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🧳 Pre-Residency Contest: "Pack With Me"

Anticipation is half the fun! Before you even board your flight or start the drive, show us how you are preparing for the week.

- The Challenge: Post a Reel, TikTok, or Instagram Story video showing what you are packing for your trip "home" to TI.

- How to Enter: Use the hashtag and tag .

- Prize: Our favorite entry will win a $50 Concordia University Irvine Bookstore Gift Card to grab some new gear as soon as you arrive on campus! We will announce the winner on June 9th.

Happy Birthday, Dr. John Townsend! 🎉

Thank you for your extraordinary impact on leaders, coaches, counselors, and students around the world. Your dedication to helping people grow through truth, grace, and connection has changed countless lives. We are honored to learn from your wisdom and continue the work of transformation you have inspired.

Please join us in celebrating .john_townsend today and thanking him for the difference he continues to make every day. 🎂

What If the Secret to Leadership Is Getting Out of Yourself?

On this episode of TIPS, hosts Ashlie and Gilbert, along with Dr. John Townsend, welcome Greg Campbell, executive coach, author of The Surprising Power of the Coil, and longtime friend and advisor to Dr. Townsend. Together they explore how authentic relationships transform both leaders and organizations.

Drawing from decades in asset management, real estate, and organizational leadership, Greg reveals how the principle of ""the coil,” which is intentionally assembling valuable threads of personal relationships over time, unlocks genuine connection.

You'll discover:
• Why servant leadership begins with getting out of yourself and genuinely listening to others
• The coil principle: how shared experiences and authentic interest create lasting, meaningful relationships
• Why vulnerability is the greatest leadership attribute—and how it strengthens, not weakens, your influence
• The power of "both/and" thinking: balancing profit with people, confidence with character, connection with competence

Whether you're a leader seeking to transform culture, a professional building meaningful relationships, or anyone wanting to live with greater purpose and impact, this conversation offers a blueprint for authentic leadership rooted in service.

Tune in and listen today!

Real healing requires more than just managing symptoms; it requires a deep, relational attunement to the human soul. The Townsend Institute curriculum integrates current neuroscience with clinical expertise to help you address anxiety, depression, and trauma at their roots. Step into your calling and explore our MA in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health: https://www.cui.edu/townsend/programs/masters/counseling

Can you build a thriving community hub while staying true to your values?

On this episode of TIPS, hosts Ashlie and Gilbert welcome Bill Foltz, CEO of OCVIBE and longtime sports and entertainment executive, to explore how visionary leadership transforms a region while managing unprecedented complexity.

Drawing from his journey with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Ducks, and now OC Vibe, Bill reveals how intentional relationship-building, authentic leadership, and a relentless focus on human experience create thriving organizations and communities.

Whether you're an emerging leader, an executive managing complex organizations, or anyone seeking to build something meaningful, this conversation offers a masterclass in experience design, authentic leadership, and community stewardship.

Tune in and listen today!

Scholar-practitioners play a pivotal role in translating research into effective clinical practice. At Concordia University Irvine, our cohort model fosters a collaborative environment, enabling students to engage in original research that advances the counseling profession. Become part of our distinguished community by exploring the PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision: https://www.cui.edu/townsend/programs/counselor-education-and-supervision

Dr. Bethany Peters, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), is today's International Coaching Week spotlight. Dr. Peters is an leadership practitioner specializing in executive coaching, team facilitation, and leadership development. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and over two decades of experience spanning higher education, qualitative research, and organizational development, she partners with leaders and teams to translate insight into lasting action — helping them lead with clarity, build healthier cultures, and do their best work together.

Her current research interests examine how leaders enact a coach approach in their day-to-day leadership, the application of positive psychology in coaching practice, and how coaching cultures take root and sustain themselves over time. Grounded in a strengths-based orientation to development, her work bridges scholarship and applied practice — anchored in qualitative research and the belief that leaders who learn to coach others, and who lead from their strengths, build more reflective, resilient, and human-centered teams. As a practitioner, she is known for layering multiple assessment frameworks such as CliftonStrengths, Working Genius, the Enneagram, MBTI, the IDI, and the EQ-i 2.0 to give individuals and teams a fuller picture of how they work and how they can work better together.

As a coaching educator and adjunct faculty member, Bethany is passionate about developing the next generation of coaches and leaders to practice with rigor, humility, and authenticity. What she loves most about this work is helping leaders and teams build the kind of self-awareness and capacity that compounds over time — creating the conditions for sustainable growth, healthier relationships, and a deeper sense of purpose.

What If the Secret to Happiness Is Something You've Been Taught to Delay?

On this episode of TIPS, hosts Ashlie and Gilbert welcome back Dr. Scott Keith—executive director of 1517, author of Being Dad and the new book Being Family, and Concordia University Irvine alum—to challenge cultural narratives about marriage, family, and vocation.

Drawing from biblical foundations and demographic research, Scott reveals why the church and society have inadvertently taught young people to prioritize career and financial stability over marriage and family—and why this is backfiring.

Whether you're a young adult navigating marriage decisions, a parent wondering what to teach your kids, or someone seeking to understand vocation and purpose, this conversation offers a biblical blueprint for a life of meaning.

Tune in and listen today!

Today's International Coaching Week focus is on Mikka Jackson, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) specializing in leadership development, executive coaching, and human-centered organizational culture. She partners with individual leaders and organizations to strengthen leadership effectiveness, navigate change, and build cultures where people can do their best work.

Her current research interests examine how coaching interventions for new and emerging leaders shape resilience and career decision-making. She is also interested in the role of somatic practice and embodied presence in leader self-awareness and holistic alignment. Her work bridges scholarship and applied practice, grounded in the belief that well-supported leaders build healthier teams and more human-focused organizations.

As an adjunct faculty member in the Townsend Institute's Executive Coaching and Consulting program she brings passion to developing coaches who serve with integrity and cultural humility. What she loves most about this work is the moment a client or student discovers that the wisdom, strength, and capacity they were searching for was already within them.