Podcast Episode 86: Worry, Stress, Anxiety, Excitement and the Non-Anxious Leader
Understanding the difference between worry, stress, anxiety and excitement can help leaders remain a non-anxious presence in the most challenging moments. Show Notes: The Difference Between Worry, Stress and Anxiety by Emma Pattee A Bundle of Nerves – Choiceology Podcast with Katy Milkman Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement by Alison Wood Brooks — […]
The Upside of Surrounding Togetherness Pressure
Prior to his passing, my father-in-law lost his capacity for speech due to a massive stroke. Though he would try to speak at times, it was mostly unintelligible. However, when we would tuck him in at night, we would say the Lord’s Prayer with him. As often as not, he would try to say it […]
Podcast Episode 85: Facts, Beliefs and the Non-Anxious Leader
Non-anxious leaders say what they believe while giving others the freedom to disagree. Understanding how belief functions makes this easier. Show Notes: Belief in the Brain by Allison Bond — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Podcast Episode 84: Edwin Friedman’s Tensions in Leadership
Edwin Friedman described a set of tensions that every leader faces. Understanding context and emotional process helps the non-anxious leader navigate these effectively. Show Notes: Leadership through Self-Differentiation, a home video of an Edwin Friedman divinity school lecture. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Three Things that Helped Me Do a Pandemic Reset
I did a recent podcast episode on the persistent, low-level anxiety that has been gnawing at me. I definitely think it’s pandemic-related and that I’m not alone. I’ve been feeling it for a couple months. I was managing it with spiritual disciplines, regular exercise and getting enough sleep. But it wasn’t going away. That’s why […]
Podcast Episode 83: Rites of Passage – A Personal Case Study
Rites of passage are times when the emotional intensity makes it possible for people to grow in their capacity to self-differentiate. It requires recognizing the emotional process at work and responding appropriately. My family is going through just such a time. It makes a great case study. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Podcast Episode 82: Perspective Is Everything for the Non-Anxious Leader
Keeping things in perspective is essential for the non-anxious leader. This episode unpacks three important of perspectives that make it easier to be a non-anxious presence. Show Notes: Episode 49: Hot States, Cold States and Self-Regulation (Part 1 of 2) Episode 50: Hot States, Cold States and Self-Regulation (Part 2 of 2) Leadership through Self-Differentiation, […]
Living on Pandemic Time
I once met a guy who said he lost his sophomore year of college spaced out on the concept of time. I think drugs were involved. Though there are no drugs involved, the pandemic is messing with my sense of time. I have a coaching practice where I meet via ZOOM with clients once a […]
Podcast Episode 81: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission Can Help You Maintain a Non-Anxious Presence
Knowing that norms, values and patterns of behavior are transmitted from generation to generation can help you to take anxiety and resistance less personally. This will help you remain a non-anxious presence. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message