The Sovereign Captain

What is safety without trust? Margaret shares what being an accountable captain and mother have taught her about building trust. We discuss the impact of emotional and psychological safety on empowerment, leadership, and in supporting more comprehensive experiences at sea as well as cultivating healthy expressions of the ego and self-worth.

Exploring how the Law of Attraction 'gifts' us emotional triggers to help us heal. We discuss honesty and truth, self-awareness, and the obstacles and blocks that arise when processing difficult emotions and feelings.

This important topic is highly relevant to the concept of personal sovereignty. Adrienne explains the origins of our default system of personal boundaries - a powerful first step in working with them.

Some personal thoughts and reflections to introduce this highly controversial topic

What is mindfulness? Jacqueline guides an exploration of the practice, links compassion to courage, and explains how mindfulness supports us in choosing the "next skillful step".

Why do we take on responsibility when riding in the backseat is so much easier? Through many segues we reflect on conflict, the burdens of free will and self-responsibility, codependency, boundaries, authenticity as well as posturing and power plays and their impacts on safety: a collection of observations, reflections and thought-provoking questions.

Catching up with Annie after her first Atlantic crossing as captain and racing in the Antigua Classics Regatta - linking preparation, teamwork, and crew dynamics to enjoyment, satisfaction and outcome success. We discuss the drama of the Bermuda Triangle and how "red-flag" experiences sharpen our judgment.

Annie's charisma, humour, and self-awareness bring invigorating energy and relatability to discussions about leadership, teamwork, being perceived, and building confidence as a captain. We discuss the power of re-framing barriers as projected insecurity an linking them to the beliefs we hold of ourselves.

Exploring leadership, authority, relationships and so much more through the lens of the mariner: Who do we become through alchemizing denial of self-responsibility into personal power?