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April 23, 2024

We the Walking Wounded: Our Invitation to Step on the Path Toward Wholeness and Awakening

Every person on the planet has accumulated and carries emotional wounds – it’s part of the human experience. The question is – to what extent are you aware of them and how they govern your life and are you working to heal them? Dr. Raj Sisodia has...
April 16, 2024

Saving Lives: Unveiling and Addressing the Silent Epidemic of Loneliness

In this powerful episode, we dive deep into the often-overlooked issue of loneliness and its devastating impact on mental health and well-being. Join us as we sit down with Jinhyun Shin, a passionate advocate on a mission to prevent suicides and...
April 9, 2024

The Power of Being 'All In': Cultivating Connection and Collaboration in the Workplace

What would your organization look like if it were living "all in"? Going beyond mere completion—and instead fostering deep connections, embracing collaboration, and aligning with a shared purpose? Discover how integrating head, heart, and gut can lead...
April 2, 2024

Your Ticket to Unleashing Your Own Genius: Learn the Secret Powers of Notable Achievers

What if we could tap into the unique genius of people who have done extraordinary things? What if we could gain access to their mental frameworks or a timeless piece of wisdom that could unlock our own greater hidden genius? In this fireside chat with...
March 26, 2024

Courageous Conversations: Navigating Tough Talks with Confidence and Skill

Why do we avoid difficult conversations? Often, it’s due to a fear of conflict, of resulting emotions, and a lack of skills or confidence to navigate them. Let’s change that. In this episode, we delve into the art of navigating difficult discussions...
March 19, 2024

Remaining Workplaces: Crafting Environments that Inspire, Connect, and Elevate Well-Being

Let’s discuss the changing dynamics of employer/employee relationships and the rising demand for workspaces that go beyond mere functionality toward transforming office buildings into vibrant hubs of creativity, collaboration, and community. Discover...
March 12, 2024

Right Fit: The Answer to Making Work Less Work

Why is it so hard to make work work today? This is a phenomenon perplexing companies and the people they employ. Companies want highly engaged, performing people who will stay with them. Employees want a place they can thrive while cultivating their...
March 5, 2024

Energize Your Work and Life: Unveiling the Secrets to Thriving After Burnout

Burnout isn't just a buzzword—it's a real and pervasive issue that can leave us feeling drained and disconnected. In this enlightening interview, Dr. Sangwan shares her personal journey from burnout as an internal medicine physician and unveils her...
Feb. 27, 2024

We the Walking Wounded: Our Invitation to Step on the Path Toward Wholeness and Awakening

Raj Sisodia has spent six decades navigating the journey toward healing and awakening and is now ready to share from his heart and soul what he’s learned. He shares his personal story with achingly tender vulnerability and invites us all to find our...
Feb. 20, 2024

Unleashing Creativity: Shifting from Problem-Solving to Problem-Defining for Remarkable Results

In this episode, we'll delve into the limitations of traditional problem-solving methods ingrained in early education and organizational culture. Discover how reframing problems as opportunities for deeper exploration and definition can lead to...
Feb. 15, 2024

Leading to Heal and Unite Your Diverse Team by Addressing the Ache for Belonging

It’s easy to turn to blame in conflicts, moving to anger and issuing blame on others for the divisiveness that is so pervasive today. There is a critical step many people miss, and that is to first look deeply at ourselves – practicing “radical...
Feb. 6, 2024

Leading for Belonging: The Brilliant Beckoning that Fosters Elevated Thinking, Connection, Performan

In today’s fractured world of competing voices and interests, the invitation to wholeness beckons. That is, a whole team, united by an overarching collective identity, even over purpose. A whole way of considering everyone’s perspective and ensuring...
Feb. 1, 2024

Against the Odds: Helping Women Step into Their Shine

The Women's Bean Project in Denver hires women with multiple barriers to employment that include histories of substance misuse, former incarceration, histories of domestic violence, and homelessness. This non-profit provides a safe and accepting work...
Jan. 25, 2024

Learn to Coach Your “Brain ON!” Mode for Well-Being and Optimal Results

The core of well-being is nurturing a strong, healthy, resilient mindset. Your brain gets easily tripped up and turned “off” by all the daily distractions and obstacles that pop up. No matter how “smart” you may be, your brain isn’t built to process...
Jan. 18, 2024

Technology-Fueled Business as a Force for Good in the World

Technology gets a bad rap in the world these days, though it's doing so much to solve major world problems. Companies are embracing artificial intelligence, 3D printing, robotics, advanced materials, extended realities, blockchain, autonomous vehicles...
Jan. 11, 2024

Wonder: The Surprisingly Accessible Emotion that Makes Everything Better

Are you prone to wonder? Can you become completely dazzled by an experience or sight such that time seems to disappear? And in the process, you become elevated consciously and experientially? If this all sounds “way out there,” think again. Wonder is...
Jan. 4, 2024

Responsible Innovation that Creates Value on Purpose

Almost 95 percent of new products fail. Too often, they are created for a new income stream or to meet an idealized market, without being intimately connected to the needs and wants of the intended customer. A better way forward in the emerging...
Dec. 28, 2023

High-Performance Companies Operate from Deep Purpose

The term “purpose” has been deployed superficially by companies in an attempt to appear virtuous without using it as a core operational principle. Instead, companies that treat purpose as an existential intention that informs every decision, practice,...
Dec. 21, 2023

Living in a Whole New World: Making Decisions and Acting in the Full Light of Day

How would your life change if every decision and action you take were predicated on the knowledge that they were all completely transparent and visible to anyone? Would you treat people differently, do business better, and make money with an alternate...
Dec. 14, 2023

Learning from the Best: 12 Habits that Separate the Unicorns among Leaders from the Rest

Today’s world requires us all to be ongoing, voracious learners. And who better to learn from than the best leaders who get hired to produce super star results? William Vanderbloemen has an unusually good seat to observe and analyze the habits of such...
Dec. 7, 2023

The Business of Mattering in the Workplace

The extent to which people feel they matter at work greatly impacts their motivation and well-being, critical components to engagement, performance, and retention. The question is how leaders can create an environment and interactions that recognize...
Nov. 30, 2023

From “Blur” to Clarity and Success

When life hits you hard, and you feel overwhelmed and reduced by sensory overload and mental fatigue, you can find yourself in a state of “blur.” The deciding question is, what can you do to get back to clarity and forward movement? It turns out you...
Nov. 23, 2023

Welcome to Today’s Workplace of the People

In today’s war for talent, companies are fighting for a smaller pool of qualified talent. While COVID-19 changed what current employees and job seekers need, expect, and want from their work experience and those that lead them, the barrier to...
Nov. 16, 2023

Positive Emotional Engagement at Work: Distinguishing Human Value in the Age of Technology

Life will become increasingly more hectic and more challenging for all of us in the age of smart technology. The ongoing accompanying radical change means you will need to excel at learning, unlearning, and relearning at the pace of this change. The...