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ReinventedSEASON #2: Wrap-up
In Season 2 of Reinvented, we explored how to design a better life – one that makes you happier, healthier, and more fulfilled.
I hope you enjoyed this season, and stay tuned to learn more about Season 3!
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2021-09-0800 min
ReinventedS2E10: Friendship
I speak with Dr. Marisa G. Franco, a friendship expert, about what healthy relationships look like, how friendships help us to know ourselves better, and how to start making better connections.
Highlights
1:00 – What does a healthy friendship look like?
2:30 – Why friendships matter (and how they help you know yourself)
6:30 – The three types of loneliness
9:00 – How modern society contributes to loneliness
13:30 – How relationships form: Initiate, disclose, expose, affirm
25:45 – Asking for support and intimacy
28:15 – Positive vibes only vs. doing the work
31:00 – How to rebuild friendsh...2021-08-2549 min
ReinventedS2E9: Intuition
Why listen to a podcast episode with an intuitive medium?
Because it’s an amazing opportunity to hear from someone who (literally and figuratively) sees the world differently than we do.
Join me as I speak to Carrie Stiers about the role intuition plays in our lives, how crises can open us up to new ideas, and how she found the courage to design her own life.
Highlights
2:15 – How Carrie discovered her gift
7:30 – The soul never dies
11:10 – Synchronicity, dreams, and spiritual openings
13:45 – What’s really true?
2021-08-1848 min
ReinventedS2E8: Prayer
Today, I speak with Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author of Learning to Pray.
You may recognize Father Jim from his appearances on The Colbert Report. You may also have seen the handwritten letter he received from Pope Francis encouraging him to continue his outreach to the LGBT community.
In this conversation, we talk about the power of prayer and simple ways to incorporate prayer into your life.
Highlights
0:50 – What is prayer, why pray, and being called to prayer
5:35 – Prayer as a relationship
10:05 – My (unintenti...2021-08-1141 min
ReinventedS2E7: Mindfulness
I speak with Dr. Phil Pierorazio, a urologic oncologist, about his experiences with burnout, how things came to a head during the pandemic, and how mindfulness is changing his life for the better, particularly in the workplace.
Highlights
2:00 – Burnout, feeling directionless, and pressing pause during the pandemic
7:00 – Getting started with yoga
9:40 – Mindfulness revisited
18:30 – Creating your own practice
21:30 – Making changes @ work
34:30 – Routines vs. flexibility
36:15 – Debriefs, time-outs, and after-action reports
42:00 – Holographic thinking
43:45 – How change unfolds over time
Resources
Dr. Phil Pier...2021-08-0447 min
Game Changer Mentality – Strategies and Tactics to Overcoming Obstacles to Achieve Your Positive PotentialResilience And Personal Growth: Becoming Stronger In Difficult Situations With Chris BordoniHow do you bounce back from difficult situations? Accept the uncertainty of the moment to develop resilience and personal growth. Today’s guest is Chris Bordoni, founder and CEO of Bordoni & Company, LLC. Chris discusses with Rodney Flowers how he learned resilience through his personal experiences, especially as a cancer survivor. When you accept your current situation, you’re better able to figure out what to do next. Rather than resist the struggle, look at it from a positive outlook. How can you come out of the situation better and stronger? Tune in and find out!...2021-07-2753 min
Bump In The RoadChris Bordoni: Cultivating ResilienceChris Bordoni is a high achieving individual. Whether it’s sports, prestigious universities or corporate jobs, success has been a defining element of Chris’ path. But more than a few health oriented bumps in the road, including a stage 4 cancer diagnosis at the age of 30, derailed his high flying corporate consulting career and sent him on a quest for a new path forward. For more info, visit www.BumpInTheRoad.us Special thanks to CVSHealth for their support2021-07-2121 min
ReinventedS2E6: Sleep
The 3 rules of good sleep: (1) conducive environment (2) relaxed mind (3) relaxed body.
To explain more, Heather Darwall-Smith, author of The Science of Sleep, joins the show.
Highlights
2:20 – Why sleep matters
4:15 – Achieving sleep vs. learning to relax
5:45 – Common impediments to “good” sleep
11:45 – How sleep works
17:00 – Good sleep starts during the day
20:00 – Sleep debts and “social jet lag”
23:30 – Missing your sleep window
27:30 – Winding down before sleep
32:00 – Designing your sleep environment
34:15 – The role of experimentation
39:00 – Sleep crutches
Resources
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ReinventedS2E5: Eating
Diets don’t work for most people, but is there (finally) a better way? In this episode, I speak with Josh Hillis, author of Lean and Strong, about how eating guidelines and eating skills can help reset your relationship with food.
Highlights
2:00 – Do diets work?
6:15 – Are there magical foods?
8:45 – Can you out-exercise a bad diet?
10:00 – Emotional eating
18:30 – The problem with food journals
21:45 – An intro to guidelines and skills
25:00 – Specific eating guidelines and skills
34:00 – What does it mean to be full anyways? And what’s wrong w...2021-07-1443 min
ReinventedS2E4: Movement
Tim Anderson is an educator, personal trainer, and the founder of Original Strength, a movement to help people remember how to move well and live better lives. In a nutshell, his job is to help people feel amazing.
In this conversation, I speak with Tim about the origins of Original Strength, how it’s changed my life, the joy of doing strange things in public, and living like a superhero.
We also talk about some of Tim’s favorite sayings, including “It feels good to feel good,” “Start where you are,” and “Be your own chef.”
2021-07-0738 min
Operate with Zen12. Discussion: Resilience with Chris BordoniChris Bordoni is a former athlete, elite consultant, cancer survivor, and resilience coach. Chris is also the host of "Reinvented" a podcast about resilience and resilient people. Chris and I discuss resilience and how it applies to surgery, surgeons and a healthy life outside of work. You can find out more about Chris at: https://chrisbordoni.com/. You can find the Reinvented podcast at: https://chrisbordoni.com/reinvented/.2021-07-0139 min
ReinventedS2E3: Discomfort
In this episode, I speak with Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis, about how stepping out of our modern, comfortable lifestyles can dramatically improve our health, happiness, and spiritual wellbeing.
Highlights
0:45 – Introduction
2:00 – Why write about discomfort?
7:00 – Evolutionary mismatches
9:30 – The mental benefits of discomfort + regaining perspective
14:45 – Not losing newfound insights
17:30 – Quick fixes vs. natural solutions
19:45 – How to start adding difficulty back into your life
23:45 – Boredom and technology
32:00 – Rediscovering the past
33:30 – What you eat doesn’t matters much as why you eat
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ReinventedS2E2: Commitment
In this episode, I speak with Pete Davis, author of Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing about the dangers of keeping your options open, lessons we can learn from famous “long haul heroes,” and how choosing to commit to something outside of yourself can change your life.
Highlights
0:45 – Why commitment matters
5:30 – An introduction to Infinite Browsing Mode
12:30 – How commitment makes everything better
16:30 – Vocation and professionalism, i.e. commitment at work
25:30 – Why we’re stuck in Infinite Browsing Mode
30:30 – The importance of compromise and...2021-06-2358 min
ReinventedS2E1: HappinessTo kick-off Season 2, I speak with my friend and founder of The New Happy, Stephanie Harrison, about the science of finding true happiness in life.2021-06-1651 min
ReinventedSEASON #2: Designing a better lifeIn Season 2 of Reinvented, we're exploring how to design a better life - one that makes you happier, healthier, and more fulfilled.2021-06-0901 min
ReinventedS1E7. My story (from Forging Mettle)To conclude Season 1, I share my personal story of facing adversity and what I've learned along the way.2021-05-1942 min
Present Value PodcastResilience and ReinventionAn all-American athlete, a cancer survivor, and a consultant, Chris Bordoni has experienced his share of adversity and reinvention. Now, he works with individuals and groups to help them achieve transformational change through the art of building resilience. In this episode, Chris chats about his background as an athlete, as an undergraduate at Cornell, an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, and his time at Boston Consulting Group. He and host Greg Wool discuss the difficulty of defining ‘resilience,’ tools to become more resilient, how to overcome hurdles and reinvent ourselves to achieve post...2021-05-141h 00
ReinventedS1E6. Failing (up) at workDo we learn more from our failures than our successes? What's the relationship between failing, learning, and growth? And what might we learn from a fellow millennial whose done and seen it all?2021-05-1352 min
ReinventedS1E5. Addiction, relapse, and recoveryWhat's it like to battle addiction? Why is it so hard to get sober? And what's on the other side of recovery?
To find out, I speak with Erica C. Barnett, author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery.2021-05-0547 min
ReinventedS1E4. Losing your identityI speak with Dave Fuehrer, 2X cancer survivor and CEO of GRYT Health, about losing one's identity, turning inward, and the upside of adversity.2021-04-2846 min
ReinventedS1E3. A lifetime of bullyingHow many of us are living a life of fear?
How often do we miss out on life's great joys because we're afraid to step forward?
This conversation with Scott Simon founder of Scare Your Soul, is about learning to say "yes" to the things that scare you.2021-04-2151 min
ReinventedS1E2. A sick childWhat would it be like to find out that your child has a serious genetic disorder?
To find out, I speak with Allison Pullins about her son's diagnosis with Marfan syndrome and how the experience changed her life for the better.2021-04-1443 min
ReinventedS1E1. Wounded in battleIn this conversation, I speak with Zach Osborne, a former Army Ranger, about dealing with uncertainty, how his faith provided hope during challenging times, and why being wounded in Afghanistan was ultimately a gift.2021-04-0732 min
ReinventedSEASON #1: When adversity strikesIn Season 1 of Reinvented, we're exploring what happens when adversity strikes - from finding new sources of strength to rethinking your identity, and beyond.2021-03-3101 min
ReinventedINTRODUCING: ReinventedOverview
Welcome to Reinvented, a podcast about the art and science of transformation.
Highlights
In this brief introductory episode, I share a bit about:
The premise and format of the showA few reasons why it's worth your time to listen each weekWhat to do next!
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Newsletter: chrisbordoni.com/newsletterInstagram: @chrisbordoniLinkedIn: cbordoniWeb: chrisbordoni.com2021-03-2402 min
Forging Mettle Podcast025 | Chris Bordoni | Overcoming adversity and reinventionIn this week's visit to the forge, we talk with resilience coach and cancer survivor, Chris Bordoni. We discuss facing our mortality. What is resilience? How to build everyday resilience with simple daily steps. What is a 'failure resume,' and why is it something all of us should create. How does post traumatic growth transform us to be stronger and better?
Show notes:
Chris Bordoni is a resilience coach, cancer survivor, and management consultant. He has been through his share of adversity in his life and has been a good student in the school of...2021-03-2446 min