{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64ac1364e55ebb0011c2b252/69390bf2a9d003889cd3d1f9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"All Right Now - The Paradox of Change with John Leary-Joyce","description":"<p>What really creates change - in coaching, in leadership, and in life?</p><p><br></p><p>Highly Relational</p><p>Season 4 - Episode 5</p><p><strong>All Right Now - The Paradox of Change</strong></p><p>with&nbsp;<strong>John Leary-Joyce</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, host&nbsp;<strong>Robert Digings</strong>&nbsp;is joined by&nbsp;<strong>John Leary-Joyce</strong>, one of the UK’s foremost Gestalt practitioners and pioneers of Gestalt coaching. Founder and CEO of the&nbsp;<strong>Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)</strong>, co-founder of the Gestalt Centre London, and author of&nbsp;<em>The Fertile Void: Gestalt Coaching at Work</em>, John has spent more than 45 years developing and teaching relational, embodied ways of working.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, Robert and John explore how Gestalt principles - awareness, contact, embodiment, and presence - translate from therapy and personal development into leadership, team coaching, and organisational life.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, they discuss:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>🌀 The&nbsp;<strong>power and magic of working in the moment - </strong>and why presence changes everything</li><li>🧠 How emotions and anxiety disrupt clear thinking, and how the body offers a direct route back to awareness</li><li>💬 What Gestalt reveals about&nbsp;<em>contact</em>,&nbsp;<em>connection</em>, and the&nbsp;<em>interruptions</em>&nbsp;that limit our aliveness</li><li>🌿 The&nbsp;<strong>Paradox of Change - </strong>why transformation happens when we stop trying to be what we’re not</li><li>🧘‍♀️ The&nbsp;<strong>Fertile Void - </strong>trusting the creative potential that emerges when we pause and allow</li><li>💃 What tango and Gestalt have in common - and what 'flow' looks like in both movement and leadership</li><li>🧩 How great teams mirror this flow: open, connected, and unafraid to speak or stay silent</li></ul><p><br></p><p>John’s message is timeless: real change begins in the present moment. When we stop striving and simply allow ourselves to&nbsp;<em>be</em>, the relationship - and the learning - takes care of itself.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>John Leary-Joyce:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/learyjoyce/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.linkedin.com/in/learyjoyce</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.aoec.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.aoec.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Robert Digings:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.linkedin.com/in/robertdigings</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.highlyrelational.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.highlyrelational.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Team Development Consultant and Executive Coach</p><p>Robert has been working with teams and their challenges for over 20 years.&nbsp;</p><p>He has discovered that the biggest improvements come when a team has the courage to do the challenging work of developing deep personal connections and a real sense of belonging.</p><p>In this business podcast Robert explores the insights, experience and advice from other experts in the field of human collaboration, be they leaders, authors, coaches or consultants.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Production credits:</strong></p><p>Studio Engineer at Premiere Podcast Studios - Hetal Patel</p><p>Post Production - Shaun Lawson</p><p>Series Producer - Julie Allen</p><p><br></p><p>© 2025 Highly Relational Limited</p><p><br></p><p>Find Highly Relational on all your favourite podcast apps or YouTube</p><p>If you are enjoying the listen, hit subscribe and leave us a review!</p>","author_name":"Robert Digings"}