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TNM Unplugged
Hosted by TNM Coaching · EN
Welcome to TNM Unplugged! For your information, growth and entertainment! Unplugged is a state of high performance where you take control and improve your heart, your body, and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond expectations! TNM Unplugged was born out of a 20-year crusade to transform leadership through coaching. Our program distills the knowledge of world-class coaches, professional facilitators, bestselling authors, distinguished researchers and scientists, meditation teachers and mentors, and innovators. Their collective wisdom and expertise, delivered through enlightening conversation, insightful dialogue, and practical role play, will help you take your leadership skills to the next level. TNM Unplugged shares the perspectives of a thriving, global leadership community, plus more than 20 years of experience providing leadership training to global organizations. Begin your leadership journey today and gain access to the entire episode library for FREE at www.tnmcoaching.com
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The Power of Relational Leadership with Carsten Sudhoff
Mar 1800:40:01Tap to summarizeIn this intellectually sharp and strategically grounded episode, I sit down with leadership expert and author Carsten Sudhoff to challenge one of the most persistent myths in business — the self-made success story.Carsten introduces his powerful framework of Structured Networking, a practical and tested methodology for building relationships with intention, clarity, and long-term value creation. This conversation moves far beyond transactional networking. It explores networking as a leadership competency — and possibly even a maturity competency.What if success is never individual — but always relational?In this episode of TNM Coaching Unplugged, Zoran welcomes Carsten Sudhoff, author of No One Wins Alone, to explore how structured, intentional networking transforms careers, leadership impact, and organizational ecosystems. Carsten explains the shift from “value by coincidence” to conscious value creation, outlining the three interconnected roles within every powerful network: Seeker, Giver, and Connector. He reveals why clarity of personal brand is essential before activating a network — and why most professionals fail not because of lack of talent, but lack of structure.The conversation also dives into the psychological dimension of networking, including how attachment styles influence how we ask for help, give value, or avoid visibility. Together, they explore how networking, when done consciously, becomes an engine for innovation, trust-building, and sustainable growth — both individually and organizationally. The episode closes with a powerful reflection: networking is not manipulation or transaction. It is disciplined relationship-building rooted in mutual value and ecosystem thinking.Key Talking Points• The myth of the self-made leader• Structured Networking vs accidental connections• The three roles: Seeker, Giver, Connector• Task requests vs personal brand clarity• Moving from transactional networking to ecosystem thinking• Trust beyond the first meeting• Attachment styles and networking behavior• Conscious value creation as leadership practice• Applying structured networking inside organizations• Networking as leadership competency vs maturity competencyCarsten Sudhoff is a leadership expert, advisor, and author of No One Wins Alone. Creator of the Structured Networking framework focused on intentional relationship-building and conscious value creation in organizations and professional ecosystems.WebsiteLinkedInBook Link
Transcribe →Resilient Leadership with Sanjiv Patel
Mar 200:42:43Tap to summarizeIn this powerful and heart-opening episode, Zoran Todorovic welcomes Sanjiv Patel—Transformational Leadership Strategist, Life Coach, and Resilience Mentor—whose life and work illuminate the art of turning pain into purpose.Together, they explore how we can lead through life’s challenges with courage, compassion, and clarity. Drawing from Sanjiv’s three decades of experience guiding leaders and teams through uncertainty, this conversation reveals the power of healing, presence, and values-driven leadership as the foundation for lasting success. In a world defined by disruption, speed, and constant change, resilience is no longer optional—it’s essential.Zoran and Sanjiv dive deep into what it truly means to heal as a leader—to transform setbacks into strength and adversity into awakening. Through Sanjiv’s personal and professional stories, they uncover how emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and inner stillness allow leaders to navigate chaos with authenticity and grace.You’ll discover how to cultivate resilience not by resisting challenges, but by embracing them as catalysts for growth, empathy, and evolution.Key Talking Points:The story behind Sanjiv’s H.E.A.L.S. model and its power to transform pain into purposeHow the 3Rs framework helps leaders rise from setbacks with strength and wisdomThe difference between coping and transforming—how to move beyond survival into growthWhy vulnerability is the cornerstone of true resilienceHow to embody values-driven leadership in turbulent timesLessons from Sanjiv’s own journey through loss, reinvention, and healingThe connection between authenticity, empathy, and sustainable successThe shift from leading through control to leading through compassionAfter listening, take a moment to ask yourself:“Where in my life am I being called to heal?”Pause. Reflect. Begin again.As Sanjiv reminds us, resilience isn’t about bouncing back—it’s about rising forward with greater heart, depth, and purpose.Website
Transcribe →Burnout to limitless potential with Linda Gronfors
Feb 1600:41:39Tap to summarizeIn this inspiring and soul-stirring episode, Zoran Todorovic welcomes Linda Grönfors—serial entrepreneur, speaker, and transformational coach devoted to unlocking the limitless potential within us all.Together they explore what it truly means to awaken human intelligence—uniting body, mind, and consciousness to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. From overcoming burnout and ego death to redefining leadership through love and self-awareness, this conversation is a roadmap to expanding your potential and living from purpose.We live in an age of acceleration—AI, uncertainty, and endless performance pressure. But what if the real frontier isn’t artificial intelligence, but human intelligence?Zoran and Linda dive deep into the transformation that happens when high performers slow down, listen within, and rediscover their innate power. Through Linda’s personal story of burning out and awakening to higher consciousness, they uncover the bridge between science and spirituality, success and self-realization, ambition and awareness.You’ll learn how to lead consciously, prevent burnout, and embody the next evolution of leadership—limitless, loving, and alive.Key Talking PointsLinda’s early entrepreneurial journey starting at 14 and what it taught her about human potentialThe difference between exhaustion and expansion—how to transmute burnout into breakthroughWhy your greatest strength can also be your kryptoniteHow to use science, psychology, and energy awareness to unlock limitless potentialUnderstanding the three stages of awakening: body, mind, and spiritThe power of imagination and visualization in creating your future realityBuilding internal safety: how self-leadership prevents burnoutLove as a leadership frequency—the foundation for Humanity 2.0Take a moment after listening to ask yourself:“What am I ignoring?”Write it down. Face it. Transform it.WebsiteLinkedIn
Transcribe →The True Core of Coaching with Michael Stratford
Feb 200:49:57Tap to summarizeWhat makes coaching truly different from every other development modality?In this deep, spacious conversation, Zoran and Michael Stratford, MCC unpack a radical, yet simple truth:Most of the world says, “Be like me.”Coaching, at its purest, says, “Be like you.”Drawing on his background in mathematics, theater, and three decades of coaching, Michael explains why uniqueness is not a nice idea, but a mathematical and existential fact — and why the coach’s role is to help clients discover the way of living, leading, and succeeding that fits them on a cellular level.Together they explore:Why coaching is the one profession that doesn’t ask clients to copy someone else’s success modelHow epigenetics, tribal survival, and cultural conditioning make uniqueness feel dangerousThe crucial difference between behavior (learned survival strategy) and essence (who you really are)Michael’s powerful exercise: “Who are you without…?” — stripping away roles, achievements, titles, and identitiesThe moment of realizing: “I am… me” — and how that changes everythingThe “shoe test”: how to know when a role, job, or opportunity truly fits youWhy stepping into your uniqueness requires courage, vulnerability, and transition, not reckless cut-offThe journey from fitting into the world → to shaping the world around who you areThey also explore the very practical side of uniqueness: money, work, profession, saying no to misaligned contracts, and creating new paths and even new professions when what you are doesn’t yet exist in the market.The conversation then opens into a bigger reflection on life:Above the line / below the line – “My life works exactly the way I want it to”Why goals (MCC, championships, money, Olympic gold) are means to an inner evolution, not the pointThe key question:“Given that we’re all going to die, how do I want to experience my life on a daily basis, between now and then?”Finally, Michael offers a clear call to action:If you truly want to honor your uniqueness, use a coach. Not because you “need” one to survive — but because a coach is a powerful ally in helping you live more fully as yourself, with less struggle and more awareness. This is a rich, human, and deeply spiritual episode that will stay with listeners long after it ends.Key Talking PointsCoaching as the only profession that says: “Be like you,” not “Be like me.”Mathematical and energetic uniqueness – why no two humans are the sameCultural and epigenetic conditioning: the fear of being different and fear of banishmentThe trap: confusing behavior (“that’s just how I am”) with essence (“who I really am”)The identity question: “Who are you without work, without titles, without achievements?”The “Who am I without…?” exercise (roles, accomplishments, beliefs, relationships, culture…)Reaching the simple but profound answer: “I am me.”Developing a “cellular-level fit” for your life choices: the shoe test metaphorVulnerability and courage: the threshold of stepping into your unique expressionCongruence, integrity, and authenticity as outcomes of living your uniquenessPractical realities: money, job loss, transitions, and creating new professions that didn’t exist beforeAbove/below the line:Below the line: “I’m trying to make my life work the way I want.”At the line: “My life works the way I want.”Above the line: “Now that my life works, what do I want my life to be about?”Legacy: being remembered not for titles and money, but for being a good humanRedefining goals: from chasing outcomes → to focusing on who we become in the processWhy coaches also need coaches — congruence, credibility, and personal evolutionCoaching as a tool: not a necessity, but a powerful ally in evolving consciousness and life experienceReassurance for listeners: your uniqueness will not leave you alone — it will attract the right peopleWebsite LinkedIn
Transcribe →Reconnecting to Inner Medicine – Healing, Trust, and the Courage to Live Aligned with Celeste Palmer
Jan 1900:42:15Tap to summarizeWhat does it mean to be a “medicine woman” — and how do we bring ancient healing wisdom into real life, without bypassing the human journey?In this intimate conversation, Zoran welcomes Celeste Palmer, trained and initiated in Amazonian curanderismo, to explore healing as a return to alignment — across the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies.Celeste shares her origin story: the early loss of her twin sister, Caitlin, a period of dissociation and “sleeping through life,” and the final shock of divorce that became the gateway into deep self-healing. Through a first ayahuasca retreat in Portugal, she describes receiving a vision of soul purpose — and the call to facilitate balance, harmonization, and the dissolving of dis-ease so life can be expressed more fully.From there, the episode opens into the deeper teachings:Trust as the foundation of transformation — the “biggest trust fall” of lifeWhy discomfort doesn’t mean you’re on the wrong path — sometimes the path disappears to initiate you into the unknownThe nervous system’s role in awakening — learning edges, expansion, and staying resourcedAyahuasca as an earth intelligence and sentient teacher — a medicine first, and then a “school of life”Why the “dark” (inner and cosmic) isn’t something to fear — and how light is accessed through what we’ve avoidedThe integration challenge: returning to the same environment with a different energetic fieldCeleste’s core integration principles: lento pero seguro (slow but sure), grounding practices, devotion, and gratitudeWhy having an anchor matters — a coach, mentor, community, or touchpoint to help you remember, stabilize, and embody changeThe episode ends with a powerful closing reflection for the year ahead. Celeste frames 2026 as a year of cultivation, devotion, and nourishment — preparing the inner soil and tending the seeds that will bloom in what she senses as a larger collective shift ahead.This is a conversation for leaders, coaches, seekers, and anyone navigating change — who wants depth without drama, mysticism without escapism, and spirituality that can actually be lived.Key Talking PointsWhat it means to be a medicine woman (and what “curanderismo” really is)Healing as alignment across physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodiesGrief, dissociation, and the call back to lifeDivorce as an initiation — the threshold that moved Celeste onto her pathThe “trust fall” of transformation: surrendering into the unknownWhy discomfort doesn’t mean “wrong” — “How do you know you’re on the path? The path disappears.”Nervous system expansion: finding your edge without overwhelmAyahuasca as sentient earth intelligence: medicine first, then school of lifeThe “dark womb” as a gateway to light (Jung + the golden shadow)Integration realities: returning home to the same system with a new frequencyLento pero seguro: small steps, repetition, and embodied changeGrounding after ceremony: “chop wood, carry water” (laundry, dishes, body, nature)The power of gratitude as an anchoring, creative forceWhy community / coach / mentor touchpoints are highly beneficial for integrationClosing transmission: 2026 = nourishment + devotion; 2027 = a bigger shiftWebsite
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Ismael Perez on Our Cosmic Origin
Jul 18, 2022Tap to summarizeJoin us with Ismael Perez to discover a very interesting perspective on who we are, and why are we here. Ismael Perez is an Autor of Our Cosmic Origin No 1 best seller on Amazon. His book covers Earth's place in the multiverse, our galactic history, and the organization of our cosmos. More in Ismael: https://www.instagram.com/projectrestorationzion1/?hl=en More on Ismael's courses: https://www.themysticarts.org/book-online #ismael_perez #comsicconflict #tnmcoaching #zorantodorovic #newearth #personaldevelopment #coaching #coachtraining #divinefeminine #spiritualawakening #starseed
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