What to Say When Things Get Tough

A quick show note: The episode today is coming to you a capella as I have not figured out how to transfer our original music over from my old laptop to my new one. Our guest today is Monique Russell, an executive coach, leadership guru, communication expert, and the founder of Clear Communication Solutions. We cover a wide range of issues, including overcoming adversity, presenting to people who y...

Welcome to the 50th episode of What to Say When Things Get Tough!! Very exciting. Kellan Fluckiger, who we welcomed as a guest last time, was kind enough to ask me to appear as a guest on his podcast, Your Ultimate Life. And he was also kind enough to give me permission to feature our conversation here. While we don't necessarily talk about communicating in difficult situations, I think listeners...

Welcome to the 50th episode of What to Say When Things Get Tough!! Very exciting. Kellan Fluckiger, who we welcomed as a guest last time, was kind enough to ask me to appear as a guest on his podcast, Your Ultimate Life. And he was also kind enough to give me permission to feature our conversation here. While we don't necessarily talk about communicating in difficult situations, I think listeners...

Our guest today is Kellan Fluckiger. Before leaping off the corporate ladder and forging his new path as a transformational leadership mentor, Kellan spent many years working at the highest levels of the electric power industry. For the past 15 years, Kellan has devoted himself to helping others, in his words, combine their thoughts, language and actions into an unstoppable success machine. His cl...

Our guest today is Kellan Fluckiger. Before leaping off the corporate ladder and forging his new path as a transformational leadership mentor, Kellan spent many years working at the highest levels of the electric power industry. For the past 15 years, Kellan has devoted himself to helping others, in his words, combine their thoughts, language and actions into an unstoppable success machine. His cl...

Today we have a very special episode for you. Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates' annual trade show in Fort Worth, Texas, where I appeared on a panel discussion about how to communicate in a crisis event. One of my fellow panelists, Mark Henriques, a partner at the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, invited me to be a guest on his own pod...

Today we have a very special episode for you. Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates' annual trade show in Fort Worth, Texas, where I appeared on a panel discussion about how to communicate in a crisis event. One of my fellow panelists, Mark Henriques, a partner at the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, invited me to be a guest on his own pod...

We’re back this week with Part 2 of my interview with Amy Stone, a life coach – not a therapist as I incorrectly referred to her last time – who specializes in working with adults in blended families. Last week we focused on my relationship with my fiancé Raquel’s younger children. This time we look at the relationships each of us has with the other’s older children as well as the relationship bet...

We’re back this week with Part 2 of my interview with Amy Stone, a life coach – not a therapist as I incorrectly referred to her last time – who specializes in working with adults in blended families. Last week we focused on my relationship with my fiancé Raquel’s younger children. This time we look at the relationships each of us has with the other’s older children as well as the relationship bet...

Today we have a real treat. Our guest is Amy Stone, a therapist who specializes in working with adults in blended families. And there’s no bigger blended family than mine. We talked for so long that I’m breaking our conversation into two episodes. In this first part, we discuss the different roles that members of blended families play, the challenges of disciplining children who aren’t your own, a...

Today we have a real treat. Our guest is Amy Stone, a therapist who specializes in working with adults in blended families. And there’s no bigger blended family than mine. We talked for so long that I’m breaking our conversation into two episodes. In this first part, we discuss the different roles that members of blended families play, the challenges of disciplining children who aren’t your own, a...

Our guest today is P.J.Agness, an expert in self-defense and protective intelligence and author of numerous books, including his most recent, Street Level Spycraft, that are all available on Amazon. P.J. and I talk about communicating in what may be the most difficult situation of all – when you find yourself in a confrontation in which your physical well-being is at risk. P.J. shares his advice f...

Our guest today is P.J.Agness, an expert in self-defense and protective intelligence and author of numerous books, including his most recent, Street Level Spycraft, that are all available on Amazon. P.J. and I talk about communicating in what may be the most difficult situation of all – when you find yourself in a confrontation in which your physical well-being is at risk. P.J. shares his advice f...

I'm willing to bet that no one has ever tied together veganism and effective communication, but our guest today, Philip Anthony Mangan, and I gave it our best. Philip is a New York City-based actor, model and dedicated vegan who also happens to be a fellow Floridian; in fact, we grew up about 20 minutes from each other outside Ft. Lauderdale. We touch on everything from how to break through the st...

I'm willing to bet that no one has ever tied together veganism and effective communication, but our guest today, Philip Anthony Mangan, and I gave it our best. Philip is a New York City-based actor, model and dedicated vegan who also happens to be a fellow Floridian; in fact, we grew up about 20 minutes from each other outside Ft. Lauderdale. We touch on everything from how to break through the st...

Our guest today is Christi Scarrow, a woman who wears many hats. She’s a partner at the Canadian consulting firm Lighthouse Nine Group, she’s an expert in organizational accountability, and she’s the author of Truth Warriors: The battle to hear, be heard and make decisions that count. Fortunately for us, the need to communicate effectively in difficult situation is a common thread across all of th...

Our guest today is Christi Scarrow, a woman who wears many hats. She’s a partner at the Canadian consulting firm Lighthouse Nine Group, she’s an expert in organizational accountability, and she’s the author of Truth Warriors: The battle to hear, be heard and make decisions that count. Fortunately for us, the need to communicate effectively in difficult situation is a common thread across all of th...

Our guest today is Smitha Gunturi, a woman’s advocate and podcast host who has overcome just an incredible amount of adversity over the course of her life. We don’t discuss communications specifically. Instead, Smitha shares a number of life lessons that can inform how we can communicate more effectively in difficult situations: the importance of empathy, or as Smitha puts it, “seeing things from...

Our guest today is Smitha Gunturi, a woman’s advocate and podcast host who has overcome just an incredible amount of adversity over the course of her life. We don’t discuss communications specifically. Instead, Smitha shares a number of life lessons that can inform how we can communicate more effectively in difficult situations: the importance of empathy, or as Smitha puts it, “seeing things from...

We're back with an all-new episode to close out 2021.Our guest is Sean McBride, founder of DSM Strategic Communications (www.dsmstrategic.com) and a long-time senior executive in the fast-moving consumer goods and trade association sectors. Sean has a particular expertise in the food industry and today we talk to him about how the McBrides and their forebearers came to settle in western Pennsylvan...

We're back with an all-new episode to close out 2021.Our guest is Sean McBride, founder of DSM Strategic Communications (www.dsmstrategic.com) and a long-time senior executive in the fast-moving consumer goods and trade association sectors. Sean has a particular expertise in the food industry and today we talk to him about how the McBrides and their forebearers came to settle in western Pennsylvan...

Welcome to the 40th original episode of What to Say When Things Get Tough! And they said it would never last. Our guest today is Bill Cramer, a Public Involvement Director at HNTB (www.htnb.com), a large civil engineering firm with offices across the United States and Canada. Among many other topics, Bill discusses his visit to the site of the Surfside condo collapse, which happened just 50 blocks...

Welcome to the 40th original episode of What to Say When Things Get Tough! And they said it would never last. Our guest today is Bill Cramer, a Public Involvement Director at HNTB (www.htnb.com), a large civil engineering firm with offices across the United States and Canada. Among many other topics, Bill discusses his visit to the site of the Surfside condo collapse, which happened just 50 blocks...

I never thought I’d find myself speaking to a hypnotherapist, but after meeting J. Robert Parker in Facebook’s Podcast Guest Connection group I thought I’d give it a try. And I’m very glad I did. I learned a lot about how hypnotherapy works, but perhaps even more importantly I learned what hypnotherapy and risk communication share: an emphasis on trust; the central role that caring and empathy pla...

I never thought I’d find myself speaking to a hypnotherapist, but after meeting J. Robert Parker in Facebook’s Podcast Guest Connection group I thought I’d give it a try. And I’m very glad I did. I learned a lot about how hypnotherapy works, but perhaps even more importantly I learned what hypnotherapy and risk communication share: an emphasis on trust; the central role that caring and empathy pla...