There's always the opportunity to learn more and develop one's capabilities. This episode is a session which helped the chief executive of a fast-growing and successful company with a real anxiety about speaking to big teams and taking part in media interviews: overcoming such fears is not easy. Adam Cox invites you to think of someone you would regard as strongly capable, and then mapping their resources into yourself so that you broaden your own comfort zone. For those looking to grow their career or develop leadership capabilities, this episode could be a real help. It's not about aiming for perfection — it's about making constant progress.
Published:
Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Wendy K Laidlaw, bestselling author and endometriosis expert, to discuss how endometriosis can affect suffers and how her own journey led her to develop the 'Laidlaw Protocols.' Wendy also speaks on her booked and training academy. www.healendometriosisnaturally.com
Guests: Wendy Laidlaw
Published:
Adam Cox develops a metaphorical story into this intriguing episode: ambiguities that don't make sense but may fit together as a route to creating meaning and progress. Enigmatic? Possibly. Worth a listen? Definitely.
Published:
Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Ria Kalsi, Founder of Matriarch, to discuss why companies which place emphasis on their diversity and inclusion generate up to 30% higher revenue per employee. They look at how racial inclusion benefits people, and why it is still something society still struggles with. www.mtrrch.com
Guests: Ria Kalsi
Published:
Adam Cox believes that the best time to be alive is right now. That's not just a statement of the psychologically obvious, but he feels there are more opportunities, more ways of doing positive things, and with less restrictions than at any time in human history. But it's also a psychological truism — if you think it's not the best time to be alive, you're onboarding regret and disappointment. So why not look on the bright side of life, and see if you share Adam's conviction?
Published:
Many people have no problem with social events involving people they know well — close friends or family — but struggle with events bringing them into contact with strangers. This episode is designed to help by mapping those feelings of confidence in the former situations into the latter, finding that equivalent sense of relaxation in unfamiliar settings.
Published:
How do you respond to criticism? Do you rise to the challenge, or retreat into your shell? Does it undermine your eloquence and creativity to be challenged by others? Many successful people are aware of this 'Achilles Heel', and this episode is designed to help tackle such a potential loss of confidence: by removing belief systems that tell you you're not good enough and leave you searching for external validation, and by accessing your highly resourceful state more easily.
Published:
Experiencing trauma during childhood or in adult life often results in people developing a coping strategy. This may involve retreating to 'survival mode', and it may be a dark place, providing little solace. In this episode, Adam explores how to turn that experience into a place of possibility which can dispel anxiety or those feelings of being unsafe.
Published:
At first sight this might appear a good episode to hear during Lent, as we deny ourselves these pleasures in anticipation of gorging on them over Easter. However it brings a rather different message — setting a longer-term perspective by looking ahead for the benefits. By denying ourselves short-term but damaging desires by focusing on long-term good outcomes, this process of investing for the future can bring real dividends in the long run.
Published:
Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
Adam Cox is joined by Martin Grieder, hearing and MedTech expert from Sonova, to discuss new research that suggests one in three of us between the ages of 45 & 70 struggle to hear in busy spaces. They look at why there is still such a stigma around hearing devices, and what people can do to help. All Headphones for Hearing Support | Sennheiser (sennheiser-hearing.com)
Guests: Martin Grieder
Published: