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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Dr. Sandra Upton, Founder + Chief DEI Strategist at Upton Consulting Group, where we delve into Cultural Intelligence in the workplace.

Dr. Upton shares her extensive insights and expertise, shedding light on the importance of cultural Intelligence and inclusion in today's organizational landscape.

Discover Dr. Upton's wisdom and experience that will inspire you to broaden your cultural intelligence skills for the workplace.

What to anticipate:

• Discover the personal benefits of Cultural Intelligence\
• Cultivate skills for effective cross-cultural collaboration
• Unlock opportunities for inclusive work and compensation
• Learn why the spiritual intelligence skill, 'awareness of other's world views' can help you become more successful.

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"I understand and I teach organizations all the time that it’s not enough to just make people aware or sensitive to cultural differences but none of them actually guarantee that I’m going to be effective in those interactions so that’s where cultural intelligence comes in because it’s capability. It’s a form of intelligence that can be measured.” - Dr. Sandra Upton

Connect with Dr. Sandra Upton:

Website: https://uptonconsultinggroup.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drsandraupton
Email: sandra.upton@uptonconsultinggroup.com

As Founder and Chief DEI Strategist with Upton Consulting Group (UCG), Dr. Upton brings 25+ years of DEI experience consulting, coaching and training with businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and non-profits to this work. Prior to launching UCG, Dr. Upton was Vice President, Global Diversity Practice with the Cultural Intelligence Center and was responsible for providing strategic leadership and expertise on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) matters for hundreds of clients across the globe. She led organization’s response to the growing demand from global and Fortune 500 companies to Ivy-League universities. She is also a subject matter expert in unconscious bias training.

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• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Sean Harvey as we engage in a profound conversation on a transformative journey that Sean provides in healing hyper-masculinity in business.

Sean provides examples of superficial leadership training, shedding light on the need for more meaningful and transformative approaches to leadership development.

Discover what led Sean to his mission of working with men, helping them navigate and transcend hyper-masculinity in a rapidly evolving world.

What to anticipate:

• Transitioning from the shadow to embracing one's essence.
• Examples of superficial leadership training.
• Sean's journey to working with men and addressing hyper-masculinity.
• The three touch-points that ignited Sean's passion for this work.
• Exploring workplace spirituality.
• Components cultivating compassion in the workplace.
• The role of storytelling and understanding personal histories.
• Characteristics of a hyper-masculine workplace.
• Drawbacks of being in a hyper-masculine environment.
• Tapping into shared humanity for greater compassion.
• The transformative impact of Sean's work.

If you love the episode, please leave a 5-star review on Apple podcast or Spotify, and don’t forget to subscribe so you can stay up to date on any future episodes!

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“When I talk about the work of spirituality in the workplace, I really translate it to, it’s just the concepts of love, compassion, and, deeper humanity” - Sean Harvey

Connect with Sean:

• Website: https://www.warriorcompassion.com/
• Instagram: @warrior_compassion
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanharvey/
• Book: Warrior Compassion: Unleashing the Healing Power of Men

Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd, is Chief Compassion Officer and Founder of the Warrior Compassion Men’s Studio.  His work in personal, organizational, and societal transformation is inspired by twenty-five years of organization development consulting combined with his past and current academic affiliations at Cornell University, New York University, Baruch College CUNY, and George Washington University.  In 2021, Sean received the Saul A. Silverman Award for Conflict Resolution and Healing from the International Organization Development Association for his healing work with men in hyper-masculine systems. As an interfaith minister, he co-founded Project Compassion, a national initiative to deepen compassion in police departments.  Sean is also a TEDx Speaker with his talk, “Compassion Makes the Warrior.” Learn more about his work at www.warriorcompassion.com. 

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Aaron Tabacco, in part 2 of a 2-part episode, where we continue our conversation around transformational feedback and utilizing it to foster meaningful relationships through curiosity. We start by emphasizing the importance of curiosity and information exchange in building connections as a leader and a recipient. Skill 16 of Spiritual Intelligence was discussed, highlighting the significance of seeking guidance from a transformational feedback perspective. We explore the concept of holistic reception, emphasizing self-generosity and self-exploration as crucial elements. Additionally, we considered the value of generational conversations, focusing on understanding feedback from a Gen Z colleague's perspective. This episode encourages listeners to embrace curiosity and self-exploration to build more profound and enriching relationships when giving and receiving feedback.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

Ways to tap into curiosity in difficult conversations

• How to practice presence during feedback interactions
• Ways to prepare yourself as a recipient of feedback
• Why the practice of self-awareness offers exponential growth
• How to approach requesting feedback
• Ways to prompt feedback conversations  

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“A space of setting aside and wanting to be a very high level practitioner of self-reflection is the key to development." - Aaron Tabacco

Aaron Tabacco is an RN with a PhD, an Executive Coach, and the Director of Staff Experience in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. A former professor of developmental pediatrics, Aaron transitioned into his current line of work three years ago, becoming a thought leader in developing holistic workplaces, leadership development, DEI efforts, and internal institutional workforce research. He is a highly skilled public speaker and communicator, having been featured at numerous public and private professional engagements in his areas of specialty. Aaron has several professional publications in the US, Europe, Japan, and online, and is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at the Berkeley-Hass School of Business. Additionally, Aaron has engaged in high-stakes healthcare and higher education conflict mediation for families and professionals over thirteen years. He's a father of three young adult sons who live in Portland, Oregon. Aaron currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Connect with Aaron:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-tabacco-phd-rn-83359b9/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Within every critique lies the potential for growth or disheartenment.  A workplace where growth is nurtured, not souls crushed is on my heart this week at Create Magic At Work®...

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Aaron Tabacco, in Part 1 of a 2-part episode, we delve into workplace feedback, focusing on its potential for transformation over crushing the spirit.

We explore going beyond constructive feedback and tap into utilizing transformational feedback as a catalyst for growth. Strategies for providing feedback that inspires change are offered.

We tackle the challenge of conducting difficult conversations with self-awareness, compassion and address how to stay receptive on the receiving end of feedback.

What to anticipate:
▪  Ways to approach feedback as a transformational conversation.
▪  Why practicing the skills of Spiritual Intelligence plays a crucial role in transformational feedback.
▪ How to develop presence and self-reflection as the provider and recipient.
▪ Navigating difficult conversations with self-awareness and compassion.
▪ How to receive feedback with curiosity.

If you love the episode, please leave a 5-star review on Apple podcast or Spotify, and don’t forget to subscribe so you can stay up to date on any future episodes!

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"I think many negative stories of feedback experiences at the heart of it is that people are leaving the conversation in some way, feeling that their very identity, Being, strengths, skills, or knowledge, etc. has been attacked. Instead of feeling approached from a perspective of curiosity." - Aaron Tabacco

Connect with Aaron:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-tabacco-phd-rn-83359b9/

Aaron is an RN with a PhD, an Executive Coach, and the Director of Staff Experience in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. A former professor of developmental pediatrics, Aaron transitioned into his current line of work three years ago, becoming a thought leader in developing holistic workplaces, leadership development, DEI efforts, and internal institutional workforce research. He is a highly skilled public speaker and communicator, having been featured at numerous public and private professional engagements in his areas of specialty. Aaron has several professional publications in the US, Europe, Japan, and online, and is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at the Berkeley-Hass School of Business. Additionally, Aaron has engaged in high-stakes healthcare and higher education conflict mediation for families and professionals over thirteen years. He's a father of three young adult sons who live in Portland, Oregon. Aaron currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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**I offer private 1:1 Edgewalker coaching experiences. Reach out to me if you are interested at amy@createmagicatwork.net. 

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, in the final episode of Season 4! 

I share my journey as an Edgewalker and discuss the exciting news about an upcoming Edgewalker group coaching program. We’ll explore the qualities and skills of an Edgewalker, how I discovered this aspect in myself, and how it can do the same for you.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• A peek inside my personal Edgewalker journey
• Ways to discover your Edgewalker within 
• The vision and mission behind Create Magic at Work®
• Navigating change and transformation
• Risk-taking responsibly to manifest your dreams

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"It can be positive to risk take. However, you want to stay on the edge, not fall over the edge" - Amy 

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Judi Neal, the President of Edgewalkers International, a workplace spiritual community and the author of ten books on workplace spirituality and transformation. Her recent books are Personal, Educational, and Organizational Transformation, published June 2023, and Inspiring Workplace Spirituality, to be published in Fall 2023. 

In this episode, we delve into the fascinating concept of being an Edgewalker and explore the profound spirituality accompanying this role. We discuss the importance of building bridges between two worlds within the workplace and how organizations that prioritize nurturing the human spirit experience more significant innovation, job satisfaction, and dedication. Our conversation highlights the criticality of spirituality in the workplace and investigates why some senior leaders ignore valuable data.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Learn what an Edgewalker is.
• How you can connect different worlds together as an Edgewalker
• How to be a change agent for the greater good.
• The role Edgewalkers can play in soul-broken organizations.
• Ways to cultivate playfulness at work and in life.

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If someone’s negative all the time and only complains and never brings anything to the conversation, I think there’s an opportunity for development there. If they can’t change, they would help create a toxic workplace. - Judi Neal

Connect with Judi:

• https://edgewalkers.org/
• https://www.gci.earth/
• https://www.facebook.com/judineal,
• https://twitter.com/Edgewalker22,
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/judi-neal-99a1027/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Sal Celly, the founder of MaximizeU, an AI-powered tech platform to maximize human potential and customize your growth journey, which enables individuals to lead a more balanced, fulfilled, and happier life. In this episode, we explore the topic of maximizing human potential and spirituality in the workplace. Spiritual development in the workplace is highlighted as a critical aspect of personal and professional growth. We will also explain artificial intelligence and its applications with leveraging technologies and the potential downside of AI, such as job displacement. However, we can continue to up-level our positions and knowledge to become indispensable. 

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Why faith and spirituality are critical in the workplace.
•  How to invest in ourselves and prioritize jobs higher up the value chain. 
•  Ways you can live in alignment with your core values and leave a lasting legacy. 
•  Artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact. 
•  Advantages and disadvantages of AI.
  
  

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There's no U-Haul attached to a hearse, right? So all your possessions and all your material successes are going to be left over here when you go to a better place. So it's good to do that; it's good to strive and it's good to do that but don't do that as an extreme. - Sal Celly

Connect with Sal:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/salcelly/
• https://maximizeu.life/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Working and thriving in chaos can be challenging, but it is certainly possible. With practice and resilience, you can turn chaos into an opportunity for growth and success.

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Shawn Comboy, the Founder of Shawn Comboy Executive Coaching and Consulting and Executive Coach/Leadership Team at GILD Coaching. She works with executive leaders who are navigating transition and change. She assists them in achieving their goals, maximizing their effectiveness as leaders, and operating in a sustainable way that inspires others.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• How to work and thrive in chaos.
• How to be a wise and effective change agent
• Ways you can simplify chaos for sustainability and burnout prevention.
• How to set boundaries in your workplace.
• How to seek support.

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"There's an element of confidence that comes from experience. So to me, as a coach and leader, to see that, put the mirror down, hold your breath, and challenge them to take that step because I know they're going to be amazing at it." - Shawn Comboy

Connect with Shawn:

• https://www.instagram.com/shawncomboy/?hl=en
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-comboy-771b7560/ 
• https://twitter.com/ShawnComboy
• https://scexecutivecoaching.com/
• https://scexecutivecoaching.com/ 

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, on the Chakras & Chardonnay Podcast hosted by Maria Mayes. Maria is an Intuitive Meditation Teacher and Well-Being Coach. She specializes in Stress Management and Mental Wellness for small businesses and 1:1 coaching for individuals with high-stress occupations.

She was gracious enough to let this interview live on the Create Magic At Work podcast. Join the conversation and get a peek behind the curtain to see what it's like to work with me.

In this episode, we discuss stepping into my work world with genuine authenticity and why starting with compassion towards yourself is a game changer.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• The secret to having self-compassion
• What it's like for clients to step into my world
• Questions to ask yourself that bring self-awareness
• Understanding when ego vs. higher self is in charge

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“Can you practice treating yourself with the same kindness, concern, and support that you would offer to a good friend? Can you be understanding and supportive of yourself even when things are tough?” - Amy Lynn Durham

Connect with Maria:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-noll-mayes-61202b5/
• https://www.take5.health/
• Chakras Chardonnay Podcast

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Paul McCarthy, a speaker on disruptive leadership, a positive disruptor of the status quo, a guide to address organizational toxicity, a catalyst, and author of Fired Leadership. We discuss why the status quo needs to be disrupted in a positive way regarding leadership and how this disruption needs to be normalized and embraced to lead to growth and innovation. Also, we discuss showing up as your authentic self in the workplace, removing the mask, and putting your ego aside for a shift in leadership.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Why the status quo needs to be disrupted
• Toxic positivity in the workplace explained
• Importance of putting your ego as a leader aside
• Leading with purpose, passion, and vision for the greater good
• Five leadership qualities for the future
• Normalizing disruptive leadership

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"On this journey that I've been on for about three or four years now, I have had a number of people who play it safe in organizations, be very uncomfortable when I talk about fired leadership and the reason they're uncomfortable is because… and I'm about to link two concepts here at a macro level and so I'm going to talk about the way we treat being fired is a taboo subject. Nobody wants to hang around with a leader who's been fired." - Paul McCarthy

Connect with Paul:

• paulmacleadership.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmacleadership/ 

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Becc Nelson, an LMFT, a spiritual, soulful, heart-centered healer, speaker, and author who has been an expert in transformation and ascension since 1992.  We discuss the balance between giving and receiving, a fundamental aspect of healthy relationships in life and business, and how to alleviate an imbalance in the giving and receiving energy within you. Also, ways to heal feelings of resentment, anger, and mistrust, and how to set clear boundaries in life and business.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• The importance of holding energetic boundaries
• The difference between empathy and compassion
• Making decisions for yourself from your higher self
• How to set boundaries if you are overgiving
• Balancing your giving and receiving energy

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"When you’re empathetic, you actually feel other people’s feelings to the point where you can’t sometimes tell the difference between is this me experiencing this or is this the other person?" - Becc Nelson

Connect with Becc:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccnelson
• https://www.facebook.com/BeccNelsonLMFT
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH18UyBDhUyFX3OBXopuWQg  
• https://www.instagram.com/beccnelson/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Kristin Joy Ekkens, a TEDx Speaker, Culture x DEIB x Social Impact Thought Leader, Executive Coach, Entrepreneur, and Cultural Edgewalker. Her passion and area of expertise are helping individuals and organizations drive culturally intelligent innovation. In this episode, we discuss Edgewalkers in the workplace and how an Edgewalker can think outside the box and is willing to take risks to innovate and find new solutions to problems. We also dive into cultural intelligence for the workplace and describe the learned skills to obtain this title.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• What is Cultural Intelligence for the Workplace
• Finding your super nodes in your organization
• Qualities of an Edgewalker
• Why human connection and kindness is important in the workplace

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"Knowledge is about understanding people’s cultural differences and similarities. It's understanding their backgrounds, what the business systems look like, the religious systems look like in different cultures, all the different ways, even linguistics and language, and how that helps us see the world in a different way from our different language point of view. These are different things that we look at our own cultural values and that's knowledge." - Kristin Joy Ekkens

Connect with Kristin:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjoyekkens/
• https://www.instagram.com/kristinjoy_e/?hl=en
• https://www.exi.global

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Melissa Deally, an Integrative Mind Body Health Practitioner trained in NLP, Timeline Therapy, and a Hypnotherapy Teacher. In this episode, we discuss the impact of stress on the physical body and how the state of stress can affect elements in the workplace. We also discuss how to recognize the suffering of stress in oneself and the simple techniques to help with stress to amplify the workplace and leave the fight or flight state. Finally, we talk about tapping into our inner wisdom and instruction and utilizing our resources.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Impact of Stress on the physical body 
• Impact of non-stressed Employees
• Simple practices and techniques to help with stress
• How to recognize the suffering of stress
• The science of the fight or flight state
• Benefits of Hypnosis for burnout in the workplace

Melissa is dedicated to helping her clients discover the root cause of their health issues and truly heal, while detoxing their physical, mental and emotional bodies. Melissa’s business is 100% virtual, and she works with the entire English speaking world.

Melissa is an international speaker, three time best-selling author, and has been named to the 2022 CREA Global Award list, and the winner of the Alignable 2023 & 2022 Local Business Person Of The Year Award for Whistler. She is also the recipient of the 2022 & 2021 Quality Care Award by Businesses From The Heart. Melissa is the host of the “Don’t Wait For Your Wake Up Call!” podcast, a podcast offering practical education around health, which ranked in the top 5% of Global podcasts by Listen Notes in the first 3 months of launching.

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"Fact that this is your life and you have one life, you get to choose how you show up every single day and what you want to truly do with your life. Did you fall into the position that you’re in right now, and does it truly align with who you are at your core?" - Melissa Deally

Connect with Melissa:

• https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney

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• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Zeina Kronfol, an ICF-Certified Holistic Life, Career, Executive Coach, and Consultant. In this episode, we discuss how you can level up and navigate transitions more gracefully and efficiently in your professional life. In addition, we discuss the steps for the internal properties associated with healing to ensure you show up as your best self and find your clarity and what drives you as a leader.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Ways to navigate change in your professional life
• Why journaling can help tune into yourself and your body
• The importance of clarity and identifying what lights you up

Zeina has over 12 years in cross-functional leadership in international product marketing, brand strategy, and project management and knew from the beginning of her professional career that she was destined to help people, but she had no idea how.

Despite years of successfully climbing the corporate ladder, she continuously felt stifled and unfulfilled. Through her own self-healing journey, she fell into coaching and entrepreneurship, helping people reconnect with their passions, navigate change, and find fulfillment.

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"Are always talking about the mindfulness. The journaling and the meditation is really a way to quiet your mind and not be worried about what other people are thinking, your obligations, your family, but really being able to tune into yourself, into your body, and really understand what it is that lights you up and what’s driving you and also what's triggering you. " - Zeina Kronfol

Connect with Zeina:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinakronfol/
• https://www.searockcoaching.com/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Consuela Munoz, a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach. as we discuss why focusing on your strengths improves motivation and increases focus in your work and life.  Utilizing this in leadership, can maximize, build, and enhance the potential of your teams.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• How to get past "shiny object syndrome" 
• Why strength-based leaders and teams get better results
• Effective goal-setting that truly aligns with your vision

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"The most important place to start is your goals. Now, you've probably been to a session where they’re like, okay, if you want to do this, you set your goals, but are you owning them? So you want to make sure that, that goal is tied and aligned to the vision and that each person truly owns that goal as their goal." - Consuela Munoz

Connect with Consuela:

• https://www.ownyourconfidence.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/consuelamunoz
• https://www.facebook.com/consuelatheconfidencecoach
• https://www.instagram.com/consuela_munoz/

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Denise Belisle, founder of In-Motion Coaching. She is a serenity expert and positive intelligence specialist. In addition, she is an international speaker, online TV show host, functional medicine health coach, and Reiki master.

In this episode, we discuss positive intelligence (PQ), which is a concept that emphasizes the importance of cultivating a positive mindset and reducing negative thinking patterns to improve one’s well-being and performance. In spiritual intelligence, we understand the importance of this improvement in the workplace and its impact on quantum leaders and their teams.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• What is Positive Intelligence (PQ)
• Separating your reaction from your response
• Energy field emotions in the workplace
• Ways to express emotion from a PQ perspective
• Dealing with self-blame and shifting to compassion for self

Over the last 40 years, Denise has been immersed in all areas of health and wellness. She has been practicing mindfulness and meditation since she was a teenager and has developed great skills in the discipline of emotional and mental fitness. She is extremely excited to be working in the mental fitness and positive intelligence field, having a deeper understanding of people's mindsets and how her clients can gain better control over their emotions and behaviors.

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"Decide for our own how we want to move forward, how do we want to continue living our life? Do we want to live in uncertainty and crisis? Or do we want to go into thriving and be in the oasis? So that's why I help people transition from crisis to oasis and find that spot that is, like, rocking your life, and it's like, I'm good no matter what. I'm moving forward. Bring it, adversity. I can handle it, and I'm going to rock this life." - Denise Belisle

Connect with Denise:

• http://tiny.cc/TalkWithDenise
• GIFT for the listeners!

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• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Vish Chatterji, an accomplished executive-turned-coach with a spiritual twist, and author of The Business Casual Yogi. In this episode, we discuss how to find meaning and purpose behind where you are in your career. Learn ways you can release suffering within yourself and exercise wisdom and compassion towards yourself and others while navigating corporate life.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Why you will experience karmic patterns in the workplace and what to do about them.
• Ways to exercise self-compassion and forgiveness as a leader
• How the planetary energies can lead to a deeper understanding of self
• Why leaders benefit from going beyond EQ (emotional intelligence)

In parallel to his twenty-year leadership career spanning the automotive, technology, and startup industries, Vish has studied and practiced yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda (mind-body medicine). He coaches and advises corporate leaders, blending Western management thinking with Eastern wisdom traditions, and speaks on a variety of topics at the intersection of business and personal development.

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"In the yoga system, you practice these things in order to connect your inner wisdom. You also practice self-compassion. Can you be compassionate to yourself? And usually, when we're not compassionate to others, it's because of something in our own lives that we haven't learned to forgive ourselves for. If you can't forgive yourself for something, chances are you're not going to forgive somebody else for it." -  Vish Chatterji

Connect with Vish:

• https://www.headandheartinsights.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/vish-chatterji-b3b2681/
• https://www.facebook.com/businesscasualyogi
• https://www.instagram.com/thebusinesscasualyogi/

The Business Casual Yogi: Take Charge of Your Body, Mind, and Career - Book

Connect with Amy:

• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Norman Wolfe, a fellow SQ 21 Certified Coach, Founder and CEO of Quantum Leaders, and a leading voice in bringing about the transformation of the core paradigm of business. In this episode, we discuss extensively how a leader relates to a parent that can develop and nurture the capabilities of others in a compassionate way to build the confidence needed to succeed. Furthermore, by ensuring we allow the growth of turning mistakes and life experiences into learning and teachable opportunities, we can build trust within our teams. Confidence will enable open-minded, innovative opportunities to grow for all.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• The evolution of Quantum Leadership
• How To Delegate as a leader
• Compassionate leadership to inspire a positive response
• Accepting mistakes as growth opportunities
• How to maintain a proper balance between efficiency and chaos.

Norman is a 15-year veteran of Hewlett Packard, has lead companies large and small, been a public company director, and has over 30 years consulting and mentoring leaders in a wide range of industries. 

He is the author of The Living Organization, an application of the core principles of how the world works, to how organizations and individuals create their results.
It is a new way of thinking and being that can create extraordinary positive impact for an organization and society.

Connect with Norman:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfe
• https://www.facebook.com/norman.wolfe.5
•  https://twitter.com/nswolfe
•  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyCdGssTxT16WapAL278xQ

Quantum Leaders:

• www.quantumleaders.com
• nwolfe@quantumleaders.com
• (949) 689-2158

Norman's Book - The Living Organization:

• https://www.amazon.com/Living-Organization-Transforming-Business-Extraordinary/
• Chapters 1-3 GIFT!

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"Compassion means to suffer together. Com means together. Passion, suffer. That's where the root of that word comes from. So being compassionate has that sense of, yeah, I know it really feels shitty. I've been there, done that. What are we learning from it? How can we expand our awareness, our consciousness, our ability to grow?" - Norman Wolfe

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• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Nenuca Syquia, the CEO and Co-Founder of Better Organizations by Design, BOxD, a BIPOC, a women-owned and led firm that makes the people-side of business growth less chaotic and more efficient. In this episode, we  discuss great insight on transforming chaotic situations and energy into an opportunity for quantum leaps within your company. We also discuss how to be a wise and compassionate leader while recognizing how to lift those we lead to excel in their expertise.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Methods to lead when experiencing massive changes 
• Leading through a change curve
• Traits of a wise and effective change agent
• How your energy as a leader can affect team morale and innovation

Nenuca has transformed businesses large and small - from Sanofi to The San Francisco Ballet. She was born and brought up in the Philippines and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She proudly leads a diverse team of consultants, coaches and specialists, located across the US, Canada, Latin America and the Philippines.

Nenuca provides unique perspectives on: leadership, team effectiveness, diversity, equity and inclusion and the design of healthy, prosperous organizations. She holds a Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Masters of Science in Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco.

Connect with Nenuca: 

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nenuca
• https://www.boxd.us

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“I think as leaders, they control the weather. That's the number one thing I always tell leaders. You are absolutely entitled to your emotions, and you should display emotions because it is who you are and it is authentic to the experience that you're having. We also have to be aware because as leaders, we are extremely visible. Our voices carry more weight than other people who are sitting in different parts of the organization. And so I'm not saying that we need to mask our emotions, but we have to be aware of the impact that our own emotions have. So depending on where the leaders themselves are in that change curve, they have to be aware that this could actually pull people towards that. So if somebody is angry about a change that is occurring, it will most definitely leak onto their teams.” - Nenuca Syquia

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Join me, Amy Lynn Durham with  Mark Travis Rivera, The Professional Storyteller, Founder, and Consultant. In part 2,  of this 2-part episode, we get courageous about the vulnerable aspects of the human experience and discuss ways to have hope and faith over worry and fear. We also discuss the monumental importance of keeping storytelling and stories alive and why it is a critical characteristic of a quantum leader.
*Trigger warning at 8:45 - suicide is discussed.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• Quantum leadership explained from an inclusive lens
• If you are struggling, ways to stay hopeful and maintain faith
• Why we must never stop being enchanted by stories 

Telling stories is at the core of Mark Travis Rivera’s purpose in life. He is an award-winning creative– founder + lead storyteller + consultant of The Professional Storyteller.

As a writer, Rivera’s bylines include The Bergen Record, Herald News, The Star-Ledger, Fox News Latino, and The Huffington Post. He was also a contributing author in the anthology, Crisis, and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic (PM Press, 2022), edited by Adrian Shanker. His debut collection, Drafts: An Imperfect Collection of Writing, was published in August 2017. He was also a contributing writer for Imagining: A Gibney Journal, where he shared his experience as a disabled choreographer and dancer.

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• https://linktr.ee/marktravrivera

Non-Profit Charitable Organization mentioned in episode - DEM BOIS INC.
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"A quantum leader is someone who is willing to supersede their current structure that we think of leadership as. So, they are willing to bypass the current system, the current structure of leadership in order to elevate the consciousness of the people in need and themselves. A quantum leader is someone who is able to acknowledge the old system know how that system works then deconstruct it and dismantle it so that it can allow others to be elevated alongside them." - Mark Travis Rivera

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• https://msha.ke/createmagicatwork