All The Way Alive

In this short solo episode, Susan shares the Parable of the Power Coat. This parable is a very useful metaphor and construct for thinking about how we grow as humans and leaders. She also takes a moment to explore some people's discomfort with using the word "power," and she encourages people to get comfortable with the notion of their personal and professional power.
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My guest this week is Sarae Pratt, a vibrant leadership coach for female-identified leaders. I met Sarae recently as a fellow participant in a coaching program, and I enjoyed a recent brainstorming session so much I wanted her to join me on the podcast.

Sarea’s background is fascinating to me: she trained as an aeronautical engineer at university with a side of German! Her experiences of being one of the few women in a room, as well as her experience with burnout (twice), led her to imagine a world where women leaders are confident, contributive, as well as joyful and burn-out free. She works in corporate bringing her SOAR leadership program to women in those organizations, and she also offers a “stand-alone” SOAR program for women either not affiliated with corporate or wanting to have their development experience outside of their corporate life.

I hope you enjoy our conversation around her journey, our experience with leadership in corporate, and get insight into the vision Sarae has for the future.

You can reach Sarae at [email protected] and can find her at https://saraepratt.com/

Find Sarae on her socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarae.pratt/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarae.pratt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraepratt/

You can find me, Susan, at SusanASutherland.com

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My guest this week is Nick Clayhton, someone I met in graduate school when we were both studying for our Masters in Organizational Development. We reconnected a few years ago when Nick was leaving his “day job” for his new venture as an executive coach and consultant to small and medium sized businesses. He’s now a part of my monthly Coaches Cohort, where we connect, share our progress and challenges, and generally support one another. The best part about Nick is that he is all there: present when you speak with him, and full of heart when he’s at work or play.

You can learn more about Nick at his LinkedIn profile, and reach him directly at [email protected]

You can find & follow Nick on the following socials:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-clayton-2a95a48/

You can find me, Susan, at SusanASutherland.com

Connect with me on my socials:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-a-sutherland-she-her-a03ba933/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan_a_sutherland/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanasutherlandcoaching

You can get more information about my Meant For More Mastermind, THE group coaching program for senior leaders and executives who want MORE for themselves in their roles, careers and their lives, HERE!

In this short episode, I speak to the pervasive overwhelm I’m seeing in so many people these days. It seems all of us are at the edge of things, and feeling both not in control AND full of grief at the state of the world. Being all the way alive isn’t only about the good feelings; staying present with the hard stuff is also about being “all the way the alive.”

My goals with this episode are

1) to remind us all that what we are feeling - the overwhelm, the fear, the grief - is completely normal given what we see around us, both close in as well as across the globe. Also: none of is alone in these feelings.

And 2) that there are a few steps we can take as individuals to work with the overwhelm, to live with it rather than pretend or wish we weren’t feeling it. Like all difficult feelings, it can be hard; but staying present for the feelings will allow them - and you - to flow.

I’d love to know if this episode landed for you, and if the exercises were helpful. (I use them myself, and they work for me.)

You can find me, Susan, at SusanASutherland.com

Connect with me on my socials:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-a-sutherland-she-her-a03ba933/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan_a_sutherland/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanasutherlandcoaching

Allen Wood joins Susan for this wide-ranging conversation about how Allen does his life! Allen is Susan’s chiropractor and friend, and she has long admired his commitment, tenacity and enthusiasm for his career and his many pursuits. A 9th degree black belt in Karate, Allen shares how the early life lessons he learned by jumping in “with both feet” to karate have informed his choices and approaches throughout his life. He recently started a business – teaching Active Release Technique in Europe - with his husband, Jim. Prior to that, while they were both working full-time in their careers, they worked together to film a documentary about their artist friend Theophilus Brown, a painter who was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Enjoy this episode and conversation with multi-passionate human Allen Wood!

Allen’s websites:

Active Release Europe: https://www.activereleaseeur.com/

Ultimate Sports Medicine: https://www.ultimatesportsmedicine.com

Theophilus Brown documentary: https://www.theophilusmovie.com

Allen’s socials:

Instagram: @activereleaseeurope; @theophilusbrown1919; @ultimatesportsmedsf

Susan’s website: SusanASutherland.com

Connect with Susan on her socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan_a_sutherland/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-a-sutherland-she-her-a03ba933/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanasutherlandcoaching