What if the very patterns holding you back are trying to protect you?

In this conversation we explore how Internal Family Systems or IFS coaching and the practice of holding space can help you deepen your relationship with yourself, so you are more ready to discover your superpower, unlock your potential, and create your impact in the world.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, conflicted, or unsure why certain patterns, inner critics, or emotional reactions keep showing up, this conversation offers a powerful reframe. IFS coaching helps purpose-driven people…
➡️develop more self-leadership
➡️create emotional regulation, and
➡️increase compassion for the parts of themselves that get in the way
…without trying to “fix” them.

For those on the path to discover your superpower, unlock your potential, and create your impact, other guests have shared that improving your understanding of and relationship with yourself is big accelerator.

And today’s guest, Janet Livingstone, helps others develop that deeper understanding of themselves.

Janet is an IFS-informed executive coach, an organizational development consultant, and facilitator.

And in this conversation, she gives one of the best descriptions of what IFS is, and the difference between using IFS in therapy and in coaching.

Her superpower is helping others heal, and she shares her experiences as an IFS coach and a trained integration facilitator for clients who have gone on guided psychedelic journeys and want help in making sense of the new neural pathways they’ve created.

In this episode, Janet answers the following questions:
➡️ What is Internal Family Systems or IFS?
➡️ What is IFS Coaching?
➡️ What is psychedelic journey integration?
➡️ What is IFS Team Coaching?

My favorite quote from the episode:
“It is a spiritual experience to witness someone else’s healing.”

Resources mentioned in the episode:
➡️ Janet’s Website
➡️ Janet’s LinkedIn

Chapters
0:00 Intro & Welcome
2:36 What is Internal Family Systems or IFS Coaching?
6:14 Understanding Parts: Inner Critics, Protectors, and Exiles
12:35 IFS Coaching vs Internal Family Systems Therapy: What’s the Difference?
17:01 How IFS Helps Leaders and Coaches Hold Space
25:50 Psychedelic Integration and Emotional Healing
30:29 Healing PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety: What the Research Says
33:26 What Inspired Janet’s Superpower of Helping Others Heal
37:57 What Janet Knows To Be True About Helping Others Heal
39:45 Bringing IFS Coaching Into Teams and Organizations

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is an invitation to be inspired to discover your superpower, unlock your potential, and create your impact in the world.

This podcast is for people leaders, coaches, org development practitioners and anyone who is working on their leadership capabilities and personal growth, through coaching or not, in their pursuit of unlocking and living into their possibilities.

For more info about the podcast or to check out more episodes, go to:
https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/episodes

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/

Keywords
#IFSCoaching #psychedelicintegration #holdingspace #internalfamilysystems #ifs #WhatisInternalFamilySystems #WhatisIFS #WhatisIntegration #WhatisPsychedelicIntegration #discoveryoursuperpower #unlockyourpotential #CreateYourImpact

***This conversation is with Ayurvedic Doctor and Corporate Wellness Expert, Sweta Vikram, and it's about leadership effectiveness and how to increase impact as a leader. Sweta says the path to effective leadership is through finding balance, exploring our true self, and showing up with more kindness. ***

What if the most powerful leadership skill isn't about what you accomplish, but about how you make others feel?

In this episode, Ayurvedic doctor and corporate wellness expert Sweta Vikram reveals why making people feel seen isn't just a nice-to-have: it's essential for effective leadership, team performance, and organizational health.

Drawing from 5,000 years of Ayurvedic wisdom, Sweta shares how self-awareness and presence can transform leadership from performative to profound.

For leaders drowning in chaos and responsibility, Sweta offers a lifeline: "Burnout happens in chaos, healing happens in routines." She explains how high performers and executives can prevent burnout by understanding their natural rhythms and creating sustainable practices that honor both ambition and wellbeing.

But here's the paradox: you can't make others feel seen if you don't see yourself first. "Once we get to know ourselves, the Jekyll and the Hyde and everything in between, we are just kinder to everybody else," Sweta explains. This episode challenges the traditional leadership playbook that prioritizes doing over being, competition over compassion, and performance over presence.

In this conversation, you'll discover:
➡️ Why "healing begins when people start to feel visible" and what this means for your team
➡️ How to recognize signs of imbalance in yourself and your leadership style
➡️ The difference between being kind and being nice—and why it matters
➡️ Practical ways to pause, reflect, and show up more authentically as a leader
➡️ How ancient Ayurvedic principles apply to modern workplace challenges

Whether you're a proven executive, an emerging leader, or a coach supporting others, this conversation offers a refreshing perspective on what truly makes leadership sustainable and impactful.

Subscribe to What Do You Know To Be True? for more conversations that unlock your leadership potential.

In this episode, Sweta answers the following questions:
➡️What is Ayurveda?
➡️How to be more valuable as a leader?
➡️How to make people feel seen?
➡️How to be more mindful as a leader?

Resources mentioned in the episode:
➡️Sweta’s Website: https://www.swetavikram.com/
➡️Sweta’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swetavikram
➡️Sweta’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swetavikram

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations with ordinary people about their extraordinary talent and the meaningful impact it has on others. The invitation is to be inspired to discover your superpower, unlock your potential and possibilities, and make meaningful impact in the world.

This podcast is for people leaders, coaches, org development practitioners and anyone who is working on their leadership capabilities and personal growth, through coaching or not, in their pursuit of unlocking and living into their possibilities.

For more info about the podcast or to check out more episodes, go to: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/

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How do you become more present as a leader and hold space for what’s possible in the moment?

In this episode of What Do You Know To Be True?, executive coach and Coaches Rising co-founder Joel Monk shares how leadership presence, awareness, and tending to what’s emerging can unlock deeper impact in coaching and leadership conversations.

This conversation is especially relevant for:
➡️People leaders who want to be more present and less reactive
➡️Leadership coaches learning how to hold deeper space
➡️OD professionals focused on human-centered leadership
➡️Anyone exploring mindful leadership and presence

As an artist, a DJ, an Executive Coach, and Co-Founder of the coach training organization, Coaches Rising, those moments and the possibilities that emerge from them have been so important in Joel’s life.

In this conversation, Joel shares with us...
➡️how he shows up and creates those moments with his clients, his colleagues, and the important people in his life, so he can fully experience what emerges next.
➡️how those moments are more available to us if we bring our awareness to them.
➡️that it's unrealistic to expect that every moment is a magical moment - so we need to let go of expectations (and unironically, that's when the magic can help)

As a demonstration of Joel’s curiosity and his superpower of tending to the emergent, Joel gets me to share some key things from hosting the What Do You Know To Be True? podcast about how we discover our superpowers, unlock our potential, and make meaningful impact in our communities:
➡️the common themes of people using their superpowers
➡️the path that 9/10 times guests develop their superpowers
➡️the building blocks of potential

Joel is deeply thoughtful and present in this conversation, and it’s easy to see his superpower of tending to the emergent in action.

In this episode, Joel answers the following questions:
➡️How to be more aware of what's possible?
➡️How to be more emotionally present?
➡️Why do I struggle to be present?
➡️How to be more mindful?

Resources mentioned in the episode:
➡️Joel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-monk-33952613/
➡️Coaches Rising: https://www.coachesrising.com/

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is an invitation to be inspired to discover your superpower, unlock your potential and possibilities, and make meaningful impact in the world.

This podcast is for people leaders, coaches, org development practitioners, and anyone who works with people who want to be inspired to discover their superpower, unlock their possibilities, and make meaningful impact in the world.

For more info about the podcast or to check out more episodes, go to: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/

Keywords
#leadershippresence #holdspace #mindfulleadership #Howtobemorepresentasaleader #Holdingspaceinconversations #Beingpresentforpossibilities