On episode #19 of #FromDepressionToExpression, I sit down with Dr Stephen Broadhurst, Author of, ‘Spirituality in the Workplace’ A Tool for Relations, Sustainability and growth in Turbulent and interconnected Markets. Dr Broadhurst is an Aerospace Engineer by trade, Specialist Change Agent, Continuous Improvement Specialist and Transactional & Transitional Leadership Specialist. Dr Broadhurst's professional background includes strategic alignment, implementation and organization in culture and standard ways-of-working through agile business process improvement, re-engineering with lean tools and techniques. He is also a personal (motivation and wellbeing) Change Teacher, Trainer & Coach.

We got to talk about:

• His background from childhood and work
• How his upbringing and school performance influenced his work life later on (Immature 42!)
• How his egos started taking control of his life. Ego & vanity
• Showing the world how clever he was by racing after achievements, titles, good jobs, women & materialistic hoarding
• His darknight of the soul, loosing it all, even his mother => Depression
• Becoming unexpectedly father and how this made him become the best person he could be
• His journey out of Depression and into Self-Accepting
• What he learned during the journey. Growth, Pain vs. Wisdom
• Who and how he was before the darknight and awakening journey
• Spirituality: It’s work in progress. It’s all about “Who am I?”, Self-reflection
• The different “ism’s” that hold us back. The fears, the excuses
• What is the Ego. Is it good or bad? What is it’s use
• His trigger points. How to see them. How to see and find the issues to work on them
• “What I need.” vs “What I want.”
• The good news is that you have emotions. The bad news is that you have emotions
• Life is an experience. It’s about having a balanced life. Have fun
• People learn more out of hardship
• Ego vs. Super Ego. It’s harder the cleverer you are
• All you can do is to be the best version of yourself.
• Mantra “I get what I need, not what I want!”
• The Al-Anon Group and how it helped him
• Forgiveness. The only person that you forgive is yourself
• Do the right thing. The right stuff flows. The wrong stuff gets stuck
• Story on cleaning wounds. Physically & the emotional spiritual ones
• HALT. Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired (emotional grit) Clean the wound
• Self Doubt & Denial (wire brush) => Cleaning House => Personal Inventory List => Ism’s

Reach out:

• Stephen Broadhurst EDBA on LinkedIN
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-broadhurst-edba-39653714/
• His book “Spirituality in the Workplace” https://www.amazon.co.uk/stephen-j-broadhurst/s?k=stephen+j+broadhurst

Links:

• Interview on Ecole des Ponts Business School “What Spirituality Isn't All About”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGj2Kli5syw&ab_channel=EcoledesPontsBusinessSchool

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