In 2020, Chad and Shelley Prevost started The Big Self School, an executive leadership coaching company that helps individuals and organizations develop “inner leadership skills.” They assist clients in doing the tough work to uncover blind spots, develop more functional awareness around thoughts and language, as well as emotional and body awareness. Chad recently completed his latest book, Shock Point: The Enneagram in Burnout and Stress. For more, visit bigselfschool.com/product/shock-point, or find it wherever you buy your books online.
Tell us about Big Self School. How did that come to be?
We founded the school in March of 2020, which was the best and worst of times when it came to founding a school focused on mental health and self-awareness. It was mayhem that first year. It was exactly what everybody was needing, but the space was intense and cluttered almost immediately.
Most of our clients don’t want to change careers, necessarily, but are interested in understanding themselves better and how they relate to their work and their fellow humans within the work environment. A lot of our clients are in the second half of their life, and many have reached a state of languishing, if not a state of burnout.
We get to a certain point, but then wonder, “Is this it?” There are “golden handcuffs,” so to speak. People are scared to make shifts in their careers.