Insight Maximizers

Why are we still talking about emotions and feelings? Because we keep having them! And they affect our lives on all levels. Join us as we dig deeper to understand what our brains do with emotions and feelings. And how emotions affect our physical bodies. We're getting lots of insights, and you will too! Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicin...

How did Episode 13's Maxer Method go for us? Well, thank you! Suze and Jenni discuss how they observed their emotions. Do you avoid some emotions like Jenni notices she has a tendency of doing? Maybe you know what emotion you have because of a sign your body gives you like Suze mentions. However, you choose to practice the Maxer Method, keep it up!   Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. Sh...

Join us as we start our journey to look at emotions and feelings. What are they? Why do we have them? How are they similar? How are they different? So much to talk about, and do we get any better understanding? Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and in Oregon. Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach living in Burnet, Tex...

Jen and Suze share their experiences with the Maxer Method from Episode 11. They discover that they both had a lot of emotions. And that their effort to focus on emotions was helpful to them both. Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Texas and Oregon. Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach living in Burnet, Texas, who is able to...

Jenni and Suze chat about the upcoming season topic – emotions and feelings. There are so many questions! Good thing they have an entire season to try to tackle all the questions and observations they have about this part of our lives. Our first Maxer Method is described: asking ourselves periodically throughout the day how we feel. Suze and Jenni agree to practice the Maxer Method and discuss inc...

In the first episode of Season 2, Suze and Jenni take a look back on how they practiced enjoying the Holidays. and handled huge and unexpected challenges. Like, big challenges for each of them. They also chat about what's to come in Season 2.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in Texas and in Oregon. Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professio...

 In the final episode of season one, Jenni and Suze provide support, assistance, and encouragement for the upcoming holiday season. A majority of us have too many plates spinning at this time of the year, and Suze and Jenni offer some questions to help prepare internally. Explore Self Awareness: How are you feeling about the upcoming holidays and why? How have the holidays been for you in the past...

Our First Maxer Chat Jenni and Suze bring on Billy Anderson, a certified interventionist, as their first guest on the podcast. Traditionally, podcasts have guests, and this is not their normal format. Jenni and Suze have been contacted by people offering to be a guest on their podcast, but the people who contacted them weren't really related to their subject matter. Suze and Jenni didn't consider...

Jenni and Suze talk more about triggers with a broader focus on multiple people being triggered simultaneously. It happens. They share their own stories about finding themselves in a game of "trigger ping pong" and what they've learned. When we do or say something that activates someone, their reaction to us might be surprising, maybe even hurtful. We intended to be helpful, and yet they blasted u...

Jenni and Suze meet again to discuss triggers, this time focusing on realizing when we activate someone else and what we can do about it. First, they review their experiences with the Maxer Method from Episode 5, with examples from Jenni this time. Suze and Jenni then talk about how we never know when someone will react to something while interacting with them. They both share examples of when the...

Everyone gets triggered. It's a natural part of life. Something can evoke a strong reaction when it reminds us of something from the past. This is why Suze and Jenni suggest having a plan. They hash it out; sharing how to create your own plan to use when you're triggered. They share crazy funny stories and real-life examples of what they've learned and how they created a new process for gaining in...

Jenni and Suze start their deep dive into triggers. They encourage their fellow Insight Maximizers out there to approach, not avoid triggers. In fact, they suggest that people that want maximum insight naturally approach triggers with curiosity. Yes, they do!   But first, Jenni and Suze jump into the definition. A trigger is "something that evokes a strong reaction".  Although we tend to think of...

Jenni and Suze meet again to start discussing what being an Insight Maximizer is all about. When Jenni and Suze began talking about their experiences at their respective family weddings, they decided to put together a way to prepare for future events by learning from past events.    But first, what is an event? Life is a series of events, major and minor, macro and micro, planned and unplanned eve...

Suze and Jenni are two insight-oriented people that want to learn from their experiences. They want to make the most of events that have left them bewildered and asking themselves: "What just happened?" About four years ago Suze and Jenni had both returned from family weddings and found themselves commiserating on some common experiences. As a result of these simultaneous experiences, Suze and Jen...

Suze Gadol Anderson and Jenni Hubby introduce who they are to the podcast world. They share how they met, how they both work in the helping field, and how they began their Insight Maximizers project. Suze is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Eugene, Oregon. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. Her college experiences and challenges i...