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

Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:

• Richard Schwartz
• Eric Gentry
• Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Dave Phillips website

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