How many coaches does it take to map out the roadmap for an engaged, candid conversation? On today’s episode, I sat down with my coaching teachers, Donna Forde and Maggie Coulter from PeopleDynamics Learning Group. They explore the significance of candid conversations in both personal and professional contexts. The discussion delves into the essential ingredients for effective communication, including presence, compassion, and curiosity. They also share how these principles can enhance creativity, navigate overwhelm, and the power of metaphor in understanding and expressing our experiences.

Don’t miss out on this deep dive on the art of communication intersecting with creativity!

Highlights:

00:00 Intro

08:50 Key Ingredients for Candid Conversations

11:46 Applying Candid Principles to Creativity

19:04 Navigating Overwhelm in Conversations

23:05 The Power of Metaphor

28:01 The Importance of Presence in Leadership

32:33 Integrating Coaching Skills into Personal Life

36:25 Maggie and Donna’s Unique Coaching Approaches and Offerings

45:40 Daily Practices for Self-Management and Presence

This episode is also available on Youtube. Watch it here:

www.youtube.com/@bettyxcoach

About the Guests:

Maggie Coulter:

Maggie Coulter is Co-Principal of PeopleDynamics Learning Group (PDLG), an Executive Coach and a member of PDLG’s faculty of their ICF-accredited Business Coaching Advantage Program™.

While not limited to this area of focus, Maggie specializes in career and leadership coaching for people who have experienced past trauma that may hold them back in the present.

As a trauma-informed coach, Maggie's role is to listen and hear who people really are and who they're becoming - and support them to see beyond the limiting beliefs and constraints of past trauma.

Donna Forde:

Donna Forde is a principal partner with PeopleDynamics Learning Group (PDLG) and serves as a lead faculty of the International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited Business Coaching Advantage Program™. She brings over two decades of experience in leadership and organizational development, a rich background in individual and team coaching plus extensive facilitation expertise to her work as an executive coach, supervisor, and mentor.

For over two decades Donna has developed a proven track record in supporting leaders to achieve meaningful change in their professional and personal lives. Through an intentional practice of fostering inclusion and belonging her work integrates systemic practice, somatic theory, relationship dynamics and developmental psychology.

Connect with Maggie and Donna at People Dynamics Learning Group:

https://peopledynamicslearning.com/

About Betty

Betty Xie is a creative and career coach for creatives. Her 1:1 coaching program has helped photographers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts leaders, and arts consultants to design and implement intentional growth in their practice so that they can make their art and make happier money. Check out her 1:1 coaching programs here: www.xiebetty.com/coaching

*FREE Resource* A 10-Day Challenge and Guide for You to Increase Your Creative Service Rate with Confidence: https://www.xiebetty.com/worthmore

Do you have an itch to start a podcast? What is the life of a podcaster actually like? I interviewed Kyle Leung, a podcaster dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Asian diaspora. Kyle shares his journey of starting the 'What Kind of Asian Are You' podcast, the evolution of Asian storytelling, and the challenges he faces as a content creator.

Together, we dive deep into the importance of personal boundaries in sharing stories, the right motivations for starting a podcast, and practical tips for aspiring podcasters. Kyle also shares his future aspirations, including building a community around Cantonese culture.

00:00 Intro

04:13 The Inspiration Behind 'What Kind of Asian Are You?'

08:01 The Evolution of Asian Storytelling

10:47 Challenges in Podcast Creation

24:28 Overcoming the Fear of Imperfection

29:50 Benchmarking Success for Podcast

34:10 Minimalist Approach to Start Podcasting

37:09 What’s next for Kyle

This episode is also available on Youtube. Watch it here:

www.youtube.com/@bettyxcoach

About Kyle

Kyle is a 1.5 gen Hong Kong Chinese Canadian diaspora that grew up in Canada but now lives in Singapore with his wife and two kids. He works a typical 9-5 corporate job. On the side, as a hobby, he runs his own podcast, “What Kind of Asian Are You?”, a podcast featuring conversations about being Asian. In the podcast, he talks with guests of Asian background and from the diaspora that got a story to tell. Past guests include, entertainers, creatives, entrepreneurs, writers, musicians, academics and more. The mission for the podcast is to help highlight and elevate Asian diaspora voices that are often overlooked or misrepresented by the mainstream western media. It is a project that was born from Kyle being tired of not seeing and hearing Asian voices from the diaspora that he relates to or believes others should know about.

Listen to What Kind of Asian Are You here

https://open.spotify.com/show/0vSqGIRXpJozlfiCDjpv5K

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/what-kind-of-asian-are-you/id1531615451

Instagram @whatkindofasianpod

About Betty

Betty Xie is a creative and career coach for creatives. Her 1:1 coaching program has helped photographers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts leaders, and arts consultants to design and implement intentional growth in their practice so that they can make their art and make happier money. Check out her 1:1 coaching programs here: www.xiebetty.com/coaching

Subscribe to Passionate Enough, an e-newsletter for creative people refusing to compromise their life and wellbeing for aimless hustles. Be passionate enough and have a fulfilling career.

www.xiebetty.com/enews

*FREE Resource* A 10-Day Challenge and Guide for You to Increase Your Creative Service Rate with Confidence: https://www.xiebetty.com/worthmore

We're diving into a topic that stirs up a lot of mixed feelings: the "starving artist" mindset. That belief that real art has to come with sacrifice—financial and otherwise. Together, we’re taking a hard look at how this mindset seeps into our creative work, influencing how we see our own worth and what we’re "allowed" to earn.

AND I won’t leave you hanging without giving you some resources on this topic related to money. Check out my new FREE resource: Worth More - a 10-day challenge and guide for you to increase your creative service rate

https://www.xiebetty.com/worthmore

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to the Starving Artist Mindset

03:56 Understanding the Starving Artist Mindset

06:05 The Irony of Money Fixation

09:36 The Vicious Cycle of Being Chronically Underpaid

14:20 Separating Self-Worth from Income

This episode is also available on Youtube. Watch it here:

www.youtube.com/@bettyxcoach

*FREE Resource* A 10-Day Challenge and Guide for You to Increase Your Creative Service Rate with Confidence: https://www.xiebetty.com/worthmore

LIMITED TIME FREE MASTERMIND: I’ve partnered with business expert Adam Flores. On November 11 to 12, he’s delivering LIVE Mastermind on how to grow your business through his signature virtual events method. Along with that, a series of BONUS workshops on business development and marketing. One of the workshops is delivered by yours truly on money mindset! Register here today:

https://smartbusiness.events/Betty-Xie

About Betty

Betty Xie is a creative and career coach for creatives. Her 1:1 coaching program has helped photographers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts leaders, and arts consultants to design and implement intentional growth in their practice so that they can make their art and make happier money. Check out her 1:1 coaching programs here: www.xiebetty.com/coaching

Subscribe to Passionate Enough, an e-newsletter for creative people refusing to compromise their life and wellbeing for aimless hustles. Be passionate enough and have a fulfilling career.

www.xiebetty.com/enews