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Brave Tribe
by Connie Jakab
Connie Jakab is an author, speaker, break dancer and mom of 2 boys who is all about igniting the brave in you. Not long ago she decided to stop living small and realized that her story and your story has the power to shift culture. In this podcast, she calls out for the wild ones, the rebels who dare rise up to create something different in the world around us. Here, we dream from the dirt and talk real about what it really looks like to rise up to who you are called to be and embrace the influence you are called to have. You're about to find your brave.
Episodes
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When Nobody Shows Up- How to keep choosing connection when you've been disappointed.
What do you do when nobody shows up? I was 10 years old when nobody came to my birthday party. That kind of disappointment stays with you. And sometimes, as adults, we stop inviting, stop trying, and stop dreaming because we're afraid of feeling that rejection again. But here's the tension I've...
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What’s the Opposite of People-Pleasing?
What’s the opposite of people-pleasing? For a lot of us, it becomes: “I don’t care what anyone thinks anymore.” But is that actually freedom? People-pleasing says: I’ll abandon myself to stay connected to you. “I don’t care” can become: I’ll abandon connection to protect myself. What if there’s...
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What If We’ve Been Trying to Stop Bullying the Wrong Way?
For years, we’ve told kids: Don’t bully. Be kind. Include others. All important. But what if bullying starts long before someone says something cruel? What if it starts when we begin believing that in order for me to be strong, someone else has to be weak? That for me to belong, someone else has…
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How to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Emotions
Have you ever walked into a conversation feeling completely fine… and walked away anxious, frustrated, heavy, or emotionally exhausted? You may be carrying something that was never yours to carry. When we care deeply about people, it can be difficult to know where empathy ends and emotional...
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My Dream For This Year...
This episode feels different. For almost 30 years, I’ve worked in mental health, resilience, schools and communities. And somehow, all those years have been leading me here. So in this episode, I’m sharing something pretty personal: My dream for this year. It’s a little audacious. It starts with...
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What If You Don’t Know What Your Dream Is? 3 Ways To Help Your Find It
Maybe you haven’t lost your purpose. Maybe you’ve never had the space to discover it. In this week’s episode, we’re taking the pressure off “finding your dream” and looking instead for the clues. And this conversation is bigger than us. When children, students, and community members discover “I’m...
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You Don’t Need More Confidence. You Need THIS.... How small wins build resilience, awaken dreams, and help people come alive.
🎙️ In this week’s podcast, I’m talking about where resilience really comes from, why small wins matter, and how we can help ourselves—and the people around us—come alive.
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The Growth We’re Missing - What I've Learned about Personal Transformation from 27 Years of Marriage and Being In Community
For a long time I believed personal growth was mostly about what happened when I was alone. Reading the books. Doing the inner work. Going to therapy. Learning boundaries. Figuring out my triggers. Trying to regulate my own emotions. And all of that matters. Deeply. But after 27 years of...
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The Real Reason You're Burned Out (And It's Not What You Think)
Are you tired... or are you carrying things that no longer belong in this season? This year, I learned something surprising about burnout. I thought I needed more rest. What I actually needed was alignment. In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, we explore why burnout isn't always…
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When Relationships Go Sideways How to Repair, Reconnect, and Move Forward
What if being right is costing you connection? Most relationships don't break because of conflict. They break because nobody knows how to repair. In this week's podcast, we're talking about the courage of reconciliation, the power of listening, and why the strongest people are often the ones...
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Don't Fight the Culture. Replace It. How to build a small collective that changes everything.
The collective always wins. Not the smartest person. Not the most qualified. Not even the most passionate. The collective. Every family, classroom, workplace, church, and community has a culture. And whether we realize it or not, we're all asking the same question: "What do I need to do to belong...
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When Connection Turns Into Control
What happens when our desire to help quietly turns into control? In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, Connie explores the powerful concept of differentiation — the ability to stay connected to people without absorbing their emotions, managing their choices, or losing yourself in the...
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The Way We See People is Breaking Our Relationships
Someone cut me off this week. At least… that’s what I thought. What happened next completely changed how I see people. And honestly—it might change how you see them too. New episode out now 🎙️
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How To Create Rooms Where Anxiety Lessens and Bravery Increases
What makes people finally feel safe enough to speak up, participate, risk, and be fully themselves? In this episode of the Bravely Connected podcast, I share what 25 years of working in schools, community spaces has taught me about belonging, emotional safety, and the kind of environments where...
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The Real Reason You Keep Withdrawing (And How to Break It)
We’ve made loneliness comfortable. We can skip the event. Order the food. Scroll instead of speak. Stay home instead of show up. And slowly… without realizing it… we’re becoming more disconnected than ever. But here’s the truth: You’re not “overreacting.” You’re not “too much.” 👉 You’re carrying...
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Why We Struggle to Connect: Understanding Attachment Styles and Emotional Safety
Why do we push people away when we actually want connection? Why do some people cling, some shut down, and others avoid vulnerability altogether? The answer often isn’t that people don’t care—it’s that connection feels unsafe. In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, we’re diving into...
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Letting Go Without Losing Yourself: When Someone You Love Keeps Hurting You
You don’t need to hate someone to let them go. Sometimes… you just need to be honest about how it feels to stay. This episode is for the ones who: Keep trying Keep explaining Keep hoping it will change Because you care. Because you see the good. But it still hurts. We’re talking about how to let…
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Why Everything Feels Harder Right Now - The Hidden Cost of Disconnection
Why does everything feel harder right now? Not just busy… heavy. Relationships feel more fragile. Conflict escalates faster. People seem more overwhelmed than ever. What if it’s not burnout? What if it’s disconnection? In this episode, I unpack: – Why disconnection makes everything feel heavier –...
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3 Shifts That Will Completely Change How People Experience You
👉 Do people actually feel safe with you? If people stay surface-level… If they don’t open up… If conversations never go deeper… It might not be them. In this episode, I break down: Why people shut down instead of opening up The subtle ways we create disconnection (without realizing it) 3 shifts...
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Why You Push People Away: Understanding the Hidden Patterns That Keep Us Disconnected—and How to Change Them
You don’t push people away because you’re broken. You push people away because you learned how to protect your heart. But what if your “protection”… is now the very thing disconnecting you? In this episode, we unpack: Tender hearts Armored behaviours Disconnection And how to finally feel safe...
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Why People Don’t Know How to Make Friends Anymore — And How We Can Change That
Loneliness is at an all-time high… yet most people still want deeper friendships. So why does it feel harder than ever to make them? In this episode, Connie Jacob shares why friendships don’t form naturally the way they used to—and the 7 simple steps anyone can take to start building real...
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The Hidden Reason You're Not Reaching Your Goals
Have you ever felt like you’re trying so hard to move forward… but nothing is changing? Many of us live with a quiet voice in our heads that constantly reminds us of what we lack—what we haven’t accomplished yet, what we’re not good at, or how far we still have to go. That voice is called deficit...
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Navigating Conflict Without Creating Disconnection
One of the biggest myths about healthy relationships? That they should be conflict-free. The truth is: Healthy relationships are repair-rich. In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, I walk through the 4 steps that transform conflict into deeper connection. • Attune in • Manage yourself…
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The Danger of Unrepaired Conflict — And How to Apologize Well
We all make mistakes. But most of us were never taught what to do after we mess up. Our instinct is to defend ourselves, minimize what happened, or quietly build walls of protection. But real connection doesn’t grow through defensiveness — it grows through repair. Because the truth is this:...
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How to Stay Grounded in a Reactive World
We don’t realize we’re armoring up… until connection starts disappearing. When we don’t acknowledge our emotions, our thoughts, and the behaviors coming out of us, we don’t become stronger. We become protected. Defensive. Reactive. And slowly… disconnected. In this episode, I’m talking about the...
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How to Give Honest Feedback Without Causing Harm
What if honesty didn’t have to hurt? In this episode, Connie shares a simple but powerful practice that builds self-awareness, trust, and repair—without shame or damage. We talk about when feedback heals, when it harms, and why time and trust are the real foundation of strong relationships. This...
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How to Heal Rejection & Shame in Your Relationships
Have you ever reached out for connection… and been humiliated instead? Rejection has a way of shutting parts of us down. Not loudly. Quietly. In this episode, I talk about: • The difference between shame and humiliation • Why we build emotional walls • How old rejection still shapes our...
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How To Be Honest Without Losing Yourself
You don’t have to harden your heart to be honest. And you don’t have to disappear to be kind. In this episode, we talk about how to stay tender and have boundaries — how to use your voice with honesty without causing destruction all around you. This is about attuning in before you speak, holding...
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The Village Isn’t Gone, It’s Waiting: Why Parents Are The Answer
Parents are the answer right now. Not because they have it all figured out — but because when parents choose connection over isolation, everything shifts. In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, we talk about why parenting was never meant to be a solo act, how rebuilding the village...
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Staying Out of the Middle: How to Avoid Getting Stuck in Conflict That's Not Yours
You don’t need to fix every conflict to be loving. Sometimes the most connected thing you can do is stay out of the middle. In this episode of the Bravely Connected Podcast, we talk about triangulation—what happens when two people are in conflict and a third person gets pulled in to rescue,...
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Why Being Understood Won't Help You Feel You Belong - and what WILL
January can feel heavy. Loneliness often hides behind looking fine. In this episode, Connie shares how being understood is not the same as being known. We talk about why happiness can’t be the goal, why people don’t want to be fixed—they want to be witnessed—and how true belonging begins within…
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From Burnout to Belonging: My Predictions of What Community Really Looks Like
Community is changing. And honestly… it has to. Burnout, loneliness, and quiet disengagement aren’t personal failures—they’re signals. In this episode, I share 5 predictions for what community must become in 2026 if we want people to stay, belong, and heal together. We talk about why: • Who stays...
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Seven Things to Leave Behind in 2025 for Emotional Safety and Real Belonging
2026 doesn’t need a better version of you. It needs a more honest one. A more rested one. A more self-connected one. In this episode, I walk you through 7 things to gently leave behind—not because you failed, but because you’ve grown wise enough to let go. We talk about: ✨ over-explaining ✨...
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Four Truths to Find Peace, Belonging, and Emotional Freedom This Holiday
The holidays can amplify everything—joy, grief, tension, and old family dynamics. In this final episode of the year, I’m sharing practical tools to help you stay bravely connected to yourself and others this Christmas. We’ll talk about releasing expectations, reclaiming your peace, and…
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Five Practical Tools to Reduce Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone — and there’s a deeper reason behind it. In today’s episode, we uncover how shame quietly fuels overwhelm, how expectations hijack our peace, and why simplification and self-awareness are the keys to getting grounded again. If you’re carrying too much,...
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4 Ways to Keep You From Burnout (that go beyond the typical)
Burnout doesn’t happen because you’re weak — it happens because you’ve been strong for too long without the right tools. In this episode, Connie shares four resilience practices she has used in her own life and in 25 years of working with parents, educators, and communities. These aren’t...
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Six Practical Steps on How to Create Community
What if the solutions to your community’s biggest struggles aren’t found in programs, experts, or strategies… but in the people already sitting in the room? In this episode of Bravely Connected, we explore the simple, deeply human practices that build community anywhere—your family, workplace,...
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The Gift of Anger - How to help yourself and others through it
Anger isn’t something to hide — it’s something to understand. In this episode of Bravely Connected, Connie shares how anger, often labeled as “bad,” is actually a messenger pointing to deeper wounds and unmet needs. Through honest storytelling, reflection, and practical insight, you’ll learn how…
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Redefining Resilience in a World on Fire
After 25 years in mental health and resilience work, Connie Jakab has learned that true strength isn’t found in perfection — it’s found in the ashes. This episode invites you to rethink resilience, rediscover community, and reclaim hope, even when life doesn’t look the same anymore. You will…
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Why We Are So Exhausted - and how to reclaim our energy
We’re more exhausted than ever—and it’s not just about sleep. In this episode, Connie unpacks the deeper reasons behind our collective fatigue: from overstimulation and social media overload to the pressure of “keeping up” with too many people and commitments. Discover how to reclaim your energy…
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How To Let Go of Offense and Drama
“Peace doesn’t come from pretending you’re not hurt — it comes from releasing what you can’t control.” Join me for a conversation about the courage it takes to release offence, choose empathy, and walk away from drama without bitterness and HOW to do it.
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How to Let Go of the Burdens You Carry
Have you ever felt the weight of everyone else’s emotions on your shoulders? As helpers, parents, teachers, and leaders, we often care so deeply that we start carrying what was never ours to hold. In this week’s episode, I share practical ways to release emotional and mental burdens—without…
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Why We Gossip (and How to Stay Bravely Connected)
We’ve all done it. Whispered. Shared a “little secret.” Passed along someone else’s story. Gossip feels like connection in the moment—but underneath, it leaves us carrying burdens that aren’t ours and eroding the very trust we long for. In this episode of Bravely Connected, I dig into: 💭 Why...
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How to Choose Connection Over Isolation
We live in a paradox. We say, “You never know what someone is going through.” Yet, when someone cuts us off, insults us, or rejects us, our first instinct is to wall up and walk away. But every interaction gives us a choice: 👉 Isolate, or 👉 Connect. Recently, I was reminded of this in the most...
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The Crisis of Insignificance - Interview with Zach Mercurio
✨ What if the real crisis in our homes, schools, and workplaces isn’t burnout, but feeling invisible? In this powerful conversation with author and researcher Zach Mercurio, we explore why mattering—the experience of being seen, valued, and needed—changes everything. You’ll learn: ✔ Why belonging...
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What Happens When We Isolate Instead of Connect - a response to the world this week
This week felt heavy. I was reflecting on this: We don’t crumble because of disasters alone. We crumble because of the relational cracks we never name. In our families, schools, and communities, those cracks get exposed—by a crisis, by mental health struggles, by isolation. Ignoring them doesn’t...
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When People Rub You The Wrong Way - What's REALLY Happening
Ever wonder why certain people rub you the wrong way? It’s usually not about the person—it’s about THIS. What's "This??" Listen in! Every one of us carries experiences, words spoken over us, and past hurts that shape how we show up today. When our story collides with someone else’s story,...
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What if building a better country started on your street? 🇨🇦✨
In this Canada Day conversation I got to share with Andrew Shultz from News 770, we chat about how powerful things happen when we shift from thinking big to acting small—right in our own neighbourhoods. From backyard concerts to community clothing drives and youth support, belonging, resilience,...
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How to Belong Without Changing Who You Are
You Are Brave. You Belong. | A Brave Journey to Inner Connection Most people search for belonging in the wrong places—through approval, perfection, and people-pleasing. But true belonging doesn’t start out there. It starts within. In this episode, I walk you through the brave work of building…
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The Truth About ADHD, ODD, and Anxiety (That most parents don't hear about)
Are you tired of power struggles, meltdowns, and constant “no’s”? In this podcast, we go beneath the surface of anxiety, ADHD, and opposition in kids—and uncover what’s really going on. This is the recording of the talk I did for Coventry Hills Parent Night. Discover why managing behaviour isn’t...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Connie Jakab is an author, speaker, break dancer and mom of 2 boys who is all about igniting the brave in you. Not long ago she decided to stop living small and realized that her story and your story has the power to shift culture. In this podcast, she calls out for the wild ones, the rebels who dare rise up to create something different in the world around us. Here, we dream from the dirt and talk real about what it really looks like to rise up to who you are called to be and embrace the influence you are called to have. You're about to find your brave.
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Connie Jakab is an author, speaker, break dancer and mom of 2 boys who is all about igniting the brave in you. Not long ago she decided to stop living small and realized that her story and your story has the power to shift culture. In this podcast, she calls out for the wild ones, the rebels who...
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