The Deep Seed Podcast for Coaches is hosted by the Beijing Mindfulness Academy and focuses on providing valuable insights for coaches and mindfulness practitioners. The podcast features experienced coaches and guest speakers who discuss various topics that are essential for coaches looking to deepen their practice, including mindfulness, therapy, and contemplative practices. Each episode dives into practical advice on how to integrate coaching competencies and navigate challenges within the ...
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Podcast Overview: Sasha Radovic's Journey into Mindfulness In this episode, we explore the fascinating journey of Sasha Radovic, a mindfulness practitioner and teacher whose path was profoundly shaped by Tibetan Buddhism and secular mindfulness practices. From leaving a corporate career in London to embarking on a 3-year Buddhist retreat, Sasha's s…
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Episode 51: How to Create a Movement - Lessons from Climate Change Practitioners
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55:36This episode centers on a discussion with Alex Pearson and a group of participants on building and sustaining meaningful communities and social movements. Alex shares insights on creating purpose-driven movements, drawing from examples such as climate action, Black Lives Matter, and mindfulness. Key points include: 1. Commitment to Purpose: A movem…
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Episode 50: Small Steps, Big Impact - Building and Sustaining Good Habits
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In this episode, Deep Seed host Dalida Turkovic welcomes Monica Jiang to explore the nuances of loneliness, from the isolation felt in bustling cities to the silent struggles in our hyper-connected digital age. Monica will share her insights on the importance of creating meaningful connections and how her recent projects aim to raise awareness abou…
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In this episode, we dive into the concept of a "Lazy Day" and its significance in self-care and mindfulness. Our host recounts a transformative experience at the Plum Village retreat in France, where the practice of taking a lazy day revealed profound insights into rest, mindfulness, and the relationship with nature. This episode also explores the …
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In this episode Dalida and the Dr. Theo discussed various psychological concepts including the shadow, individuation, and the self, with a focus on their importance in personal growth and self-acceptance. Lastly, they touched on the role of coaching, the collective unconscious, and the challenges of navigating masculinity in contemporary society. D…
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In this episode, Barbara Gutmann shares her rich experience in implementing coaching in organizations as HR Director. Summary Introductions and welcome. 0:08 How did you get started with coaching? 4:45 Key success factors to look at. 13:35 The importance of chemistry in the recruitment process. 19:31 The key elements of a successful coaching proces…
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Episode 45: Resistance in Practice and Coaching
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55:41In this episode, Renee and Dalida reflect on how resistance shows up in coaching and how to approach it. How do you experience resistance in your practice? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode, Renee welcomes Laura Festa, ACC and a certified mindfulness-based trauma-informed BMC coach. Laura walks us through her coaching journey and how she integrates nature's wisdom with evoking awareness for her coaching clients. Laura Festa is based in Beijing, China and coaches in three languages, English, Chinese and Italian. Connect…
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Episode 43: Coaching, Therapy and Art
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1:15:44In this episode we welcome Lynn Hanford-Day to share how she brings life to coaching and how her career transitioned into becoming an artist. With her background as a psychotherapist Lynn also shares about the difference between coaching and therapy. Together with coaching Lynn also expresses her life philosophy through art which you can find on ht…
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What is the role of storytelling in coaching and how can we use it to deepen awareness? We are trapped in stories we tell to ourselves and others tell to us. In this episode Renee and Dalida explore how to use this awareness to shift perspectives. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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Why is it important for coaches to learn more about mental health? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode, we talk about the importance of maintaining mindfulness practice and how easy or difficult it is to commit to doing it for 100 consecutive days. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Episode 39: When Coaches Need Self-Coaching
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46:27In this episode, Renee shares how she supports herself while juggling multiple caregiving roles: as a mother of two and a daughter of a parent with Alzheimer's and dementia. We touch on topics of caregiving fatigue, self-coaching, knowing if our life experience is complete and if we can engage with clients who want to work on similar topics. Produc…
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In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about what it takes to be coachable and how to know when to stop a coaching engagement. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode, Renee and Dalida share Loving Kindness meditation. May loving-kindness soothe your pain, may you be free from suffering. Share your thoughts with us on Apple Podcasts, we would love to hear from you. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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Episode 36: Forwarding the Action with Compassion
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41:15In this episode, we talk about the difference between doing and being, and how compassion supports clients to be motivated for meaningful action. We also talk about the topic of coach activism and the importance of being visible in the world, for the world. Thank you for leaving your comments on the Apple Podcasts, it helps us to gain our visibilit…
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Episode 35: Meridian Clock for Holistic Coaching
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51:29In this episode, we talk about how Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Elements Theory can support coaching, especially when we take holistic approach and reflect on the mental, physical and emotional health of our clients. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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In this episode, Renee and Dalida reflect on the 12 phases of Burnout based on the research by psychologists Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode BMC Academy certified coaches Julia and Charlene present their aspiration to support teens with Mindful Self-Compassion and coaching. Hear more about their vision and aspirations. What is your coaching niche? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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Episode 32: Coaching Vision: Would you be coached by AI?
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45:47In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about coaching trends, how is the industry developing and the role ICF has with emerging AI applications in coaching. What is your experience with AI? Are you for or against it? Leave a message on www.beijingmindfulnessacademy.com/contact, we would love to hear from you. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy…
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Episode 31: Cultivating Change with Compassion
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57:36In this episode, Dalida and Renee give an overview of the Positive Intelligence book and program that are taking the attention of worldwide coaching community. We also reflect on how compassion enables coaches to empower clients to change. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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Episode 30: Mindfulness Practice in Circles
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43:51In this episode, Renee and Dalida reflect on why is important that coaches have mindfulness practice. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Episode 29: Facilitation vs Group Coaching
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46:08In this episode, Renee and Dalida reflect on the similarities and differences between facilitation and group coaching. And how about Mindful Circles? What approach is appropriate in that setting? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Episode 28: Trust and Intimacy in group coaching
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47:50Renee and Dalida are experienced facilitators and team coaches. In the series of Mindful Circles, they explore the topic of what it takes to build trust and intimacy in a group and how that brings a community together. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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Episode 27: Mindful Circles - Diverse and Homogenous Groups
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48:16In this episode, Renee and Dalida reflect on the importance of diverse and homogenous group coaching and how mindfulness brings it all into the present moment. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Renee and Dalida are experienced coaches now delivering an ICF-accredited program Coaching From Within: Cultivating Mindfulness Practice with an aim to train mindfulness practitioners on how to apply coaching in their practice. In this episode, they talk about Mindful Circles and what it takes to coach a group as a way of building a community. Podc…
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Episode 25: Reframing Reality and Designing Actions
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52:49Renee and Dalida talk about how to bring perspective shift and partner up with clients in moving forward with actions in a holistic coaching approach. This theme is also the final topic for Module 2 of the Coaching from Within: Cultivating Mindfulness Practice program. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training wi…
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Acceptance is the opposite of Resistance and Resistance is the first stage of Acceptance. The work with clients will depend on the stage of Acceptance for self, other(s) and circumstances. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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“We all believe that we know our own emotions and can recognize emotions in other people. Yet, despite this belief, experts in this field seem to have great difficulty coming to any agreement about what emotions are. But one thing that everyone does agree on this is that emotions are the source of our greatest pleasures and our greatest pains.” Rob…
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In this episode, we welcome Merle Mckinley, MCC, and hear about her journey into becoming a somatic coach, MCC and coach supervisor. In her private coaching practice, Confluence, Merle focuses on assisting clients to discover a deeper sense of purpose and satisfaction in their lives. Confluence is the act or process of merging. Through her coaching…
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There are times when we touch on difficult experiences or trauma with clients and being prepared to address it can support both coach and client to navigate these experiences with ease. In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about Window of Tolerance, a tool developed by by Dan Siegel, which can help us to address moments like this in a coaching se…
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Renee and Dalida deep dive to unpack what is under the tip of the iceberg and what we need to be aware of when clients touch on their limiting beliefs. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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The body wisdom can be explored in many ways and when it becomes part of coaching we may expect the awareness to lead us toward deep healing. In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about neuroscience and how to bring mind-body connection into coaching sessions. NOTE: We had a few technical glitches and finally managed to get through it all. Produce…
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In this episode, you will hear how experienced coaches built their coaching hours and gain some ideas on how you might want to start growing your network. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Episode 17: HANDS ON coaching model explained
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58:52In this episode Renee and Dalida present HANDS ON coaching created by Dalida. This model was presented during the ICF Converge Conference in Prague 2019. A useful tool to help all coaches bring mindfulness and competencies into the work with clients. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certificatio…
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This episode starts with authentic interruptions and a chat about rural communities near Beijing. Renee and Dalida talk about powerful questions around the seventh minute of the podcast. How questions serve us in coaching and how to stay away from interrogation. We also touch on the 16 Guidelines for Life as a reference to ethics in mindfulness pra…
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War is not an easy topic to talk about and it is potent with trauma triggers. How to coach when clients are going through extreme pressures? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Join us in a discussion on how ethics shape our coaching practice, why it is important to be familiar with them and what to do in case you step on grey areas of coaching. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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How to bring awareness into a coaching session? What does it mean to find the right balance between applying assessments, metaphors, powerful questions and mindfulness? Perhaps all we need to know is when to pause and let clients process what is alive without interruption. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach trainin…
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How to use positive emotional attractors and negative emotional attractors in a coaching session? Renee and Dalida reflect on how neuroscience and mindfulness help to direct a coaching session and the importance of the coach's personal practice. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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What's My Life Going to be Like on Monday?
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41:17This is the first podcast in 2022. Renee and Dalida talk about what it takes to work on a thesis and how to come back to life routine. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode, we talk about shifting consciousness, how to sustain the inner and outer environment and how to recharge with Nature. What triggers resistance? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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Episode 9: Power and Self-Compassion
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1:05:04In this episode Renee and Dalida reflect on possible reasons why compassion isn't our natural state and how we can develop this capacity. What is the role mindfulness plays in developing self-compassion and what practice can you take to bring more compassion into your lives? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach train…
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How to approach fear and uncertainty and how does mindful awareness and compassion enable us to shift from pseudo adults to mature adult states? Renee and Dalida finish with giggles as interrupted connection prevented us to have a smooth ending and brought our own fears of failing forward. Send us your questions and inquiries at hello@beijingmindfu…
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Episode 7: Compassionate Leadership
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1:31:07In this episode, Renee's interviews Dalida on the topic of Compassionate Leadership. What are the expectations for leadership, how does organizational culture support or hinder compassionate leadership and what does it really mean to be vulnerable? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about what it means to support clients when they are going through pain (trauma or overwhelm) and how important it is for coaches to apply self-care and avoid empathy fatigue. In many programs you will see stamps ACSTH or ACTP. What does that mean and how important is it when we are choosing the program portfo…
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In this episode, Dalida shares how it was to handle emotions during the silent retreat and how self-compassion helps her to bring kindness when she falls into a deep hole. We touch on the topics of Inner Sage and Inner Saboteur and what it means to embrace our own humanity. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach traini…
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In this episode, Renee and Dalida talk about the messages from Nature and how to use ACC and PCC markers as a reference to professional growth. Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.By Renee and Dalida
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In this episode, we talk about personal power, invisibility and invincibility. Sometimes our roles in society or at work can be a mask behind we hide. How do we shed these roles and maintain a connection with our True Self? Produced by BMC Academy, www.bmcacademy.com. Mindfulness-Based Coach training with ICF certification.…
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