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Episode 394: 3 Ways Thinking about Your Thinking (Metacognition) Helps You Be a Non-Anxious Presence
03/08/2026 | 11 mins.Thinking about your thinking is essential if you want to lead as a non-anxious presence, personally and professionally. Here's what that looks like and how you can do it.
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Differentiation of self and its relationship with metacognitions about worry and anxiety - ScienceDirect (May 2024)
Metacognition - Wikipedia
Positive Intelligence - The Non-Anxious Leader
What IS a Failure of Nerve? - The Non-Anxious Leader
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Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.Episode 393: How to Break the Cycle of Chronic Emotional Patterns (Rebroadcast)
27/07/2026 | 14 mins.Chronic emotional patterns are sustained by reactive or adaptive responses. Breaking the cycle requires self-awareness and intentionality to do something different. Here’s how.
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What IS a Failure of Nerve? - Four Week Book Study
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Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter.- Chronic emotional patterns are sustained by adaptive or reactive feedback. Understanding how this works is the first step toward responding as a non-anxious presence.
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Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be by Marshall Goldsmith
What IS a Failure of Nerve? - A Four-Week Book Study
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Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. - Jon Miller and Drew Keller have identified six ways leaders respond to stress. This episode unpacks this from a family systems perspective so you can grow as a non-anxious leader.
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6 Ways Leaders Harness Stress by Jon Miller and Drew Keller and the PDF version.
Take The Test | Center for Stress Intelligence
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Subscribe to my weekly Two for Tuesday email newsletter. - Margaret Marcuson is an ordained minister, author, coach and longtime family practitioner. In this episode she discusses how to manage triangles and why productivity is overrated.
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Home Page – Margaret Marcuson
Sustainable Ministry: How to Lead (and When to Nap)* by Margaret J. Marcuson
Leaders Who Last: Sustaining Yourself and Your Ministry* by Margaret J. Marcuson
Money and Your Ministry: Balance the Books While Keeping Your Balance* by Margaret J. Marcuson
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