The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

• #350 Toxic Leader to Compassionate CEO - with Nigel Kilpatrick

  ▶️ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardatherton-firsthuman/   What happens when a high-flying executive loses himself in the pursuit of success? Breaking down in a bar with his CEO became the turning point for rebuilding his entire leadership philosophy on compassion? In this episode, Nigel Kilpatrick shares his remarkable journey from burnout, toxicity, and emotional collapse to becoming a leading voice for compassionate leadership.   Nigel reveals how confronting his own behaviour and facing multiple health crises reshaped his understanding of work, responsibility, and what people truly need from leaders today. He explains why compassion is not “soft,” but a strategic and measurable foundation for performance, culture, and wellbeing.  He shares why organisations that ignore it risk losing both their people and their purpose.   We dive into his book The Ten Traits of a Compassionate Leader, his creation of the Compassion Exchange, and his mission to transform workplace culture from fear-driven to human-centred.   We cover: From toxic leadership to self-healing Compassion as a business strategy Why empathy alone isn’t enough Building cultures rooted in trust and honesty Links: The Ten Traits of a Compassionate Leader - The Book The Compassion Exchange  

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• #349 The Subtle Art of Losing Yourself - with George Thompson

  ▶️ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardatherton-firsthuman/   What does it really mean to live in balance — not by escaping pain, but by transforming how we meet it? In this episode of Being Human, filmmaker and Tai Chi teacher George Thompson shares his journey from anxiety, self-doubt, and overthinking to presence, spaciousness, and embodied awareness. After travelling to the Wudang Mountains in China to study Tai Chi and Daoist philosophy, George discovered a radical shift: “To hurt is to be human. Balance is possible. Practice is the path.”   We explore how ancient wisdom meets modern life, and how spirituality becomes actionable, grounded, and deeply human.   We cover: - Turning up at the wrong temple - Scrolling Reddit on the Sacred Mountain - Materialism vs dualism vs panpsychism - The role of compassion and connection in leadership Oh, to have so much wisdom so early in life! George is a treat. Links: George’s Website Taoist Wellness Online

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• #348 The Energy Behind Manifestation - with Christy Whitman

  ▶️ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardatherton-firsthuman/   What if your identity is far bigger than your thoughts, your history, or your body? In this episode of Being Human, I sit down with Christy Whitman — New York Times bestselling author, transformational coach, and teacher of the Seven Universal Laws. Christy shares her core insight that we are not the ‘meat suit’ we inhabit, but energetic beings expressing light, intuition, and divine intelligence.   Christy is the embodiment of an abundant spirit. She has very evidently ‘done the work’ to transform divorce and debt to transform herself into the powerhouse she is today.    We discuss:  How to shift from victim consciousness into deliberate creation How frequency shapes every result in our lives Practical tools to shift our energy in the moment Links: Christy’s Website   A powerful conversation about identity, energy, and the creative force within each of us.

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• #347 Mind Beyond the Brain - with Dr. Diane Hennacy

  ▶️ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardatherton-firsthuman/   Is telepathy real — and can it be proven scientifically?    And what does it mean for our understanding of consciousness? In this episode of Being Human, we speak with Dr. Diane Hennacy, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, former Johns Hopkins faculty member, and author of The ESP Enigma. Diane has spent years rigorously testing individuals — including autistic savants — who appear to demonstrate astonishing telepathic abilities.   We explore why she believes consciousness is not produced by the brain but decoded by it, and what this means for our understanding of what it is to be human.   Diane is hugely entertaining in this profound conversation linking neuroscience, intuition, and human potential.   We explore: Early experiences with extrasensory perception First meeting a telepathic autistic child Finding fame with The Telepathy Tapes and plans for even more sophisticated experiments Implications for society What is consciousness and can AI develop it? Links: Diane’s Website

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• #346 The Science of Magic - with Dean Radin

  ▶️ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardatherton-firsthuman/   What if magic were real — and science could prove it? In this week’s episode, I speak with Dr. Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and author of The Conscious Universe and Real Magic. For more than forty years, Dean has studied telepathy, precognition, and mind–matter interaction under rigorous laboratory conditions. From his time in the U.S. government’s secret psychic research program to his pioneering experiments at IONS, he has gathered remarkable evidence that consciousness can influence the physical world.   We explore what quantum physics may reveal about psychic phenomena, why materialism is no longer enough to explain the mind, and how “real magic” might simply be the science of tomorrow. A fascinating conversation about belief, evidence, and the hidden potential of human consciousness.   We explore: His role in US psychic espionage Manipulating the future "Changing the past" Practical exercises for developing your magical skills The extraordinarily strong evidence that psychic phenomena are real Links: The Institute of Noetic Sciences

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