Power Yourself

 Jill Discusses the book "The 5 Disfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni.            

Jill welcomes back Fleur Yumol, M SC, MSW, RSW, to talk about Effective Team Management, what it looks like, and offers some tips for managers to improve the work environment for themselves and their employees.            

Jill talks with Lindsay Morton, a certified Yoga Instructor about the many aspects of yoga and how you can use it to help improve different aspects of your life.            

Jill discusses being vulnerable and how that is an essential part to leading an authentic life. Vulnerability has the potential to allow you to build deeper connections with others and yourself.            

A lot of us feel that we won't attain happiness until we fulfil our life's goal, or until we get that promotion, or until we find that perfect mate. The truth is, you are putting off your happiness when you could be enjoying a happy life right now! Listen to Jill & Karl discuss what you can do to be happy now!    

Jill & Karl discuss the benefits of having those difficult conversations whether they are personal or business related. How can we push past the anxiety and start a dialogue on touchy subjects such as romantic relationship issues, personal conflicts at work. It's important to honour and respect yourself enough to let people know when something is bothering you.    

Jill and Karl talk about the importance of setting boundaries. How it can help your relationships thrive and set yourself up to succeed!          

Do you think that the loud person at a party is an extrovert, and the quiet one in the corner is an introvert? Think again, Jill and Karl discuss the true definition of what it means to be an introvert and an extrovert, and how knowing this about someone can help with your relationships.            

Jill and Karl go over the 5 Love Languages from Dr. Gary Chapman's book of the same name. Listen, and discover the different ways people want to be loved and find your and your partners love language as well.            

Having a hard time with your meditation practice? Not sure if you're using the proper technique? Listen to Jill & Karl discuss their ten easy steps to help you along with your meditation practice.

Jill and Karl give you tips to help pump up your self confidence and explain how it can benefit your life.

Do you find tasks daunting? Do you struggle to do your day to day activities because you don't know where to start? Prioritising your time and managing the things you have to do can be made a lot easier with proper time management. Jill and Karl talk about different ways you can tackle your daily duties and how not to get sidetracked.

Jill & Karl talk with Dan Cezar about what it's like to transition careers, the pressures of a high stress job, and the joys of retirement.

When major stress events hit, you need to be equipped with the right toolkit to deal with it. Jill & Karl go over ways to prepare your mind for stressful events in your life and techniques to navigate through to a peaceful state of mind.

Jill and Karl start a 3 Part series on Stress. Learn how to deal with the initial moments of stress and how to get through it, and then set yourself up for recovery and future bouts.

Jill and Karl discuss techniques to help prepare yourself for the one thing people fear more than death....PUBLIC SPEAKING! Learn how to prepare yourself, gain confidence in yourself, and ease the stress before the big day by listening to this weeks episode of Power Yourself - Public Speaking.

Jill and Karl discuss the difficulties in facing our fears. How do we begin to confront them, what are some techniques to confront the things that give us the most anxiety. Don't be afraid to listen!

Do you have the power? It takes an amazing amount of dedication to see a goal through to the end, especially if the results are not immediate. This week Jill and Karl discuss some ways to give your willpower a boost.

This weeks episode is...wait for it...Patience. In a world where immediate gratification is running rampant, Jill & Karl discuss ways to build our tolerance to waiting or experiencing delays in our daily lives that would normally cause frustration.

Is conflict necessarily a bad thing? Jill and Karl talk about ways you can turn that negative into a positive and how you can use the conflict resolution process as an enriching experience.

Are you struggling with relationship dynamics in your life? What are your expectations of these relationships and are you willing to be vulnerable, be real, and trust that person? Listen to Jill and Karl discuss their views on different types of relationships, whether they be personal friendships, work relationships, or relationships with family members and how we can improve on them or recognize...

Joining the Power Yourself Podcast for the very first interview is Fleur Yumol, M.SC, MSW, RSW. Learn about Fleur's experience counselling couples as a Registered Clinical Social Worker and how our values, expectations, and our own state of self discovery can effect how our romantic relationships evolve.

It's important to take time for yourself in your daily life. Jill & Karl discuss why we need to invest time in ourselves in this urban jungle, and ways in which we can do it.

Jill and Karl talk about Bullying, why people do it, and what we can do as individuals to help prevent this in our culture.

What does it mean to be present? Jill & Karl discuss how to be in the moment and appreciate the power of now!