Introducing Steve Hopper!
A man whose career spans serving in the Foreign Office during the Cold War, to working on the live production teams with artists including Van Morrison and The Levellers, to transformational coaching with artists and creatives today. We consider subjects like the nature of thought and our relationship to thought as well as our relationship to being an entity we call ‘ME!’ It gets deep but not up the rectum chat! This is real and can be brought into everyday life and we talk about that practical application of all these paradoxically difficult, yet also simple concepts.
We discuss transformative coaching, which places its emphasis on disrupting patterns, and developing the capacity to create the new - or as Steve puts it, “placing the ball where it isn’t”.
We think about improvisation, life narratives, and accepting the fact that at best, life is a series of happy accidents; that only in retrospect do clear pathways make sense to us.
Steve also opens up about his experience with burnout, depression and anxiety, sharing what he learned about his mind through the experience and how he bounced back. We discuss learning to observe and influence thoughts, and finding sources of meaning in life.
We also talk about about failure, trial and error, and trial and success, connecting this back to the idea that we never know what is about to happen, and that creativity is about placing the ball where it isn’t!
Here is a bit about Steve Hopper:
Steve Hopper is a business coach and creative mentor working internationally with a wide variety of talented people in entertainment, arts, leadership and sustainable business, helping them make more impact in the world and get more out of themselves, their talents, their work and life in general.
To say Steve has a ‘varied background’ is a significant understatement. He started his working life as a communications and technical security specialist with the Foreign Office for over a decade before embarking on a freelance career that has included graphic design, photography, film making, copywriting and brand consulting, plus a stint with an ambitious startup venture—all interspersed with stints on tour as a live sound engineer for artists including Van Morrison, Swing Out Sister, the Levellers and Foy Vance.
After a series of major life changes and struggles with his mental health over a decade ago, Steve became increasingly interested in personal transformation and holistic wellbeing, ultimately reshaping his working life around coaching, creative mentoring and group facilitation. Today he has a rapidly expanding international practice, with clients in the UK, Europe, North America and the Far East. and has recently become a guest lecturer at the UK’s prestigious National Film and Television School leading workshops on leadership and collaboration in creative environments.
Steve is also an exhibiting artist, photographer and (very) occasional poet.
www.stephenhopper.org
Podcast Hosted by Brett Leboff
Raf the Guitar man for his background unique compositions for this podcast!
Thanks to Owen Cox for producing with Brett Leboff
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Dec 1 20231 hr and 2 mins