Podcast Episode 225: Non-Anxious Leaders Aren’t Afraid to Say No

Focus is being able to say “No” to things things that are good, but may distract you from your most important work. Here are three ways to say “No” that will help you to self-differentiate. Show Notes: 3 Ways to Say No Without Feeling Like a Jerk, Backed by Interpersonal Relationship Science by Jeff Haden […]
Podcast Episode 224: How to Rework a Difficult Relationship

To grow as non-anxious leader, you need to learn how to self-differentiate in your most difficult relationships. This episode covers five things that will help you to do this. Show Notes: How to Set Boundaries With a Difficult Family Member by Catherine Pearson Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover […]
Podcast Episode 223: 5 Things That Help You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]