Podcast Episode 156: How to Break the Cycle of Chronic Emotional Patterns

Chronic emotional patterns are sustained by reactive or adaptive responses. Breaking the cycle requires self-awareness and intentionality to do something different. Here’s how. Show Notes: Sign up for The Non-Anxious Leader Email list. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message

It’s Complicated

It’s human nature to want to simplify things. We also like certainty. Most of us would prefer things to be black or white but most of life is grey. It’s complicated. What do we make of the friend or family member whose political views seem insane? Is it possible to love them but disagree with […]

Podcast Episode 142: A Family Systems Model of Burnout – Part 1 of 2

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Edwin Friedman described five characteristics of systems that promote burnout among their leaders. Understanding this can help you avoid the same fate. Part 1 goes through the characteristics. Part 2 helps leaders respond appropriately. Show Notes: Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue Join the FREE Family Systems Book Study — Send in […]

Podcast Episode 141: Society Wants a Scapegoat. Does it Need One?

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A scapegoat gives individuals and society someone to blame. This episode unpacks the family systems principles at work. Show Notes: A Cow, A Lantern, and a Myth: Mrs. O’Leary and 19the Century Immigrants in Chicago The O’Leary Legend Scapegoating minorities is an unfortunate reality of history by Grady Atwater Join the FREE Family Systems Book […]

Podcast Episode 140: Being a Self Is Not Selfishness

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Self-differentiation is different than being selfish. This episode explains the difference. Show Notes: Healthy Selfishness and Pathological Altruism: Measuring Two Paradoxical Forms of Selfishness by Scott Barry Kaufman and Emanuel Jauk Join the FREE Family Systems Book Study — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message