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Healing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership26. The Critical Role of Leaders in Supporting Teams After TragedyIn this week’s episode, Arleen delves into the profound impact of the tragic shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—an event that sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry. The overwhelming public response, marked by anger, frustration, and mistrust, has spotlighted the deep-seated challenges within our healthcare system and the need for leaders to offer continued support to team members.
Arleen calls on healthcare leaders to step up during these turbulent times by supporting their teams in reclaiming their purpose. She emphasizes the importance of focusing on what is within their control: approaching care deli...2024-12-2737 min
Healing the Hearts of Healthcare37. What the Shooting of a CEO Teaches Healthcare WorkersIn this deeply emotional episode, Arleen reflects on the tragedy of the shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, an event that sent shockwaves through the entire U.S. healthcare system. This single act of violence serves as a reminder of the fragility of healthcare — a system that has been strained to its breaking point. Arleen delves into the intense emotions consumers are experiencing: the mistrust, anger, and frustration that have fueled an increasingly volatile view related to the failures of the healthcare system.
As she unpacks the chain of events that led to th...2024-12-2237 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare36. Are You Feeling Boxed In?In this episode, Arleen acknowledges the times when healthcare workers feel boxed in and are simply going through the motions. Are you secretly questioning if you have it in you to continue? Arleen reminds us that difficult memories and the daily challenges of caregiving can cloud your perspective, making it hard to see how important and impactful your work truly is.
Drawing from her own personal experience, Arleen talks about the mental clutter that can lead to feelings of anxiety and emotional exhaustion. When you hold onto negative experiences and memories, you miss the...2024-11-2429 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership25. Why Promoting Dignity and Respect is ImportantIn today’s episode, Arleen reminds leaders that every team member has a unique story which may include details you might never know or learn. Regardless of what team members go through, leaders have a duty and responsibility to treat every team member with dignity and respect. Arleen reminds leaders in this week’s podcast of the different ways they fail to show dignity and respect when interacting and communicating with team members. If you are not careful, those interactions may result in team members treating your patients and family members in a way that does not promote dignity and...2024-11-0633 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare35. Four Simple AgreementsIn this podcast, Arleen shares the great work from Dr. Don Miguel Ruiz’s book called The Four Agreements where he shares the four agreements based on ancient Toltec wisdom. Each of the agreements are a powerful code of conduct that can transform your life through experiencing freedom, true happiness and love. In the book, Don explains that 95% of our internal beliefs are simply not true. Unlearning beliefs and challenging your own thinking is essential to experiencing a strong-sense of joy, happiness and freedom.
Arleen shares readings from the book about the importance of lear...2024-11-0337 min
Center for Spiritual LivingMortality with a SmileOctober 27th “Mortality with a Smile” – Jeanne Looper Smith2024-10-2735 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership24. Diagnosing Issues: Skill, Will or Both.Have you ever hired someone who seemed perfect for your team, only to watch their enthusiasm fade overnight? That once-bright spark begins to flicker, leaving you questioning your decision.
In today’s episode, Arleen emphasizes a crucial concept in team performance: the importance of identifying whether challenges stem from a lack of skill, will, or a combination of both. She urges leaders to take prompt action by providing support, encouragement, and guidance.
Arleen also highlights the power of asking questions with genuine curiosity. This approach not only challenges your own assumptions but also helps you be...2024-10-2343 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership23. Actions Speak: Leadership BehaviorsArleen reminds leaders that to form trustful relationships with team members, you must be genuine, authentic and consistently role model essential leadership behaviors. Arleen reminds leaders in order to influence healthcare workers to come back each day, it starts with forming trustful relationships and modeling these leadership behaviors every single time, with a goal of gaining consistency.
Arleen reminds leaders that you must embrace a mindset where you seek to understand by asking questions in awe and curiosity designed to better understand the specific challenges your team members face. And that you cannot influence a...2024-10-0835 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare34. Rise Above Your FearsIn this podcast Arleen reminds healthcare workers that the challenges you experience every day often include feelings of fear, especially the unknown. Arleen shares that our fears can result in untoward behaviors, stress and unnecessary anxiety. What if as healthcare workers you could learn strategies on how to rise above your fears instead. What if instead of allowing the fear of the unknown from holding you back, instead, you recognize that fear is a normal emotion that every single person faces each day. What if you could learn how to face everything and rise above it instead.
2024-10-0535 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: LeadershipLeadership: Episode 22 - Lead Through Your ValuesIn this podcast, Arleen reminds leaders that if you want to be the type of leader where people follow behind you, you must learn how to lead consistently from your personal values and organizational values. That’s right, you are a role model. Values can never just be words on the wall that people walk by. Instead, leaders must learn how to articulate each value in such a way that they understand what is expected and why it is important.
Arleen reminds leaders it’s not simply role modeling the values through your words, deeds...2024-10-0137 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare33. Refill Your TankArleen reminds healthcare workers that the field of healthcare is full of daily physical, mental and emotional challenges. It is highly likely that in addition to the long hours you are probably not integrating self-care in your daily routine. When you are running on an empty tank, you need to keep your tank at least half full, not bone dry!
Arleen reminds healthcare workers that you need to carefully examine your emotional and physical responses especially in stressful situations. Having the courage to recognize when you need a moment to find a quiet place...2024-09-3036 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership21. The Great EncouragerIn this podcast, Arleen reminds leaders of one of their greatest superpowers–being a leader who is encouraging rather than discouraging. Arleen reminds leaders that healthcare workers who provide care delivery are faced with numerous challenges, including not always seeing the best in the people they serve.
Being a great encourager is essential for leaders in creating enthusiasm, hope, optimism and being mindful of your word choices in a way that propels your team forward to face another day. You do this simply with your approach! Think about it–if you encourage your healthcare worke...2024-09-2528 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare32. From Chaos to CalmnessIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that we must learn how to manage in the chaos and create calmness despite the challenges we face. Many healthcare workers crave a routine environment. But healthcare by nature is full of unpredictability. Arleen reminds us that managing the chaos is not just limited to our workplace but in our personal lives as well.
Arleen reminds us that we can never forget that we are drawn into the field of healthcare because we are the healers of people. We must always demonstrate compassion and empathy to create t...2024-09-2336 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership20. Leadership: Love Your Job AgainIn this podcast, Arleen invites leaders to self-reflect and look inward to find ways to shift from feelings of dread and disliking your job to shifting to a mindset where you LOVE what you do. We discuss when you learn ways to inspire, motivate, encourage, and support team members your confidence will improve, and you will begin to LOVE your job because you are gaining mastery in your competencies.
Arleen reminds leaders, of the importance of developing mastery in role modeling those core leadership competencies of optimism, enthusiasm, self-determination, grit and inspiring your teams...2024-09-1733 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare31. Know Your TriggersIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that we are susceptible to being triggered by someone or something in your environment. The truth is, for many healthcare workers, working during the pandemic has resulted in experiences that can still be very triggering to you. Arleen reminds us that a trigger is something that causes a reaction or response, often emotional and/or psychological in nature that causes a person to experience feelings of intense anxiety.
Arleen reminds healthcare workers when we self-reflect, look inward and gain self-awareness of our own triggers we are better p...2024-09-1545 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership19. In It TogetherIn this podcast, Arleen highlights the important role leaders play in bringing the workforce together by creating something that is bigger than themselves. Arleen shares her dream, a workforce driven by leaders who understand how to create a culture where every person is made to be part of a team, and the support is palpable.
Arleen reminds us of the factors that prevent leaders from creating a strong sense of team. (1) Generally, you are not seeing people at their best, because life is full of challenges; (2) Team formation must be directed with intention by...2024-08-2740 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare30. Recharge Yourself: Overcoming Burnout with Doris Taylor, R.N.In this podcast, Arleen co-hosts with Doris Taylor, RN, BSN, a burnout wellness coach for an in-depth discussion on ways to identify and treat burnout. Arleen reminds us that working in healthcare can leave you feeling overwhelmed, fatigued and full of exhaustion. It is not your fault and not what you imagined when you entered into the workforce.
Doris invites us to self-reflect--what if it could be different? What if you could learn ways to truly relax and calm your nervous system and doing what you were destined to do. The secret is performing...2024-08-2556 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership18. Unlock Your True Potential with Beatrice Anduze-Faris, M.D.In this podcast, Arleen is joined by guest podcast host, Dr. Beatrice Anduze-Faris, a.k.a. Dr B., for an insightful discussion about the importance of self-care and finding ways to release emotional triggers from past traumatic events. Dr. Anduze-Faris, an experienced clinician in the field of HIV and palliative care, shares her personal learnings and insights as a healthcare executive, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT or tapping) practitioner and life transformation coach. Dr. B. leads us into a discussion inviting leaders to find the courage to tend to their own needs first, so that they can lead their organizations...2024-08-2158 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare29. Empathy + Compassion + Love = Your Secret FormulaIn this podcast, Arleen delves into the immediacy of why healthcare workers need to learn how to demonstrate empathy and compassion in every interaction when caring for others. Arleen discusses the challenges of how the influences of living in a non-empathetic and non-compassionate world can influence the way you respond in stressful situations.
It is easy to spot people who are filled with anger, frustration and rage. When people are not in touch with their own emotional response, they tend to react poorly. Arleen reminds us that the only thing we can control in healthcare, is how w...2024-08-1140 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership17. Death by MeetingIn this podcast, Arleen discusses one of the most painful problems in healthcare by sharing the great work in Patrick Lencioni’s book Death by Meeting. Arleen reminds healthcare leaders that meetings can absorb a majority of your time every day, preventing you from interacting with team members, patients and visitors who need your presence and support.
Arleen reminds leaders that if you've ever participated in an unstructured or poorly run meeting, you understand firsthand that achieving deliverables and moving targets can feel like you are pushing a large boulder up a hill. Arleen sh...2024-08-0632 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare28. Guard Your HeartIn this podcast, we dive into the emotional and psychological challenges healthcare workers face every day. Whether it be from the intense pressure of caring for people to the constant exposure to pain, suffering and loss.
Arleen reminds healthcare workers you must prioritize your own mental health. Guarding your heart allows you to provide a loving response regardless of the situation. Arleen shares how important it is to be present for the people you serve. You must practice searching for the goodness in one another and to act as role models showing people just ho...2024-08-0334 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership16. Considerations Regarding Augmented Intelligence with Scott Ellner, DO, MPH, MHCM, FACSIn this podcast, Scott Ellner, DO, MPH, MHCM, FACS returns to join Arleen as guest podcast co-host to discuss the important considerations regarding artificial intelligence and how it relates to leaders, your workforce and the patients you serve. Technology continues to evolve and is an important aspect in healthcare delivery. Scott shares insights from current research regarding looking at artificial intelligence as augmented intelligence for healthcare workers and what you need to consider in order to stay competitive.
Leaders must understand how artificial or augmented intelligence will support healthcare workers and the role it...2024-07-311h 01Healing the Hearts of Healthcare27. Recommit to CaringIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers, while you are here in life school you were designed to carry out your purpose. You were born to provide care to people who are sick and need healing. Let’s face it, you work in healthcare, which is completely unpredictable. To continue to care for people, especially in a world that is sometimes full of people who do not care about you. Requiring you to recommit to caring every day.
Arleen reminds healthcare workers that our patients are dealing with pain, suffering and burdens from acute an...2024-07-2146 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership15. The Power of Emotional Intelligence with Veronica Barber, Ed.D.In this podcast, Arleen is joined by co-host Veronica Barber, EdD. for a discussion about the importance and power behind emotions and how they affect your ability to lead healthcare workers through the day-to-day challenges. We discuss, as leaders, when we better understand how to manage our emotions we can navigate with ease, calmness and connect with every team member on an emotional level. Veronica reminds our audience that empathy is a critical skill set for leaders and healthcare workers to connect with people on a cognitive and emotional level. However, leaders must understand that it is okay to...2024-07-161h 01Healing the Hearts of Healthcare26. Grow Through ItIn this podcast, Arleen invites healthcare workers to carefully evaluate the hardships you face every day as something that is designed to put you on a path to make you stronger and wiser. Arleen shares that when you feel broken or lack the strength to push yourself forward, perhaps it is that you need to learn how to grow through it, instead of going through it. Arleen reminds listeners that we cannot change our past. If we are going to stay in the field we were designed to do we must look deep within and evaluate each experience as a...2024-07-1539 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership14. Show Them You CareIn this podcast, Arleen reminds leaders in healthcare that taking a humanistic approach and showing your workforce that you care is essential.
Arleen reminds leaders that the experiences your workforce face every day are highly complex and full of challenges. Your ability to inspire, motivate or offer words of encouragement might just be the one thing that keeps them coming back.
Arleen reminds leaders of the importance of developing your expert noticing skills. Whether it is spotting a team member who needs help, emotional support, or just words of encouragement you taking action is what y...2024-07-0938 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare25. Finding Joy Every DayIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers about the complex challenges and conditions you face that cause stress, anxiety and fear. When we remember to take time out every day to seek out the moments of joy, while providing care, this practice can help to sustain you every day. Arleen starts today’s podcast with a visualization exercise reminding listeners what it was like when you experienced joy during childhood. Remembering those moments is the key to realizing that joy does not have to be elusive, rather it is something that must be searched for every day especially with th...2024-07-0644 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership13. Support Through FeedbackIn this podcast, Arleen discusses the important role leaders play in demonstrating ownership and accountability especially when delivering feedback to team members. Arleen reminds leaders of their duty to inspire, motivate and engage with team members, but more importantly to share ways to make an impact on the day-to-day experiences your team members face. Arleen reminds leaders that an important aspect of your team’s success is supporting your team members to heal their hearts through daily self-care.
Arleen discusses how healthcare is unpredictable, which causes the workforce to experience challenges every single day, sometimes resulting in st...2024-07-0252 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare24. Shift Your PerspectiveIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers of the importance of shifting from a fixed to a growth mindset. Arleen shares the seminal work of Carol Dweck, Ph.D. on why we must embrace a growth mindset. Arleen shares how to embrace our failures and mistakes, practice self-compassion, set goals and accept that sometimes trusting in a “not yet” mindset positions you for success. Arleen reminds healthcare workers that what you do every single day and how you respond to stressful situations affects the healing of others.
Arleen shares that when we experience challenges, we also have a cho...2024-06-3042 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership12. Decoding Common Communication TrapsIn this podcast, Arleen shares the importance of developing your communication skills to achieve mastery as a core leadership competency in order to support team members in healing their hearts from their day-to-day experiences. Arleen reminds leaders when you are not able to set strategic plans and/or execute them, it affects your credibility as a leader and your messages may land poorly. Arleen helps decode some common traps that leaders face with communication and developing leadership skills. When leaders are unclear in delivering key messages, do not properly set expectations or have not developed effective listening skills, it...2024-06-1842 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare23. Face Your FearsIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that we must face our fears before we can step forward and allow healing to occur. Arleen shares highlights from the recent documentary “Brats” by Andrew McCarthy and the actors who were labeled as the 80’s Hollywood Brat Pack are still battling internal fears and messages of self-doubt nearly 40 years later. Arleen reminds healthcare workers, it is time to live your authentic self and find ways to embrace self-care and let things go so you can push yourself forward away from your fears.
Arleen shares one of the sec...2024-06-1840 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership11. The Not So Undercover BossIn this podcast, Arleen shares how you can be a not so undercover boss in order to support team members. Through storytelling, Arleen shares how sitting with a team member to better understand how he managed the flow of 200-300 emails every day opened her perspective and created an educational opportunity for all team members.
Arleen reminds leaders that creating a safe psychological space, and getting the permission of the team member is necessary before shadowing them. Arleen reminds leaders of the importance of using the opportunity to be generous with praise and appreciation during the experience...2024-06-1146 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareUsing the Power of LoveIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers to use the power of love every day to promote healing. Arleen shares Noreen O’Sullivan’s “Look Listen Love” model and why we must slow down, look inside and listen to our emotions then shower ourselves with feelings of love. Arleen reminds us that because we care for people, we are exposed to pain and suffering every day. When we work hard to show love towards ourselves and others, it can be transformative and healing. Arleen invites listeners to build into their daily routine ways to promote love wherever you go.
Arl...2024-06-0844 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership10. Redefining Normalcy in HealthcareIn this podcast, Arleen reminds leaders that team members secretly wish and hope for the day when they can just return to pre-covid days of providing care. However, just like when a person loses a loved one, it is normal to crave a return to prior times. Arleen reminds leaders that the business of healthcare will continue to evolve, and leaders play an important role in supporting team members every day. Arleen reminds leaders of their duty and responsibility to support team members to heal their hearts from their day-to-day experiences and offers a new approach to creating a n...2024-06-0449 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareDon't Miss Your OpportunityIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers to take back what is rightfully yours–the opportunity to live your best life ever. You deserve it! You are a healthcare worker, but if you don't find ways to heal your hearts daily from all your experiences you might find yourself stuck and unable to move forward.
Arleen shares impactful and meaningful reflections from the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Ph.D., a Computer Science Engineer and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. When faced with terminal cancer, Randy was inspired to share important life lessons to his stu...2024-06-0254 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership9. Unlocking the Secrets to CommunicationIn this podcast, Arleen discusses several important lessons regarding the power of your communication, including your words and how you say them. Arleen shares lessons from the book, Leadership is Language by L. David Marquet, a retired United States Navy captain. Arleen shares what leaders need to keep top of mind to empower and engage team members. Arleen shares from Marquet’s book, the story of the El Faro, a container ship that sailed directly into a hurricane resulting in the death of the entire crew. Arleen shares words from the transcripts of both captain and crew member responses le...2024-05-2840 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareThe Power of Meditation and Mindful Moments with Nicole Braveman, Chopra Certified Meditation Instructor and Mindfulness CoachIn this podcast, Arleen co-hosts with Nicole Braveman to educate healthcare workers on the power of practicing meditation and mindful moments to help heal your heart from the work that you do every day, and to help the best parts of you shine through in all aspects of your life and into patient care.
Nicole shares her personal healing experiences using meditation and yoga therapy to heal chronic physical and emotional pain. She also shares the power of setting intentions, particularly as you move between each segment within your day and before providing care, a...2024-05-261h 09Healing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership8. Prioritizing Leadership DevelopmentIn this podcast, Arleen focuses on the impact leaders have on their workforce when they prioritize and create individual development plans and gain consistency with leadership competencies. Arleen shares the requirements of the candidates of the United States Navy Seal elite special force training to ensure candidates are fully prepared to navigate highly stressful combat situations with confidence. Arleen reminds leaders that the healthcare workforce is expected to navigate in complex, dangerous, unpredictable and highly stressful situations every day, yet leaders are not typically offered the training to support the workforce effectively.
Arleen shares a...2024-05-2142 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareActivating The Greatness Within YouIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that they have greatness inside of them and must learn how to activate it. Arleen shares reflections from the book Man’s Search For Meaning, and Victor Frankl’s theory of Logotherapy, that he discovered after surviving a concentration camp. Logotherapy is the primary motivation of human beings to search for meaning and purpose in their life. Finding meaning is the key to your mental health and well being.
Arleen also reads the poem “Heartsongs” from Mattie J.T. Stepanek’s book, reminding healthcare workers that each one of us h...2024-05-1940 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership7. The Power of First ImpressionsIn this podcast, Arleen shares through storytelling how a graduate registered nurse’s experience during a recent interview caused him to flee. Arleen reminds leaders about the power of first impressions. Every leader needs to evaluate your internal processes related to recruitment, interviews, orientation, onboarding and retention to manage the challenging workforce. Arleen highlights research by Gallup, Inc. regarding the percentage of employees who strongly agree that their onboarding experiences prepares them for success. Arleen also shares research by the Society of Human Resources regarding the financial implications of replacing employees who choose not to stay. But you can le...2024-05-1450 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareFind Ways Everyday to Experience JoyIn this podcast, Arleen discusses why as healthcare workers you must find moments of joy throughout your day to heal your heart of what you experience each day. Arleen reminds us that the effects of not allowing yourself to experience joy, absolutely impacts the way healing occurs for you and your patients. Finding the opportunities and allowing yourself the freedom to experience joy is 100% attainable. Arleen reminds healthcare workers to be intentional, channel the tiny moments of joy, and allow yourself to experience the feelings while providing care delivery.
Arleen reminds us what we a...2024-05-1235 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership6. Leading With Authenticity with Scott Ellner, DO, MPH, MHCM, FACSIn this podcast, Scott Ellner, DO, MPH, MHCM, FACS joins Arleen as a guest podcast host to discuss why leaders must embrace a humanistic approach in leading a post-pandemic healthcare workforce. Scott reminds us leadership is not simply directing people but recognizing their individuality and prioritizing their mental health and well-being. When we miss the opportunities to show compassion or interest in their well-being, it can have a direct influence on the way they provide care. Scott reminds leaders of the importance in caring for team members by creating a nurturing environment, one that helps them navigate challenges effectively. ...2024-05-071h 03Healing the Hearts of HealthcareBe Great On Purpose with Dianik Chesney, Certified Nursing Assistant, Healthcare Hero & SuperheroIn this podcast, Arleen interviews Dianik Chesney, a certified nursing assistant on practices that she uses to achieve healing by focusing on the power of love and personal connections. Dianik shares her personal experience of contracting Covid-19 early in the pandemic and her return to the workforce when so many others were fleeing. Dianik shares her firsthand accounts in caring for the most vulnerable population.
Dianik shares her passion for caring for people and how important it is to work together in healthcare to support one another. Dianik shares in vulnerability several stories from he...2024-05-051h 03Healing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership5. Turning the Tide on Team PerformanceIn this podcast, Arleen discusses how and why leaders need to develop leadership skills in order to turn the tide with team performance. In our workforce there are many team members who are unhappy, burned out, exhausted and even lack compassion. Arleen offers leaders reflections from the book Instant Turnaround! Getting People Excited About Coming to Work and Working Hard by Harry Paul and Ross Reck, Ph.D.
Arleen shares from the book how forming relationships and making connections with your team members is the best way to tap into your team members’ discretionary effort. Arleen shares th...2024-04-3051 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareRealizing Your Self-WorthIn this podcast, Arleen shares the importance of understanding how self-worth and self-confidence play a role in healing your heart. Arleen shares the book Worthy by Jamie Kern Lima, self-made entrepreneur, founder and CEO of IT Cosmetics. Jamie’s story of how she refused to give up her convictions despite years of rejection, led to the launch of her billion dollar company. When we understand how the words we use to describe the way we feel feeds into our self-worth, we can learn strategies to evaluate situations in a different way. As healthcare workers, everyday experiences with co-workers, patients an...2024-04-2842 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership4. Leading From Your HeartIn this podcast, Arleen shares the work of John Bickart, Ph.D., author of 20 Opportunities to Transform Yourself While Teaching. To be an exemplary leader you must search inward and ensure you provide a supportive environment where your team members can thrive. Arleen shares an exercise from John’s book that challenges leaders to move from their head to their heart. Step one in making change is to look inward and believe that it can be better.
Arleen reminds leaders that they will experience many challenges in leading teams, but you can learn new ways to connect to...2024-04-2438 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareTuning In: The Power of ListeningIn this podcast, Arleen shares the power and importance of deep listening and how it relates to healing of your heart and healing others. In a world that is full of distractions, as healthcare workers, our ability to listen to ourselves and what is going on inside of us or those patients we serve is critical. Listening is a core skill for healthcare workers especially since we are moving at such a high-speed in providing care delivery. Arleen challenges you to think about how the ability to listen affects healing of your patients and yourself.
2024-04-2023 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership3. Spotting and Treating Compassion FatigueIn this podcast, Arleen discusses why it is critical that leaders spot and treat compassion fatigue. This single action is an act of compassion, noticing when a healthcare worker is reaching the early phases of exhaustion and burnout. Healthcare workers are wired to provide compassionate care, but in the course of providing care an exchange of energy can occur that depletes them. If left untreated, compassion fatigue can set in, leading to apathy. This is the place where compassion dies and patients are left feeling helpless.
Arleen shares reflections from the book Awakening Compassion at...2024-04-1644 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareThe Whisper of Reiki with Dr. Katie O’SheaIn this podcast, Katie O’Shea, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, CDP, CCRP joins Arleen as a guest podcaster on how healthcare workers can achieve healing through understanding the practice of reiki. As a doctor of physical therapy and reiki master, Katie shares how she listened to the whisper of reiki and how you can experience healing from this ancient practice of energy healing. As humans there is an energetic presence around each of us, and understanding how to use energy as a way of healing will only benefit you. Katie demystifies some of the myths related to reiki and ho...2024-04-1345 minHealing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership2. Mastering Leadership PresenceArleen reminds leaders that you have a duty and responsibility to develop your leadership skills and competency. Arleen shares in this leadership podcast the importance of mastering presence with every single team member every day. Healing the hearts of your team members starts with slowing down your pace and noticing team members when they experience challenges and ensuring you are present. Arleen reminds us that presence includes your ability to be a leader who inspires and motivates your team members to achieve their personal best is 100% within your control.
Every day you have the o...2024-04-0946 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareTeach Yourself to Heal with John Bickart, Ph.D.In this podcast, Arleen shares the work of John Bickart, Ph.D., Educator, Consultant and author of four books. Together we discuss and explore the teachings in the book 20 Opportunities to Transform Yourself While Teaching. John reminds us that for healing to occur and to change our mindset, we must first think with our heart. John shares that because our lives are full of distractions and the need for instant gratification we can miss the moments where we can look at our challenges differently.
John teaches us a 3-step process he uses with educators called “Wish, Wait, Wh...2024-04-061h 02Healing the Hearts of Healthcare: Leadership1. Call to ActionHealthcare workers are wired to care for people — it's in their DNA. As a leader, YOU have a duty and responsibility to care for the caregivers. This podcast invites you to a call to action!
Every single day, your team members are exposed to pain and suffering firsthand. They need leaders to remind them of the importance of self-care, to learn strategies to heal their own hearts so they can continue to do the great work they do.
Don't forget the field of healthcare is tough and requires leaders to be inspirational, passionate and to of...2024-04-0241 min
to know the landEp. 239 : Wood RotsOk, so this is weird, but I love death.
Dying, decay, decomposition, breakdown.. synonyms that sort of warm my heart in a strange kinda way. When I think of death I think of nutrients breaking down into small parts, making it easier for other things to consume and to continue to grow and live. I think of how death makes all life possible. How without consuming things like veggies, grains, fruits, mushrooms, and maybe even meats, all things which were once alive, we could never live. I am grateful to death so that I may live. I...2024-04-0146 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareUsing Your SuperpowerIn this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that their superpower in healing others. We do this with our words, thoughts and actions. Not only is healing others what you are designed to do, but the people you serve desperately need you. Even when you experience day-to-day challenges, Arleen reminds us to use our superpower of compassion, empathy and teamwork in every situation.
The way you interact with patients and families absolutely affects the well-being of those we serve. Arleen reminds us that those who need healing, are not always operating at their personal best, which is why...2024-03-3035 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareGetting UnstuckIn this podcast, Arleen shares the work of authors, Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro from the book Unstuck. As healthcare workers, part of your healing journey is to recognize when you are stuck, especially if you find yourself just going through the motions. If you are not feeling a strong connection to your passion and purpose then it might be time for you to self-reflect and realize you might simply be stuck.
You will learn why you must first admit that you are stuck and learn the three symptoms you might be feeling as a result. Arleen...2024-03-2040 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareRecreating The Future Self You DeserveIn this podcast, Arleen reminds us that it is within your capability to recreate the future you want. She shares the secrets for healthcare workers to heal your heart. It is not about running away from the painful experiences but learning how to use our minds to create new experiences. When you remember the reasons that drew you into the field of healthcare, you can reconnect your passion to your purpose. You can find happiness as a healer–it is all within your reach.
Arleen shares the great work of Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Ps...2024-03-1037 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareCombating Compassion FatigueIn this podcast, Arleen discusses how healthcare workers can quickly slip into compassion fatigue. Managing the constant demands, internal and external stressors, and dealing with the trauma from serving during the pandemic can be overwhelming and exhausting.
Compassion fatigue, a condition related to the emotional and physical exhaustion by healthcare workers must be identified and managed effectively. During the pandemic, healthcare workers were forced to experience pain and suffering firsthand. Those feelings and experiences can replay over and over in your mind, or worse yet, settle deep within your heart.
When compassion fatigue goes untreated, i...2024-02-2531 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareUnleashing your Emotional Intelligence with Veronica Barber, EdDIn this podcast, Veronica Barber, EdD joins Arleen to help healthcare workers understand how recognizing emotions and feelings is necessary in providing compassionate care. We will discuss how internal and external stressors and influences affect our emotional response. You will learn the neuroscience behind how our brains form new neural pathways and how our emotional responses can affect our ability to see things from a different lens.
As healthcare workers, the work we do every day is soul-filling purposeful work which should leave you feeling fulfilled and satisfied. Forming the habit of being attuned to our emotions wh...2024-02-1754 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareLook, Listen, Love with Noreen O'SullivanIn this podcast episode, Noreen O'Sullivan, an animal-assisted teacher and author, joins Arleen to share her transformative model, Look, Listen, Love.
Noreen advocates that self-awareness is essential to enable thoughtful responses over impulsive reactions in stressful situations. She explains that we always have a choice between two feelings in every situation: feelings that have love or feelings that need love.
By taking a moment to look at your feelings in triggering moments and listening to where you feel it in your body, you can replace them with loving feelings. This helps you respond thoughtfully instead o...2024-02-1059 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareSetting Positive IntentionsIn this podcast we explore how setting your intentions towards the positive will help you to search for those moments where you can experience love, joy and peace again. In a world where negativity is everywhere, as healthcare workers you are in the best position to channel positivity in your words and actions. It’s about setting your intentions and making a conscious choice to seek positivity, to improve the way care is delivered. It is about taking a stand to eliminate negativity from our workplace. You will learn to slow down your response and to look around you fo...2024-02-0424 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcarePrioritizing Mental Health Through Self-CareIn this podcast, Rashidah Cartwright, Ed.M, LCADC, CCS, Autism for Badass Moms podcast host and Licensed Clinical Drug and Alcohol Counselor and Mental Health Therapist joins Arleen to discuss the burdens that many healthcare workers continue to live with from experiencing pain and suffering of serving in the pandemic. This call to action is for all of us as caregivers to invite the support of mental health services that are available so that you can begin to heal your heart. To remove the emotional feelings associated with “The Great Sadness” you must grant yourself permission to release it thro...2024-01-2746 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareForgiving YourselfThis podcast explains why it is essential to forgive yourself from your past experiences in order to heal your heart from “The Great Sadness.” You were designed to heal others, but every day you are exposed to pain and suffering which affects your ability to press forward and heal others. You will be inspired to take steps to release the pain and suffering of what you experienced as a front-line healthcare worker during the global pandemic so you can make room in your heart again for love, laughter, joy and compassion.
You will learn that true forgiveness, althou...2024-01-2226 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareThe Flow Habit with Laurie SmithIn this podcast, I am joined by Laurie Smith, founder of the 28-day Flow Challenge and author of Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice. Laurie is an expert on the flow state and shows us how even just five minutes a day spent doing activities we love can improve our overall well being. Finding opportunities to escape and exist in the flow state is one of the fastest ways to promote healing your heart. She offers tips for getting into flow such as setting strong boundaries, connecting with joy, experimenting with the...2024-01-1346 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareSearch Inside YourselfOne of the secrets to healing your heart from The Great Sadness, lies in self-exploration and self-discovery of searching inside yourself. In this episode we will dive into the transformative practices of slowing down your pace in order to discover healing, growth and inner peace
In a world consumed by external distractions, this podcast will explore the ancient art of kintsugi and how and why we must reframe our broken spirit. You will learn from Arthur C. Brooks, Social Scientist and Harvard Professor as to why must be careful of being caught up in “arrival fallacy” instead of li...2024-01-0634 minHealing the Hearts of HealthcareThe Great SadnessAs a healthcare worker what you do is soul-filling, purposeful work. You were designed to care for others, but the global pandemic changed everything. It had you rethinking about whether or not you have what it takes to continue to press on.
What you witnessed, firsthand, had a profound effect on your heart and mind. Over time, you were left to feel like the layers of your heart were slowly being peeled away, and in it's place "The Great Sadness" was left to reside. You can't imagine how to step forward and reclaim love, laughter, joy and...2024-01-0544 min
to know the landEp. 231 : Turkey TailYou know when there is someone kicking around the party whom you recognize, maybe even say hello to, but you just don’t know that well? Or perhaps you two have been acquainted for a while but something comes up and that gets you talking a little more intimately? I feel like that with Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor). I wanted to try my hand at foraging and creating some medicine, but really I needed to read up on what others have sorted out before I prepare anything for ingestion. To learn more, listen to the show.
Here ar...2023-12-1138 min
Laugh It Up FuzzballLaugh It Up Fuzzball #362 – But Mostly Strike StuffWelcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is basically a bunch of talk and news from the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. It is a big rambling monologue but includes:
Some strike details
Some delayed work
2023-09-0450 min
The FliteCast0162: Memories and ExpectationsThe main show is FINALLY BACK! Paying tribute to Bob Barker and Arleen Sorkin, thoughts on Ashoka’s first 3 episodes and the end of Strange New Worlds Season 2, and why Threads is so far vastly better than X/Twitter, even in its infancy.
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Spockcast - a Star Trek Strange New Worlds & Lower Decks podcastAhsoka - Part 3: Time to FlyThis week we review Ahsoka - Part Three: Time to Fly.Paramount Invites Fans to a Special Global 'Star Trek Day' Celebration on September 8Dune Part Two Release Date Delayed to March 2024 – The Hollywood ReporterDeath of Arleen Sorkin, Original Voice of Harley Quinn, Mourned by Mark Hamill, James Gunn, and Fans - IGNFirst Rick and Morty season since Justin Roiland scandal and exit sets premiere dateComic Art! The Personal Collection of Kevin Smith - Bodnar's Auction | bodnarsauction.comDisney Plus just canceled a finished show before it even airedOur Flag Means Death is back for season 2 in October - Th...2023-09-031h 35
The Comic ConspiracyThe Comic Conspiracy: Episode 593This week, we discuss release plans for Meanwhile... A Comic Shop Anthology, concerns about Marvel's sales, Jeff Smith's health scare, Good Omens on Kickstarter, whatever the hell G.O.D.S. is, Valiant's new partner, Disney+ shows on physical media, the passing of Arleen Sorkin, and Blue Beetle. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Kevin Sharp, and Lane Terasaki.2023-08-301h 48
Always On EM - Mayo Clinic Emergency MedicineGrand Rounds - Dr. Laura Burke - Emergency Physicians as leaders of high-value healthcareDr. Laura Burke is a health sciences researcher and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School. She gave a reaffirming grand rounds talk to us, packed full of evidence to support the concept that emergency medicine and emergency physicians provide an incredible quality of service and value to the healthcare system overall. Listen in!
Articles she references throughout are listed below in chronological order.
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...2023-03-1449 minCenter for Spiritual LivingLighting Up Conscious AgingLighting Up Conscious Aging Sunday Service with Jeanne Looper Smith RELEASED December 4, 2022 Your generosity helps to support our Podcasts. Please visit our website: http://www.cslftl.org2022-12-0425 min
Overcoming T.R.A.U.M.A.Change is necessary for growth. Be the change!!!Impromptu conversation with Dr. Arleen A. Fuller, Dr. Lingeela L. Johnson, Dr. Lula A. Mitchell, Ronald Mobley, Jr. and Rhea Lee. Also, pieces by Jessica M. Williams, Dr. Tonshay Smith, and Beautiful Lady sung by. Dr. Soneisha Monay Ling. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/overcomingtrauma/support2021-06-271h 02
Highly Functional Females PodcastThe Gut and It's Importance to our Health, Hormones and Immune System - With Clare SmithToday we will be diving into the Gut with all its bugs and beauty with Naturopath Clare Smith. Why is this 'not so new discover' so important for our health, hormones and immune systems. Where did it go wrong, and how can we fix it.
For years Clare struggled with erratic moods, bloating, frequent panic attacks, low energy, physical pain and inflammation. This eventually lead her to learn about Functional Medicine and Holistic Health.
Her goal is not only to relieve suffering but to enable women to take responsibility for their...2021-05-121h 06
The More Than Two-Minute DrillJim Clinton, Networking Ninja, Lifetime AchievementJim Clinton of My Pinnacle Network-Needham is this year's recipient of the Networking Ninja for Lifetime Achievement. And much like the winner of Best Connector, Tara Gearhart, his secret weapon isn't exactly high tech. While Jim, an executive with Arleen Smith Marketing, typically visits networking groups and prospects in person, Covid has altered his approach somewhat. Now, he utilizes an old school instrument--the telephone--to reach out to people in his network. These are not sales calls. Jim refers to these as care calls as he reaches out to people in his network who he hasn't heard...2020-10-0400 min
Radio CurfewRADIO CURFEW ~ DREAD@HOMEJah Vibrations to ease the isolation ♫ ♥☝
Broadcast: Saturday 18th April 2020
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Night Train Version ~ Manasseh, The Equalizer
Rasta Get Ready (People Get Ready) ~ The Upsetter Revue ft. Junior Murvin
Sweet Africa ~ Don Carlos
Kunta Kinte ~ Horace Andy
Liar Dub ~ JStar
Rasta Pickney ~ Max Romeo & Mad Professor
All My Tears ~ THE FRIGHTNRS
400 Years ~ Don Carlos
Steppin' Out Of Babylon ~ Marcia Griffiths
Freaky Type ~ Tanya Stephens
Million Miles ~ Augustus Pablo, Hugh Mundell, Lasky Castel
Take A Ride ~ Al Campbell
Hammer ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
Police and Thieves Radio Ad #1 ~ Junior Murvin
I Was Appointed ~ Junior Murvin
Time StiffTime So Rough ~ Junior Murvin & Trinity
Liar D...2020-04-193h 14
Called and CaffeinatedLet's Talk Sex feat. Arleen Spenceley“If he’s calling us to something, we don’t have to worry about what we lose in answering that call.”
A working theory of mine about discernment is that it leads you to what you really want. Yup, you read that right. You get what YOU really want. I believe this because I believe that when God designed us, he planted desire for his plans deep in our hearts. Our deepest desire and his desire are the same thing. Discernment is the process of sorting through all the lesser, fluffy layers and discovering that core desire, kind of l...2020-03-101h 06
The Pete Zapit PodcastDancehall Mix 1Pete Zapit Productions Presents… Dancehall Mix 1 VPS with a classic dancehall mix. Gwan big up yourself. “Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid” – Pete Zapit https://twitter.com/petezapit petezapit@gmail.com If you enjoy this podcast please tell a friend, and take the time to rate, review and subscribe in iTunes. Tracklist— 1 Sean Pual + Mr. Vegas_ Hot Gal Today2 Sean Paul_ Infiltrate3 Mr. Vegas_ Nike Air4 Beenie Man_ Who Am I5 Capleton_ Boost No War6 Bush Babees_ In M...2017-07-051h 00
Catching FoxesEpisode 51: 51 - Jamie Lannister is the Michael W Smith of GOTOriginally recorded on July 05, 2016Overcome with amazement, we talk Game of Thrones. The Season Six final two episodes were a phenomenal ending to a season. Probably the best ending to any season of any TV show ever. (looking at you, Lost.)We discuss the revelation of fan theories being confirmed (R+L=J), Gomer postulates that the White Walkers will actually win because George R. R. Martin hates us that much, how season six is the rise of the Ladies (Sansa, Cercei, the Sand Snakes, the Unburnt and her dragons, the Queen of the Iron...2016-07-1554 min
Catholic Women NowBest of Catholic Women Now 2016 - Arelen SpenclyIn 2012, journalist Arleen Spenceley outed herself as a twenty-six-year-old virgin in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed that went viral. In Chastity Is for Lovers, Spenceley expands on that piece, advocating Catholic teaching on sex and marriage with candor and humor, and without judgment.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManusCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonMaking It Personal with Bishop William JoensenMan Up! with Joe StopulusThe Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo BonnerThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud...2016-01-2827 min