Episode #59: Joey Owen – You Never Know When the Value of a Coaching Session Ends

Joey Owen is a coach whose unique gifts allow her to connect with the humanity of her clients.

Joey ’s formative training in drama and in theatre for development instilled her with the ability to unlock people’s innate creativity and confidence. With that skill she has enriched the lives around the world, helping individuals, organisations and communities to thrive.

Joey is part of the new team of hosts at The Coach’s Journey Podcast, but in this episode she answers Robbie’s questions about her remarkable life and career, describing the adventure-driven steps that led her from training in theatre for development to founding Freedom To Learn, a charity that improves access to education for children in India and Nepal.

She describes how the foundational listening skills and work around confidence that helped her to transform communities in rural Asia now underpin her work as a coach, and how spiritual practices she developed in India allow her to connect deeply with people from all walks of life.

In this episode, Joey and Robbie also talk about:

How to access a deeper sense of connectedness and to work from the heart

The creative processes that we can use to build confidence

Insight Seminars, and the courses that can reveal our natural coaching abilities

Lead generation tools for new coaches to use when building their business

The way our work ripples out from our clients, to the benefit of everyone around them (including us!)

Joey also shares the daily rituals that keep her steady in her work and help her to develop a profound sense of empathy and connection with her clients.

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

- Mike Toller on The Coach’s Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-32-mike-toller

- Robbie’s website www.robbieswale.com

- Joey’s website www.joeyowencoaching.com

- Freedom To Learn https://freedomtolearn.org.uk/

- Insight Seminars https://www.insightseminarsuk.com/

- Tom Flatau https://team-working.com

- The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler https://richlitvin.com/book/

- Landmark Forum https://www.landmarkworldwide.com/the-landmark-forum

- Ben Carter https://www.bencartercoaching.com/

- Strategic Intervention Coaching Certifications: https://rmtcenter.com/certification-programs/

- Tony Robbins on the Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/2014/10/15/money-master-the-game/

- The Tony Robbins documentary Robbie mentioned: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80102204

- Lamda exams: https://www.lamda.ac.uk/lamda-exams/our-exams

- The Choir guy from TV who was mentioned! Gareth Malone: https://www.garethmalone.com/

- Forest Arts Centre: https://www.forest-arts.co.uk/

- Forum Theatre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_theatre

- Cardboard Citizens: https://cardboardcitizens.org.uk/

- ERSF: https://ersf.org.uk

- The December Episode where Joey talks about Indra's Net: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-56-introducing-the-new-hosts-ushering-in-the-future-of-the-coachs-journey

- Indra's Net: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra%27s_net

- Joey's Bark Profile - https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/joey-owen-coaching/RvZ2l/

- Chris Joseph on the Coach's Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-19-chris-joseph

- SGI: https://sgi-uk.org/

- SGI's introduction to chanting page: https://sgi-uk.org/Intro

- Tina Turner's book, Happiness Becomes You: https://www.waterstones.com/book/happiness-becomes-you/tina-turner//9780008398637

- I Heart https://iheartprinciples.com/

- Henrietta Nelson on The Coach's Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-46-henrietta-nelson-nobody-else-can-put-a-feeling-in-you

- The chanting audio on Apple Podcasts that Joey mentions: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/nam-myoho-renge-kyo/1391365531?i=139136

BIOGRAPHY FROM JOEY

Joey is a fully qualified Theatre for Development Practitioner (MA), Applied Drama and Community Coach (BA Hons) and LAMDA drama teacher (LLAM). Certified as a Strategic Intervention (SI) Coach with the Coaching Institute, she has 20 years experience in the education and development sectors as a facilitator and coach in the UK, Europe and South Asia. Alongside her private coaching practice she is also Programmes Director at Freedom to Learn, an NGO working in South Asia Nepal, improving access to and quality of education for children from vulnerable backgrounds.