Episode 12: What Happens When a Muslim, a Christian, a Jehovah's Witness, and a Bahai Sit Down for A Family Dinner? In Neloo Naderi's World, It Sparked a Passion to Bring Respectful Conversations Back to a World That's Forgotten How
05/12/21 • 27 min
When Neloo's Bahai and Muslim parents married in Iran decades ago, it didn't take long to them to realize that to raise children safely, they would need to come to America. Years later, their children embraced religious freedom to the max. The skill set needed to navigate passionate conversations around their religious diversity has become an asset to Neeloo, who, along with a friend, has created Peace, Unleashed.
You Will Learn:
Laughter brings people together and creates intimacy and is particularly powerful for managing conflict and reducing stress.
- Humor interrupts the struggle for power by removing tension and allowing for reconnection and regaining perspective
- Humor, laughter, and play free you from rigid forms of thinking and behaving
- Humor frees us from inhibition, allowing us to express our genuine emotions
There are 3 factors that define crucial conversations:
1) opinions vary
2) stakes are high
3) emotions are high.
These conversations can lead to breakthroughs or breakdowns depending on how we handle them. Often, they are not handled well or at all. People either live in a sub-optimal state, OR they hope for the situation to resolve itself.
- Start with the heart (i.e empathy and positive intent)
- Stay in dialogue
- Make it safe
- Don’t get hooked by emotion (or hook them)
- Agree on a mutual purpose
- Separate facts from story
- Agree a clear action plan
For show notes, click here
Lizbeth’s links
Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE
OR
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
When Neloo's Bahai and Muslim parents married in Iran decades ago, it didn't take long to them to realize that to raise children safely, they would need to come to America. Years later, their children embraced religious freedom to the max. The skill set needed to navigate passionate conversations around their religious diversity has become an asset to Neeloo, who, along with a friend, has created Peace, Unleashed.
You Will Learn:
Laughter brings people together and creates intimacy and is particularly powerful for managing conflict and reducing stress.
- Humor interrupts the struggle for power by removing tension and allowing for reconnection and regaining perspective
- Humor, laughter, and play free you from rigid forms of thinking and behaving
- Humor frees us from inhibition, allowing us to express our genuine emotions
There are 3 factors that define crucial conversations:
1) opinions vary
2) stakes are high
3) emotions are high.
These conversations can lead to breakthroughs or breakdowns depending on how we handle them. Often, they are not handled well or at all. People either live in a sub-optimal state, OR they hope for the situation to resolve itself.
- Start with the heart (i.e empathy and positive intent)
- Stay in dialogue
- Make it safe
- Don’t get hooked by emotion (or hook them)
- Agree on a mutual purpose
- Separate facts from story
- Agree a clear action plan
For show notes, click here
Lizbeth’s links
Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE
OR
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
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Episode 11: From SWAT Negotiator to Cancer Warrior: Author Terry Tucker Talks Life, Death, and the Space Between
Before he was a cancer survivor, Terry Tucker had a life filled with exciting challenges and goals achieved. An NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, and a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, that all changed when he found the callus on his foot was actually cancer. At least for a while.
Now as Terry fights for his life, he uses the lessons learned to motivate others through his blog, book, and inspiring talks.
For show notes, click here:
You will learn:
- How being a SWAT negotiator prepared Terry for hard conversations when facing incurable cancer.
- What he wishes people knew about what they can ask about dying and living with cancer.
- How Terry wrote a book in the three month break between cancer treatments.
Lizbeth’s links
Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE
OR
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Next Episode
Episode13: Winning the Game at Work author Terry McDougall Shares How Her Past Fail Informed Her Futures Successes
When Terry McDougall jumped into the deep end of the applicant pool for her ideal job many years ago, she did a belly-flop. She'd thought she was a shoo-in, having performed the duties of the position and enjoying a positive reputation at the company. But rather than get mad or give up, she hired a coach who helped her do a realistic assessment of the obstacles and create an action plan. Soon Terry was applying again. She faced more setbacks, but ultimately found the exact position that fueled her passions.
Now, a career coach herself with a thriving business, Terry B. McDougall Coaching, and authored Winning the Game at Work, she's happy to pay it forward with clients who are committed to running down their own career dreams.
You will learn:
- Three topics that employers often want applicants to address during interviews.
- The role of a career coach.
- Why an applicant saying during a job interview that their worst quality is working too hard may very well backfire.
See show notes here.
Lizbeth’s links
Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE
OR
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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