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The Empathy EdgeBridgette Boudreau: Choosing an Ethical Coach to Transform Performance from WithinSelf-awareness is the first pillar of effective empathetic leadership in The Empathy Dilemma. If you don't know what's going on for you, you will never be able to make room for empathetic leadership.I highly recommend working with a leadership or executive coach to guide you in this self-discovery process. But the world of coaching is like the Wild West, with so many people promising the moon, engaging in unethical tactics, and giving the industry a bad name.Today, my guest, Bridgette Boudreau, talks about effective coaching relationships and...2025-06-2450 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop20. Is coaching the next wave of feminism?Lianne hosts us to chat about coaching as an aspect of the feminine principle – Sophiac wisdom – part of what has been devalued and lost in our wider culture.We explore both where we are – with women over-represented as coaches, but under-represented in leadership and visibility in our industry. And the limits of working with individuals in a time of systemic change.We also explore the alternatives as the old structures begin to collapse – ideas of reciprocity, communal care, and the rhythms of nature.Enjoy! 📺 Watch on YouTube and sha...2025-06-0654 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop19. How do you know if your Coaching is going well?19. How do you know if your coaching is going well? Sas hosts a conversation about how we know when our coaching is going well (and when it's not landing). We explore the importance of self-reflection in coaching practices, with a mentor or supervisor. We also chat about the trickiness of assessing our own effectiveness, particularly if self-doubt pops up!Enjoy. 📺 Watch on YouTube and share your thoughts in the comments! Got a question for the OG’s? If you...2025-05-1654 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop18. Opening to The Mystery in your coaching18. Opening to The Mystery in your coachingBridgette opens by asking us how we work with The Mystery—the ineffable, divine, soul, and spirit—in our work. We discuss how this shows up for each of us, the difference between coaching mastery and allowing the mystery to work through us. We also cover projection and entanglement with clients, spiritual maturity and Sophiac wisdom. Such a rich chat!📺 Watch on YouTube and share your thoughts in the comments! Got a q...2025-04-0446 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop17. Are you cut out to be a coach?Lianne hosts this episode's discussion about whether anyone is cut out to be a coach.This turns out to be a rich conversation in which we share and disagree on many aspects of the qualities we each believe coaches need to do this work effectively.What do you think? Can you get really great training and then do this work? 📺 Watch on YouTube and share your thoughts in the comments! Got a question for the OG’s? If you have a que...2025-03-2453 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop16. Politics & Coaching: how to talk about these timesSas hosts a conversation about the place of politics in our coaching work. Does it have a place? How do we navigate marketing our work in these times? Should we be? How do political, social, and economic contexts show up in our client work?If you've ever felt a bit 'crunchy' about sharing your work in an increasingly uncertain world or discussing these topics with clients, listen in!Resources for you:Calling In by Loretta RossPulling the Thread podcast: Elise Loehnen interviews Loretta Ross2025-02-2159 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop15. Discernment, Gurus, and Self-help FuckeryA return to our spicy roots! One of our founding ideals is to equip coaches and travellers in the self-help and coaching worlds, to be discerning. There IS snake oil and problematic practices that seek to exploit the vulnerabilities of this work.Bridgette hosts this discussion prompted by the recent death of James Arthur Ray, who rose to prominence in The Secret and was then convicted of negligent homicide after three people died at a sweatlodge ritual he ran. We start with Ray, and dive into other 'gurus' in the self-help world, what to look out for...2025-02-021h 05
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop14. Bibliotherapy for CoachesLianne kicks off our 2025 season with an in-depth chat about the books that fortify us. We also chat about how we find a lot of self-help feels like fast food ( we have opinions!), and the books that have nourished us in more satisfying ways.We share fiction, podcasts and other sources of sustenance. We've included the books and podcasts we mention below:Books Self-help by Gabby BernsteinBeyond Anxiety by Martha BeckNo Bad Parts by Richard SchwartzLet Them by Mel RobbinsAn article about the Poem by Cassie Phillips that preceded Mel Robbins’ bookOnce and...2025-01-201h 06
Courageous WordsmithLiving in a Liminal SpaceBridgette Boudreau is a Master-Certified Coach and Advisor for business owners. Bridgette's coaching philosophy is rooted in compassion and finding one's intrinsic motivation versus pushing or hustling. She acts as a strategic thought partner, providing a confidential and supportive environment for her clients to grow their businesses and themselves. With over 15 years of coaching experience, she has developed the Mosaic Framework which is designed to help people create a fulfilling third act of life. Bridgette’s coaching style is like the love child of Bob Ross and Mary Poppins: She's going to love and encourage the hell out of yo...2024-12-3133 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop13. Planning & Predictions for 2025 (part 2)Part two of our conversation moves to our predictions for the coaching industry next year.Sparked by an Instagram post of Sas’ we talk about the following trends we are seeing:Growing preference for experiences over productsIncreased value placed on becoming vs consumingDecline of "vibes-based" coaching towards values-based coachingReturn to local, in-person offeringsGrowth in private, contained spaces for community (like Substack)The role of AI Moving away from algorithm-driven socialsIndustry maturationMore emphasis on depth of practice and expertiseGreater focus on ethics and responsibilityWhy we need to pay attention to Soul Cycle!📺 Watch...2024-12-1648 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop12. Planning & Predictions for 2025 (part 1)12. Planning & Predictions for 2025 (Part 1)It turns out we had quite a lot to say about this topic and so we have created two episodes! In part one, we share our different relationships with planning and goals. From "tumultuous" to having a "love affair", having a fluid emergent approach, to having a structured framework, we each have different preferences.During our conversation, we discuss the importance of following intrinsic motivation rather than external "shoulds" and the value of staying in a relationship with goals/intentions over time.Part two comes n...2024-12-0944 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop11. Meeting the moment: after the US election11. Meeting the moment: after the US election This episode is a break from our planned conversation to focus on the outcome of the US election: what we are experiencing, how we are supporting clients and most importantly, what we can do as coaches. We talk about what this moment might be asking from us and how our skills, training and presence is ideally placed for this time. Mentioned in this episode: Join or Die on Netflix The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk (she also has an excellent Subst...2024-11-1554 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop10. Healthy Client Love + Attachement10. Healthy Client Love + Attachment Lianne leads a rich and nuanced conversation about love and attachment. We go beyond popular ideas of an attachment style to talk about ‘agape’ - a Greek word for the love of fellow humans – to go beyond loving personality or behaviour and to love a person’s soul. When we think about the purpose of attachment – to grow us up into our human potential – how do we sit in this idea as coaches? What does love mean for us as coaches? Do we have a role to make our client’s feel l...2024-10-2159 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop9. Parallel Process: when the work is a teacherSas introduces the concept of parallel process – when our work with clients activates our growth. Often, this isn’t pretty or easy—it’s the moments when we notice patterns we are engaging in as part of our work. Sometimes, clients' particular challenges or approaches can feel really uncomfortable - it might be something we share with our clients.Coaching is relational, so parallel process is of course, inevitable. We will get entangled with clients - its part of the work. And our clients will project on to us all the time! Transference and counter-transference is part o...2024-10-0849 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop8. It’s not all in your head (the problem with mindset dominant coaching)Bridgette introduces a rich conversation about both the helpfulness and the more problematic aspects of mindset-dominant coaching approaches.We talk about what the effectiveness of this kind of coaching might really be down to and what to do if you want to broaden the scope of your practice.If you’ve ever wondered if thought work, mindset, affirmations or cognitive behavioural approaches are all they are purported to be, this episode is worth listening to.📺 Watch on YouTube and share your thoughts in the comments! 2024-09-2050 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop7. The Future of CoachingIn this episode, Lianne leads a conversation about the future of coaching.Does coaching have a future? And if so what might it look like? We discuss alternatives to the creepier aspects of the industry and the hopeful ideas for the maturation and evolution of the industry. Its a juicy one!Got a question for the OG’s?If you have a question about your coaching practice, we’d love to help. You are warmly invited to submit a question to us fro an upcoming Q&A episode. You might...2024-08-2656 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop6. Foundations + Fortifications for CoachesIn this episode, Sas shares the concept of Tūrangawaewae - tūranga (standing place) and waewae (feet) is our place to stand. Tūrangawaewae are the external and internal places where we feel especially empowered and connected. They are our foundation, our place in the world, where we feel at home. As coaches, this includes our unique experiences and histories, our training and coaching philosophy, all filtered through our specific personalities!We chat about how to find your place to stand – a practice of discernment and listening to your heart.Don’t...2024-08-1248 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop5. Visibility, Discomfort + CourageIn this episode, Bridgette starts off our conversation about visibility and the discomfort this can bring. We chat about why this is so uncomfortable for so many of us, how to decide the ways you want to market your coaching work that feel good to you, how to navigate self-doubt, how to support your business and yourself to get your work out there! Got a question for the OG’s?If you have a question about your coaching practice, we’d love to help. You are warmly invited to submit a questi...2024-07-2943 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop4. Creating an eco-system, not an ego-systemLianne sparks a conversation about how to create a coaching practice that feels like an eco-system rather than an ego-system.This evocative metaphor takes the conversation on a journey to discover what is ‘downstream’ of each of us. We talk about who inspires us, who mentors us, and what we are learning. It was joyous to discover we all have teachers and mentors (sometimes quite far!) outside of the coaching world. References:Lianne’s Inspirations:Marion WoodmanCarol GilliganIsabella RosselliniIlse CrawfordSteal like an ArtistSas’ Inspiratio...2024-07-1549 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop3. How each of us make moneyPersonal coaching, group work, retreats, teaching, business consulting, big programmes, intimate circles, getting a day job: between us, we’ve made our money in all the ways! In this episode we talk about how we each make money, how we offer our coaching work, how this has evolved and changed over the years, and how our coaching work gets to be a unique expression of each of us.We hope this helps you consider how your coaching work can be a unique expression of you.🌟We appreciate you listening and look forwar...2024-07-0150 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop2. Escaping the Coaching Pyramid SchemeAs our first episode went out, the New York Times published an article titled: 'They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching: some people who wanted to improve their lives and careers through coaching found themselves trapped in what they described as a pyramid scheme'. In this episode, we respond to the article and discuss the origins of the pyramid scheme in the coaching industry. We also talk about how to market and sell coaching services with thoughtful integrity. It's a juicy one!NYT ArticleWatch us on YouTube and share your...2024-06-1538 min
Three OG Coaches Talking Shop1. The Rise of the CoachfluencerIn our first episode, we discuss 'Coachfluencers' where coaches and social media meet. We talk about how we each define 'coachfluencing' and how we navigate the choppy waters of social media. 2024-06-0144 min
Courage and SpiceThe Shadow Side of Coaching with Bridgette BoudreauThis week I’m speaking with the brilliant Bridgette Boudreau! Bridgette is a master certified life coach; she has been a CEO to multimillion-dollar corporations, built her own business twice, and developed programmes that have trained thousands of coaches… myself included!Bridgette’s mission these days is to infuse your working life with vision, meaning, growth and healing. But today, we’re digging even further into a ‘stealth mission’ that we both share, to educate clients, coaches, and any consumer of coaching, to be aware of the shadow side of the coaching industry. 2023-05-2441 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderMidlife and Beyond: A Framework for Your Third Act with Bridgette Boudreau, Creator of The Mosaic PathMaster Life Coach Bridgette Boudreau joins me on this episode to discuss her signature Mosaic Path course that helps people in midlife and beyond create their Third Act. Bridgette brings a creative, practical, and spiritual approach to the question many of us face approaching purpose after age 50 and beyond: What’s next? In our conversation, she describes what the Mosaic Path is and how we can use it to spark the third season of life. The Mosaic Path is a framework that harvests all the pieces of your life and helps you artfully craft them in a way...2023-05-1637 min
Dropping KeysVolume Twenty-Two A: The Renovation I Never Wanted.This is an "A" volume, an extension of the previous conversation where I dive deeper into one or more of the Keys dropped. In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-Two, my conversation with Bridgette Boudreau.In this volume:renovations,revelations,shadows,Mary Oliver,petrified twinkies,and an encouragement: Expect Nothing. Accept Everything. 2023-01-0617 min
Powerful BE-LongingClaiming Your Space as a Wayward CoachToday’s show is a conversation with my friend and coach Bridgette Boudreau. I’ve had Bridgette on the show before to talk about her mosaic approach to being guided toward our purpose and joy, and if you didn’t get a chance to listen to that one you can find it as Episode 12 of this podcast.Today’s conversation is about wayward coaches. Intrigued? I hope so, because whether you’re a coach or not... or if you are a coach, whether you’re practicing or not...there is so much in today’s conversation...2022-11-1159 min
Let's Talk... HOME repair!Special guest: Bridgette Boudreau - Navigating Emotions throughout a RenovationBridgette Boudreau, a master certified personal and executive coach, helping people navigate change joins us in the studio. Bridgette gives some great advice for you and your family while living through a remodeling project that has the potential to be an incredibly stressful event.Check out Bridgette’s website www.BridgetteBoudreau.com or send her an email at bridgettea.boudreau@gmail.comHave comments or questions? Drop us a line at askamy@amyworks.comThis episode is recorded at The Winterblue Room (www.theWinterblueroom.com) in Seattle.2022-11-1041 min
Lead Like a WomanPractical MagicBridgette Boudreau is an executive coach and the Creator of the Mosaic Life Purpose Framework. She has been a C-level executive for multimillion-dollar corporations, built businesses, turned others around, and advised public figures and CEOs. She has navigated working for horrible bosses, managed amazing teams, and cried in the bathroom at work on more than one occasion. All of these experiences informed her Mosaic Life Purpose Framework, along with her frustration at not being able to connect with her own sense of purpose. Bridgette helps mid-life executives, solopreneurs, and seekers who give a damn to overcome obstacles...2022-07-0730 minDropping KeysVolume Twenty-Two: Bridgette BoudreauMy co-conspirator is Bridgette Boudreau.Bridgette is a Master Certified Coach and creator of the Mosaic Life Purpose Framework. For over 15 years as an executive coach and business consultant, Bridgette has personally trained thousands of life coaches, has developed and launched two top-tier life coach training schools, and has specialized in turning around distressed businesses as a C-level executive and business consultant. All of these experiences informed her Mosaic Life Purpose Framework, along with her frustration at not being able to connect with her own sense of purpose.Bridgette's coaching style is...2022-06-241h 09
Powerful BE-LongingFinding Your Life Purpose in the Mosaic - Conversation with Bridgette BoudreauToday's conversation is with master coach for people who give a damn Bridgette Boudreau, and our hot topic is purpose. Life purpose, to be exact. I suspect we all - at least to some extent - have a sense that there is a meaningful purpose unique to us...meant for us...and if this is something you're sensing, and yet you don't know, for sure, what exactly that purpose is....you're not alone, friend. This maddening out-of-reach-ness causes many people no small amount of stress.Part of the problem is that we have c...2022-03-1656 min
Powerful BE-LongingVisionary Activism and Preview of Upcoming 2022 showsHappy New Year to you, Loves!In today's episode is a little ramble on the reality of "fresh starts" in the new year....it doesn't look the way we think it will usually, because a new year doesn't mean that circumstances we wish would change, will. But we can learn to carry it, and therefore become activists in creating what we DO want.I also fill you in on upcoming interviews on Prairie Visionary Soul 2022 which include conversations with:Katie GallJoanna Lindenbaum...2021-12-2919 min
DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast76: Take Your Power Back with Bridgette Boudreau“Looking at choices, being brave enough to ask for what you want, can be an effective way for you to take some power back and to avoid that stuck, spinning place of learned helplessness.” Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer
In this episode, Jill has a conversation with Master Certified Life Coach and business consultant Bridgette Boudreau about understanding learned helplessness in physicians, with tools for doctors to put themselves back in the driver’s seat of their life and reconnect to their purpose. Here you’ll find some great advice that can be put into practice s...2021-08-0632 min
Work Alchemy: The Impact InterviewsEpisode 103: Bridgette BoudreauAs a conscious business executive, Bridgette Boudreau shares how discovering the 'why' in marketing has helped her and her team stay on track with her organization's mission.2017-10-1149 minWork Alchemy: The Impact InterviewsEpisode 103: Bridgette BoudreauAs a conscious business executive, Bridgette Boudreau shares how discovering the 'why' in marketing has helped her and her team stay on track with her organization's mission.2017-10-1149 min