The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast

Complaining is not helpful to you or those you lead. Here's how to stop. Show Notes: The Happy Way to Drop Your Grievances by Arthur C. Brooks Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ email newsletter.

This episode explores why parents are so annoying to their children from a family systems standpoint. Understanding how to do things differently will make you a better parent and leader. Show Notes: What makes parents so annoying, even to their middle-aged children? by Carolyn Hax Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ email newsletter.

Patrick Lencioni's book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, helps you understand what makes for ineffective and effective teams. This episode tells you what you can do about it. Show Notes: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

This podcast explores the concept of psychological avoidance and how it increases anxiety. It provides real-life examples and strategies for overcoming avoidance to reduce anxiety in relationships. The importance of taking responsibility and addressing difficult conversations is emphasized, with tips on preparation and expressing boundaries in a non-anxious way.

Taking responsibility for self means not making assumptions about others are thinking. Here's what that looks like and how to do things differently.Show Notes:How Anxiety Distorts Your To-Do List by Kathleen SmithRead the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

The podcast explores the challenges of interacting with an elderly family member, sharing personal stories about their mother's habits, including constantly offering food. They discuss asserting independence and setting boundaries with their mom, as well as the complexities of relationship systems and self-differentiation.

The podcast discusses the characteristics of a chronically anxious system, the principles of leadership through self-differentiation, navigating delays and trusting the process, and persisting through sabotage. It also explores the 'Yeager heresy' and provides examples of creating an environment for change.

Edwin Friedman's last book, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, challenges us to lead differently. Here's how. Show Notes: A Failure of Nerve, Revised Edition: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin Friedman Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

I'm not a fan of New Year's resolutions. I AM a fan of getting better each year. Here's why and what has helped me. Show Notes: Get a FREE copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks. Get information and register for the FREE Friedman's Failure of Nerve Book Study. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Explore the shift in parenting styles towards over functioning and its negative impact on children's resilience. Understand the behaviors of over functioning and under functioning through real-life examples and stories. Learn about the importance of self-differentiation and maintaining healthy emotional space. Discover how avoiding overfunctioning and underfunctioning can lead to a more mature leadership system.