A Story of Success, Addiction, and Awakening with Chris Kalbfleisch

The Hidden Resistance to Our Full Potential

Why do we so often resist the very things we say we want most? In this solo episode, Jonathan explores the subtle and deeply human tendency to resist joy, love, abundance, and our own potential. Drawing from personal experience, transformational work, and the concept of the “upper limit problem,” this conversation dives into the unconscious ways we self-sabotage when life begins to feel too good. Jonathan reflects on healing, gratitude, embodiment, emotional capacity, and what it truly means to expand our ability to hold light — not just pain. This episode is an invitation to stop shrinking, stop dimming, and begin stepping more fully into the fullness of who you are. ⸻ ⏰ Timestamps * 00:00 Why We Resist Joy * 00:49 Upper Limit Self Sabotage * 03:18 Practices To Hold Light * 06:27 Embodied Love And Influence * 08:49 Step Fully Into Your Light Learn More About Our Work at the Center:  * Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach * Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach ➡️ Download our Free Guide:  "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach" [https://web.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/how-to-make-a-living-as-a-transformational-coach] 💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!

From Numb to Alive: The Real Path to Healing & Emotional Freedom with Anamargret Sanchez

What happens when you stop running from your pain, and finally turn toward it?  In this episode, transformational coach, ketamine facilitator, and longtime yoga teacher Anamargret Sanchez shares her deeply personal journey from loss and disconnection to embodiment, healing, and purpose.  What you’ll learn:  * Why emotional numbness blocks both pain and joy  * How yoga became a gateway to deeper healing  * What ketamine therapy actually does (and doesn’t do)  * How to move through grief instead of around it  * Why you’re not meant to do this work alone  ⸻  ⏱️ Timestamps  * 02:01 - Who Was Anamargret Before  * 03:45 - Origin Story and Loss  * 07:37 - Miami Move and Contraction  * 11:20 - Yoga and Healing Path  * 29:54 - Beyond Antidepressants  * 31:00 - Healing Outcomes Witnessed  * 32:09 - Holding Space & Self-Care  * 34:35 - Full Circle Yoga Reunion  * 37:15 - Retreat to Deep Coaching Dive  * 40:53 - Legion Park Yoga Community  * 43:47 - Miami’s Ripple Effect  * 45:37 - Purpose as Conduit  * 46:42 - Life “Through Me” Framework  * 49:23 - Welcoming Darkness  * 50:18 - Transformation Needs Support  ⸻  🔗 Connect with Anamargret  * Website: https://anamargret.com  * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anamargret/ Learn More About Our Work at the Center:  * Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach * Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach ➡️ Download our Free Guide:  "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach" [https://web.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/how-to-make-a-living-as-a-transformational-coach] 💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!

Why Success Alone Will Never Fulfill You with Patrick Boland

What happens when you do everything “right”… and still feel empty? In this episode of The Deep Coach Podcast, I sit down with Patrick Boland—executive coach, author of The Contemplative Leader, and former high-achiever who hit a breaking point early in life. At just 16, Patrick experienced a profound existential crisis. Despite excelling in academics, sports, and music, he found himself asking a deeper question: “What is it all for?” What followed was a journey through depression, spirituality, mentorship, and ultimately, a radical shift in how he relates to success, meaning, and leadership. 📝 Key Themes * The illusion of success as a path to fulfillment * Existential crisis as a gateway to transformation * Mentorship and inner healing * Letting go of control and walking the “pathless path” * Navigating uncertainty and liminal space * Contemplative leadership in a changing world * Fatherhood, legacy, and meaning ⸻ ⏰ Timestamps * 01:44 Teen Pressure and Emptiness * 03:17 Loss Sparks the Spiral * 04:49 Ecclesiastes Awakening * 06:23 Rejecting the Scripted Life * 08:32 Prayer and Inner Shift * 09:51 Mentors and the Enneagram * 14:45 Why Mentorship Matters * 18:31 Pilot Dream Shattered * 21:37 Sailing and Letting Go * 25:51 Richard Rohr Connection * 29:15 Credentials and Calling * 32:40 Lifes Work Quote * 33:17 Walking the Pathless Path * 35:15 Listening Beneath Fear * 36:56 Culture and Consciousness Stages * 41:59 Contemplative Leadership Explained * 52:39 Fatherhood and Facing the Future * 57:54 Doing Whats Yours to Do * 01:02:19 Go Through the Storm ⸻ 🔗 Connect with Patrick Boland * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-boland-9546048/ * Website: https://www.conexus.ie/ * Book: https://www.thecontemplativeleader.com/ ⸻  📖 Resources Mentioned * The Contemplative Leader – Patrick Boland * Everything Belongs – Richard Rohr * Ecclesiastes (Hebrew scriptures) Learn More About Our Work at the Center:  * Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach * Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach ➡️ Download our Free Guide:  "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach" [https://web.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/how-to-make-a-living-as-a-transformational-coach] 💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!

A Story of Success, Addiction, and Awakening with Chris Kalbfleisch

Many people believe success will bring fulfillment — the career, the money, the family, the recognition. For Chris Kalbfleisch, he achieved all of it. And then… everything collapsed. In just 11 months, Chris went from a high-performing hedge fund executive with a thriving life to sitting in a jail cell, facing prison time. In this deeply moving conversation, Chris shares: * The hidden pain beneath achievement * His descent into addiction and self-sabotage * The moment everything broke — and everything began * How surrender, spirituality, and deep inner work transformed his life * What it really means to find peace This is a story about awakening — not as a concept, but as a lived experience. If you’ve ever felt stuck, lost, or quietly disconnected despite external success… this conversation is for you. Below, you’ll find key moments from the episode to guide your listening: ⏰ TIMESTAMPS * 02:23 – Conditioned Success Mindset * 03:20 – Childhood Shame and Alcoholism * 07:30 – Achievement as Escape * 09:15 – Misdiagnosis and Proving Worth * 11:35 – Alcohol Creeps In * 13:40 – Finance Career and Outer Success * 15:40 – Inner Collapse and Self-Sabotage * 22:30 – 2019 Spiral to Jail * 27:12 – Facing the Judge Unafraid * 29:21 – AA, Surrender, and Spiritual Signs * 36:03 – First Kundalini Experience * 36:58 – The Teacher Training Leap * 37:49 – Aquarian Sadhana Practice * 39:55 – Two Paths, One Recovery * 41:18 – Court Sentence as Transformation * 44:55 – Amends and Family Distance * 48:05 – Healing the Mother Wound * 51:40 – Meeting Jacqueline Again * 54:38 – Stepfamily and Being Seen * 56:22 – Sharing His Story with Teens * 01:00:58 – Ego Traps in a New Career * 01:06:18 – Final Reflections on Surrender 🔗 CONNECT WITH CHRIS * 🌐 Website * 📘 Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/neon.chris.92] * 💼 LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-kalbfleisch-9211351b4/] Learn More About Our Work at the Center:  * Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach * Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach ➡️ Download our Free Guide:  "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach" [https://web.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/how-to-make-a-living-as-a-transformational-coach] 💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!

The Pathless Path: How to Trust Life When Everything Falls Apart with Phyllis Lane

Many people believe that if they can just find the right plan, the right strategy, or the right path… life will finally feel stable, clear, and under control.  But for Phyllis Lane, life unfolded in a very different way.  After the unraveling of a long-term relationship, the collapse of a shared business, and the loss of many of the structures she once relied on, Phyllis found herself with nothing to hold onto—no clear direction, no plan, and no guarantees.  What emerged wasn’t a new strategy. It was a deeper way of living.  In this conversation, Phyllis shares how she learned to move beyond the thinking mind and into a life guided by intuition, presence, and trust. Through creativity, movement, and deep inner listening, she discovered what it means to live the “pathless path”—where life is no longer something you control, but something you allow to move through you.  Together, Jonathan and Phyllis explore what it truly means to let go of control, trust the unknown, and follow the aliveness of life itself.  What we explore in this episode…  * 01:51 Reunion and the beginning of an unraveling  * 03:26 Growing up in a turbulent environment and developing sensitivity  * 04:57 Martial arts as the first doorway into intuition  * 05:39 The modeling world and a wake-up call around identity  * 06:48 Leaving New York and moving to the desert in search of something deeper  * 07:49 Art as the turning point back into the inner world  * 09:33 Movement, creativity, and releasing stored emotional energy  * 12:17 Trusting the flow and becoming a channel for life  * 18:54 Lessons from business, partnership, and pressure  * 24:21 Inner child healing and learning not to abandon yourself  * 31:34 When life tests your peace  * 32:36 “Going home” as a spiritual practice  * 34:38 Meeting fear at the edge of the unknown  * 35:44 Intuition as a daily devotion  * 40:20 Trusting creative work and the flow of income  * 50:23 Her book Living the Flow and the final invitation to leap  ___________________________  🔗 Connect with Phyllis  🌐 Website: www.phyllislane.com  📸 Instagram: @phyllislane    Learn More About Our Work at the Center:  * Website: https://www.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeepcoach * Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedeepcoach ➡️ Download our Free Guide:  "How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach" [https://web.centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/how-to-make-a-living-as-a-transformational-coach] 💡 Please subscribe to get updates on the latest episodes. Thank you for listening!