developing our character is about developing our way of being, or state of mind [7:00]
• How one develops character, to be able to stay open in times of change [8:00]
• There is no avoiding discomfort [12:00]
• Three leadership lessons from Winston Churchill on how to deal with change [12:15]
• The seven practices of a mindful leader [15:45]
• The power of not being an expert [21:00]
• We are in the midst of an enormous transition period [25:30]
• Self-awareness is the starting point of any change [27:15]
• All our systems are built on greed and fear …we need systems based on care and fairness [28:30]
• Men live 10 years less than women [29:30]
• How to be more resilient when faced with change [31:50]

More about Marc Lesser

Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. He founded and was CEO of 3 companies and has an MBA degree from New York University. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world. He leads Mill Valley Zen, a weekly meditation group.

Website: https://www.marclesser.net

Quotes

“We are comfort seeking creatures and recognizing that is important…we miss a lot by the unwillingness to be uncomfortable, avoiding difficulty and conflict.” [11:08]

“Not sugarcoating in a way is like ‘own your discomfort’, ‘own your fear’…it opens the path towards optimism, towards greater meaning and purpose.” [12:00]

“If we are going to change systems and cultures, it starts with ourselves.’’ [26:50]

“Strong, wise leadership can heave the possibility of helping to align people and get them excited. If we are all in this together, we can create organizations and cultures that work for the greater good, and not just a handful of people.” [28:30]

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen
• The Splendid and the Vile book

Maria’s Website: https://remoteclo.com