This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us in a powerful and deeply moving episode as we welcome two extraordinary humans: Sam House and Em House. Together, they share an honest, vulnerable, and insightful conversation about right relationship—what it means, why we struggle with it, and how we can restore it in our families, communities, and society. Listen now!

In This Episode:

• Right Relationship as a Practice: A lifelong process of aligning with truth, growth, and authentic connection
• Dismantling Ego for Deeper Connection: How releasing ego-driven defenses fosters radical transparency, love, & meaningful relationships
• The Evolution of Parent-Child Bonds: Why honoring each other’s present identity is essential as relationships shift across life stages
• Letting Go to Truly See Each Other: The necessity of shedding past perceptions to build a relationship rooted in the present
• The Coming Out Journey: A candid look at the challenges, growth, and emotional complexities of navigating queer and non-binary identities within a family
• Embracing Change as a Constant: How both parents and children continually adapt as identities unfold & deepen over time
• Personal Stories as a Reflection of Society: How individual experiences echo broader cultural shifts toward embracing identity complexity
• Transforming Systems Through Nuance: Moving beyond polarization by cultivating curiosity, deep listening, & relational integrity
• The Role of Community in Change: Why building supportive spaces is essential for personal and collective transformation
• The Core of Right Relationship: Balancing giving and receiving, being fully present without expectation, & engaging with self-awareness and openness

About Sam & Em House:

Sam House, MCC, CPCC, is a Master Certified Coach and founder of SOULutions Leadership & Coaching, with 25 years of experience in executive coaching, leadership development, and team transformation. As a senior faculty member at the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), Sam specializes in developing leaders through Co-Active Coaching and Leadership programs, bringing a unique blend of rigor, heart, and transformative insight to his work. His expertise spans executive coaching, leadership assessments, and customized training for organizations across the private, nonprofit, social entrepreneurial, and governmental sectors—including IBM, Google, Yale, and Marriott.

http://www.soulutionsleadership.com/

Em House (they/them) is a white, queer, nonbinary parent of a 3-year-old, living in Philadelphia on unceded Lenni-Lenape territory. Em is a passionate advocate for people’s growth and resilience. They are committed to change-making through transparency, radical self-acceptance, courageous vision, and intersectional collective action. Currently, Em works as a faculty member for the Co-Active Training Institute's Coach Training and Leadership programs, as well as a Co-Active coach, and a therapist for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ communities. Across all professions, Em’s approach is marked by their unique blend of down-to-earth honesty, compassion, and playfulness.

https://www.workingwithem.com/

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