Powerful with Jeff Couillard

039 - Kelly Waters-Radcliffe on Psychotherapy and How to Fix It

In this conversation with Kelly Waters-Radcliffe, Jeff explores the ins and outs of "therapy", including some meaningful solutions to some of the challenges facing psychotherapy.

038 - Tanya Koshowski on People Centred Leadership

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff chats all things "people centred leadership" with Tanya Koshowski.

037 - Dana Couillard and The Three Legged Stool

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard & his dad, Dana, chat about his new book "The Three Legged Stool". They cover the 4 primary psychological drivers of employee engagement and some practical strategies to improve engagement with your team.

036 - Vince Fowler on Embracing the Suck

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard & Vince Fowler discuss the idea of "embracing the suck", what it is and what it isn't, and dig into Vince's history with the military, rugby and business.

035 - Kimberley McAdams on Artificial Harmony and Productive Conflict

Kimberley McAdams, business and leadership coach, joins Jeff for a conversation about "artificial harmony", and offers a bunch of practical strategies to address it in your life.

034 - Brendan Trinca on Restorative Practice, Inviting Growth and Keeping Your Phone in Your Pocket

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard discusses restorative practice, inviting growth and being present with Brendan Trinca.

033 - Figments of Imagination

What's the difference between "objective" and "subjective" reality? Turns out, quite a bit. And it's in our subjective realities, and the differences in how we experience, interpret, make sense of and communicate those realities that contribute to a lot of the conflict and problems in the world.

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard discusses the most dangerous of the "subjective constructs", the idea of individualism in western society.

032 - Not All Lives Matter

In this episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard discusses the problem with the "all lives matter" movement, and some sobering statistics about the quality of life for Black Americans and Indigenous Canadians. 

031 - The Problem with Privilege

In this episode of Powerful we discuss the "problem with privilege", and how referring to 'whiteness' or 'maleness' as privilege doesn't reflect the depth of the benefits or the inequities in the power dynamic that is generated. 

Jeff plays a clip from Trevor Noah, where he asks some tough questions about what, exactly, is a society? And how can the people in power ensure that it's living up to everyone's expectations?

030 - Patricia Jones, Carlene Donnelly & The Power of Collaboration

In today's episode of Powerful, Jeff Couillard discusses the power of collaboration with Patricia Jones and Carlene Donnelly, the executive directors of Catholic Family Services and CUPS respectively.

They cover a wide range of topics, from outcome and evaluation to client-centred practice and some advice for new leaders.