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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Mar 3, 2025 • 12min
Episode 320: How to Lead Underfunctioning Followers
Explore the fascinating dynamics between overfunctioning leaders and underfunctioning followers. Discover how anxiety-driven leadership can create dependency and hinder team growth. Learn strategies to empower disengaged team members by fostering autonomy and emotional connections. Boost self-management and resilience among your followers to enhance team performance and accountability. Uncover the importance of stepping back to unlock your team's full potential!
Feb 24, 2025 • 13min
Episode 319: How NOT to Parent (or Lead)
Explore the pitfalls of overparenting and how it stifles children's growth and resilience. Discover the parallels between anxious parenting and leadership styles that inhibit independence. Emphasize the value of effort over outcomes to foster intrinsic motivation. Hear compelling stories about the impact of a non-anxious presence in helping individuals learn from failures. It's a deep dive into how less involvement can lead to stronger, more autonomous leaders and kids.
Feb 17, 2025 • 11min
Episode 318: How to Handle People Who Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt (FOG) to Manipulate You
Emotionally dependent people make demands that often use fear, obligation and/or guilt. Here's how to manage yourself and the situation.Show Notes:How to Disarm any NarcissistBehavior Expert Reveals Exactly What To Say To A Narcissist - Chase HughesSubscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Feb 10, 2025 • 14min
Episode 317: 3 Things You Need to Know to Lead in a Hostile Environment (Rebroadcast)
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 SynagogueThe Center for Family ProcessSubscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.
Feb 3, 2025 • 12min
Episode 316: 4 Things You Can Do If You're Not Happy with the Current Administration
Non-anxious leaders take action, however small. Even if you are happy (currently), this episode covers what you can do when you're frustrated with your country and the world.
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Future Christian Podcast
Ground News
Episode 304: What to Do Now that the Election Is Over
Episode 276: 10 Steps to Effectively Deal with Resistance (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 277: 10 Steps to Effectively Deal with Resistance (Part 2 of 2)
Calling People Forward Instead of Out: Ten Essential Steps - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Discipleship Ministries | Ground Rules for Group Discussion
18 Ground Rules for Group Discussions | Facilitator School
Ground Rules: How to Set Successful Guidelines for Your Conversation Programs | Programming Librarian
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Jan 27, 2025 • 11min
Episode 315: Managing Anxiety (Yours and Others') with Dr. Becky Kennedy's Acknowledge, Validate and Permit Strategy
Dr. Becky Kennedy's AVP strategy is designed for parenting, but it can help you in any anxious situation.
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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
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Jan 20, 2025 • 12min
Episode 314: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 3 of 3
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*
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Jan 19, 2025 • 12min
Episode 313: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 2 of 3
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*
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Jan 6, 2025 • 12min
Episode 312: A Family Systems Take on Seth Godin's 10 Elements of a System-Part 1 of 3
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)
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Dec 30, 2024 • 18min
Episode 311: The Year End Review (with a Family Systems Take - Rebroadcast)
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 Ferriss
Advice for Entering the New Year: The Yearly Review by Matt Perman
Reviewing the Past Year & Looking Ahead to the Coming Year by Kathy Paauw
One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks by Jack Shitama
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