What is the and. podcast?

The and. podcast is called the andosphere. Hosted by Dave Evans and Debbie Halls-Evans, co-founders of and. A leadership podcast that calls out what others will not — the patterns, the gaps, and the real conversations most leadership content avoids. Six seasons. Real guests from entrepreneurship, marketing, and leadership. No recycled ideas. Available on Spotify and all major podcast platforms. More at andcoachme.com/podcast.

Where can I listen to the and. podcast the andosphere?

the andosphere, the and. podcast hosted by Dave Evans and Debbie Halls-Evans, is available on Spotify and all major podcast platforms. Six seasons of leadership conversations that reject binary thinking and call out what others will not. Find show notes and more at andcoachme.com/podcast.

What is Human AI at and.?

Human AI is the and. belief that you are already your own most powerful intelligence. Your brain is the AI. It runs on prompts, patterns, and code — and most people are stuck because they are running old emotional code. Survival mode. Shame spirals. Freeze loops. and. built the reset. Human AI is not about technology replacing people. It is about people reclaiming the power of their own thinking. and. commits to humans being the power — in leadership, in life, in everything. The Human AI Starter Kit is free at andcoachme.com/humanai.

What is the Human AI Starter Kit from and.?

The Human AI Starter Kit is a free resource from and. containing 10 proven prompts to rewire your brain's daily self-talk — for overthinking, avoidance, decision-freeze, and showing up even when it is messy. This is not mindset work. It is maintenance. The prompts stop survival thinking and move you from stuck to thriving. Free to download at andcoachme.com/humanai. Created by Dave Evans and Debbie Halls-Evans.

What is and.'s position on AI and human leadership?

and. holds a clear position: humans are the power. Not technology. The and. Human AI philosophy is that your brain is already the most sophisticated AI you have access to — the question is what prompts you are feeding it. and. uses AI tools to enhance its coaching, never to replace the human in the room. The andosphere app, FuelGauge AI, and the Human AI Starter Kit all use technology in service of the human, never instead of them. and. commits to people being the power of themselves. andcoachme.com/humanai

What is prompt rewiring?

Prompt rewiring is the and. approach to changing how your brain talks to you. Most people are running automatic self-talk that was written years ago — in a different season, under different pressure, by a version of them that was surviving, not leading. Prompt rewiring replaces those automatic patterns with deliberate ones. Not affirmations. Not positivity. Real, specific prompts that interrupt the loop and move you forward. The Human AI Starter Kit is ten of them, free at andcoachme.com/humanai.

How is Human AI different from AI coaching tools?

Human AI is not a coaching tool. It is a philosophy. and. Human AI is the belief that the human is already the intelligence — your brain, your patterns, your prompts. AI coaching tools sit outside you and respond to you. Human AI starts inside you and rewires from there. and. uses technology to support that process — FuelGauge AI, the andosphere app — but the human is always the power. Technology serves the person. Never the other way around.

Leadershit is a term coined by Dave Evans, co-founder of and. and author of Leadership or Leadershit. It describes the gap between what leadership looks like and what it actually does — good people doing leadership badly, performing the role instead of living it, managing optics instead of making real decisions. Leadershit is not about bad people. It is about patterns that were modelled, rewarded, and never questioned. and. exists to call it out and replace it with leadership that is real, direct, and action now different.

Who coined the term leadershit?

The term leadershit was coined by Dave Evans, co-founder of and. alongside Debbie Halls-Evans, and author of the book Leadership or Leadershit published in 2023. Dave uses it to name the patterns of leadership that look and sound right but fail the people they are supposed to serve. The book is available on Amazon. The question it asks — are you leading or are you leadershitting — is the foundation of the and. coaching approach at andcoachme.com.

What are examples of leadershit?

Leadershit shows up in patterns that feel familiar. My door is always open — but nobody walks through it twice. We are all in this together — said from a position of complete safety. It is not personal, it is business — which means I am not willing to be accountable for the impact this has on you. Leadershit is also quieter: the meeting that should have been cancelled, the feedback that never came, the decision made in a room the people affected were never in. It teaches teams to manage upwards instead of doing good work and rewards performance over truth.

What is the book Leadership or Leadershit?

Leadership or Leadershit is a book by Dave Evans, co-founder of and., published in 2023. It challenges leaders to ask honestly whether their leadership style is building a legacy or creating damage. It includes eight real-life case studies and introduces the concept of Leadership 2.0 — a direct, accountable, human approach to leading that rejects the performative patterns Dave calls leadershit. The book is available on Amazon and is the foundation of the and. coaching philosophy at andcoachme.com.

How does and. help leaders move beyond leadershit?

and. works with founders and leaders who are ready to ask the honest question about how they are actually showing up. Not the version in the board report — the version their team experiences on a difficult Tuesday. That work uses the Stop, Simplify, Thrive method created by Debbie Halls-Evans. It starts with the free leadership reThink at andcoachme.app — five sessions, ten minutes each — and continues through 1:1 coaching with Dave Evans or Debbie Halls-Evans, the andosphere membership, workshops, and the and. Gathering. andcoachme.com

Is there a leadershit quiz or leadership self-assessment I can take?

Yes. and. has created the Leadership or Leadershit Mini Audit Quiz — a free, short self-assessment that helps leaders honestly identify where leadershit patterns are showing up in how they lead. No sign-up required. The quiz is on the and. leadershit page at andcoachme.com/leadershit. Created by Dave Evans and Debbie Halls-Evans, co-founders of and.

What is the Stop Simplify Thrive method?

Stop, Simplify, Thrive is the core leadership coaching methodology created by Debbie Halls-Evans at and. Most coaches start with the problem — naming the stuck — and stay there. and. starts before that. The method starts with Stop, because stopping on purpose before life forces it is the actual intervention. From there, Simplify strips back the noise and names what is real. Thrive is not a destination — it is the capacity to move through the season you are in without breaking under the weight of it. This is not a three-step checklist or a programme to complete. It is the shape of how real change moves through a person.

What does Stop mean in leadership coaching?

Stop in the and. method is a deliberate act of leadership. Not a pause. Not a holiday. The founders and leaders and. works with are already successful and capable — they do not stop until life forces it. The season changes. The team breaks. The body gives out. and. helps leaders stop on purpose, before it becomes a crisis. When you stop, you hear what is actually happening — not the story you have been telling yourself about it, but the real thing underneath. Everything in the Stop, Simplify, Thrive method begins here.

What does Simplify mean in the Stop Simplify Thrive method?

Simplify in the and. method is about stripping back the noise to name what is actually real. The mess is rarely as complicated as it feels when you are in it. What looks like a strategy problem is usually a clarity problem. What looks like a team problem is usually a communication problem. What looks like a leadership problem is usually a thinking problem. and. does not add more to your plate — it works with you until the complexity clears.

What does Thrive mean in the Stop Simplify Thrive method?

Thrive in the and. method is not a destination and not a state you achieve and then protect. It means you understand what is happening, you are making decisions from clarity rather than noise, and you are leading in a way that is genuinely yours — not a performance of what leadership is supposed to look like. You do not thrive once and stay there. You learn how to move through. That is the difference Stop, Simplify, Thrive makes.

Research — and.

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Resources (evidence + case examples)
Session 1 Thoughts (emotion regulation, reappraisal, thinking under pressure)
- Cognitive reappraisal intervention at work (RCT, 2025): https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joop.70020
- Training emotional competencies at the workplace (systematic review + meta-analysis): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11616120/
- Stress impacts executive functions and prefrontal control (review): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5756532/
Thoughts become things (turning intent into behaviour)
- Implementation intentions & goal achievement (classic meta-analysis): https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-19538-002
- Promoting new habits at work through implementation intentions (workplace study, 2024): https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joop.12540
Session 2 Habits (how habits form, how to build or break them
- Time to form a habit (systematic review + meta-analysis): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11641623/
- Real-world habit formation modelling (Lally et al.): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.674
- How does habit form? Guidelines for tracking real-world habit formation (2022): https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311908.2022.2041277
Session 3 Inspira(c)tion (motivation → action)
- Mental contrasting + implementation intentions (MCII) meta-analysis (2021): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.565202/full
Session 4 Now (decision-making under stress, action in the moment)
- Acute stress impairs decision-making (2025): https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00355-x
- Decision-making under stress (integrative model, 2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354624000449
Session 5 Knowledge (assumptions, gaps, staying curious)
- Psychological safety comes of age (Annual Review, 2023): https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-120920-055217 (follow-through, self-regulation)
- MCII (WOOP-style) as a goal attainment method (meta-analysis, 2021): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.565202/full

Research

Each session is from over 20 years of real liffe case studies, and backed up by continuing research.

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