Environments, Rats and your Neurochemistry | How words can create a toxic environment.Look up the word "identity" in a dictionary and you'll find definitions which reference such things such as a person's beliefs, life-facts, personality, etc. Identity is something that can be uncovered. There is power in this sort of excavation. In this episode you will hear more about how words can support you to anchor into a deeper sense of your own identity.
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Giving Voice to Your Personal Identity | How developing your identity increases your Conversational Intelligence®.Look up the word "identity" in a dictionary and you'll find definitions which reference such things such as a person's beliefs, life-facts, personality, etc. Identity is something that can be uncovered. There is power in this sort of excavation. In this episode you will hear more about how words can support you to anchor into a deeper sense of your own identity.
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Do Less/Do More | The Neuroscience of change.Most of us believe that if we say "I'm going to stop doing 'THIS' and start doing 'THAT'!", then something is actually going to shift. Unfortunately, change rarely happens in this fashion. Neuroscience tells us there's a better way than utilizing this stop/start mindset. The fancy word involved in this process that we will dive into during this episode is called Neuroplasticity.
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Ships Passing In the Night | Are your conversations hitting the mark?Are your conversations hitting the mark or are they Ships Passing in the Night? An individual speaks about 16,000 words a day, yet research shows that 9/10 conversations miss their mark. Odds are you’ve experienced less than productive conversations. In fact, how many conversations are avoided altogether because we’re trying to sidestep discomfort or conflict?
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Rattlesnakes And Roots | How fear influences how we see the world.Our brains are hardwired to handle fear and protect us. Unfortunately, we often fail to realize that fear, distrust, and trust changes how we interpret reality. Ultimately this affects the way we talk to other people, and the langue used during conversations with ourselves.
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Cardiac Arrest | When work causes too much stress.Chronic stress is prolonged emotional discomfort that eventually harms the body and the mind. Let this happen long enough and we start to break down. Is it possible to have something in your life causing undue harm and you may not even know it? Listen in as we examine one situation where a stressful work situation sent an employee to the emergency room.
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The Chemistry Of Conversation | What's the chemistry of your conversational style?There are things we leave behind that can be toxic and harmful to others. I'm not just talking about plastic bags or bottles. I am talking about the different ways we communicate with others. Why do negative comments and interactions stick with us so much more than positive interactions? What's happening in such human dynamics has everything to do with neurochemistry. Listen in to learn more.
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