Episode 30: Devon Brooks—How to use Trauma, Courage for Life & Democratizing Coaching

Episode 30 features Devon Brooks, founder of Sphere and Blo Blow Dry Bar, coach and mother of two. Based in Whistler, BC she's created a life of inspiring creativity, connection and well-being. On this episode we speak about growing up with a coach for a mother, overcoming her own traumatic experiences, the journey of parenting and bringing her vision for Sphere to life with the idea of democratizing coaching through the dynamic and engaging platform. She shares some of the tools that have helped her grow from neurofeedback to mountain biking, the impact of being in nature and being present with what is.

“The gift of those traumatic experiences was that my empathy deepened, and my compassion deepened and my resilience expanded and my capacity was beyond anything that I knew or believed about myself...”

— Devon Brooks

SHOW NOTES

• 3:10 Devon’s early family life

• 7:00 Entropnenur from an young age

• 11:45 The power of community and strength it provides

• 15:00 The gift of traumatic experience

• 16:10 Becoming a coach, following in her mom’s footsteps as successful communication

• 20:00 Seeing success with coaching, but frustration with the industry’s ability to reach

• 24:00 Working with therapists, teachers, yoga and other coaches, but comes back to mother’s guidance

• 31:00 The goal of Sphere

• 34:05 Working through sexual trauma, home invasion attack and PTSD

• 41:30 Embracing our own expression viscerally

• 45:45 The importance of un-learning

• 49:30 Why we need to let each other cry and parents need coaches

• 51:30 A lesson from her son on connection

• 55:40 Living in Whistler, BC

• 51:30 A lesson from her son on connection

• 55:40 Living in Whistler, BC

• 58:30 Growing Sphere

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