Episodes
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133: How to Handle a Demanding Boss Without Burning Out
A previous client asks for help navigating their own burn out while dealing with a demanding boss. Here’s my advice on managing stress, dealing with demanding bosses, and finding sustainable ways to recharge. I look at the importance of questioning assumptions, setting boundaries, and…
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132: Not Your Mother’s Library with Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson is a library science educator and social worker. She joins me to explain the evolving role of public libraries in modern society. Sarah highlights how libraries have transformed from quiet book repositories into vibrant community hubs addressing diverse needs, from providing Wi-Fi…
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131: Career Coaching Isn’t a Crystal Ball with Tammi Scott
Tammi Scott joins me to discusses career coaching. Tammi explains that she and her business partner, Elisa, are launching Empowered Careers Group, LLC, which offers a comprehensive career coaching program. We explore various aspects of career coaching, including its definition, approach, and...
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130: Katherine Krupka’s Path from Diplomacy to Healing
Katherine Krupka shares her unconventional journey from the Russian Embassy to energy healing. She’s an energy healer, interfaith minister, coach and Executive Director of the Energy Medicine Professional Association. Our conversation reveals Katherine’s fascinating background, including her...
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129: Fusing 40 Years of HR, Leadership Development and Life Lessons with Mark Rumbles
Mark Rumbles reflects on his career of 40 years, what he’s learned in the leadership development space and what’s next for him. Mark recently retired after 40 years in HR and leadership development. Mark and I discuss his career journey, the concept of retirement, and insights gained from his...
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128: Demystifying AI with Doug Hunter
Doug Hunter and I discuss artificial intelligence (AI), including how it works, its impact on various aspects of life and work and how to get started with it. Doug provides an overview of AI, distinguishing between classical AI and the more recent generative AI. Doug also explains how AI works on...
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127: Improve Your Job Search with Email: Tammi Scott
Tammi Scott shares her unique approach to finding new job opportunities by emailing people she knows. Tammi and I were a money coaches together at Capital One. Tammi shares insights from her extensive coaching background, including her experience at Nordstrom selling shoes. She emphasizes the...
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126: Out of the Job Hive, Into the Beehive: Nick Accordino’s Layoff to Apiary Tale
Nick Accordino shares the emotional rollercoaster of being laid-off, searching for a new job, and landing a new fulfilling role. Key Takeaways Take conscious breaks from the job search process to recharge when needed. Look for opportunities aligned with your authentic values and passions. Focus...
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125: Avoiding Networking and Job Search Futility with Stephen Warley
Stephen Warley joins me to explore why your job search and networking strategies aren’t working and what to do instead. Top Takeaways Stop relying solely on online job applications and start talking to real-live people! Create and maintain a list of your existing contacts and reach out to them…
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124: Seth Vore–Wouldn’t It Be Crazy If…
Seth Vore joins me again to recap the final leg of his family’s 6,000 mile boat journey. We also revisit the original question that turned this dream into reality. Learn More about Seth Vore and His Family Previous conversations with Seth: 121: Captain Seth Progress Report (June 2023) 112…
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123: Searching for a Job in Today’s Market with Greg Sterling
Greg Sterling joins me to share his experiences navigating a layoff and finding a job in the current market. Conversation Summary Losing a job is never easy, even when the economy seems strong. Greg Sterling was was part of a layoff at Red Hat after 13 years with the company. He spent the last 7...
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122: Learning About the Landmark Forum with Michael Marvosh
Michael Marvosh joins me to share his experiences and perspective on the Landmark Forum. I’ve heard a variety of things about it over the years and I was curious to get Michael’s take on it. Conversation Highlights Taking responsibility rather than blaming external factors Staying present in...
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121: Captain Seth Progress Report
We’re checking in again with Seth Vore and his family. So far they’ve completed 5,000 miles of their 6,000 mile journey. Last time we talked it was June of 2022, and they had just bought their boat. Learn More about Seth Vore and His Family Previous conversations with Seth: 112: Checking in with...
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120: Slowing Down Isn’t Stopping
Sometimes we’re afraid to slow down because we’re afraid we’ll fail. What if the opposite is true? Highlights Brad Solomon’s post on LinkedIn about slowing down inspired today’s thoughts What if you can’t slow down too much? The important distinction between slowing down and stopping Slowing down...
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119: Here’s What I Know and Believe
Have you ever learned something you already knew? That happened recently with what’s written on my About page. I was surprised to find many of them relate to the theme of commitment I’ve been sharing on recently. Credits Original photo source The post 119: Here’s What I Know and Believe appeared...
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118: How I Get Organized When I’m Overwhelmed
The other day I was overwhelmed with all the things I needed to. This is how I got organized and less overwhelmed. Highlights Getting email and Trello under control Where are the places you store things that need to get done? Trello Post-it Notes Email Slack 3×5 Cards Notebook Offline email...
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117: Plugging Time Leaks to Honor Commitments
You might find it easier to honor your commitments by eliminating the things that waste your time and energy. Here’s how to do it. Highlights Time leaks are things that eat away at your commitments and increase the possibility that you will not honor them Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for…
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116: Commitment Not Motivation
When I’m looking to move something forward I’ve found better results by getting clear about what I’m committed to rather than searching for motivation. Highlights Where does motivation come from and where do you get it? Motivation is illusive and there is a better way What if you aren’t motivated...
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115: Restarting Just Like You
Here’s how I got back up again after getting off track. I hope it helps you do the same. Highlights Restarting Intention vs. commitment Resizing a task or situation in order to commit Honoring the promises we make to ourselves as much as the ones we make to others Simple process to restart Short...
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114: Unsubscribing from Judgement
One of the keys to the universe and a better life is our relationship with judgement of self and others. Setting it aside has been one of my biggest paths to freedom. The Path to Removing Judgement I originally posted this on LinkedIn earlier in the year. I saw a post at the start of 2022 on...
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113: Slowing Down More
Maybe you can relate to my experiences and discoveries here and the revelations I had upon waking one day. Reflecting on themes around Judgement Being Doing Conversations with Lisa DiMateo Super salient thoughts right after waking The illusion that if we figure out why we will actually change Mel...
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112: Checking in with Captain Seth Vore
Seth Vore joins me in June 2022 to give an update on the plans he shared in December 2021. Everything has come to fruition. Seth no longer lives in his house or has a job, however he does have a new boat his family is preparing to live on for the next year as they travel. Learn More about Seth…
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111: No-fly Zone Safari with Lisa DiMatteo
Lisa DiMatteo joins me to revisit our previous conversation (Being, Doing & Enoughness) while consciously exploring new things we thought might be uncomfortable and weren’t. Background This conversation came about as a result of two things. First was feeling that we played it too safe in our…
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110: Boats and FIRE with Seth Vore
Seth Vore shares about his local boat tour company, being debt free, retirement and the year-long adventure his family is looking forward to next year on a boat. Conversation Highlights You never know how following your inklings can inform you–I would have never met Seth a couple of years ago if…
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109: Being, Doing and Enoughness with Lisa DiMatteo
Lisa DiMatteo joins me to discuss the dance between “being & doing” and “enoughness” against the backdrop of a three week solitude retreat I experienced in October 2021. More About Lisa DiMatteo Your Vital Self Instagram LinkedIn Credits Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod…
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108: Nothing Might Be Something
Wherein I read another section from The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins and contemplate whether “action” is always the answer. Mentioned The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins Credits Original photo source The post 108: Nothing Might Be Something appeared first on John Poelstra.
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107: Just Scared
Maybe you aren’t a procrastinator, a perfectionist or broken. Maybe you’re just scared. Moving forward might be as easy as having a conversation instead of staying stuck in your head and trying to do it yourself. Mentioned Lisa DiMatteo The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins 4 Ways to Overcome Your…
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106: Creating Meaning (or Not) with Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham joins me to explore the meaning we give our experiences and how it affects us. We also discuss different ways to interact with our experiences and how to restart when we’ve lost our way. Conversation Highlights John & Aaron met as coaches to Capital One’s Money Coaching program…
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105: Alfredo Deza–Yet
Alfredo Deza shares what it’s like to be an Olympian, how he found his way to software and how others can get started there too. We also explore the power behind the word “yet.” Conversation Highlights Wanting to be known for who you are and not what you have done Downplaying his past as an...
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104: Issac Roth–Experimenting with Fidelity
Today I’m sharing another conversation with Issac Roth about the state of the world as I was seeing it in August 2020 which was admittedly a little grim aided by old memories from OpenShift & Red Hat. This was a couple months before we knew things would get worse with wildfires in California and...
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103: Decomposition, Fire and Optimism with Issac Roth
Issac Roth and I cover a wide-range of topics linked to our personal lives, our work together at Red Hat and the technology world in general–all sparked by wildfires he almost lost his house to. Issac and I go back to the early days of OpenShift at Red Hat. This conversation is not about that...
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102: Questioning Your Answers
I’m back in another conversation with Brad Solomon. Today’s episode is more for the newer coach as we get into the mechanics of effective coaching. If you have a casual interest in coaching or are curious about what makes it it work you may find this episode interesting. And as is usually the…
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101: What Do You Really Want?
Brad Solomon and I continue our reflections and riffs about what’s present to us. This time it’s about being present, journaling, and the power (and difficulty) of getting clear about what you want. Conversation Highlights My longest answer ever to “how are you doing?” Showing up as the best...
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100: Your Four-Year-Old Self
Brad Solomon and I set off on another unplanned exploration into what’s present to us in the moment, including sharing childhood pictures of ourselves. This is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Brad Solomon, Founder and CEO of the CTG Group in the UK on his podcast called The Lockdown...
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99: Exploring The Coaching Habit with Ken Dreyer
Ken Dreyer and I discuss The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier. Our conversation evaluates the book and examines Ken’s experiences putting it to work. Ken is not a coach. My hope is that this conversation shows how simple coaching...
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98: Full Catastrophe Living and a Shelf Full of Books
Brad Solomon and I talk about all the books we’ve started and not finished, what the full catastrophe of life is and how implementing what you know is more powerful than continuing to acquire more knowledge. This is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Brad Solomon, Founder and CEO of the…
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97: CHOOSING in an “I Don’t Know” World
Brad Solomon and I explore the power of choosing, experiments, discipline, habits and what we are making of the time that is COVID-19. This is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Brad Solomon, Founder and CEO of the CTG Group in the UK on his podcast called The Lockdown Sessions. The...
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96: The Power of a Heart at Peace
Alexis Monville and I discuss The Anatomy of Peace, a pivotal book in my own personal transformation and path to discarding judgement. It turns out that people in conflict value something else more highly than they value solutions. The Anatomy of Peace shows what this is and demonstrates how...
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95: Journaling to Save the Day
Here’s how I salvaged a day that might have turned out very differently though the simple act of writing down what was going on in my head. The Process Bullet or write out everything on your mind to get it all out Declare what you want to create or the day you want to have Create a list of the...
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94: Choosing Outside of Fear
On his birthday this year, Rick Tamlyn committed to a whole year of not making any decisions from a place of fear. That reminded me of other things he taught me and the power of making choices. Decision Time? 3 Options to Consider by Rick Tamlyn sparked my thoughts for this episode. Highlights...
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93: Giving Feedback and Taking Responsibility
Alexis Monville and I reflect on a time I gave feedback that was not well received and what we both learned from it. Hopefully you’ll learn something too. Background Today’s conversation is rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Alexis Monville on his podcast about giving feedback. When we...
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92: Understanding and Using Archetypes
Meg Buzzi, Tina Robinson and I explore archetypes and their usefulness on Massively Useful Thing. Summary & Links This conversation with Meg Buzzi and Tina Robinson took many fun twists and turns. We started by talking about archetypes and that morphed into personas, tarot, personal board of...
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91: Not the Remote Work Yann Toutant Envisioned
Yann Toutant and I explore what it means to work remotely in a time of Covid-19 and what we are taking from it. Conversation Highlights Yann Toutant joins me again–our previous conversations are Working Remote on Purpose (Episode #80) Being an Intrapreneur (Episode #90) Grappling with compassion...
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90: Being an Intrapreneur with Yann Toutant
Yann Toutant returns to share more deeply from his life and what’s next having stepped down as CEO of his previous company. We talk about intrapreneurship, when to break the rules, sailing and more. Conversation Highlights I first met Yann Toutant in a previous conversation about remote work and...
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89: More Being and Less Reading
More on what I’m learning and how I am being as a result of consuming fewer books and less information. Conversation Highlights Avoiding the Twitch (Anthony Ongaro) Going through books and podcasts much slower and multiple times Judgment, Acceptance and Freedom by Tara Brach Wherever You Go…
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88: Owning Your Clarity
Anthony Ongaro interviews me about finding clarity, making lasting changes and how I got into this thing called coaching. It’s a rebroadcast from his video podcast in 2019. Highlights Links mentioned in the introduction The original conversation which contains Anthony’s notes, links, etc. Video…
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87: Getting a Coaching Session Back on Track
Here are some ways to get back on track when your coaching session has lost its way. Highlights Lack of resonance can signal disconnect and that things are off track Speaking to what’s happening for you Locating sensations or feelings in your body Being with silence Asking the client what they…
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86: Twenty Six Day Road Trip
Here’s what happened and what I learned from our cross-country road trip in August of 2019 Highlights 6,800 miles in 26 days Enough time to form some new habits and perspectives in new places which was interesting Off for the month of August 2019 Ending “unnecessary suffering” Trip was inspired…
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85: My Book Reading Fast
This episode explores the new approach to reading books I adopted in July of 2019. Since then I have completed less than five books, a time period during which I would have probably completed twice as many. The goal is to go deeper on a select number of meaningful books and implement the ideas in...
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84: Why I’m Not Planning 2020
Sometimes the end of one year and the start of a new one is a good time to take stock of things. For 2020 I’m not feeling the need. Highlights Why I’m not seeing the need to “plan the new year” Prompted by the questions What do you want to leave behind in 2019? What do you want to take forward…
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