LECTURES & CONVERSATIONS

Since 2012 I’ve been giving talks, workshops and lectures on various topics. Below’s a selection, though my YouTube channel is usually more up to date. 

Change is the holy grail of psychology. Sometimes it’s easy. But often, we’re so caught up in our pre-existing patterns, beliefs and habits, that it seems impossible to think or do things differently. We find ourselves riddled by inner conflicts

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A few weeks ago Gwyneth Jones invited me to be part of her Podcast “The Way We Connect” to talk about conflict, mediation, existentialism and generally the way we connect and it’s been a really enjoyable conversation during which we

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Multipotentialites, hummingbirds, generalists, portfolio careers… People with multiple passions who choose not to commit to doing only one thing in their life and focus on a single path in their career have many names. In this episode of Vikki Coombes

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The end goal of all clients coming for coaching tends to be some form of happiness or psychological wellbeing. Whether that’s a life of meaning and purpose, finding the love of their life or leaving a toxic relationship, whether it’s experiencing

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How did I get into Positive Psychology and Coaching? The ever curious Melanie Dijkstra sat me down to hear my story and you can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/user-418469924/podcast-9-yannick-jacob I give you a personal insight into my journey and why I

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Coaching – It’s been taking the world of personal and professional development by storm and has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world with many coaches making six figures and many more struggling to enrol clients and

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What matters most to people? How can we be happy? What’s the meaning of life? How can we find answers to the big questions in life? In this guest lecture to students of the post-graduate certificate in coaching at Birkbeck

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the years I’ve heard hundreds of people ask: “Are coaches crossing the line?” Students try to figure out how far they can take this coaching thing and clients want to delve deeper and deeper into their personal growth and

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It’s all started because I liked the ring of it, how it sounds. Cool Intentions. Possibly influenced by my youth and the similar sounding movie, but no relation. I love having meaningful conversations. And I like to get to know

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I’ve been wondering “about this life thing”, as has Leann Harris, so we discussed it in my podcast. We’re both wondering about what this life thing is and why it matters to actually think deeply about it and reflect on

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 4th Industrial Revolution will bring about unprecedented change for our planet and the human experience. In this short talk I present some of the challenges we’re facing and how meaning-based intervention (such as but not limited to existential coaching)

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During the 2018 European Conference on Positive Psychology (ECPP) in Budapest I talked about the current academic state of Positive Psychology Coaching picking up the metaphor of a proposed marriage between the two fields. I think while there is a

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video 0=”” 1=”href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgs93weX7Lg“>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgs93weX7Lg“” link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgs93weX7Lg” el_width=”90″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Interview (video) with Animas Centre for Coaching’s Head of Training, Robert Stephenson. “Yannick Jacob shared his deep understanding of Existential Coaching, Positive Psychology and also touches on fascinating human psychological states such as ‘the hedonic

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-68uhlOVU” el_width=”90″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Interview (video) – Existential Coaching (The Mental Breakdown for PsyReg with Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall, 2017).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Lecture (video) – Existential Buoyancy Part 1 (Animas Centre for Coaching, London Lectures, 2016)

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Lecture (video) – Existential Buoyancy Part 2 (Animas Centre for Coaching, London Lectures, 2016)

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/c6lnH1sStbk” el_width=”90″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Podcast – “I throw life lines to people who are still surfing”. In Part II of #TheExistentialFiles with Dr. Matthew Smith (MAPP Buck’s New University) and Louie Savva we started debating the question of who is existentially

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/5ZiF2S31DrE” el_width=”90″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Podcast – In early 2017 I was a guest on The Existential Files, a wonderfully interesting, deep, quirky & entertaining podcast. Being a good guest I whole-heartedly confronted my rather bleak and challenging host Louie Savva (everythingispointless.com!) with my

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Coaching Life Magazine (Interview – Audio) – Life and Coaching

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Introspectology (Interview – Audio) – Who am I (2016)

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Interview (German Audio) – PingPong mit Pauli – #1 – Yannick Jacob (Jacob & Stulin, 2015)

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Presentation - Heidegger & Existential Coaching (Yannick Jacob, MA Existential Coaching, NSPC, 2015)

PPT Presentation – Heidegger & Existential Coaching (Yannick Jacob, MA Existential Coaching, NSPC, 2015)

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Presentation (short) - Personal and Social Development Education at Schools (Popovic, Jacob & Koureas, 2012)

PPT Presentation (short) – Personal and Social Development Education at Schools (Popovic, Jacob & Koureas, 2012)

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Lecture (Audio) – Positive Existential Coaching (Yannick Jacob, MSc Coaching Psychology, UEL, 2014)

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