Episode 21: Jim Marsden, pathfinder

Earth Converse Podcast

How do you find alignment?

Ambitious, hard-working and an avid learner, Jim was deep in business and strategy in the corporate world of Hewlett-Packard and had a young family. Loving it all and.. finding himself out of alignment. “I could see where it was going and it wasn't great".

So he took himself to the Karakorum Mountains – an experience which gave him perspective and which became a ‘foundation for what was to follow’. This included going to a Bill Plotkin and David Whyte ‘Nature, Poetry and the Soul’ session. Which led to a vision quest with Animus Valley, where he got confirmation of his role and gifts as a pathfinder.

We talk about how he learnt to integrate his two world’s of Hewlett Packard and his guiding: paying more attention to people and nature as a partner. And how he now works with start up entrepreneurs, CEO’s, venture capitalists with coaching company, Reboot. Helping them reconnect with what matters and how business can contribute positively to the world, through our humanity. And the practices that can support us on that path.

And there is a bear encounter story.

(44 minutes)

EPISODE EXTRAS:

You will want to explore these resources connected to Jim and Reboot:

Reboot website: https://www.reboot.io

Jim’s bio on the Reboot site: https://www.reboot.io/team/jim-marsden/

Jim’s writing:

• The Journey of Transformation, On-Being article https://onbeing.org/blog/the-journey-of-transformation/
• The Four Pillars of Practice: https://medium.com/reboot-leadership-resiliency/the-four-pillars-of-practice-4a7d58da7035
• What's your practice: https://medium.com/reboot-leadership-resiliency/whats-your-practice-5ee9bbd7169b

Reboot Quest podcast episode featuring Jim: https://www.reboot.io/episode/36-quest-jim-marsden-jade-sherer/

Also David Whyte, poet: https://www.davidwhyte.com

Bill Plotkin and Animus Valley https://animas.org

Rick Hansen, hardwiring happiness TEDx talk June 2013: https://www.rickhanson.net/ted-x-marin/

There is a video version too..on the #earthconverse #youtubechannel https://youtu.be/acpqX6_i-5c

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