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Why Does Perimenopause Make Leaders Feel Like They're Losing Themselves? | Nick Kettles Leads a Real Coaching Session with Christie Mann
Summary: If you've ever felt like your own body stopped taking direction from you, this one's for you. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a deeply personal coaching session as Christie Mann, executive coach, leadership educator, and co-founder of UpLevel Productions, steps into the client seat as Master Certified Coach Nick Kettles, who has spent more than 25 years working with grief, transition, and ancestral healing, guides her through one of the biggest transiti
7 days ago4 min read


How Do You Know You're Becoming Who You're Meant to Be? | Coaching in Real Time with Quinn Simpson
Summary: What does it actually feel like to be so aligned with your purpose that you lose track of time? This season is about stewardship, and that means taking you inside real coaching, leadership, and relationship conversations as they actually happen. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, our host, Christie Mann, coaches Quinn Simpson, co-founder of Gedi Village and Graydin, in a live somatic coaching conversation about becoming. Quinn opens up about the moment a book changed
Jul 84 min read


Stewardship: The North Star of Fatherhood | Coaching in Real Time with Luke Partridge
Summary: If you're a parent, a leader, or anyone navigating the tension between responsibility and authenticity, this conversation speaks directly to you. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, Luke Partridge, a seasoned talent acquisition leader with more than 20 years of executive search experience across the UK, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and Asia, brings forward one of the most human leadership challenges there is: how to show up with integrity, collaboration, and authenti
Jun 243 min read


From Executor to Builder: Meeting Your Future Self | Coaching in Real Time with Marlenne Johnson
Summary: Many talented professionals reach a moment when they know they're capable of more influence, more impact, and more leadership, yet something keeps them standing at the edge of that next chapter. In this episode of The UpLevel Podcast, we invite you inside a real coaching conversation with Marlenne Johnson, an organizational transformation strategist, storyteller, and systems thinker who helps organizations move through complexity with greater clarity, intention, and
Jun 104 min read


How Do Leaders Stay Grounded During Uncertainty? | Joni Mar Leads a Real Coaching Session
Summary: If you lead others through uncertainty while privately wondering how to stay grounded yourself, this episode is the most honest conversation you'll see today. What happens when the person usually holding the space… becomes the one being held? This week, join us for a deeply personal episode of The UpLevel Podcast; the script is flipped. For the first time this season, our host Christie Mann fully steps into the client's seat and is coached live by her longtime mentor
May 274 min read


Wisdom From Our Elders Part V: Stewardship: What Are You Entrusted to Carry Forward?
Summary: What are you being asked to carry forward? This question opens Season 11 of The UpLevel Podcast, a season focused on Stewardship: Being the Work. And to kick it off, we return to a conversation that has become a meaningful annual ritual. This International Coaching Week 2026, we gather a circle of elders—mentors, teachers, and leaders whose wisdom has shaped us and so many others. These are the people who walked the path before us, who held the work before we knew ho
May 136 min read


A Conversation That Continues to Shape Us | Honoring Henry Kimsey-House
Summary: Today, we're resharing one of the most treasured episodes from The UpLevel Podcast as we honor the life and legacy of Henry Kimsey-House. Henry was one of the founders of the Co-Active Training Institute and a pioneer whose work transformed coaching from an emerging practice into a profession that has influenced leaders, organizations, and communities around the world. Here at UpLevel, this conversation carries special significance. We had the privilege of learning d
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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