The Leader's Journey Podcast Riding the Waves of Reactivity
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Jan 11, 2025 Chad Jaeger, a coach and parent who steps back so others learn by doing. Dawn Bird, a leader who notices bodily signals and chooses principled responses. Rick Rarick, a coach shifting from fixing to curious listening. Jim Herrington, an experienced leadership coach learning to ask for help. They trade personal stories about noticing reactivity, pausing, and letting others grow.
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Reactivity Is Like Surfing Emotional Waves
- Kathleen Smith compares emotional reactivity to surfing predictable yet subjective waves you must catch and ride out.
- Tricia Taylor uses this metaphor to shift focus from controlling others to managing her own responses to time anxiety.
Time Anxiety Reframed As A System
- Tricia Taylor recounts chronic time-anxiety that pushes her to over-control schedules and feel like a victim of time.
- Influenced by Oliver Burkeman she reframes time as a system she lives within and chooses how to dance with it.
Asking For Help Deepened Family Connection
- Jim Herrington shares decades-long resistance to asking for help intensified by his wife Betty's Alzheimer's progression.
- A tearful honest conversation with his son Nathan reduced that resistance and increased authentic connection.
