The Courageous Wholeness Podcast

Dr. Max Klau, Founder, Center for Courageous Wholeness
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Welcome to the Courageous Wholeness Podcast, where inner transformation meets social change. The show is hosted by Dr. Max Klau—a Harvard-trained developmental psychologist and the Founder of the Center for Courageous Wholeness. The Podcast features powerful conversations at the intersection of inner development, service, shadow, and scale. Each episode lifts up the voice and experience of a remarkable soul who embodies the practice of living and leading with courageous wholeness. Join us in our mission to catalyze a global conversation about the need to live with courageous wholeness!

  1. Sep 14

    Ep 20: Elizabeth Honeycutt on gaining visibility while maintaining inner coherence

    Elizabeth Mae Honeycutt is a visibility strategist, entrepreneur, and founder of Luminary Agency, where she helps founders, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven leaders build visibility rooted in integrity. Through years of working alongside leaders, she's become fascinated not only by how people become influential, but by the responsibility that comes with influence. Today her work explores the relationship between peace, servant leadership, inner coherence, and ethical visibility—helping people align who they are behind closed doors with how they show up in the world. In this episode, we discuss Elizabeth's path to this work, how she understands peace, and why anyone seeking visibility must take responsibility for their own inner development. Learn more about Elizabeth: Website LinkedIn

    Ep 20: Elizabeth Honeycutt on gaining visibility while maintaining inner coherence

  2. Jul 1

    Ep. 19: Dr. Laura Hembley Lovett on Toxic Leadership

    Meet Dr. Laura Hembley Lovett, an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, author, podcast host and internationally recognized thought leader on creating healthy workplace cultures and eliminating toxic leadership. Her new book is called  I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss, and it's full of sage advice for anyone in this deeply unpleasant situation. In this conversation, we talk about toxic leadership and how it impacts health and wholeness. We also explore what led Dr. Laura to confront this dark shadow of organizational life. Learn more about Dr. Laura here: Website: https://www.drlaura.live/ Podcast: Where Work Meets Life with Dr. Laura Book: I Wish I'd Quit Sooner: Practical Strategies for Navigating and Escaping a Toxic Boss Instagram: Dr. Laura Live Facebook: Dr. Laura Live YouTube: Dr. Laura Where Work Meets Life

    Ep. 19: Dr. Laura Hembley Lovett on Toxic Leadership

  3. Jun 3

    Ep. 18: Faith Addicott on Organizational Development as Wisdom for our Time

    Meet Faith Addicott, an experienced organizational development consultant focused harnessing the wisdom of OD to respond to the challenges of this moment. She is Founder of Confluence Consulting Northwest, and is deeply involved in designing and implementing OD Out Loud, a peer-led conference that will occur in Kansas City this coming October. In this conversation, we talk about Faith’s unique path to this work, what she has learned about OD as a force for transformational change, and what she and her colleagues are hoping to accomplish with the OD Out Loud conference later this year. Learn more here: Faith on LinkedIn Confluence Consulting Northwest OD Out Loud Conference Website

    Ep. 18: Faith Addicott on Organizational Development as Wisdom for our Time

  4. May 7

    Ep. 17: Zander Martin on the Developing Leaders in the Wildnerness

    Meet Zander Martin, a facilitator, coach and educator who uses the outdoors as a context for leadership development. Zander is a lifelong explorer who was named Outside Magazine's "Adventurer of the Year" in 2011. He’s been involved with NOLS–the National Outdoor Leadership School-since 2008, and is currently a Senior Faculty.  He’s the Principal consultant at Treeline Development, his own consulting firm.  He serves as the Americas Hub Lead for TrailHaven, a retreat-focused executive development firm.  He has worked with NASA mission-crews, fighter squadrons, top-five MBA students, and leaders across the FAANG group, as well as top 5 companies in the automotive, brokerage, financial services, insurance, and healthcare industries. In this conversation, we explore the process of guiding leaders through transformational experiences in nature, and why reconnecting with the natural world is so important today. Learn more about Zander here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderbmartin/ TrailHaven: https://trailhaven.com/ TreelineDev: https://www.treelinedev.com/

    Ep. 17: Zander Martin on the Developing Leaders in the Wildnerness

  5. Apr 13

    Ep. #16: Max Solo--The Semester That Changed My Life

    In this first ever solo episode, host Max Klau shares a moment from his journey that had a major impact on the development of the work of Courageous Wholeness. Max tells the story of the semester in graduate school in which he first encountered the moral development work of Carol Gilligan and the adaptive leadership work of Ron Heifetz...and how those two courses led to a major awakening that occurred while making mac-n-cheese one night. Inspired by one of his favorite podcast hosts, Elise Loehnen, Max goes deep into the mix of developmental psychology theory and personal experiences that led him down the path to this work. Learn more about Carol Gilligan & moral development here. Learn more about Ron Heifetz & adaptive leadership here.

    Ep. #16: Max Solo--The Semester That Changed My Life

  6. Mar 18

    Ep. 15: Adam Yukelson on Creating Transformational Virtual Experiences

    Meet Adam Yukelson, an expert on how to create large-scale transformational experiences in the virtual space.  He helped Otto Scharmer and the team at the Presencing Institute build an online version of their Theory U training, and then went on to help the team at Thich Naht Hahn's community of Plum Village take their "Zen and the art of Saving the Planet" course online.  He’s been involved in some of the most impactful and cutting edge efforts to bring transformational experiences online, and he’s here to share his wisdom on today’s pod.  Adam's website: www.adamyukelson.com Adam on LinkedIn Adam on the Presencing Institute website

    Ep. 15: Adam Yukelson on Creating Transformational Virtual Experiences

  7. Feb 25

    Ep. 14: Thomas Legrand on the Politics of Being

    Thomas Legrand is an expert on sustainability, a spiritual seeker, and the author of a powerful book called The Politics of Being: Wisdom and Science for a New Developmental Paradigm.  Thomas has a PhD in economics and  he currently serves as the Lead Technical Advisor for the Conscious Food Systems Alliance convened by the United Nations Development Program. He spends his days working to make our global food systems more sustainable by shifting the consciousness of the stakeholders in that system. Thomas believes that the current crises we see unfolding all around us are manifestations of greed, hatred, fear, ignorance, selfishness and other dark emotions. To move beyond these crises, we must create systems and cultures that are focused on cultivating more evolved ways of being. His book, The Politics of Being, is a remarkably substantive and ambitious exploration of what it could look like bring this shift to every facet of our civic lives. Thomas is both a visionary soul and an experienced practitioner working on the front lines of a complex public challenge. I'm excited to lift up his wisdom on this podcast! Learn more here: The Politics of Being: Wisdom and Science for a New Developmental Paradigm The Politics of Being website Thomas Legrand on LinkedIn

    Ep. 14: Thomas Legrand on the Politics of Being

  8. Jan 22

    Ep. 13: Peter Cobabe on Co-Evolving with AI

    Peter Cobabe is a visionary entrepreneur and technologist working at the edge of the effort to elevate human potential through the responsible use of artificial intelligence. A longtime student of contemplative practice and the science of consciousness, Peter seeks to weave together conscious evolution, spiritual development and technology. In this conversation, we explore the implications of being in relationship with a superintelligent technology that is actually evolving us as we seek to evolve it. Learn more about Peter here: LinkedIn Adaptr AI

    Ep. 13: Peter Cobabe on Co-Evolving with AI
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Welcome to the Courageous Wholeness Podcast, where inner transformation meets social change. The show is hosted by Dr. Max Klau—a Harvard-trained developmental psychologist and the Founder of the Center for Courageous Wholeness. The Podcast features powerful conversations at the intersection of inner development, service, shadow, and scale. Each episode lifts up the voice and experience of a remarkable soul who embodies the practice of living and leading with courageous wholeness. Join us in our mission to catalyze a global conversation about the need to live with courageous wholeness!

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  • Creator
    Dr. Max Klau, Founder, Center for Courageous Wholeness
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Max Klau, Founder, Center for Courageous Wholeness
  • Show Website
    The Courageous Wholeness Podcast

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