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Summary: Why can asking for help feel so difficult, even when you know you need it? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us in a live coaching conversation as our guest Bubba Nicholson opens up about his struggle to ask for help and his belief that reaching out might make him an inconvenience. As a strategic consultant, hybrid athlete, coach, and creator of the Black Pocket Breathwork Protocol, Bubba is stepping into a major new chapter. He is preparing to launch his book

Summary: What does it actually take to lead a team through fast, high-stakes transformation without losing the trust of the people doing the work? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us in this live coaching session with seasoned talent leader Liz Mackay as she brings a question so many leaders are covertly wrestling with right now: how do you hold speed, performance, and cost discipline in one hand, and genuine humanity in the other, without one collapsing the other? L

Summary: What happens when a team stops assuming how people should work together and actually designs the relationship? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we return to the Designed Alliance conversation between UpLevel's Brand Acceleration and Operations teams. If you missed part one, that episode focused on the human-to-human foundation between two team leads. This episode widens the circle to the full team. We open with a shared vision exercise. Each person names what it wou

Summary: What does it actually sound like when two colleagues sit down and build a real relationship on purpose, before the pressure hits? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we step back and let you listen in on a real play. Two colleagues, Kaitlin Voellinger and Chrissy Bernal, are stepping into new roles together at UpLevel, leading marketing and operations side by side. Most teams wait for tension to force this kind of conversation. Kaitlin and Chrissy sit down and design t

Summary: Returning to work after time away can bring hope, excitement, and more self-doubt than many people expect. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, our host Christie Mann coaches multidisciplinary creator Amanda Wood through the very real experience of preparing to return to the workforce after an intentional 18-month career break. Amanda has spent her career leading creative teams, building brands, and running her own agency. During her time away, she developed greater cla

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

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

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

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

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

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

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