This episode builds on many prior conversations exploring work that we can do on ourselves, including living authentically, trauma and the nervous system, nonviolent communication, transforming relational conflict, and optimal zone resilience. It demonstrates how the work on ourselves extends upwards into the organization context, and further amplifies our impact at a systemic level.

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In this conversation Jenny and Diana discuss:

• What Diana means by conscious when she refers to conscious leadership
• Being above or below the line: reacting from fear vs. responding from trust
• The four different types of consciousness from which we might lead: to me, by me, through me, and as me
• Taking radical responsibility
• Staying curious and growing in self-awareness
• The problem with wanting to be right
• Our relationship with our stories and willingness to consider the opposite is equally true
• The importance of feeling our feelings and seeing their value
• Why candor and safe emotional spaces are essential
• Why gossip is pernicious and the how judgement reveals our shadows
• Integrity, both with ourselves and with others
• Making clear agreements using a whole body yes
• How to handle broken agreements
• Regarding all circumstances of life as an opportunity to learn and grow
• Moving from scarcity to abundance with a commitment to experiencing having enough of everything
• Committing to win for all solutions
• Operating from our zones of genius and realizing our full potential
• Being the resolution rather than assigning blame to others
• The importance of rest and play
• Subconscious commitments

Resources:

• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success, Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Warner Klemp
• The Conscious Leadership Group
• WholeBodyYes.com
• Conscious Loving: The Journey To Co-Commitment, Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.
• Terrance Real: https://terryreal.com/
• Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor Frankl
• Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power, Carolyn Elliott, Ph.D.

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