Host, Mike Domitrz, welcomes CAST members Todd Adams, Barry Moniak, and Berni Xiong who engage in a thought – provoking conversation about how do we lead with love, especially when we disagree with someone or their point of view. Inspired by the quote, “The music of God is always playing. Are you listening?” from Breakfast with Buddha, by Roland Merullo the CAST challenge each other and the listeners to leave room for edits (it’s ok to make mistakes-we all do it) while becoming better listeners. It gets a bit sticky as they discuss the current political atmosphere and engaging in conversations with others who may not share their views. The conversation comes full circle when it ends with love.
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Key Takeaways:
[1:07] Mike reads a quote from Breakfast with Buddha, and asks CAST members how they lead with love.
[5:17] Mike shares opposing examples of how people lead with love.
[8:56] Are we ready and willing to engage with those who don’t see our view?
[13:21] Physically and emotionally detaching yourself from a conversation.
[19:00] What exactly does it mean to win in a conversation?
[22:22] How can we empower people to be better listeners?
[25:59] How do Todd, Barry, and Berni listen for love on a daily basis?
Mentioned in This Episode:
Breakfast with Buddha, by Roland Merullo
Jessica Pettitt Youtube Channel
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
The 5 Love Languages, by Gary Chapman
Todd Adams is a coach and advocate for men supporting healthy masculinity, conscious relationships, and prosperous careers. For six years he’s co-hosted Zen Parenting Radio, and he co-founded The Tribe Men’s Group.
Todd is a staff member of The Mankind Project, a staff member for the New Warrior Training Adventure. He’s a Certified Life Coach through the Tony Robbins Life Coaching Program, and a certified instructor for the Institute of Heartmath.
Barry Moniak brings insightful experience and profound discovery to his entertaining, interactive presentations. He inspires audiences to embrace a “befriend fear” mindset, to build focused, energized, synergistic winning teams. Known affectionately as the “CEO Whisperer,” Barry gets leaders to not see people as they think they are, but rather as they truly are. He identifies operational strengths and weaknesses and creates a “befriend fear” modus operandi. This is the foundation for an extraordinary, winning, synergistic culture.
Berni Xiong is The Shin Kicking Life Spark. She owns and runs Brave Bear Media, an intuitive coaching and consulting boutique helping impact-driven individuals speak up, stand out, and change the world. She is a contributing author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive, and contributing writer at The Huffington Post. When she’s not kicking shins, she is hanging out at her Reiki studio in the Twin Cities.
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Sam Silverstein is dedicated to empowering people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and create a more accountable world. He helps companies create an organizational culture that prioritizes and inspires accountability. As a former executive and owner, Sam’s manufacturing and distribution companies sold over $100 million in products and services. Today, Sam writes, speaks, and consults with such companies, inspiring and challenging their people to think differently to achieve a better result.
Nicole Elissa is a Love Coach and a believer, student, and a teacher of love. She works with driven women who are ready to commit to love, finding themselves, discovering their radiance, feeling confident in their own skin to achieve their goals. These goals can look like: leaving their jobs, traveling the world, finding their ideal romantic partner, and living a life that exceeds their preconceived ideas of what is actually possible for them. Nicole Elissa guides women who are ready to connect with their feminine radiance, open up their hearts to love, and transform their life from the inside out.
Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, CPC
If you look up fun in the dictionary, you won’t see a picture of Laurie Guest, CSP. That would be weird. But if you ask any one of the thousands of people who have been in her audiences, they will use the word “fun” to describe both her style and their experience. Laurie is a certified speaking professional, a designation held by less than 12% of speakers worldwide. She is a published author with her book Wrapped in Stillness: A Personal Retreat Guide.