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The Embodiment Coaching Podcast
by Mark Walsh
A weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat. Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical. The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Episodes
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794. From Discipline to Embodiment: Lessons from Sport and Men's Work - With Craig White
In this episode, I speak with Craig White, leadership coach, men's work facilitator, and author of Tell the Fucking Truth, about the transformative power of group work and why men can benefit so much from being seen by other men. Drawing on his experience in elite sport, embodiment, meditation…
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793. What Conservative Thinking Can Teach Coaches About Human Behaviour- With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Dr Helen Machen-Pearce about an often-overlooked perspective in coaching: what conservative philosophy can teach us about human behaviour, personal responsibility, and change. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, spirituality, and embodied practice, we explore why...
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791. The Future of Coaching Is Systemic- With Peter Hawkins
In this episode, I speak with Peter Hawkins, one of the pioneers of systemic and team coaching, about why coaching needs to evolve beyond a focus on the individual. Drawing on decades of experience in leadership development and organisational change, Peter argues that coaches create far greater...
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790. Is Everything Really Trauma? A Coach's Guide - With George Bonanno
In this episode, I speak with Professor George Bonanno, one of the world's leading researchers on trauma and resilience, about why many of our assumptions about trauma are simply wrong. Drawing on decades of research and the ideas in his book The End of Trauma, George challenges the increasingly...
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789. The Biggest Burnout Myths (And What Actually Helps) - With Aljoša Bagola
In this episode, I speak with author, speaker, and former creative director Aljoša Bagola about the myths that keep people trapped in burnout and why many of our assumptions about stress, success, and resilience are fundamentally wrong. Drawing on his own experience of severe burnout, alongside...
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788. Crazy Successful: How Coaches Can Turn Their Weirdness Into an Advantage
In this episode, I speak with entrepreneur, author, and coach John Spencer Williams about one of the biggest mistakes coaches make when building their businesses: trying to appeal to everyone. Drawing on his new book Crazy Successful, John explains why being broad, vague, and bland makes it…
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787. BONUS EPISODE - The 10 things to make a great coach training - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
I believe a high-quality coaching certification needs to offer much more than coaching models, scripted questions and theoretical knowledge. It should develop practical coaching skills through live practice, feedback, ethical awareness, deep listening, strong relationships, appropriate challenge...
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Special Announcement- With Mark Walsh
Our Ceritficate of Embodiment coaching course is starting, don't miss out! Click here to find out more: https://embodimentunlimited.com/cec/
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786. IFS, Spirituality, and Psychological Healing - With Dr. Dick Schwartz
In this episode, I speak with Dr Dick Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), about the remarkable rise of one of the world's fastest-growing therapeutic approaches and the questions that come with its growing influence. Drawing on decades of clinical work and recent developments in…
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785. What Makes a Coach Irreplaceable? - With Lise Bruynooghe
In this episode, I speak with executive coach Lise Bruynooghe about what coaching really is, why the profession is often misunderstood, and how coaches can thrive in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Drawing on her work across leadership, organisational development, and...
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784. The art of embodied group facilitation - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Dr Helen Machen-Pearce about the art of embodied group facilitation and why working with a group requires a very different set of skills from one-to-one coaching. Drawing on years of experience facilitating groups, we explore what happens when the focus shifts from…
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783. How Childhood Shapes the Adults We Coach - With Paddy Ney
In this episode, I speak with parenting coach and documentary maker Patrick Ney about why modern parenting has become so challenging, and what it reveals about human psychology far beyond family life. Drawing on his experience of working with more than 165,000 parents around the world, Patrick...
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782. Breathwork Beyond the Hype: Evidence, Coaching & Performance -With Richard Blake
In this episode, I speak with breathwork researcher and educator Richard Blake about what the evidence actually says regarding breathwork, nervous system regulation, and how coaches can use breathing practices safely and effectively. Drawing on both scientific research and practical experience,...
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781. Coaching Through the Meaning Crisis - With Brendan Graham Dempsey
In this episode, I speak with writer, researcher, and philosopher Brendan Graham Dempsey about the modern meaning crisis, why so many people feel disconnected from purpose and belonging, and what this means for coaches, leaders, and anyone supporting human development. Drawing on philosophy,...
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780. Why Great Coaches Are Creative (Not Just Skilled)- With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Dr Helen Machen-Pearce about the role of creativity in coaching, and why it may be one of the most overlooked skills in helping people change. Drawing on our experience of training somatic coaches, we explore what creativity really means, why it isn't limited to...
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779. BONUS EPISODE! Stop making these somatic coaching mistakes - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Helen Machen-Pearce about one of the most important questions in coaching: what are the biggest mistakes coaches make, and how can they avoid them? Drawing on more than 15 years of training and assessing embodiment coaches, we explore the common patterns that hold...
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778.The Hormonal Intelligence Coaches Need - With Harry Pitcher
In this episode, I speak with relationship educator Harry Pitcher, creator of the She's Not Crazy series, about the biology of relationships and why understanding women's hormonal cycles can transform the way we connect with one another. Drawing on years of research into neuroscience,...
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777. Awakening Without Escaping the Body - With Henry Shukman
In this episode, I speak with Zen teacher, poet, and mindfulness app co-founder Henry Shukman about awakening, trauma, and the relationship between meditation and embodiment. Drawing on his own journey—from a childhood marked by chronic illness and emotional pain to a profound spontaneous…
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776. Embodied Trauma Work in Times of War - With Kateryna Timakina
In this episode, I speak with Ukrainian psychologist and trauma trainer Kateryna about what it means to practice embodiment, resilience, and trauma-informed care while living through the ongoing reality of war. Drawing on four years of frontline experience training therapists, healthcare...
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775.The Coaching Paradox: Finding Transformation Through Stillness - With Nic Askew
In this episode, I speak with filmmaker and interviewer Nic Askew about presence, stillness, and what it means to truly see another human being. Drawing on decades of creating deeply intimate filmed conversations, Nic shares his perspective on why the most meaningful moments emerge not through...
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774. Coaching Across Cultures: What Every Coach Needs to Understand - With Tamara Tan
In this episoden, I speak with cross-cultural coach Tamara Tan about the often-overlooked role culture plays in coaching, communication, relationships, leadership, and personal development. Drawing on her experience living and working across multiple countries, Tamara explores how culture shapes...
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773. How Coaches Can Stay Calm in a Dysregulated World - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I'm joined by nervous system specialist Helen Machen-Pearce to explore what regulation really means, why nobody stays perfectly regulated, and how coaches can better support both themselves and their clients in an increasingly dysregulated world. We discuss the hidden impact of...
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772. Coaching for Meaning: Beyond Goals and Happiness - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Helen about the meaning crisis, purpose, and what coaching can offer in a culture increasingly shaped by distraction, individualism, and disconnection. We explore the difference between happiness and meaning, why purpose cannot be reduced to personal achievement, and...
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771. Why coaches need shadow work -with Lucija Glagolic Hora
In this episode, I speak with Lucija Glagolic Hora about coaching, shadow work, archetypes, and the role of hardship in human development. We explore how suffering, trauma, and uncertainty can deepen our humanity, why coaches need to engage with darkness as well as growth, and how real...
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770. Staying Human in the Age of AI - With Margaret Moore
In this episode, I speak with Margaret Moore about coaching, consciousness, leadership, and the impact of AI on human development. We explore what makes a great coach, why real coaching goes beyond techniques and frameworks, and how presence, curiosity, and the ability to disrupt habitual…
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769. Coaching Through the Meaning Crisis- with Mark Walsh and Dr. Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Helen Machen-Pearce about meaning coaching, modern nihilism, and why so many people today feel lost despite unprecedented comfort and freedom. We explore the collapse of traditional sources of meaning — including religion, community, family, and vocation — and…
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768. The Coaching Skill Nobody Wants to Practice - With Sean Fargo
In this episode, I speak with former Buddhist monk and mindfulness teacher Sean Fargo about the changing role of mindfulness in coaching, therapy, and modern culture. We explore why mindfulness went from being widely celebrated to increasingly questioned, and how trauma-awareness, attention...
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767. Embodiment and the Blind Spots in Modern Therapy - With Andrew Hartz
In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist Andrew Hartz to explore emotional dysregulation, attention, and embodiment in the context of modern life and culture. We look at why so many people feel overwhelmed, reactive, or disconnected from themselves in increasingly fast and…
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766. Embodiment meets self-defense: training the body to say no - With Martijn Bos
In this episode, I sit down with Martin Bos to explore the role of embodiment in building real-world confidence, boundaries, and resilience. We discuss how a felt sense of safety begins in the body, and why many people struggle to assert themselves—not from a lack of knowledge, but from a lack of...
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765. From Skills to Meaning: Rethinking Coaching Through Embodiment and Faith - With Chandler Stevens
In this episode, I sit down with Chandler Stevens to explore the limits of coaching and psychology, and why deeper transformation may require something more. We discuss embodiment, attachment, and the growing pull toward spirituality among coaches and practitioners. Chandler shares insights on…
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764. From Self-Regulation to Theoregulation: Expanding the Coaching Model - With Virginia Moutlia
In this episode, I sit down with Virginia to explore the idea of theoregulation and why coaching and psychology alone may not be enough to support real human wellbeing. We unpack the four types of regulation—self, co, eco, and theo—and look at how modern life has left many people disconnected…
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763. Why Modern Psychology Can't Heal Us: Coaching, Virtue & Human Nature - With Daniel
In this episode, I sit down with Daniel from Historia Ecclesiastica to explore why modern psychology and coaching often fail to address what truly matters in human life. We dive into the ways postmodern thinking and our obsession with pleasure and quick fixes have left people anxious, distracted,...
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762. From Reaction to Relationship: The Art of Conscious Communication - WIth Jayaraja
In this episode, I sit down with Jayaraja to explore what really shapes how we communicate -both with others and with ourselves. We get into how our personal history and emotional patterns show up in every interaction, and why I've noticed I'm often a worse version of myself online. We unpack...
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761. Why Aren't People Having Kids? Meaning, Culture & Modern Life - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
I'm joined by Dr Helen again to explore the deeper cultural, psychological, and philosophical roots of declining birth rates across the modern world. Moving beyond economics and policy, they examine what happens when meaning, identity, and embodiment begin to erode in contemporary life. The...
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760. Coaching In The Presence Of Trauma: Boundaries, Confidence & Ethics - With Julia Vaughan Smith
Julia Vaughan Smith joins me to explore what it really means to be a trauma-aware coach. We unpack the fear many coaches carry of getting it wrong, causing harm, or stepping outside their scope, and how that can undermine confidence. We look at the difference between working with trauma and…
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759. Everything Wrong WIth Modern Trauma Therapy - WIth Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
Dr Helen Machen-Pearce joins me again to look at what's happening in the modern trauma conversation. Trauma awareness has done enormous good, but we explore how the term is now being stretched, misunderstood, and sometimes used in ways that can disempower people rather than help them heal. We...
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758. How Women Can Be Better Understood By Men - With GS Youngblood
This week I'm joined by GS Youngblood to explore what healthy masculinity actually looks like in modern relationships. We get into masculine–feminine polarity, why so many men get stuck between "nice guy" passivity and hyper-masculine posturing, and what real relational leadership means in...
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757. Maintaining Integrity In The Personal Growth Industry - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode, Helen and I unpack the uncomfortable truth about manipulation in coaching and personal growth. From authority claims and social proof to trauma bonding, love bombing, and cult-like dynamics, we explore how influence can quietly become coercion. We look at red flags - dependency…
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756. Coaching Adult Development: Leaders Who Can Handle Complexity - With Jennifer Garvey Berger
I sit down with leadership thinker and complexity expert Jennifer Garvey Berger to explore what leadership really looks like in an anxious, fast-changing world. We dig into mind traps, adult development, and why leading today isn't about having the answers, but building the capacity to work with...
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755. Coaching For Resilience In A Stressed & Addicted World - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
Dr Helen and I explore what resilience coaching really means in today's stressed, overstimulated culture. We look at burnout, nervous system regulation, and why simple tools are often not enough without community, meaning, nature, and spiritual depth. We discuss coaching young men, addiction to...
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754. Coaching Clients To Shift from Fear to Wisdom - With Shirzad Chamine
I'm joined by Shirzad Chamine, creator of Positive Intelligence, to explore what it really means to learn in difficult times. We talk about fear-based "saboteur" patterns, why toxic positivity makes things worse, and how negative emotions can be useful signals rather than flaws to suppress. We…
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753. Coaching Autistic People More Effectively – With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this episode I'm joined again by Dr Helen Machen-Pearce, psychiatrist and long-time autism specialist, to explore what autism really means and how it shows up in coaching, teaching, parenting, and relationships. We talk about the autism spectrum, neurodiversity, and why diagnosis has changed…
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752. The Future Of Wellbeing Coaching - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
Dr Helen joins me again this week to unpack what well-being coaching really looks like in practice, and why it matters so much right now. We talk about burnout, ageing, energy, motivation, and how staying mentally healthy can feel like a part-time job in today's world. We explore why health is...
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751. Why the Body Matters in Coaching - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this back-to-basics episode, I'm joined again by Dr Helen Machen-Pearce to explore what it really means to work with the body in coaching. We unpack common misunderstandings, and explore how embodiment offers real-time information, deeper presence, and a way out of endless storytelling. The...
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750. Why Embodied Coaching Still Matters in an AI World - With Rod Francis
Rod Francis joins me to explore what coaches need to learn as AI becomes more present in our work. We talk about embodiment as lived experience rather than technique, and why presence, unpredictability and felt sense are things machines struggle to replicate. We also get into transhumanism…
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749. We're Changing Direction In 2026 - With Mark Walsh and Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
In this year-in-review episode, I'm joined by Dr Helen Machen-Pearce to reflect on what's changed over the past year in the embodiment world, the business, and my own life and work. We discuss the growth of the podcast and training programs, burnout and sustainability, the impact of AI on…
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748. Why The Power Of Breathwork Matters More Than Ever - With Emily Ray Henderson and Simona Dvorackova
I sat down with two highly experienced breathwork facilitators, Emily Ray Henderson and Simona Dvorackova, to explore what breathwork actually does beneath the hype. We talk about why breath has become so central right now, from nervous system regulation and everyday stress, through to trauma...
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747. What Real Confidence Is Made Of - With Mark Walsh & Dr Helen Machen-Pearce
Dr Helen Machen-Pearce and I explore what real confidence actually is and why so much of what we call confidence collapses the moment it meets reality. We talk about the difference between confidence and competence, and why untested confidence often looks loud, brittle, or performative. We look…
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746. From Dance Floor to Classroom: Embodied Teaching – With Flouer Evelyn
I sit down with Flouer Evelyn - one of the most skilled dance teachers I know and a long-time member of our Embodiment Unlimited faculty. We dive into what actually makes a great teacher: classroom management, clarity, time-efficiency, group regulation, and how to hold a room without killing the...
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745. How Trauma, Migration & Identity Shape Modern Europe - With Ranko Ceric
In this episode I chat with Ranko Cerić in Zagreb to explore how economics, trauma and identity shape the Balkans and the rest of Europe today. We look at how Yugoslavia fell apart, why ordinary people can be pushed into fear and extremism, and how current migration and cost-of-living pressures…
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A weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat. Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical. The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
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A weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat. Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and...
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