BEabove Leadership

It just so happens that Ursula I get asked a lot about authors, books, and yes, other programs dealing with neuroscience and coaching. Over the years, we’ve worked to be both thoughtful and gracious in our response, even though the little girl inside is sometimes screaming “Why are you asking about OTHER stuff??? Why don’t […]

  An interesting thing happened to me on my way home from a recent trip. I was in the Oslo airport, repacking my things after going through security. An older man, quite rotund, seemed to be positioning himself as close to me as he could. When I moved to create a bit of distance, he […]

Hat’s off to all of us who are authentically on the growth and development journey. We become adept at acknowledging our dark sides, asking for feedback, and exploring all the shadows of our complicated souls. We know we are works in progress with much yet to learn and transform. And we continue to dig in, committed as we […]

I’ve knocked around the coaching world for nigh-on 15 years now, and, as such, have taught many classes on life purpose, taken people through endless guided visualizations, had numerous coaching sessions on the topic where we created cumbrous statements rich with metaphor, and even researched where it might live in the brain. I’m done. There is […]

I’ve recently become obsessed with Project Runway, and, this season being over, decided to work my way through all the old episodes, starting with Season One. I’m a huge fan of the creativity, and I love the designers who play the game by taking the high road, helping each other, and maintaining a positive attitude […]

Check out this short video interview with Ann musing about the neuroscience of coaching  — and also pondering the future of the field (which touches on why we developed our Human Consciousness Architecture Model). Click here for video  

By Ann Betz and Karen Kimsey-House We live in a world of both profound separation and deep longing for connection. Betz and Kimsey-House explore not only the historical and spiritual history of our disconnection and its cost to individual and societal well-being, but also provide a compelling, neuroscience-based argument for how to make the next […]

Recently at BEabove we’ve encountered some people who have been unfair, unreasonable and ultimately very difficult to tolerate, much less love. So we’ve worked, been coached, used our many tools, processed and pondered, and lo and behold, uncovered the blessing. Every time. And we’re not talking spiritual bypass here where everything gets polished and presented […]