On episode #19 of #FromDepressionToExpression, I sit down with Dr Stephen Broadhurst, Author of, ‘Spirituality in the Workplace’ A Tool for Relations, Sustainability and growth in Turbulent and interconnected Markets. Dr Broadhurst is an Aerospace Engineer by trade, Specialist Change Agent, Continuous Improvement Specialist and Transactional & Transitional Leadership Specialist. Dr Broadhurst's professional background includes strategic alignment, implementation and organization in culture and standard ways-of-working through agile business process improvement, re-engineering with lean tools and techniques. He is also a personal (motivation and wellbeing) Change Teacher, Trainer & Coach.
We got to talk about:
- His background from childhood and work
- How his upbringing and school performance influenced his work life later on (Immature 42!)
- How his egos started taking control of his life. Ego & vanity
- Showing the world how clever he was by racing after achievements, titles, good jobs, women & materialistic hoarding
- His darknight of the soul, loosing it all, even his mother => Depression
- Becoming unexpectedly father and how this made him become the best person he could be
- His journey out of Depression and into Self-Accepting
- What he learned during the journey. Growth, Pain vs. Wisdom
- Who and how he was before the darknight and awakening journey
- Spirituality: It’s work in progress. It’s all about “Who am I?”, Self-reflection
- The different “ism’s” that hold us back. The fears, the excuses
- What is the Ego. Is it good or bad? What is it’s use
- His trigger points. How to see them. How to see and find the issues to work on them
- “What I need.” vs “What I want.”
- The good news is that you have emotions. The bad news is that you have emotions
- Life is an experience. It’s about having a balanced life. Have fun
- People learn more out of hardship
- Ego vs. Super Ego. It’s harder the cleverer you are
- All you can do is to be the best version of yourself.
- Mantra “I get what I need, not what I want!”
- The Al-Anon Group and how it helped him
- Forgiveness. The only person that you forgive is yourself
- Do the right thing. The right stuff flows. The wrong stuff gets stuck
- Story on cleaning wounds. Physically & the emotional spiritual ones
- HALT. Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired (emotional grit) Clean the wound
- Self Doubt & Denial (wire brush) => Cleaning House => Personal Inventory List => Ism’s
Reach out:
Links:
- Interview on Ecole des Ponts Business School “What Spirituality Isn't All About”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGj2Kli5syw&ab_channel=EcoledesPontsBusinessSchool
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