{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe63cddda-0fda-4031-9940-b5f6e0457154","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 181: Connection. A Key Ingredient For Coming Out \u2013 Alan Cohen","description":"Connections. It\u2019s all about connections. Or is it about connecting the dots, or creating connections? The answer is yes, yes, and yes. Without connections, we don\u2019t have compassion. Without connections we can\u2019t understand our differences. And, without connections, you don\u2019t get tickets to see Hamilton on Broadway, but that\u2019s a different topic for a different podcast.\r\nTruth is, how we connect to one another has huge impact on how people perceive us and our story as we come out of the closet\u2026regardless of the closet we\u2019re stepping through. The more we connect, the more understanding, sharing, compassion, and hopefully love will wash over all of us in our quest for acceptance.\r\nConnection guru, fellow coach, and friend, Alan Cohen, joins me in The Coming Out Lounge today to explore the captivating world of connecting, one person and story at a time.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* We need to make room for people to make connections \u2013 Alan tells us how\r\n* This guest never felt he belonged because he was holding on to a secret\u2026\r\n* The journey to and through connection is all about awareness!\r\n* There\u2019s a lot more to Pride Month than celebrating\r\n* If you don\u2019t enable it first, you\u2019ll never connect with others!\r\n\r\nConnect with Alan Cohen\r\nFor over three decades, Alan Cohen has helped C-Suite executives and other business leaders become their best future selves. First as a marketing expert, later a human resources consultant, and most recently as a transformative executive coach; Alan is the trusted advisor to those seeking to dream bigger and achieve more.\r\nPrior to launching Alan Samuel Cohen Executive Coaching, Alan held several leadership positions at The Broadway League, MWW Public Relations, Scholastic Inc., Serino Coyne and Rogers and Cowan.\r\nAs a transformative executive coach, select clients include MetLife, OnDeck, Edelman Public Relations, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and The Child Defense Fund. In addition to individual coaching, he inspires already successful people through his books, motivational speeches, and workshops.\r\nAlan is an accredited member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and one of only 2,500 Professional Certified Coaches in the world. He was a trainer for The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), and is certified in the Energy Leadership Assessment Tool and Myers-Briggs, and co-founded\u00a0The Positivity Project, an initiative to create global optimism in the workplace.\u00a0Publications include:\u00a0Those Difficult Talks for PR Pros: How Best to Say What Needs to be Said to Clients, Colleagues and Employees\u00a0and, coming later this year;\u00a0The Connection Challenge: How Executives Create Power and Possibility in the Age of Distraction\u00a0(Indie Books International).\r\nHe holds a BA in English and Theatre from Connecticut College, and an MBA from Fordham University\u2019s Graduate School of Business.\u00a0 He also trained at the Applied Institute of Neuroscience, and Landmark Education. Alan lives in New York City.\r\nWebsite\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}