019 – Mental Health and Leadership with Dave Phillips

Dave Phillips - Thriving Leaders Podcast

Welcome to episode 19 of the Thriving Leaders Podcast, brought to you by Credence & Co. We are back after our summer break and we hope that your break was full of rest and enjoyment! In today’s episode we are talking with Dave Phillips who is a therapist and the National Health and Wellness Director for CLAC. In this conversation Dave and Jason talk about:

  • Emotional and social intelligence

  • How does a lack of social intelligence impact our brains?

  • The importance of creating a safe place

  • How an alpha changes the environment

  • The importance of knowing your own power

  • Taking responsibility for your past and the purpose of pain

  • Why we need to be self-regulating

  • What’s behind the shields that we put up

  • How do we overcome the reflex to put up those shields?

  • How core breathing and mindfulness assists and changes us

  • Training the observer

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Thriving LeadersJason Dykstra