Feb 23, 2021
This week's guest is Nicholas
Whitaker, an incredible man with whom I feel blessed to have
connected. Nicholas is a Google executive, a coach, a longtime
meditator, and a partner creating ripples in all arenas of his
life. His vast impact is felt through educating, guiding, and
supporting men to come into themselves through mindfulness and
meditation practices, self-awareness and self-reflection, and safe
dialogue in community, both on the personal level as well as in the
workplace.
Nicholas opens up some crucially
important conversations in the realm of relationship between men
and women, the father wound in men, vulnerability as strength, and
repairing and making amends for past harm in
relationships.
Nicholas offers ground, ease, and a
beautiful articulation of where he feels the gaps are between men
and women, and how to come together and mend, heal, and
grow.
A NOTE FROM ALISON:
The conversation around men, women, and relationships is a growing
and awkward edge for me. Diving into these conscious dialogues
feels so crucial and is also not comfortable for me as the host. I
fumble in my questioning, become tongue-tied in moments and yet it
feels important to not edit out my own humanness and the humanness
of this conversation on the whole. It feels to be my mission to
bridge these awkward and important dialogues so as to bring us
together in harmony.
ABOUT OUR GUEST: NICHOLAS WHITAKER
For
the past decade, Nicholas has leveraged the scale and resources of
Google to build high impact educational products, programs, and
strategic partnerships, reaching over half a million journalists
worldwide. As a lead on the People Development team, Nicholas
supports individuals and teams with career and personal development
programs, and as a gPause volunteer Nicholas offers meditations,
workshops, and a podcast on mindfulness, resilience and mental
health awareness.
Outside of his day job, Nicholas supports people struggling with overwhelm, anxiety, distraction, and lack of direction with a mindfulness based coaching program - where clients discover their ability to harness the power of their attention to improve their happiness, productivity, and to make more conscious choices.
Learn more at nicholaswhitaker.com, and follow Nicholas on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.