Jack Shitama
The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast
The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast uses a family systems theory approach to increase your spiritual, emotional and physical well-being so you can be the best leader possible. Each episode explores research and practical tips to help you be a personal and professional non-anxious presence.
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Jack Shitama
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
Episode 315: Managing Anxiety (Yours and Others') with Dr. Becky Kennedy's Acknowledge, Validate and Permit Strategy 27.01.2025 11:19
Dr. Becky Kennedy's AVP strategy is designed for parenting, but it can help you in any anxious situation. Show Notes: Emotional Regulation in Children - Good Inside Episode 99: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 1 Episode 100: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 2 Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email new...
Episode 314: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 3 of 3 20.01.2025 11:44
In Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline elements seven through ten in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy by Seth Godin* Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. *This is an affiliate link. If you purchase the book, I earn a small commission.
Episode 313: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 2 of 3 19.01.2025 11:39
In Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline elements four through six in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy by Seth Godin* Download a free copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks (no email address required) Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. *This is an affiliate l...
Episode 312: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 1 of 3 06.01.2025 12:08
In Seth Godin's new book, This Is Strategy, he outlines 10 elements of a system. In this episode, I outline the first three elements in family systems terms. Show Notes: This Is Strategy by Seth Godin* Download a free copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks (no email address required) Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. *This is an affiliate link....
Episode 311: The Year End Review (with a Family Systems Take - Rebroadcast) 30.12.2024 17:42
The most effective leaders do a year-end review. Here are three approaches that will help you reflect on all aspects of your life. Doing a year-end review will take you about an hour. It will not only help you make the most of this year's experiences, it will help you get a great start in the new year. Show Notes: Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead by Tim Ferri...
Episode 310: 5 Ways You Can Grow as a Non-Anxious Presence - Part 2 of 2 23.12.2024 14:58
Self-differentiation is about managing your own functioning. In Part 2, I cover the importance of monitoring your reactivity, pain threshold and seriousness. Show Notes: If You Met My Family, You'd Understand: A Family Systems Primer by Jack Shitama Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. This p...
Episode 309: 5 Ways You Can Grow as a Non-Anxious Presence - Part 1 of 2 16.12.2024 12:12
Self-differentiation is about managing your own functioning. In Part 1, I cover the importance of monitoring emotional distance and unworked out relationships. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 308: 5 Ways to Assess the Health of Any Relationship System – Part 2 of 2 09.12.2024 13:14
Whether it's your family, organization or congregation, the functioning of any relationship system is dependent on the level of self-differentiation among its members. In this two-part episode, I unpack a schema developed by Daniel V. Papero of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Show Notes: Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems T...
Episode 307: 5 Ways to Assess the Health of Any Relationship System – Part 1 of 2 02.12.2024 11:59
Whether it's your family, organization or congregation, the functioning of any relationship system is dependent on the level of self-differentiation among its members. In this two-part episode, I unpack a schema developed by Daniel V. Papero of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Show Notes: Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Th...
Episode 306: How to Prepare Yourself for a Hard Holiday Discussion 25.11.2024 16:21
Whether it's family or work, having discussions with people who disagree can be a challenge. This episode shows you how you can do better. Show Notes: A Non-Anxious Presence Workbook: Five Steps to Go Be Yourself (available for $9 until Midnight EST on Friday, November 29, 2024; $15 after that). Episode 99: A Family Systems Take on Non-Violent (or Compassionate) Communication – Part 1 Episode 100:...
Episode 305: We Have to Do Better - How a Non-Anxious Leader Can Make a Difference 18.11.2024 14:08
The division in our world is unsustainable. If we don't do something, we're headed for disaster. Here's what you can do. Show Notes: Why We Got It So Wrong by David Brooks Nonviolence - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcom Gladwell Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxi...
Episode 304: What to Do Now that the Election Is Over 11.11.2024 11:52
Whether or not you supported the winner or even live in the US, this episode can help you grow as a non-anxious leader. Show Notes: Nonviolence - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 303: Family Systems Theory - A Practical Overview (Rebroadcast) 04.11.2024 20:37
This episode is a presentation from the Family Systems Book Study that puts family systems theory in context for the non-anxious leader. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 302: Nobody Likes to Be Told What to Do 28.10.2024 11:33
Self-differentiation enables you to not take things personally and to foster autonomy in others. Here's how. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 301: How Humor Helps You as a Non-Anxious Leader (and How It Doesn't) 21.10.2024 8:56
If you're too serious, you will raise anxiety in the relationship systems that you lead. Here's how humor can help. Show Notes: Leaders Can Carry Too Much Truth Through Humor - Admired Leadership How to Develop Your Most Important Asset as a Leader: Trust - The Non-Anxious Leader Blog Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims Read the Full Transcript on The No...
Episode 300: Pain and Responsibility 14.10.2024 14:06
Allowing others to experience the pain and consequences of their actions (and life in general) will help them build resilience and capacity. Here's how. Show Notes: Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 299: Everyone Loves a Non-Anxious Presence - Chapters 10-14 07.10.2024 17:08
If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 298: Everyone Loves a Non-Anxious Presence - Chapters 5-9 30.09.2024 14:46
If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 297: Everyone Loves a Non-Anxious Presence - Chapters 1-4 23.09.2024 15:40
If you want to calm down, grow up and live your best life, this audio version of the book can help. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 296: Non-Anxious Leaders Don't Expect Reciprocity 16.09.2024 10:44
Reciprocity is a part of life. This episode explains what it is and how Non-Anxious Leaders approach it. Show Notes: Richer Than Yesterday from The Brain Food Newsletter The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology by Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode: 295 Self-Differentiated Leaders Set Healthy Boundaries (Rebroadcast) 09.09.2024 12:21
A Non-Anxious Leader knows the difference between a threat and a boundary. This episode goes through five differences, as described by Marianne van Dijk, and unpacks the family systems elements of each. Show Notes: cupofempathy.com Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website.
Episode 294: There IS an "I" in Team 02.09.2024 11:07
The best team members understand what it means to be a self AND be a part of a team. Here's what that looks like. Show Notes: Togetherness, individuality, and the downside of being a pommel horse guy by Kathleen Smith Episode 284: How Positive Intelligence Helps You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence (Part 1 of 2) Episode 285: How Positive Intelligence Helps You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence (Part 2o...
Episode 293: 7 Characteristics of a Non-Anxious Leader 26.08.2024 11:00
A non-anxious leader works to be their best self so that others can do the same. Here's what that looks like. Show Notes: Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 292: Why Saying What You Believe Matters (Rebroadcast) 19.08.2024 13:47
Non-anxious leaders say what they believe while giving others the freedom to disagree. In this political season, the research shows why this matters. Show Notes: When Political Discussions Get Heated, Is It Best to Just Stay Out of It? from Kellogg Insight Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Episode 291: An Interview with Dr. Kathleen Smith (Part 4 of 4) 12.08.2024 17:01
Dr. Kathleen Smith is a therapist, author and faculty member at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. In this final segment of our discussion, we discuss how a leader manages healthy connection, what progress looks like and Kathleen's take on societal anxiety. Show Notes: Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down True To You:...
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