Podcast Episode 382: 3 Ways You Should Choose Challenge Over Comfort
Leading as a non-anxious presence is hard. This episode shows how you can increase your capacity in this and all aspects of your life. Show Notes: Don’t Get Too Comfortable. Your Quality of Life Depends On It by Moshe Bar Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems Coach. Become a Patron for […]
Podcast Episode 381: How Distanced Self-Talk Helps You Stay a Non-Anxious Presence
Self-distancing is a way to better self-differentiate in anxious situations. This episode explains what that is and how to do it. Show Notes: Distanced self-talk changes how people conceptualize the self by Izzy Gainsburg and Ethan Cross Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems Coach. Become a Patron for as little as […]
5 Words that Help You Lead Anxious People
I have a friend who was a crisis manager. She says that a fundamental crisis communication principle is to express, “I’m aware and I care.” When I heard this, I said, “Yes!” This simple saying embodies what it means to be a non-anxious presence when dealing with anxious people. It captures family systems theory, self-differentiation […]
Podcast Episode 380: 4 Ways Effective Leaders Increase a Group’s Capacity for Change
Relationship systems, like people, only have so much energy. This episode will help you understand how this works and what you can do about it. Show Notes: Why Groups Choose What Doesn’t Work – by Kathleen Smith Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems Coach. Become a Patron for as little as […]
5 Ways Non-Anxious Leaders Earn Respect
You may have the authority to order other people around. That doesn’t mean they will like it or that they will give their best effort. If the great resignation has taught us anything it’s that people want to be respected as persons and valued for the contribution they make. Here are five things that […]
Podcast Episode 379: Storytime-Recognizing a Conflict of Wills
When we make our well-being dependent on someone else’s functioning we set up a conflict of wills. “Soaring” from Friedman’s Fables can help us understand why. Show Notes: Friedman’s Fables Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems Coach. Become a Patron for as little as $5/month. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email […]
Podcast Episode 378: Another Look at Differentiation of Self (Part 2 of 2-Rebroadcast)
This episode looks at the pseudo-self vs. the basic self, as well as the three-legged stool of self-differentiation. Show Notes: Differentiation of Self: To Be or Not to Be? A Presentation by Mindy S. Reynolds Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems Coach. Become a Patron for as little as $5/month. Subscribe […]
Impact Takes Time
They say the average overnight success takes about ten years. Sometimes it takes nearly three times that. In 1993, Katalin Kariko, a University of Pennsylvania researcher, had a big idea. She theorized that messenger RNA (mRNA) could be used to create medicines that delivered life-saving proteins to cure diseases. She was onto something. The […]
Podcast Episode 377: Another Look at Differentiation of Self (Part 1 of 2-Rebroadcast)
This look at self-differentiation comes from the Bowen school of family systems theory. I give my take on how it can help you grow as a non-anxious presence. Show Notes: Differentiation of Self: To Be or Not to Be? A Presentation by Mindy S. Reynolds Check out The Non-Anxious Life, a FREE AI Family Systems […]