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Many people, myself included, have held or do hold resentments. Resentment towards other people, towards organizations, towards societal systems…resentment can be directed anywhere and it has tremendous power. It can control or impact our thoughts and our actions. The power of resentment is generally negative. It is generally not life-affirming. It often depletes our energy and derails our focus....

This podcast is all about expectation…what are you expecting from yourself and from others. Our expectations are typically fulfilled one way or another. Let's explore how that happens...

Dr. David Dodick is back to help us better understand brain health. He is a distinguished professor, researcher, and advocate for research in brain diseases. He is also Chair of the Board of the American Brain Foundation.

How do you handle the feedback that hurts? Especially when it's true. We'll explore that today.

This summer I had the pleasure, tongue in cheek, of planning and conducting an estate sale…a three day estate sale for a home that was lovingly occupied for almost 50 years. Lovingly occupied by two people who bought everything they wanted in multiples. That being said, there was a LOT of stuff. They had so much stuff that the three-day one weekend sale was actually a six-day two weekend sale. We...

Jeff Armstrong is back on the See Something…Do Something Series! He’s the Executive Director of Family Promise of the Midlands, a nonprofit in Columbia SC. They work with faith-based organizations to tackle homelessness in their region. Jeff's journey as an advocate for the underserved is inspiring. Listen and learn...

I love meeting people who have intentionally created options in their lives. There are so many people doing interesting, creative things all because they had the courage to create options. In this very short podcast I am going to share a few of the things I have learned and continue to learn from people who create options for themselves and others..

Dr. Merit Cudkowicz returns to discuss the nuances of brain health. In our last interview she shed light on clinical trials in ALS. Dr. Cudkowicz is one of the founders and former co-directors of the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS), a group of over 150 clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East dedicated to performing collaborative academic-led clinical trials and res...

Summer Jelinek is back to share more of her insights on leadership. She's a best-selling author, trainer, and speaker. Her clients include some of the most notable organizations in the country.

Brain diseases are many and varied. No matter the disease, it takes a toll on the patient and their families. Walking with her husband through his dementia continues to be a trying experience for Joanna Heatwole. In this episode she shares more of her story and her coping mechanisms.

Best-selling author Summer Jelinek is back to share insights on how we can maximize our leadership potential. Listen and learn!

I haven’t had See Something…Do Something interview in quite a while. This is the series that I love because I get to feature people all around the country who saw a pressing need and then did something about it. Or, are actively doing something about it. That’s Jeff Armstrong. He has been a tireless advocate for underserved communities throughout most of his career. He has a passion for homelessne...

As I have continued in this Brain Matters series I realized that I’ve talked to physicians, scientists, and researchers. But I’ve never had a conversation with a spouse, a caregiver, of someone who has a brain disease. In this episode Joanna Heatwole shares her ongoing journey with a husband who has a brain disease.

There’s a new book that everyone needs to know about: Unlocking the Magic of Leadership: 5 Keys to Inspire Yourself, Empower Others and Drive Extraordinary Results . Summer Jelinek is the author and she’s will lead us on a journey to maximizing our leadership potential.

I’m launching a new series this Fall called Spirit at Work. We’re going to explore the nuances of integrating your faith, your spiritual life, into how you lead. There will be guests from different fields and from different faiths who will explore how they bring spirit to their work.

So many leadership theorists, scholars, and consultants like myself talk about transforming organizations, transforming leaders, transforming the world. I don’t know if we say this enough: there is no transformation without application. This podcast focuses on application. My first question is this: Which leadership styles, practices and principles are you applying? What are you being intentional...

The most effective teams have disagreements and conflict. The way that they handle it is what matters. Remember that because a person or people disagree with you doesn’t mean that they’re against you. This podcast is all about how we handle opposition, how we manage our adversaries, the choices we make with naysayers.

What is healthy competition? It’s an interaction that encourages everyone to reach their highest potential, to strive for even higher achievements. What’s interesting about healthy competition is that it creates a space where everyone is encouraged to bring their 'A' game. In the workplace it allows and encourages people to be their personal best and set stretch goals. I think it can actually impr...

Brain health is as important as heart health, mental health...all health. We continue exploring this important aspect of wellness with Dr. David Dodick, Chair of the Board of the American Brain Foundation.

The focus of this short podcast is prioritizing peace. How do people from totally different philosophical positions prioritize peace? Can they decide to stop warring about politics? Can they make conscious decisions to establish new ground rules for discussion? We cannot pretend that differences don't exist or that they aren't problematic in some relationships. We will explore tools for building b...

Dr. Merit Cudkowicz is the Chair of the Department of Neurology and Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. She is leading the first Platform Trial initiative in ALS and is also the Principal Investigator of the Clinical Coordination Center for the National Institute...

How’s life treating you? I hear so many people talk about being burned out, being exhausted, feeling depleted. I watch so many people over-extend themselves and it makes me sad. Life isn’t treating those folks so well. And it probably has something to do with their ability to establish and honor boundaries. This podcast is all about boundaries. My starting question is this: when is enough, enough?...

I’m going to be all over the place in this podcast. I’ll cover politeness, manners and just being respectful of everyone we encounter. I’ll talk about the need to create civil discourse. I’ll even cover email usage and cell phones. You'll enjoy the tips I'll share from Jason Fredrick’s Tiny Book of Electronic Etiquette . As random and scattered as it will seem, there are three common themes: 1. We...

I recently delivered a keynote titled The Journey to Leadership Excellence . Obviously, I’m not going to regurgitate the entire speech. I just want to highlight some of the key points. If you want to check out the entire presentation it will be on my YouTube channel soon.

Don’t you feel great when you get to give someone something? I don’t care if it’s a compliment, a birthday gift, a dollar, or treating to lunch. There’s just something wonderful about the act of giving. The Association for Psychological Science reports on two studies that measure the impact of giving. Guess what they found? The happiness we experience after an event or activity diminishes each tim...