In this episode, Gillian and guest Andrew Cohn of Lighthouse Consulting LLC discuss the evolution of leadership in an age of abundance, the importance of internal clarity, stakeholder capitalism, and practical strategies for fostering presence and innovation in organizations.

Andrew brings a rare blend of executive leadership development, psychology, mindfulness, and real-world business experience to the conversation. Having coached leaders and teams across global organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to mission-driven nonprofits, Andrew helps people navigate complexity, conflict, purpose, and performance without losing themselves in the process. In this episode, we explore what it means to lead with intention, build resilient cultures, and align achievement with deeper meaning.

His unique perspective - shaped by careers in law, leadership consulting, higher education, and spiritual psychology - offers a powerful lens on flourishing in both work and life.


Key Topics, Action Items & Concepts:
• The shift from scarcity to abundance in leadership environments
• The importance of presence and internal clarity as leadership assets
• Transitioning from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism
• Balancing internal development with external capabilities
• Strategies for fostering group flow and psychological safety
• Ask impactful questions to shift mindsets.
• Create protected spaces for reflection and dialogue.
• Slow down to align and build trust before moving fast.
• Use technology to facilitate inclusive decision-making.
• Practice mindfulness and presence daily.
• Stakeholder Capitalism
• Group Flow
• Inner and Outer Development


Quotes:
"Change inputs to change perspectives."
“We're drowning in information, but starving for wisdom.”
“Questions subvert mindsets.”
“It's not just how do we optimize profits—it’s who else will be impacted by this decision?”
“We have an agenda, but we also need to be open and present to what else is trying to emerge.”
“Efficiency is the enemy of innovation.”
“You can't go from ‘Hi, how are you?’ to high performance without first creating alignment.”
“If we don't slow down and take the time to align, we can only go so fast.”
“We need to be challenged, but we don't need to be overwhelmed.”
“Threats to our identity are freaking scary.”
“AI can help me find what I haven't found and see what I haven't seen.”

Chapters
00:00 The Human Operating System in Abundance
03:53 Challenges in Leadership Today
07:30 Shifting from Shareholder to Stakeholder Capitalism
11:36 The Power of Impactful Questions
15:18 Creating Group Flow and Psychological Safety
19:35 The Rift Between Internal and External Development
24:13 Navigating Identity in Transition
28:07 The Power of the Pause
33:50 Creating an Emotional Environment for Leadership
36:16 The Role of AI in Personal and Professional Growth


Check out Andrew’s work & resources:
Lighthouse Consulting LLC - https://lighthouseconsultingllc.com
Spirituality and Leadership Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spirituality-and-leadership/id1691234567
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcohnusa/


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In this episode, we explore how understanding and consciously managing our metabolic energy can help us thrive amidst chaos - from geopolitical tensions to AI-driven change. Dr. Sarah Sarkis, a clinical psychologist turned executive coach, shares practical insights on how to become more intentional with our internal resource and navigate uncertainty with resilience.


Key topics:
📈The concept of metabolic budget and its influence on high performance
🪫How to treat energy as a finite resource and the importance of small investments
📈The five autonomic response patterns: urgency, withdrawal, control, overconnection to threat, and regulation
🪫Strategies for recognizing and shifting autonomic patterns towards adaptive regulation
📈The role of sleep, mindfulness, and discomfort training in sustaining energy
🪫The importance of internal self-awareness over external control in uncertain environments
📈How to future-proof your energy system by experimenting with small, intentional changes


Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to energy as a vital wealth in uncertain times
02:20 - The metabolic budget analogy: spending energy across life domains
04:00 - How ambitious pursuits impact energy and resource allocation
06:40 - Recognizing energy overspending and regressions to the mean
08:00 - Five factors of flourishing and their energy costs
10:00 - When and how to undo energy imbalances and patterns
12:00 - What balanced energy feels like versus burnout
14:00 - The flow of sustainable performance: oscillating between flow and recovery
16:00 - Using small, consistent experiments to manage energy more effectively
20:00 - The neurochemistry of flow and the importance of strategic recovery
24:00 - The danger of persistent stress and the need for intentional pauses
30:00 - The myths around living in an 'optimal' state and embracing oscillation
35:00 - Recognizing and managing autonomic response patterns: urgency and withdrawal
40:00 - Navigating control, over-connection to threat, and emotional regulation


Quotes:
•"Everything costs something. Most especially success, achievement, curiosity, and all the markers of a deeply engaged life."
•"We think only losses are debits. We don't realize that success is a debit because it takes a ton of energy."
•"Most of us will unconsciously continue to do what is most neuroeconomically efficient."
•"We regress to the average of our best habits when the system realizes we've spent too much."
•"Today's the least stressful day of your life. Tomorrow gets more complex."
•"Anybody who tells you we can eliminate stress is selling you bullshit. You cannot. You can adapt to it."
•"Be careful what you allow to become normal."
•"You become ready by doing."
•"A team can only move as fast as the person who withdraws the most."
•"Get really comfortable being uncomfortable. The sooner you train that, the better you'll navigate uncertainty."


Stay tuned for Dr. Sarah Sarkis’ forthcoming book:
An Inside Job: Leveraging Psychology to Transform Peak Performance

More on the study from the Human Factors Lab: the benefits of a 10 minute mindfulness meditation


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Explore the profound insights from Rich Diviney, a Navy SEAL veteran, bestselling author and leadership expert, on how attributes and identity shape human performance under uncertainty. Discover how mindset, attributes, and identity influence resilience, team dynamics, and personal growth in a rapidly changing world. If you want to know who you are at your best and how to serve the people who matter most in your world, this episode is for you.


Key Topics:
🎖️Difference between attributes and skills
🦉How attributes drive performance under stress
🎖️The role of identity in behavior and physiology
🦉Team dynamics and adaptive leadership
🎖️Implications for personal development in uncertain times


Quotes:
“In a world shaped by AI, human value may lie less in what we do—and more in how we behave under uncertainty.”
“Skills are additive. Attributes are what show up when everything becomes uncertain.”
“The best thing you can do in uncertainty is decide which identity serves the moment best.”
“The words ‘I am’ are two of the most powerful words in the human language.”
“You can’t apply a known skill to an unknown environment.”
“Attributes are the elemental drivers behind all human performance.”
“AI may replace skills. It will not replace attributes or identity.”
“High-performing teams aren’t pyramids. They’re amoebas.”
“Flourishing isn’t avoiding uncertainty. It’s becoming the kind of person who can move through it.”
"Attributes and identity are the core of human value."


Chapters:
00:00 The Importance of Attributes in Uncertain Times
02:51 Insights from SEAL Training: Skills vs. Attributes
06:07 Mindset: The Key to Overcoming Challenges
09:05 Understanding Attributes vs. Skills
11:55 The Role of Attributes in Performance
15:03 Exploring Personal Attributes: A Case Study
17:51 Navigating Low Attributes: Understanding Blind Spots
21:04 The Balance of Attributes in Team Dynamics
23:53 Self-Reflection and Growth through Attributes
31:26 Understanding Extraversion and Introversion
32:58 The Dynamics of Task Switching
35:44 The Importance of Self-Awareness
36:52 Exploring Insouciance and Humility
38:40 The Power of Identity
45:31 Navigating Identity in Times of Change
49:02 Building High-Performing Teams

Check out Rich’s books on Amazon, and take The Attributes Assessment to learn more about your inherent superpowers and blindspots - incredibly valuable intel to help you navigate in an exponentially changing world.

The Attributes Assessment
The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers to Optimal Performance
Masters of Uncertainty (Book)
Rich Diviney's Official Website
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For decades, women have been asked to plan their lives—careers, families, health, and finances—without visibility into one of the most powerful systems shaping all of it: the ovary.

In this groundbreaking conversation, Gillian sits down with Kiran Kumar, founder and CEO of Timeless Biotech, to explore how AI is unlocking a completely new category of insight: ovarian age as a vital sign.

What emerges is a profound shift in how we understand women’s health:
🔬 The ovary isn’t just about fertility, it’s the master regulator of longevity
🔬 Women live longer than men, yet spend 25% more of their lives in poor health
🔬 Menopause isn’t a moment, it’s a multi-year biological transition with massive downstream effects
🔬AI can now translate complex hormone data into predictive, actionable intelligence

Kiran shares how her company is building the world’s first ovarian age clock, enabling women to:
☑️ Predict menopause timing
☑️ Personalize fertility and career decisions
☑️ Intervene earlier with tools like HRT and lifestyle changes
☑️ Protect long-term health across heart, brain, and metabolic systems

At its core, this episode is about agency. Because when women can finally see what’s happening inside their bodies, they can start making decisions that align their time, energy, attention, and money - not around guesswork, but around truth.


Quotes:
• “The ovary is actually the number one lever for female health span.”
• “If you want to live healthy for as long as possible, then you need to focus on ovarian health.”
• “Virtually every organ system of the body is hinging on ovarian lifespan.”
• “Women, while we live longer than men, spend 25% more of our lives in poor health.”
• “We’ve always considered the ovary an unmoving ticking time bomb… which is simply not the case.”
• “There’s too much variation from one woman to the next for us to be working off population averages.”
• “We wanted to introduce personalization so women can decide based on their own values - not population averages.”
• “This is a vital sign… it needs to be tracked.”
• “We’re catching up in the health race by finally taking the ovary into account.”

Chapters:
00:00 The Invisible System: Understanding Women's Health
04:09 Ovarian Age: A Vital Sign for Women
05:51 The Complexity of Women's Health Data
10:02 Moments of Innovation: Kiran's Journey
15:08 Menopause: A Unique Challenge for Women
16:34 Data Insights: Learning from Women's Hormonal Phases
19:26 Understanding Ovarian Age vs. Chronological Age
21:27 The Duration of Menopause: A Critical Transition
23:00 Proactive Healthcare: Managing Ovarian Age
27:42 Lifestyle Factors and Ovarian Aging
29:45 Engaging with Timeless Biotech
32:56 The Importance of Ovarian Age Awareness
33:54 HRT: Timing and Its Impact on Ovarian Health
36:41 Testing Frequency: Understanding Biomarkers
38:12 Empowering Women: Planning for the Future
40:36 Patient Stories: Transformative Experiences
42:46 Building a Business: Trust and Viability
45:33 An All-Woman Team: A Unique Approach
47:55 AI's Future Impact on Women's Health
49:59 NEWCHAPTER



Check out Kiran’s work and Timeless Biotech:
Timeless Biotech
Menotime ovarian age clock
Kiran Kumar on LinkedIn


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What if the science guiding our health - our training, nutrition, even longevity - was built on incomplete data? In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with world-renowned muscle physiologist Dr. Stuart Phillips to unpack a truth that is reshaping modern health science: for decades, research has largely been built around male physiology, leaving critical gaps in how we understand women’s bodies, especially through menopause and aging.


Key Topics:
🏋️‍♀️Why women were historically excluded from research and how that shaped today’s health narratives
🧬The overlooked importance of muscle as a longevity asset, not just a performance metric
🏋️‍♀️What really matters for aging well: resistance training, recovery, and protein (in that order)
🧬The misunderstood relationship between exercise, hormones, and the menopausal transition
🏋️‍♀️Why “under-recovering” may be the real epidemic behind burnout culture
🧬The truth about protein: what works, what’s hype, and what most people get wrong
🏋️‍♀️How to navigate a world flooded with health misinformation and what scientific literacy really means now
🧬The role of AI in advancing research, reducing busy work, and elevating human potential


Quotes:
• “The system is clearly one that’s derived… it’s a patriarchal system… built around men.”
• “Why are we not studying more women… why can’t we do a better job?”
• “If men had to go through that, we’d have commissioned an international task force and it would have been done by lunch.”
• “Bar none… the foundational behavior would be to be physically active.”
• “Muscle pulls on a tendon, tendon pulls on a bone… bone is a mechanically responsive tissue.”
• “All the good stuff actually happens in recovery.”
• “I could call it overtraining… or I could call it under-recovering—and it’s the same thing.”
• “Exercise is what bakes the cake… protein is the thin layer of icing on top.”
• “It’s really, really difficult… the algorithm rewards bold headlines, not necessarily truth.”
• "Connective tissue remodeling is a future moonshot."
• "Trust how you feel, not just wearable data."


Chapters:
00:00 The Evolution of Science and Women's Health
03:02 Understanding Muscle Health and Aging
05:55 The Impact of Menopause on Women's Health
08:50 The Importance of Resistance Training
11:53 The Role of Community in Fitness
14:56 Investing in Health: The Compound Interest of Fitness
17:57 The Connection Between Muscle and Bone Health
20:57 Recovery: The Key to Effective Training
27:04 The Importance of Sleep and Recovery
32:40 Understanding Protein Needs and Gender Differences
39:51 Training Around the Menstrual Cycle
41:43 Navigating Information in the Digital Age
47:09 The Role of AI in Academic and Research Settings



Learn more about Stuart and his work!
McMaster University Profile
Twitter / X
Instagram
Women on Weights Program and more by Alysha D'Souza



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In this episode, Christine Brunsden shares her innovative approach to creating an integrated system she calls an Ability Ecosystem that connects policy, technology, finance, and social services to empower individuals with disabilities. Her platform called Benefits2 aims to transform fragmented systems into seamless, accessible support networks, ultimately fostering a society where ability diversity drives innovation and inclusion.

If today’s conversation resonated with you, Christine is building the infrastructure the disability community was never given. Join the waiting list here.

Takeaways:
🪴Personal and professional experiences shaping a vision for an ability ecosystem
🧬The fragmentation of disability support systems in healthcare, finance, and government
🪴Challenges families face navigating complex bureaucratic processes
🧬The importance of early data collection and medical record management
🪴How AI can revolutionize understanding and access to benefits
🧬The staggering $15 billion unclaimed Disability Tax Credit (DTC) annually
🪴Barriers created by misconceptions and gatekeeping within medical systems
🧬The potential of the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) for long-term financial stability
🪴The role of advocacy, community, and technology in closing gaps for disabled populations

Quotes:
“We all feel like we’re in a camouflage maze, hunting for hidden doors and keys.”
“Chance is not going to fix this. It’s not just inclusion. It’s system redesign.”
“Experience intelligence is lived experience plus professional experience plus contextual understanding.”
“Why are we leaving it up to chance to connect the dots?”
“We need to start taking agency over our own medical records from day one.”
“There are 200+ benefits, and no one is guiding people to them.”
“Fifteen billion dollars a year is left unclaimed - just from one credit.”
“Gatekeepers, often unintentionally, keep people away from the support they need.”
“I don’t feel like this is work I chose - I feel like it chose me.”

Chapters:
00:00 - Introducing the need to rethink system design for disability inclusion
02:16 - Christine’s background and motivation rooted in personal experience
03:04 - Signals indicating systems weren't designed for people with disabilities
04:31 - Navigating fragmentation: The maze of benefits, forms, and programs
10:40 - The challenge of uncoordinated EMR systems and need for early agency
12:26 - The transition from childhood to adulthood and medical record continuity
15:23 - How CRA’s medical record requests complicate benefit access
16:51 - The importance of medical record management from day one
19:13 - The enormous unclaimed benefits: $15 billion in DTC alone
20:23 - The gap in healthcare professional knowledge about disability benefits
21:17 - The negligible training hours on disability criteria for medical professionals
22:40 - The impact of barriers on everyday expenses and quality of life
23:50 - Economic multiplier effects of unlocking unclaimed benefits
24:34 - The societal benefits of enabling access and reducing gatekeeping
26:04 - Misconceptions among doctors about disability and eligibility
27:14 - The critical role of early diagnosis, records, advocacy in financial planning
30:48 - The untapped potential of AI in identifying eligibility through medical data
32:39 - Harnessing AI for clarity, access, and advocacy in medical records
34:48 - Addressing the wealth gap through increased RDSP adoption and funding
36:26 - A vision for a future where navigation and benefits are accessible and effortless
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