Episode 9: Bringing Energetics into the Boardroom with Noona Nafousi

Episode Summary:
In this episode, host Sarah Atkins interviews Noona Nafousi, the CEO of bespoke coaching company Neo Noor. Noona shares her journey from corporate headhunter to transformative coach, focusing on bringing energetics and mindset work into the corporate world. They discuss the impact of a person's energy and beliefs on their career success, Noona's own deconditioning process, and the common themes she sees in both working moms and corporate clients. Noona explains Neo Noor's mission to reform the corporate landscape by empowering leaders and teams to show up with more self-awareness and empathy.

Guest Bio:
Noona Nafousi is the CEO of Neo Noor, a coaching company that delivers one-on-one and group coaching workshops for corporate clients. After a 22-year career as a headhunter, Noona left the corporate world and discovered her passion for coaching. She now helps people in the business world reconnect with themselves, reignite their passion, and transform the way they show up at work.

Topics Discussed:
- Noona's journey from corporate headhunter to transformative coach [2:38 - 5:34]
- The importance of energetics and a person's "energy signature" in the workplace [5:35 - 7:58]
- How energetics and mindset impact career success and advancement [8:03 - 10:03]
- Noona's own deconditioning work to break generational cycles of anger and shame [14:26 - 17:23]
- Common themes in working with moms returning to work vs. corporate clients [23:19 - 27:11]
- The ripple effect of Noona's work with leaders and teams [28:52 - 30:19]
- Neo Noor's mission to reform the corporate world [30:19 - 31:38]

Notable Quotes:
"The way they show up, how they're being and how they're reacting to their boss, how they're taking on extra responsibility, that all affects the energy that they're bringing into the workplace." - Noona Nafousi

"Once you see your blind spot, you can never unsee it. Once the blind spot is there and it's like shown you, it's reared it's big head, that's it. It's always going to be there." - Noona Nafousi

"It's impossible to empower your team if you can't empower yourself. And it's, are you ready to take that deep look at yourself? So that you can guide someone else to have a look at themselves." - Noona Nafousi

Connect with Noona:

Instagram: @noonanafousi
LinkedIn: Noona Nafousi
Website: www.neonoor.com

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Episode 8 - Navigating Grief Without Guilt with Rhiannon Spurgeon

Episode Summary:
In this deeply insightful episode, Sarah talks with Rhiannon Spurgeon about the complex nature of grief, trauma, and finding peace through self-love and inner work. They explore how societal expectations and childhood environments shape our experiences of loss in adulthood.

Guest Bio:
Rhiannon Spurgeon is a trauma-informed coach, hypnotherapist, and bestselling author of "Grief Without Guilt." She helps people manage grief, trauma, addictions, and unhealthy behaviors by guiding them to look inward and heal their pain.

Topics Discussed:
- Rhiannon's journey after losing her partner Oliver [3:31]
- The myth of the "5 stages of grief" model [29:56]
- How trauma and grief are interconnected [37:54]
- The lasting impact of childhood environments [44:22]
- Doing the inner work to improve relationships [51:38]

Key Quotes:

"It was like a f***ing pinball machine. And you're experiencing one set of emotions...and the next minute a song comes on and you're completely poleaxed in floods of tears." [33:21]

"If the relationship you have with yourself is happy and nurturing and loving, the relationship you have with everybody and everything else around you will be more positive." [50:44]

"Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all." [53:19]

Timestamps:
[3:31] Rhiannon's story after losing her partner
[29:56] Debunking the 5 stages of grief myth
[37:54] How grief and trauma interconnect
[44:22] Childhood impacts on adulthood
[51:38] Doing inner work for better relationships

Connect With Rhiannon:

Book: "Grief Without Guilt" in all major bookstores or get a signed copy here
Website: rhiannonspurgeon.com
LinkedIn: Rhiannon Spurgeon
Instagram: @griefwithoutguilt

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Episode 7 - A Journey into the Divine Feminine with Katy Murray

Episode Summary:

Sarah catches up with her longtime friend Katy Murray about Katy's transformational journey from corporate life into facilitating sacred feminine reconnection for women through somatic coaching and circle work. They discuss leaving behind conditioning, trusting intuition over systems, and the role of sensitivity in relating to oneself and others.

Guest Bio:

Katy Murray is a soul guide, somatic coach and women's circle facilitator. After a stressful period that triggered her to seek deeper healing, Katy went through certifications in coaching and somatic work before feeling called to help rewild the divine feminine through community offerings.

Topics Discussed:

Katy's Healing Journey (6:18)
"I started this really from my own healing. Three years ago with lockdown, a lot of things came to a head - my relationship broke down, career changing, health issues. I had to climb out of that hole."

Reconnecting to the Divine Feminine (9:54)
"I want to bring back that healthy archetype, conscious community that will grow, and reconnect women to their roots really and their ancestral lines."

Corporate Conditioning (11:28)
Sarah: "The energy in the fashion industry was very masculine. I got really good at just playing the game, which massively eroded my sense of who I was."

Building Self-Trust (20:48)
"Once I can tune into that voice of wisdom within, everything changes. It's helped me to be in community with other sensitives and discern what's mine vs others' energies."

Parenting as Empaths (25:35)
"Often when there's something going on energetically, the whole family is doing crazy stuff reflecting it back to me."

Letting Go of Systems (30:11)
"I had to let go of the system thinking it had the complete answer...take myself out of spaces and not talk to people because I'd get retriggered into that programming."

Divine Timing (36:47)
"As long as you're open to it and not attached to how you think things should come, they will come."

Discerning Intuition (39:54)
"Reactions come through me quite quick, whereas intuition rises up my body in an opening, warm way."

Key Quotes:

"It's a real rising of women and the old ways, our own knowledge coming through." - Katy

"You don't need to be a thought leader, it's about holding space for others to shine." - Katy

"We all have innate wisdom. When we can unpeel the conditioning, that wisdom is there." - Katy

Connect with Katy:

- Instagram: @katymurraycoaching
- Facebook: Katy Murray Coach

Katy shares about her upcoming women's circles, retreats and offerings around feminine embodiment.

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