

The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast
Jack Shitama
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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Apr 17, 2023 • 13min
Episode 223: 5 Things That Help You to Be a Non-Anxious Presence
Being a non-anxious presence doesn't come naturally. Here's what you can do to better prepare for difficult situations.
Show Notes:
People With High Emotional Intelligence Use 5 Simple Words to Become Exceptionally Persuasive by Bill Murphy Jr.
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Apr 10, 2023 • 12min
Episode 222: How to Focus on Emotional Process (and Not Content)
Understanding emotional process helps us to see how people deal with uncertainty and anxiety. This enables us to be less anxious and judgmental, as well as more compassionate. This episode shows you how.
Show Notes:
The Circle of Why by Kathleen Smith
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Apr 3, 2023 • 12min
Episode 221: This Is How Self-Differentiation Makes You a Trustworthy Leader
Trust is a key factor in effective leadership. This episode shows how leadership through self-differentiation makes this possible.
Show Notes:
7 common qualities of credible people by Gwen Moran
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey
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Mar 27, 2023 • 11min
Episode 220: Taking Responsibility for Self Can Increase Resilience
Learning to deal with challenges, whether external or self-inflicted, involves taking responsibility for self. When we do this we increase our ability to respond to change and uncertainty.
Show Notes:
The episode incorrectly notes it was recorded on Sunday, March 25 but, in fact, was recorded on Sunday, March 26.
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Mar 20, 2023 • 15min
Episode 219: 3 Things You Need to Know to Lead in a Hostile Environment
How we respond to challenge and crisis is a big factor in whether we will survive and even thrive. These three factors come from a lecture that Edwin Friedman gave in 1985.
Show Notes:
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
The Center for Family Process
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Mar 13, 2023 • 12min
Episode 218: Self-Differentiated Leaders Set Healthy Boundaries
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
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Mar 6, 2023 • 13min
Episode 217: What’s Going on in The United Methodist Church? – Part 3 of 3
The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 3 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective. Loren also asks me some interesting questions, such as, what I would do if I were Pope for a day.
Show Notes:
Future Christian Podcast
My first appearance on Future Christian Podcast from 2020
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Feb 27, 2023 • 13min
Podcast Episode 216: What’s Going on in The United Methodist Church? – Part 2 of 3
The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective.
Show Notes:
Future Christian Podcast
My first appearance on Future Christian Podcast from 2020
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Feb 20, 2023 • 27min
Episode 215: What's Going on in The United Methodist Church? - Part 1 of 3
The United Methodist Church is on the verge of splitting over human sexuality. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Rev. Loren Richmond Jr. on his Future Christian Podcast. Loren asked me to join him to discuss The UMC from a family systems perspective.
Show Notes:
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Background on The UMC 10:03
A family systems take on the current conflict 18:07
Future Christian Podcast
My first appearance on Future Christian Podcast from 2020
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Feb 13, 2023 • 11min
Episode 214: Toxic Positivity Is NOT Self-Differentiation
It's good to be optimistic but toxic positivity takes it to the extreme. This episode unpacks what it is and what you can do to avoid it.
Show Notes:
This Is the Best Way to Support a Stressed-Out Person, According to Research by Jessica Stillman
What Is Toxic Positivity? By Kendra Cherry
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