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How Men Can Provide Safety and Security for their Family in a Heart Centered Way

Listen to this episode to learn about conscious parenting to provide security and safety for children to thrive and grow. Blase Grinner reflects on fatherhood and shares about his relationship with his future wife and how he manages the relationships with himself, his partner, and his children.

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Use Social Skills to Multiply Your Success in Building Friendships

Knowing the social skills that you lack and working on them can be the turning point in having conversations and developing bonds of friendship.

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Replay: Be the Love, Share the Love and Pass it On

Kenny Mammarella D’Cruz shares an approach to be the love, share the love and pass it on, in community. You can join a group or create one.

[00:32] Intro
[04:25] Creating the Environment for Deep Conversations
[11:04] Building Connections
[14:18] The Surprise of Discovering Freedom
[16:46] Male Friendship
[21:03] The Importance of Different Types of Relationships in Our Lives
[24:44] The Difference between Child and Adult
[28:56] Developing a Practice
[33:13] Be Who You Are
[35:27] The First Rule of Relationships
[36:44] How to Break the Addiction to Thinking, Fixing and Second-guessing
[42:49] Three Invitations for better relationships

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On November 2nd, there is a special live episode with Sunitha Narayanan. Save the date! We will be speaking about communication and how to show up wholeheartedly in a relationship. Look for details at changesbigandsmall.com or on the Facebook page so you can join us live.

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How to Live BOLDLY

My favorite questions during this Bloganuary challenge are tbe ones that invite us to dream. The question for Jan 11 was “What does it mean to live boldly?” I think that this looks different for each person. For me, living boldly means making choices and taking actions that can be a bit scary or uncertain….

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Rediscovering Enjoyment through Play and Fun

Many of the things I find fun and playful now are things that I enjoyed as a child: Walking around the neighborhood Visiting friends for a chat Baking, cooking, and sharing food Reading books and talking about them Dancing and singing (poorly) Scrabble and monopoly I don’t have early memories of my childhood and I…

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How to Have a Stress-free Holiday Season that Works for YOU

Listen to this episode for 8 tips for a stress free holiday season for yourself and 5 tips to help others through the holidays.

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How to Build and Manage Effective Relationships in Person and Remotely at Work with Emily Lamia

Damianne discusses building and managing effective relationships in person and remotely at work with Emily Lamia on Changes Big and Small.

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How to be a Better Listener and Unravel Your Chain of Pain

Learn how to be a Better Listener and Unravel Your Chain of Pain from the research and with guidance from coaches Jeff and Ellen White. By being present, self-aware and responsive, you can become a better listener and change your default reactions to different situations.

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Follow Your Chain of Pain to Build Stronger Relationships with Jeff and Ellen White

We all carry baggage or a chain of pain. Coaches Jeff and Ellen White share strategies to follow your chain of pain to build stronger relationships. You can break the chain of pain to choose how you show up in your relationships, and to build more fulfilling and rewarding relationships.

[01:41] Which relationship creates the initial template for our other relationships
[03:38] What is Attachment Theory
[07:44] One behavior that’s crucial in all relationships
[10:56] Relationship Skills are a Journey
[12:44] Listening to the Cues and Clues and Relationships
[16:31] Figuring out your blueprint for conversations
[19:00] What is the chain of pain – First steps
[22:30] What’s it like to be in relationship with you?
[30:35] Getting feedback from those that you are in relationship with
[34:43] How do we show up differently in different relationships?
[38:44] Two invitations to build fulfilling relationships

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Introducing The International Schools Podcast

I recently had an interview with John Mikton of The International Schools Podcast. John hired me at International School of Prague and we worked together for one year before he moved to a different school. I learned a lot from working with John and was happy to reconnect with him in this interview. If you’ve…

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Be the Love, Share the Love and Pass it On

Kenny Mammarella D’Cruz shares an approach to be the love, share the love and pass it on, in community. You can join a group or create one.

[00:32] Intro
[04:25] Creating the Environment for Deep Conversations
[11:04] Building Connections
[14:18] The Surprise of Discovering Freedom
[16:46] Male Friendship
[21:03] The Importance of Different Types of Relationships in Our Lives
[24:44] The Difference between Child and Adult
[28:56] Developing a Practice
[33:13] Be Who You Are
[35:27] The First Rule of Relationships
[36:44] How to Break the Addiction to Thinking, Fixing and Second-guessing
[42:49] Three Invitations for better relationships

You can find the shownotes at https://changesbigandsmall.com/

On November 2nd, there is a special live episode with Sunitha Narayanan. Save the date! We will be speaking about communication and how to show up wholeheartedly in a relationship. Look for details at changesbigandsmall.com or on the Facebook page so you can join us live.

If you enjoy the episode, please share it with a friend. I would also appreciate it if you would leave a review.

You can reach me at contact@changesbigandsmall.com if you have any questions or feedback. If you’d like to appear on the podcast, reach out to me for more information!

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Own Your Story and Tell it Like You Mean It

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In his book Think Again, Adam Grant talks about exploring concepts from a spherical perspective. That idea of looking at things from so many different angles as is possible in a spherical shape appeals to me.

In this second compilation episode on self-acceptance, I will be highlighting elements of interviews with seven different guests on the topic of self-acceptance. I’ll be weaving a thread between the episodes to help you understand different elements of self-acceptance and its relevance and application in your life. The featured guests are Rachel Tapscott, Daralyse Lyons, Michelle Kuei, Seanna Leath, Aruna Krishnan, Fatima Oliver and Sarah Eames.

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If you enjoy the episode, please share it with a friend. I would also appreciate it if you would leave a review in iTunes or Spotify.

You can reach me at contact@changesbigandsmall.com if you have any questions or feedback. If you’d like to appear on the podcast, reach out to me for more information. I’m currently interviewing for the next season, which is focused on relationships.

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