Why We Fear Change and How to Handle it - With Kirsty Maynor

This week on the podcast, host Anna Campbell is talking with Kirsty Maynor all about change. Kirsty Maynor is the Founder and CEO of The Firefly Group. She is a certified coach and leadership expert with decades of experience and the best-selling author of 'Untangled, a practical and inspirational guide to change we choose and change we don't'.
In this conversation, Anna and Kirsty talk all about change, including why we may feel threatened by change, even positive change. They also talk about the change skills to develop to help you navigate your life.
What do we mean by change?
Why does change, even good changes, often feel threatening/bad? What emotions can come up?
The change skills:
Becoming friends with vulnerability
Discover your courage
Finding your purpose
Honouring your values
Practicing self care
Living with self compassion
About Kirsty:
Founder and CEO of The Firefly Group, Kirsty Maynor has more than 25 years’ experience as a Change and Leadership Specialist and is the Author of bestseller 'Untangled: a practical and inspirational guide to change we choose and change we don't'. Specialists in organisational culture change and leadership development, The Firefly Group was founded in 2011 and has supported over ten thousand leaders across various sectors, fostering better futures for their organisations and stakeholders.
Kirsty is a Certified Co-active Coach, accredited with the International Coaching Federation, and a certified facilitator of Dare to Lead™. She holds an MSc in Organisational Behaviour and has tutored MSc students at the University of Edinburgh. Living in Edinburgh, Kirsty is the first Scottish member of the elite global Transformational Leadership Council.
Her bestselling book, 'Untangled, a practical and inspirational guide to change we choose and change we don't' was published in late November 2023 and offers readers both proactive insights and a compassionate approach to embracing life's inevitable changes.
As a single mum who raised a now-university-aged teenager while growing a successful business coaching senior leaders, Kirsty has the studies, research, and lived experience to debunk myths about handling change and navigating both chosen and unchosen life events.
untangledbook.com/
www.thefireflygroup.co.uk
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Enjoy watching,
With love, Jess x