The Flourish Podcast

Welcome back to the Flourish Podcast! Today we join our host Abe Brown for Part 2 of Creating Healthy Workplace Culture. In this episode, we walk through trait #2. Personal Awareness and Management. Join us again for the 10 Traits Of People Who Create A Flourishing Workplace Culture! #subscribe for more! For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team! ⁠www.flourishi...

The ultimate solution to a a toxic workplace is a flourishing workplace culture. If we do what we've always done, we'll get what we've always got. When it comes to creating a flourishing workplace. we need to begin to do different things. We want to get out of our comfort zone and we want to step into new ways of being and new ways of doing. #subscribe for more! For more information or...

64% of workers - Accountants, Lawyers, and people who are in that professional class - said that leaders making decisions without imput was their biggest problem. If you do not listen to people, you will shut down their engagement, you will shut down their ideas, and you will cause them to feel like you have created a toxic and represive environment. The easiest thing you can do is LISTEN TO PEOPL...

Our host Abe Brown and our special guest Musap "Moose" Abdel met at the REAL Men's Breakfast. Moose - from Sudan with deep roots to Egypt - comes from intergenerational trauma. At an early age, he experienced his parents divorce, abuse, and was "at risk". Wanting independence, Moose decided to run away. He then became a promoter in the music industry, but got caught up with...

Born and raised in Ontario, Brad was adopted alongside his brother. Brad moved to Calgary where he then met Abe Brown, now knowing each other for 23 years. Brad is a Relationship Coach and an Officiate. He has been a Relationship Coach for over 20 years. He officiates wedding ceremonies and has for 15 years. For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team!⁠ www.flour...

Born and raised in Calgary, Donny has been a salesperson his whole life. Outof High School, Donny felt he didn't want to go to college; he wanted to start his own business. Hitting his dreams at a young age, Donny bought a Night Club. Now he successful works in Property Management. For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team! ⁠www.flourishingworkplace.com⁠ Ab...

Growing up in the Philippines, our special guest Randi Laureano witnessed his father struggle with his mental health. After losing his father, Randi also started to struggle with his mental health. He later got married and then moved to Canada, where he graduated in Industrial Engineering, worked in Graphic Design, IT, and then Project Management. For more information or to book a discovery call,...

Everyone has different ways we can cultivate resilience within our lives! Here are 15 ways to cultivate resilience: 1. Honor Your Body 2. Self-Care 3. Forgive 4. Gratitude 5. Optimism 6. Cope 7. Flow 8. Mindfulness 9. Empathy 10. Kindness 11. Breathe 12. Live With Purpose 13. Relationships 14. Set Goals 15. Grieve For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team!⁠ www...

There is power in your words, so if you use your words wisely it will bring you to a place of life, strength, resilience, and mental health. If you use your words poorly, your resilience will not be there. 10 Things Resilient People Never Say: 1. "It's impossible to do that." 2. "I'm not in control of what I do." 3. "I'll have time later." 4. "I'm...

You hear a lot today about resilience. You hear people talk a lot about resilience, but there are missing parts in the conversation that experts are not telling you. Building personal resilience makes all the difference. Resilience is not a genetic gift we're given at birth; resilience is like a muscle, it's a skill and a tool. 1. Self-Talk (Words Have Power) 2. Self-Care (Emotional Regula...

Boundaries help you define what you are comfortable with and how you want to be treated by others. They apply to any kind of relationship you have - whether with a friend, family member, partner, or anyone else. The truth is that boundaries are hard to set and hard to keep, and they don't fix things overnight. 1. Know your personal boundaries 2. Ground yourself in preparation 3. Notice the peo...

Boundaries help you define what you are comfortable with and how you want to be treated by others. Identify your boundaries Communicate your boundaries Regulate your emotions Recalibrate your boundaries Unhealthy Boundaries: Put the focus on you Decrease my mental health Keep me feeling like a victim Keep me feeling disempowered Prevent me from creating the life I want Healthy Boundaries: Put the...

Welcome back to The Flourish Podcast! Continuing from our last episode, Sandra shares how she went through her own journey of healing from some of the trauma she experienced and how she has taken that pain and made a platform to help and support others. #subscribe for more! For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team! www.flourishingworkplace.com Abe Brown: Abe@w...

Welcome to The Flourish Podcast! Today we welcome our special guest Sandra Maiorana! In this episode, Sandra talks about her healing journey and what it means to heal. She also speaks on what she knows of trauma: it has a root cause, it has an age, it has an emotion, it has a place that's stored in the body, it has a story, it has a memory, it carries pain and leaves a legacy. For more informa...

Welcome to The Flourish Podcast! Our special guest Sandra Mairorana's early life was marked by trauma, starting with being the daughter of a teenage mother, and feeling unwanted and burdened. Despite this, she pursued education, marriage, and motherhood. Sandra found healing through empathy and compassion from others, highlighting the importance of believing in one another's experiences. S...

Today we join our host Abe Brown and special Guest Cynthia Chau-Hoang as we talk about the importance of a GROWTH MINDSET and struggling with imposter syndrome. Cynthia combats imposter syndrome by focusing on the positive impact she's had on others, often reflecting on good experiences and positive Google reviews. This helps her shift from feeling like an imposter to flourishing! Emphasizing...

Welcome back! Today we join our host Abe Brown and special guest Diane Stevenson. Like Diane, there are a lot of people that have fears and/or hesitation towards social media, mainly the fear of judgement. Knowing that you have a message and that you can help people, can cause you to push through those barriers. As we get hurt, we tend to build up walls and it keeps us trapped, but it also doesn&#...

Welcome to The Flourish Podcast! Our special guest Jon Velasco, originally from a city of 2-3 million people in Mexico, experienced a significant culture shock when he moved to a small community of 500 people in Saskatchewan, Canada at age 10. After finishing school, he relocated to Alberta and began doing labor work, eventually discovering his passion for the oil and gas industry. Jon now runs a...

Welcome back to The Flourish Podcast! Today we join our host Abe Brown and special guest Roy Mitton as they discuss the challenges of domestic abuse/trauma. and how to overcome it. There's a significant amount of people that grow up in domestic situations, but choose different outcomes. You can't do what you don't know, but once you know better, you can do better! #subscribe for more!...

Welcome back to The Flourish Podcast! In this episode, our host Abe Brown explains the difference between safety and comfort. He also walks us through the 4 Essential Steps To Support Mindset Shifts. There is a massive difference between you being safe and you feeling safe, and you being comfortable and you feeling comfortable. So many times people confuse safety and comfort, 4 Essential Steps To...

Welcome back to The Flourish Podcast! Join our host Abe Brown as he walks us through the "Guiding Principles of Strength-Based Practice (Flourishing)". When individuals feel valued and safe, they will be receptive to and value what we offer. All individuals have unique strengths and the ability to thrive in successful ways! For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach o...

As a leader, a coach, even in marriage, your job isn't to push change onto someone, it's to hold space for that person as they're looking to create the change that they want to create in their life. In this episode, our host Abe Brown walks us through the C.H.A.N.G.E. Model for Brain-Friendly Conversations! For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team!...

"If you can master your mindset, you can master the change!" Welcome to The Flourish Podcast! In this episode, we talk about how leaders have a major impact on the level of safety and the level of strength that people feel in their environment, and by creating an environment where everyone feels like they belong you will get: - Better results - Better ROI (return on investments) - More p...

Welcome to The Flourish Podcast! In the words of our host Abe Brown, if we want better, we need to create that environment of BELONGING. Belonging Brings Better! In this episode, our host also walks us through the 5 Things That Create Safety: S - Status C- Certainty A - Autonomy R - Relatedness F - Fairness For more information or to book a discovery call, please reach out to our team! www.flouris...

Welcome back to The Flourish Podcast! In this episode, our host Abe Brown explains that if you are a leader in the workplace, if you are a leader in business, if you are a leader in a non-profit, your number one job is to create a healthy environment of safety in the workplace. Without a sense of belonging and without a sense of safety, no one can perform at their best! #subscribe for more! Abe Br...