The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast

Dr. Becky Kennedy's AVP strategy is designed for parenting, but it can help you in any anxious situation. Show Notes: Emotional Regulation in Children - Good Inside Episode 99: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 1 Episode 100: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 2 Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email new...

In Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline elements seven through ten in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy  by Seth Godin* Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter. *This is an affiliate link. If you purchase the book, I earn a small commission.

In Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline elements four through six in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy  by Seth Godin* Download a free copy of  One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks  (no email address required) Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter. *This is an affiliate l...

In Seth Godin's new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline the first three elements in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy by Seth Godin* Download a free copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks (no email address required) Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter. *This is an affiliate link....

The most effective leaders do a year-end review. Here are three approaches that will help you reflect on all aspects of your life. Doing a year-end review will take you about an hour. It will not only help you make the most of this year's experiences, it will help you get a great start in the new year. Show Notes: Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’  Instead by Tim Ferri...

Self-differentiation is about managing your own functioning. In Part 2, I cover the importance of monitoring your reactivity, pain threshold and seriousness. Show Notes: If You Met My Family, You'd Understand: A Family Systems Primer by Jack Shitama Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter. This p...

Self-differentiation is about managing your own functioning. In Part 1, I cover the importance of monitoring emotional distance and unworked out relationships. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

Whether it's your family, organization or congregation, the functioning of any relationship system is dependent on the level of self-differentiation among its members. In this two-part episode, I unpack a schema developed by Daniel V. Papero of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Show Notes: ⁠Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems T...

Whether it's your family, organization or congregation, the functioning of any relationship system is dependent on the level of self-differentiation among its members. In this two-part episode, I unpack a schema developed by Daniel V. Papero of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Show Notes: Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Th...

Whether it's family or work, having discussions with people who disagree can be a challenge. This episode shows you how you can do better. Show Notes: A Non-Anxious Presence Workbook: Five Steps to Go Be Yourself (available for $9 until Midnight EST on Friday, November 29, 2024; $15 after that). Episode 99: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 1 Episode 100:...

The division in our world is unsustainable. If we don't do something, we're headed for disaster. Here's what you can do. Show Notes: Why We Got It So Wrong by David Brooks Nonviolence - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcom Gladwell Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxi...

Whether or not you supported the winner or even live in the US, this episode can help you grow as a non-anxious leader. Show Notes: Nonviolence - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

This episode is a presentation from the Family Systems Book Study that puts family systems theory in context for the non-anxious leader. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

Self-differentiation enables you to not take things personally and to foster autonomy in others. Here's how. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

If you're too serious, you will raise anxiety in the relationship systems that you lead. Here's how humor can help. Show Notes: Leaders Can Carry Too Much Truth Through Humor - Admired Leadership How to Develop Your Most Important Asset as a Leader: Trust - The Non-Anxious Leader Blog Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims Read the Full Transcript on The No...

Allowing others to experience the pain and consequences of their actions (and life in general) will help them build resilience and capacity. Here's how. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠⁠Two for Tuesday⁠⁠  email newsletter.

If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠⁠Two for Tuesday⁠⁠  email newsletter.

If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

Reciprocity is a part of life. This episode explains what it is and how Non-Anxious Leaders approach it. Show Notes: Richer Than Yesterday from The Brain Food Newsletter The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology by Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

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 Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website.

The best team members understand what it means to be a self AND be a part of a team. Here's what that looks like. Show Notes: Togetherness, individuality, and the downside of being a pommel horse guy by Kathleen Smith Episode 284: How Positive Intelligence Helps You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence (Part 1 of 2) Episode 285: How Positive Intelligence Helps You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence (Part 2o...

A non-anxious leader works to be their best self so that others can do the same. Here's what that looks like. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

Non-anxious leaders say what they believe while giving others the freedom to disagree. In this political season, the research shows why this matters. Show Notes: When Political Discussions Get Heated, Is It Best to Just Stay Out of It?  from Kellogg Insight Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly  ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠  email newsletter.

Dr. Kathleen Smith is a therapist, author and faculty member at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. In this final segment of our discussion, we discuss how a leader manages healthy connection, what progress looks like and Kathleen's take on societal anxiety. Show Notes: ⁠Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down⁠ ⁠True To You:...