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Podcast Episode 223: 5 Things That Help You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence

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Being a non-anxious presence doesn’t come naturally. Here’s what you can do to better prepare for difficult situations. Show Notes: People With High Emotional Intelligence Use 5 Simple Words to Become Exceptionally Persuasive by Bill Murphy Jr.   — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shitama/message

Podcast Episode 222: How to Focus on Emotional Process (and Not Content)

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Understanding emotional process helps us to see how people deal with uncertainty and anxiety. This enables us to be less anxious and judgmental, as well as more compassionate. This episode shows you how. Show Notes: The Circle of Why by Kathleen Smith — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shitama/message

Podcast Episode 221: This Is How Self-Differentiation Makes You a Trustworthy Leader

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Trust is a key factor in effective leadership. This episode shows how leadership through self-differentiation makes this possible. Show Notes: 7 common qualities of credible people by Gwen Moran The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shitama/message

Podcast Episode 219: 3 Things You Need to Know to Lead in a Hostile Environment

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How we respond to challenge and crisis is a big factor in whether we will survive and even thrive. These three factors come from a lecture that Edwin Friedman gave in 1985. Show Notes: Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue The Center for Family Process — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message

Podcast Episode 218: Self-Differentiated Leaders Set Healthy Boundaries

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A Non-Anxious Leader knows the difference between a threat and a boundary. This episode goes through five differences, as described by Marianne van Dijk, and unpacks the family systems elements of each. Show Notes: cupofempathy.com — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message

Podcast Episode 217: What’s Going on in The United Methodist Church? – Part 3 of 3

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The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 3 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective. Loren also asks me some interesting questions, such as, what […]

Podcast Episode 216: What’s Going on in The United Methodist Church? – Part 2 of 3

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The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective. Show Notes: Future Christian Podcast My first appearance on Future […]

Podcast Episode 215: What’s Going on in The United Methodist Church? – Part 1 of 3

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The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective. Show Notes: If you want to fast forward Background on […]

Podcast Episode 214: Toxic Positivity Is NOT Self-Differentiation

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It’s good to be optimistic but toxic positivity takes it to the extreme. This episode unpacks what it is and what you can do to avoid it. Show Notes: This Is the Best Way to Support a Stressed-Out Person, According to Research by Jessica Stillman What Is Toxic Positivity? By Kendra Cherry — Send in […]

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