Do you dare to be powerful and confident? Matthew Hill, leadership trainer, conflict mediator, and intercultural facilitator has spent years guiding executives into their inner strength – but his approach might just surprise you.

He invites us to reconsider power not as the most dominant voice in the room, but rather a calm, curious presence, and confidence not as something we muster up once, but a daily practice of small, intentional acts.

From meeting difference with meaningful dialogue, and digging a little deeper beneath the surface of our interactions, to reclaiming our voice – episode 346 is for anyone ready to remove the obstacles standing in the way of their self-belief.

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• The cultural nuances of facilitation and learning
• How to build confidence through daily micromoments, such as ‘adding one sentence’
• How to approach opposing views with curiosity, genuine dialogue, and a desire to learn
• How facilitators can use language to foster inclusivity, rather than widen divides

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Reverend Deb Hansen received a metaphorical message in a bottle, urging her to go to the US-Mexico border – a life calling that she followed all the way to El Paso.

As a facilitator-chaplain and quilter of the human experience, Deb has been there for people at the most painful and tender times of their lives – helping to understand their stories, and stitch back together the fragments of a broken, polarised world.

She brings beautiful stories about migration, spirituality, identity, and historical trauma with life-affirming reverence, she reads us a passage from her book Borderlands, and shows us all how to navigate vulnerability with grace.

A rich and important conversation about what it means to be human.

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• Deb’s soul work with communities in a divisive, disconnected world
• Navigating vulnerable conversations with an open heart, and learning to sit with discomfort to honour growth
• Why authenticity is a lived practice that we manifest through words, body, and intention
• How to hold space for belonging, collective trauma, and grief in painful times

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Does an empty cup have nothing in it? Possibilitarian Mike Parker, believes not in its nothingness, but in its potential. Because when we pour our thoughts, feelings, assumptions and beliefs out of the cup, setting everything free, we create a container of emptiness – to make space for what we need.

Mike returns to the show with his signature calming presence to share his brilliant, beautiful thoughts on nervous system regulation in our age of overwhelm – and why guided relaxation could be the balm we are all missing.

From hypnotic anaesthetics, to neural networks, REM sleep, and the wondrous world of metaphor, episode 344 is for slowing down, tuning in, and returning to yourself. And at 59:36, Mike leads us all through a special, guided relaxation to do exactly that!

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• How to facilitate space for creative calm, so that thoughts and feelings can emerge
• The crucial role of the facilitator’s nervous system in regulating others’
• How guided relaxation can help the subconscious mind to process stress, forge creativity, and find insight
• Why corporate mindfulness can shift toxic responsibility onto the individual

And if you enjoy today’s guided relaxation, Mike hosts monthly group sessions over at Liminal Lounge, where you can experience more of his wonderful work – as well as short guided relaxations on his website.

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