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Coaching Voices: The Association for Coaching Podcast
by Association for Coaching
Coaching Voices brings you helpful, diverse conversations with coaches, thought leaders, academics and industry innovators: the people that are shaping what great coaching looks like today.We believe the best ideas come from a variety of perspectives, so each week you'll hear voices from across the coaching world; from a variety of different backgrounds, specialisms and experiences who share their stories, strategies and insights with you.Whether you're building your coaching business, deepening your practice or just starting out, you'll find practical tools and real insight to help you grow, professionally and personally.Part of the Association for Coaching's Digital Learning Hub, where you'll also find an extensive library of webinars, interviews and live events to expand your coaching expertise. https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub
Episodes
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317: How Psychology Informs Coaching Practice with Dr Hayley Lewis
In this first episode of our podcast series, Psychology in Coaching, host Lucy Whitehall talks with psychologist and coach Dr Hayley Lewis about how psychology shapes coaching practice. Hayley's journey runs from occupational psychology and organisational development at the BBC to executive...
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316: A Day in the Life of Paul Williamson: Creative Leadership Coach
This episode is part of our 'A Day in the Life' series, where we talk to coaches about their real lives and businesses. What happens when creativity, personal story and deep self-reflection find their way into coaching? In this warm, honest conversation, our host Maxine Bell, talks with Paul...
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315: What AI Is Asking of Coaching with Rebecca Rutschmann
In this final episode of our series: AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching, we step back from individual perspectives and ask what all these conversations might be telling us about coaching itself. Rebecca Rutschmann, co-founder of Viva la Coaching, researcher, educator and long-standing explorer of…
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314: AI Coaching: What Does the Evidence Actually Tell Us? With Professor Nicky Terblanche
AI coaching is moving fast, but the evidence hasn't quite caught up with the excitement. In episode 9 of our AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching series, host Smaranda Dochia sits down with Professor Nicky Terblanche, Professor in Leadership Coaching at Stellenbosch University Business School in Cape...
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313: AI at Work: From Adoption to Agency with James Varnham
Across workplaces, AI tools are being introduced at remarkable speed. Licenses are being purchased, productivity gains are anticipated, and employees are being encouraged to experiment. But access to AI is not the same as knowing how to work with it well. In episode 8 of our AI, Ethics and Trust…
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312: Training Coaches for the AI Age: What Providers and the Profession Must Rethink with Jonathan Reitz
AI has brought new urgency to questions the coaching profession has wrestled with for years: what is coaching, what value does it create, and what kind of practitioner should coach education produce? In episode 7 of our series, AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching, host Smaranda Dochia talks with...
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311: When Technology Happens to Us: Reclaiming Agency in the Age of AI with Iliana Grosse-Buening
In the sixth episode of our series, AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching, host Smaranda Dochia is joined by Iliana Grosse-Buening, author, speaker, adjunct professor and co-founder of Deeply Human Innovation, who brings a global perspective on the intersection of technology and wellbeing. She widens...
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310: Building AI Coaching: From Literacy to Maturity with Lewin Keller
In episode 5 of our AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching series, host Smaranda Dochia talks with Lewin Keller, founder of CoachBot.ai, about what happens when you try to build professional coaching into an AI system rather than just bolting a coaching persona onto a chatbot. Lewin's own path into...
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309: Conversational AI: Trust, Values and the Illusion of Understanding with Dr Malak Sadek
In episode 4 of our AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching series, host Smaranda Dochia sits down with Dr Malak Sadek, researcher and teaching associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Human-Inspired AI, to explore why conversational AI affects us so differently from other technologies....
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308: The Legal and Governance Landscape: GDPR, the EU AI Act and Data Responsibility with Colin Cosgrove and Amber Foster
Most coaches using AI couldn't tell you exactly where their client data actually goes - which platform, which server, whether it's used to train a model. In the third episode of AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching series, host Smaranda Dochia talks with lawyer and AI governance practitioner Amber...
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307: In Whose Service? Duty of Care in an AI-Augmented Coaching World with Dr Benita Mayhead
In the second episode of our AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching series, Smaranda Dochia talks with Dr Benita Mayhead, an executive coach, coach supervisor, researcher, and author of Duty of Care in Coaching, whose empirical research moves duty of care out of the realm of abstract codes and into the...
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306: The Future of Coaching: Human Development in the Age of AI with Dr David Drake
In the first episode of a new series, AI, Ethics and Trust in Coaching, host Smaranda Dochia talks with founder of The Moment Institute and creator of Narrative Coaching, David Drake, to tackle the question on every coach's mind: what is coaching actually here to do in an AI-driven world? Rather...
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305: A Day in the Life of Kate Jenkinson: Coach and Business Poet
This episode is part of our 'A Day in the Life' series, where we talk to coaches about their real lives and businesses. In this insightful episode, host Maxine Bell talks to Kate Jenkinson, creative executive coach, business poet, and founder of Next Step HR and the Business in Poetry conference....
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304: Breaking Down the Man Box: Nature, Walking and Vulnerability with Al Kennedy
In this final episode of our Coaching Men series, host Rob Lawrence sits down with Al Kennedy, a coach who works exclusively with men navigating midlife. Al's own path from graphic designer and business owner to full-time coach grew out of his personal midlife questioning, and it's given him a...
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303: Letting Go of Winning: What It Really Means to Redefine Success After 40 with Cassandra Andrews
In episode 5 of our Coaching Men series, host Rob Lawrence talks to Cassandra Andrews, author of Unlearning Masculinity: Redefining Success for High Achieving Men over 40, to explore why so many successful men—CEOs, founders, and elite athletes among them—feel trapped even after ticking every box...
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302: Liberating Masculinity with Sam Adams
In episode 5 of our Coaching Men podcast series, host Rob Lawrence sits down with Sam Adams, a coach specialising in healthy masculinity. Drawing from his background in regenerative farming and chaplaincy across Africa, Sam explains how masculinity and femininity exist as complementary energies...
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301: Coaching Men Through an Emotional Lens with Jess Spiers
In episode 4 of our Coaching Men series, host Rob Lawrence sits down with Jess Spiers, a coach who specialises in supporting men in their 40s and 50s who appear successful but feel trapped, unfulfilled, or burned out. Jess shares how a 20-year career in digital content ultimately led her to...
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300: Six Years, 300 Episodes, and a New Name: Introducing Coaching Voices with Smaranda Dochia, Maxine Bell and Rob Lawrence
This is no ordinary episode! This week we hit a remarkable milestone: 300 consecutive weekly episodes without missing a single Monday and to celebrate, the podcast team, Maxine Bell, Smaranda Dochia and Rob Lawrence look back on six extraordinary years of the Association for Coaching podcast....
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299: Creating Safe Spaces for Men with Jamie Robins
In episode 3 of our Coaching Men podcast series, host Rob Lawrence speaks with Jamie Robins, a coach specialising in supporting men through some of life's most challenging transitions. Jamie shares his personal journey into men's coaching and how the COVID-19 pandemic inspired him to create Safe...
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298: The Silent Struggle: Helping Men Lead, Cope and Rediscover Themselves with Vicky Kelly
Have you ever felt the weight of being the "strong one" — the person everyone else leans on, while you quietly wonder who you can lean on? In episode 2 of our Coaching Men podcast series, host Rob Lawrence sits down with Vicky Kelly, a coach who has spent over 15 years specialising in working…
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297: Beyond the CV: Finding Your Soul Story with Will Johnson
What does it take for a high-achieving man to stop, admit he's struggling, and ask for help? In this first episode of our Coaching Men podcast series, host Rob Lawrence speaks with Will Johnson, a facilitator and coach who guides men to live and lead with greater authenticity and peace within and...
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296: A Day in the Life of Françoise Olivier: Transforming the Legacy of Parental Addiction with Coaching
In this episode of our Day in the Life podcast series, we meet Françoise Olivier, a life coach who specialises in supporting adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). Françoise brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work, having grown up with a father who was alcohol…
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295: Reflecting on Our Journey: Lessons Learned in Coaching for Health and Wellbeing with Ana Paula Nacif and Christian van Nieuwerburgh
In this final episode of the Coaching for Health and Wellbeing podcast series, hosts Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif look back across the conversations they've had to draw out the themes that have shaped the series. From the relationship between coaching for wellbeing and coaching...
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294: Why Coaches and Healthcare Professionals Must Prioritise Their Wellbeing with Dr Amrita Sen Mukherjee
In episode 6 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing podcast series, hosts Ana Paula Nacif and Christian van Nieuwerburgh are joined by GP and positive psychology coach, Dr Amrita Sen Mukherjee, who supports healthcare professionals and coaches to prioritise their own wellbeing. Drawing on her...
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293: Coaching Psychology in Health and Wellbeing: An Educational Perspective with Lizana Oberholzer
In episode 5 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing series, co-hosts Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif, are joined by Lizana Oberholzer, a coaching psychologist with specialist expertise in education, to explore how coaching psychology can become a powerful part of an individual's...
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292: Ethics in Health and Wellbeing Coaching: A Provocative Deep Dive with Professor Aaron Jarden and Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener
In episode 4 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing series, hosts Ana Paula Nacif and Christian van Nieuwerburgh are joined by Professor Aaron Jarden and Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener for a rich, provocative conversation on what it truly means to practice ethically as a health and wellbeing coach....
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291: Mental Health and Wellbeing: Scope, Ethics and Human Connection with Andrew Parsons
In episode 3 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing podcast series, hosts Ana Paula Nacif and Christian van Nieuwerburgh, and guest Andrew Parsons — a biomedical scientist turned Master Certified Coach — explore what it truly means to coach in the mental health and wellbeing space. Andrew…
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290: Health Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr Pádraic Dunne
In episode 2 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing series, hosts Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif are joined by Dr Pádraic Dunne to explore the integration of lifestyle medicine with coaching and positive psychology. Dr Dunne brings the pillars of lifestyle medicine — healthy...
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289: What's the Difference Between Health Coaching and Wellbeing Coaching? with Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif
In this opening episode of the new Coaching for Health and Wellbeing podcast series, hosts Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif set the scene for what promises to be a rich and thought-provoking conversations. They introduce a central theme that runs throughout the series: coaching is…
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288: A Day in the Life of Selana Kong: The Art of Balancing Passions and Cultural Identity
In this episode of A Day in the Life Of, host Maxine Bell sits down with Selana Kong — coach, mediator, and music educator — whose life has woven together the cultures of Hong Kong, Canada, and the UK into something truly unique. Selana shares her refreshing perspective on embracing multiple...
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287: Small Steps, Big Impact: Why Building a Coaching Culture Is a Marathon with Dr Peter James
In the final episode of our inspiring series on Building Successful Coaching Cultures, host Rosie Nice is joined by CEO of HCG Strategic Solutions, facilitator and executive and leadership coach, Dr. Peter James for a rich conversation on the behaviours, mindsets, and leadership qualities that…
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286: The Long Game: Persistence, Resistance, and Cultural Fit in Coaching Cultures with Sandra Cullen
In episode eight of our Building Successful Coaching Cultures, host Rosie Nice, interviews Sandra Cullen, Vice President of Training and Customer Experience at Air Astana, about the airline's inspiring 15-year journey in building a coaching culture. Sandra shares her extensive international...
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285: From Judgment to Growth: Building Sustainable Coaching Culture in Education with Sue Smith
In episode seven of our Building Successful Coaching Cultures podcast series, host Rosie Nice interviews Sue Smith, Learning and Development Manager at East Lancashire Learning Group, about the transformative power of embedding coaching culture within large education organisations. Sue shares her...
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284: A Research-Led Perspective on Coaching Culture with Professor Jonathan Passmore
In the 6th episode of the Building Successful Coaching Cultures series, host Rosie Nice, is joined by Professor Jonathan Passmore to explore what it really takes to embed a coaching culture within organisations. Drawing on decades of research and practice, Jonathan unpacks how a coaching culture...
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283: How Putting People First Built a Coaching Culture and Business Success with Charlotte Hurst
In the fourth episode of our Building Successful Coaching Cultures series, host, Rosie Nice talks to Charlotte Hurst to reflect on her time leading Farsight Consulting and how a simple intention - to build a great place to work and deliver outstanding client outcomes - evolved into a deeply...
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282: Why Leaders Need a Coach's Perspective with Jan Doyle
How do you move from telling your team what to do to truly empowering them? In this episode host, Rosie Nice sits down with Jan Doyle, a specialist in leadership coaching and organizational development, to explore what it really takes to embed coaching into teams and organizations. Jan…
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281: From Blame Culture to Coaching Culture: Kuoni Tumlare's Journey with Felix Gaehwiler
In the third episode of Building Successful Coaching Cultures, host Rosie Nice, speaks with Felix Karl Gaehwiler, an adaptable and pragmatic leader driving Business Transformation for DMC Europe at Kuoni Tumlare. Felix shares a candid look at life inside a blame-driven sales culture—where...
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280: Transforming Sales with Coaching: Insights from L'Oréal
The second episode of Building Successful Coaching Cultures explores what it really takes to embed a coaching culture inside a high-performance sales environment. Host Rosie Nice is joined by Jo Richards, Head of Education at L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty, who shares her first-hand experience of...
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279: Empowering Performance: Building a Coaching Culture from the Ground Up
In the first episode of Building Successful Coaching Cultures series, host Rosie Nice speaks with Anna Skeats, CEO of the Rainy Day Trust and former CEO of The Mason Foundation. From her early career supporting vulnerable communities to building a national charity from scratch, Anna's leadership...
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278: A Day in the Life of Amanda Pennington and Chris Bibbo: Inside Their Shared Life and Coaching Practice
In this episode of our A Day in the Life series, host Maxine Bell interviews new coaches and life partners Amanda Pennington and Chris Bibbo. They share their journeys into coaching after long careers in the nonprofit sector and reflect on how coaching supported them through major life…
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277: Reflections on our 2025 Podcasts
Join host Rob Lawrence, for a special, inspiring episode where we bring back all six hosts from our 2025 podcast series to share their incredible journeys. This heartfelt conversation dives into their experiences, insights, professional and personal growth, as well as the ripple effects of…
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276: Why Love Matters in Coaching with Helena Clayton
In this solo closing episode of the Love in Coaching series, Helena Clayton weaves together the key themes from previous conversations, reflecting on how coaching is evolving beyond performance-driven outcomes towards deeper, more human-centred practice. She explores the importance of coaches…
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275: Tenderness, Mutuality, Bravery: Redefining Coaching Relationships with Ian Mitchell
In this episode, our host Helena Clayton is joined by coach, supervisor and coach trainer, Ian Mitchell for a rich and thoughtful conversation about the place of love in coaching. Ian shares his journey from the financial sector into coaching and supervision, alongside insights from his research...
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274: Love, Stillness, and Spirituality in Coaching with Aboodi Shabi
In episode four of our Love in Coaching series, host Helena Clayton speaks with veteran coach and educator Aboodi Shabi about love and spirituality in coaching. They explore how the profession has evolved from a performance-driven model to one that embraces the full depth of human experience....
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273: Leading with Love: The Inner Work of Transformational Leadership with Amy Elizabeth Fox
In this episode, host Helena Clayton is joined by the founder of Mobius Executive Leadership, Amy Elizabeth Fox to explore the field of trauma-informed coaching, vertical development, and the urgency of doing deep inner healing work with senior leaders. As organizations face greater volatility…
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272: Love, Leadership and Men: Emotional Courage and Authenticity with Craig White
What if the real turning point for male leaders isn't more strategy—but more love, presence, and emotional courage? In this powerful episode, leadership coach and host Helena Clayton talks with high-performance coach and men's mentor Craig White, whose work guides successful men —especially those...
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271: Why Naming Love in Coaching Can Transform Leadership with Clare Norman
In this thought-provoking episode, host, Helena Clayton sits down with coach, supervisor and author Clare Norman to explore the transformative power of love in coaching, leadership, and organizational life. Drawing on their 15-year professional connection, they unpack how love—specifically agape,...
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270: Transforming Coaching Relationships Through Fierce Love and Courage with Marie Quigley
In this episode, host Helena Clayton sits down with executive coach, supervisor and trainer Marie Quigley for a powerful conversation about bringing love—courageous presence, authenticity, and deep humanity—into coaching. Marie reflects on her own evolution from traditional, performance-driven...
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269: A Day in the Life of Lucy Whitehall: Psychology-Informed Leadership Coach
In this episode of 'A Day in the Life Of' podcast series, host Maxine Bell speaks with Lucy Whitehall, a psychologically informed leadership coach whose journey from corporate life to self-employment has shaped a deeply reflective and authentic practice. Lucy shares how she's learned to love...
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268: Why Creating Neurodiverse, Inclusive Workplaces is Good Business with Professor Ludmila Praslova
In this episode, Kate Jenkinson talks to Professor Ludmila Praslova, organizational psychologist and author of the acclaimed book The Canary Code. Ludmila shares insights from her research and lived experiences, unpacking the book's central metaphor of the 'canary in the coal mine' — as a…
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Coaching Voices brings you helpful, diverse conversations with coaches, thought leaders, academics and industry innovators: the people that are shaping what great coaching looks like today.We believe the best ideas come from a variety of perspectives, so each week you'll hear voices from across the coaching world; from a variety of different backgrounds, specialisms and experiences who share their stories, strategies and insights with you.Whether you're building your coaching business, deepening your practice or just starting out, you'll find practical tools and real insight to help you grow, professionally and personally.Part of the Association for Coaching's Digital Learning Hub, where you'll also find an extensive library of webinars, interviews and live events to expand your coaching expertise. https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub
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