Personal Growth

Continuing our focus on Taking the Lead in Parenting this month, I’m joined in this episode by long-time friend and former colleague, our guest MaryBeth Fortner: her journey as a wife and mother. As you might’ve guessed, not only is she a good friend, but she’s also the wife of our Leadership Development VP, Joel

There’s no one size fits all approach to being a parent at home or a leader in the workplace. But, these two roles actually have a lot in common. Today we’ll take a look at what parenting and leadership have in common. Both are focused on leading others to grow, stretch and become something more

Today’s episode is you don’t have as much willpower as you might think part 2! Willpower is a limited resource that’s easily depleted. What can you do to replenish it? What fuels the self-control and gratification centers of the brain? Today on the show, you’ll discover what makes willpower tick, how it gets depleted and

Today’s episode is on replacing the negative influences in your life with the right ones! What you don’t replace may come back to haunt you! Fact: we are creatures of habit.  Our habits, thought patterns, and relationships all carry a massive influence on our hearts and minds. The negative influences in our lives must be

Today’s episode is guest Serena Dyksen: a journey from broken to healed. How is fear holding you back from getting the healing you need? Today on the podcast, we’ve got special guest Serena Dyksen with us. Serena is a published author, speaker, coach as well as a Next Level Life participant. She’ll be sharing her

Today on the show we’re talking about managing the stress of the holiday season. I’ll give you some practical advice and solid encouragement for dealing with the various family, home and travel stresses that you’re going to encounter this week and next. In this episode we’ll talk about: What NOT to do. What you should

Did you know that gratitude LITERALLY makes your heart grow? The giving of thanks, for example—studies show—has a positive effect on the brain, leaving the giver more fundamentally changed than the recipient. That sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Well, let me ask you something… When was the last time you were actually thankful for something? When

What do we do now that we know how much we label people, play the victim, and have created a culture that enjoys canceling others? Well… we have to reverse what we’ve done. In Part Two of this podcast series, I want to remind us about the story of King David and the moment when

We all do it, don’t we?We label people based on our own beliefs about them—whether or not we ever take the time to gain perspective about their root system, their story, or their life. But when we label people, we start creating a world of monsters… and victims.And sometimes, we’re the ones living like victims.