{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4306e985-a19c-4ba7-8896-30f3acfc080a","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"High-functioning Trauma Hiders and Their \u2018Superpowers\u2019 with Toku McCree\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/4306e985-a19c-4ba7-8896-30f3acfc080a\"></iframe>","title":"High-functioning Trauma Hiders and Their \u2018Superpowers\u2019 with Toku McCree","description":"Toku McCree is an executive coach. Formerly a monk, Toku lived in a Zen monastery where he vowed to liberate all beings from suffering. Today, as an executive coach, Toku has built a business to do just that. He founded Unexecutive.com\u2014a platform that works to create enlightened leaders to solve the world\u2019s most pressing problems\u2014and has worked with many brilliant minds, from Zen Habits\u2019 Leo Babauta to the marketing leaders of Pepsi and Nestle. But, to me, Toku is more than just an executive coach\u2014he is love, accessibility, energy, calm, acceptance, and peace.Toku joins me today to discuss how trauma shows up in leadership and describes the dark side of trauma response as a superpower. He explains how our childhood experiences shape who we are. He describes his life at a Zen monastery and how his time there informs his work with his executive coaching clients. Toku also outlines how trauma and its resulting \u201csuperpowers\u201d get in the way of leadership and underscores the importance of creating an environment where trust can flourish.\u201cHigh-functioning trauma hiders develop superpowers through their trauma and, as a result, think that they should just use that capacity for everything, even when it\u2019s not absolutely necessary.\u201d - Toku McCreeThis week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:* Hiding suffering and Toku\u2019s life in a Zen monastery* Perception versus communication and how hidden suffering tends to show up in the margins* High-functioning trauma hiders and how they overuse their superpowers* Recruiting the \u201cwormy squirmies\u201d into our lives and how being comfortable in crisis makes us want to stir up trouble* What carrying the weight of trauma as a leader looks like* Isolation and hypervigilance in relationships as a result of trauma* The dark side of perception as a superpower resulting from trauma* How \u201csuperpowers\u201d from trauma can get in the way of leadership* The relationship between trauma and trust and how mistrust costs founders* Creating an environment where people can become trustworthy* Our other \u201csuperpowers,\u201d mysticism and accepting the world as a mysterious place* Toku\u2019s journey into his life at a Zen monastery* Connect with Toku McCree:* Unexecutive (https://unexecutive.com/)* Unexecutive on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/unexecutive/about/)* Toku McCree on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/unexecutive/)* Where High Achievers Get Through Shit - TOGETHERThanks for tuning into this week\u2019s Trauma Hiders Club \u2018The Podcast\u2019 episode with Karen Goldfinger Baker. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-hiders-club-podcast/id1569664269) | TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Health--Wellness-Podcasts/Trauma-Hiders-Club-Podcast-p1444567/) | GooglePlay (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9vbW55LmZtL3Nob3dzL3RyYXVtYS1oaWRlcnMtY2x1Yi9wbGF5bGlzdHMvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M) | Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/show/trauma-hiders-club-podcast) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZOxHZICFQhfI2nbrIU2Ut) | Amazon Music (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e8ff8ce6-d410-4eec-b482-b297f7cb8a24/Trauma-Hiders-Club-Podcast)Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more high achievers, like you.Join me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kbakercleve), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kaygeebee007/), and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bakerk/) and ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/63bccb77-7a91-4fd2-b612-3600d5302496/image.jpg"}