Nadjeschda Taranczewski: You Haven't Changed Until Your Behaviour Does

Nadjeschda Taranczewski, psychologist, master certified coach, and author of Conscious You: Become the Hero of Your Own Story, argues that most personal growth is mistaken for itself: people leave a retreat able to talk fluently about trust and vulnerability, and treat the fluency as the change. Her standard is stricter. Real development shows up specifically with the people who trigger you most, not in how well you can describe your own growth to a stranger. She introduces the standard, and the four elements behind it (self-reflection, self-compassion, ownership, and honest dialogue), through her own history with bulimia in her teens and twenties, then spends the rest of the conversation with host Christopher Kabakis reapplying it: to leadership shadow patterns (self-exploitation and narcissism, both traced to shame), to organisational culture (which she argues starts and ends with the person who is its "source"), and to money, which she treats as one of the most powerful and least examined entry points into personal trauma work. (0:00) Introduction to Nadja Tarancewski (03:51) Nadja's Struggles With a Hidden Addiction (12:15) The Stories We Tell About Ourselves (20:43) The Intelligence of Our Defences (29:47) Integration of Insights into Daily Life (34:47) Navigating Leadership Challenges and Vulnerability (41:17) The Importance of Inner Development for Coaches (48:39) The Role of Leadership in Cultural Transformation (53:57) Exploring the Relationship Between Money and Trauma (58:58) Cultural Resonance of Conscious Work in Japan (01:10:56) Practical Steps for Personal Transformation Follow Nadjeschda Taranczewski: Website: ⁠www.conscious-u.com⁠ Follow Inner Pioneers by Evolute Institute: Instagram: @evolute_institute YouTube: @evoluteinstitute Website: ⁠https://evolute-institute.com/⁠ Enjoyed the episode? Find additional information, mentioned resources and more here: ⁠https://evolute-institute.com/inner-p... Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: b2794a00-2acb-43c9-8b00-53039078e246