The Non-Anxious Leader Podcast

Explore the concept of challenge over comfort in relationships, the shifting dynamics in a marriage due to alcoholism, managing the challenges of raising heavy sleeper children, and the importance of non-anxious leadership in dealing with resistance and demands in families, congregations, and organizations.

Explore the concept of symmetry in family systems theory and how it affects system anxiety. Learn how symmetry can help manage anxiety in congregations and nuclear families. Analyze a case study on intergenerational communication patterns. Understand the intergenerational transmission of anxiety and its impact on family relationships.

Relationship systems get stuck when surrounding togetherness pressure makes it difficult for people to disagree. Here's what that looks like and how non-anxious leaders can create a culture of healthy disagreement. Show Notes: Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Brilliant 2-Word Phrase to Speak Up and Get Results by Justin Bariso Solomon Asch Conformity Line Experiment Study by Saul Mcleod, PhD Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

What do you do when you respond to another in ways that are hurtful? This episode shows that you can not only repair the relationship, you can make it better. Show Notes: Becky Kennedy: The single most important parenting strategy | TED Talk Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Self-differentiation means that you are able to manage your own anxiety without involving others. This episode unpacks what this does (and doesn't) look like. Show Notes: Being the Captain of Your Own Ship by Kathleen Smith Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Nobody lives in a vacuum. Surrounding togetherness pressure influences people in both negative and positive ways. Here’s how you, as a leader, can use it to make things better. Show Notes: The Lazy Way To An Awesome Life by Eric Barker Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

Leadership through self-differentiation is counterintuitive. Here are five evidence-based reasons why it’s effective. Show Notes: 5 insights from behavioral science that can make you better at influencing others from Fast Company Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

A paradox in leadership is that we think we can control more than we actually can. This leads to micromanaging, which is more damaging than helpful. This episode shows how leadership through self-differentiation is different and more effective. Show Notes: How to Solve the Leadership Paradox | Inc.com by David Finkel Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

The functioning of any relationship system is dependent on the level of self-differentiation among its members. In this two-part episode, I unpack a schema developed by Daniel V. Papero of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Show Notes: Developing a systems model for family assessment. Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences. 13, 2, 2018 by Daniel V. Papero. Read the Full Transcript on The Non-Anxious Leader website. Check out the FREE Family Systems 101 Course. Subscribe to my weekly ⁠Two for Tuesday⁠ emails.

In this episode, the host discusses the importance of self-differentiation in relationship systems. They explore the traits and characteristics of non-anxious leaders who prioritize emotional connection and resourcefulness. The concept of resourcefulness in leadership and family health is also discussed, along with the importance of tolerance for difference and healthy relationships.