Healing Organisational and Individual Through the Lens of Transitions

Welcome back to Reach Minds: Thoughts for Your Life's Journey. Today, we will be exploring insights on creating space, navigating healing and transitions towards wholeness, and understanding 'liminal spaces'. We'll also be discussing the crucial need for individuals and organizations to reconnect by integrating body, mind and spirit. My guest’s motto is that “healing is a return to wholeness and creates a space for living and working in alignment with our true selves and purpose” I'm so grateful for Jae Sloane who has agreed to share their wisdom with us today. Jae is an organisational development consultant, business and holistic coach, writer, speaker, and artist. Jae's diverse background and personal journey, which I recently learned about through their LinkedIn activity, made me eager to explore some of the themes in the podcast today.Jae lives in Southwest Wales with their husband, Greg, and dog, Fred. Jae’s pronouns are they/them.About Jae Sloan Jae is an organisational development consultant, holistic coach, writer, speaker and artist with expertise in organisational health, human performance in the context of work, inclusion and diversity and leadership. They have 20 years’ experience working in a multinational pharma organisation as well as more than 5 years of professional experience working in education/non-profit community organisations. As an out queer person Jae has more than 10 years of leadership in inclusion and diversity with an emphasis on LGBTQIA+. Jae is a Co-Founder and current Co-Chair of the Proud Science Alliance, a collective of healthcare and life sciences sector LGBTQ+ networks and partners who work together to raise the bar on LGBTQ+ inclusion within their organisations and the sector as a whole. While working in the corporate, non-profit and educational sectors for more than 25 years, Jae has integrated personal study and practice across the mind-body-spirit continuum. They have done this formally through graduate degrees, an MSc in Exercise Physiology and an MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology, gaining in depth understanding of how our bodies work. Building on this foundation, they have used other formal learning opportunities, workshops, reading and practices such as exercise, yoga, meditation and energy healing techniques to gain practical understanding of how our minds and spirits intersect with our bodies. With further formal training in interpersonal/group dynamics and Gestalt, Jae is skilled in working with individuals and groups to build knowledge and awareness of how we can better know ourselves, heal our bodies and stand in our power. In this podcast we pose the following questions on healing, transitions and integrating body, mind and spirit.How have you shaped your work in recent years? I love this statement what makes you say, ‘Big change and transformation is possible at any age?’ Aren’t most people fearful of change?  What does return to wholeness as a definition of healing mean? What is liminal space? How is your practice aligned with the work you do with your clients? Tell us about upcoming workshop on transitions and the use of photography as a tool for self-discovery and vision creation How do you get people to access their unconscious mind? What happens when people resist the work? What tips and insights would you give to people who want to start their own healing processes? Resources Mentioned in This Episode: HEADSHOT: A pause, a picture, a possibility – a workshop for those in transition using photography and coaching to help see what’s next - https://www.apiscg.com/headshotJae’s photography: https://felinstudio.myportfolio.com/ or follow on Instagram @felin_studio Connect with Jae through their website [https://www.apiscg.com/] or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaesloan/ Jae’s blog: https://www.apiscg.com/blog