An Interview With Jamie Ridler

An Interview With Jamie Ridler from Kate Swoboda on Vimeo.

I can’t remember how I first connected with Jamie Ridler. Was it Facebook? Twitter? Just out and about in the online world?

I definitely remember the first time she re-tweeted something I’d put out there on Twitter. It was so very…”un-coaching-world-like.” I mean, one Coach, sharing the work of another Coach rather than the more typical desperation and clinging and gotta-get-my-piece-of-the-pie stuff–had we stepped into an alternate dimension?

I began following Jamie and noticed that I loved her enthusiasm, passion, and integrity. So I proposed that we collaborate on something and before I knew it, here we were–two Coaches supporting one another. I did a podcast for Jamie Ridler Studios, and then we gabbed on the phone for another half-hour after that interview. I loved her energy and am so excited to return the gesture and interview her and have her featured here today.

Funny thing about this interview–this moment, almost towards the end, when I was going to follow my “interview script” and move on to the next question because, uh, isn’t that what you do in an interview? But then I stopped and said, “Wait. Let’s go back a second.” There was such energy that had come forth when Jamie responded to my question: “What’s the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?” and I felt it and we couldn’t leave it. In that moment, one part of me was in total panic (holyshityou’renotdoingitrightwhat’shappeninghowwillyouforumlatethenextquestion?) while another part of me just knew that if I got really present with each of the next words that were coming out of my mouth, I’d be a-okay.

And we totally were. And she rocked out with this unexpected detour.

Enjoy the interview.

 

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