Positivity Strategist

My guest on Positivity Strategist is Dr. Judy Krings, a personal and professional positive psychology life coach, clinical psychologist and positivity coach trainer. We talk about revving up resilience in relationships, which is the focus of her latest book, Rev Up Your Relationship Resilience: 7 Positive Psychology Tips to Make Love Last. It's a gorgeous book in all ways: beautiful to look out with heartfelt language and valuable messages. It contains 140 positive tips and strategies and 70 personal beautiful photographs. This Book, like Judy, exudes warmth, love, experiences, and expertise. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps19 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps19)

Business owner, author, speaker, international consultant on innovation, leadership and sustainable development, Nadya Zhexembayeva talks about her experiences working in the field of innovative, intelligent resource development.  Nadya has written about her findings in her latest book, Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World.   An appreciative inquiry practitioner, she collaborates with business leaders to help them redesign their businesses to thrive in a world that values all resources. Nadya shares five principles that will delight you and challenge your thinking. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps18 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps18)  

How to have less stress in our lives, especially in business is the topic of this episode where Positivity Strategist host, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel talks with Jamie Sussel Turner.  Jamie has authored a book on the subject: Less Stress Business, A guide for Hiring, Coaching and Leading Great Employees.  We talk about being the leader we want to be, taking positive actions and dealing with resistance. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps17 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps17)    

Host, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel, Positivity Strategist and Jackie Kelm, The Joy Engineer of Appreciative Living engage in conversation and share stories about their passion for Appreciative Inquiry, the strength-based, positive change methodology. Jackie shares her 3-step Appreciative Living process to bring greater joy into your life whatever the situation, and move beyond any cultural negativity bias. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps16 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps16)

Our guest, Dr. Jean-Louis Lamboray, is Co-founder of Constellation, a non-profit global community development organization. Jean Louis' passion is to stimulate local responses where people realize their strengths, their collective capacities and begin to take action toward their dreams. It's a strength-based, positive approach with the emphasis on experience, practice, and people doing it for themselves. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps15 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps15)

Conscious Capitalism, Law of Attraction, writer, speaker, editor-in-chief of magazines and personal development coach  Sue Elliot  provides a plethora of ideas, tips and strategies to bring more love and joy into all areas of your life. You'll be energized and uplifted by her insights and stories. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps14 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps14)  

Women, entrepreneurs, passion, courage, mentors are topics covered in this episode with Penina Rybak, speaker, and author of "The NICE Reboot."  This digital age is such a gift to women who live true to feminine values of transparency, collaboration, and care. Access to thought leaders who can be virtual mentors and whose experiences and expertise is readily available online opens up unprecedented opportunities.  Penina outlines how, despite personal health issues and the tragic loss of her own mentor and best friend, rebooted her life to be the bootstrapped entrepreneur she is today.  For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps13 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps13)  

Guest Alan Kay, Solution Focused Facilitator, exchanges views and stories about change methodologies which are similar, yet distinct. Approaches that hold the premise that in any system, human or otherwise, there are many things that work well already, and that's the best way to start any change initiative. It's much more energizing and lasting to have the members of an organization identify their own capacities and come up with their own solutions than have an outside consultant do it for them. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps12 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps12)

Through the lenses of positivity and our own greatness zone, we talk about the importance of living a purposeful life and how to create that for ourselves. It starts with developing a sense of self-awareness and how we go about our daily lives. Taking time to notice the world around us and how we fit it can start by becoming aware of our strengths, and what gives us joy which leads to discovering the best of who we can be for ourselves and for the world.For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps11 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps11)

Ted Coiné, author of A World Gone Social chats about thriving in the social age and focuses on the values of the new social revolution: engagement, collaboration and transparency. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps10 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps10)

A conversation around shifting traditional "workplaces" into "places of work" where, through playful reinvention, leaders connect to their true spirit, and are energized to empower others to have their voice, to be spirited, playful and thrive. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps9 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps9)

Positive Life Coach, Melissa Schnapp gives us practical steps to build our positivity muscles. She consciously went out looking for a a way to build positivity in her own life, and more than that, she wanted to learn how to apply and teach it. She's a graduate of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology at University of Pennsylvania. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps8 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps8)

In this special conversation with Linda Quarles we span the globe and a spectrum of applying Appreciative Inquiry from Global Corporations, to a school in China, to around the dining table at home in the US and visiting the exquisite Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps7 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps7)

In this episode, my special guest is my most wonderful friend and colleague, Cathy Joseph. Cathy has much to share about her life with appreciative inquiry. She has recently returned from an amazing project in Islamabad, Pakistan. Cathy shares the joy of her project in Pakistan and taunts us with the beginnings of undertold stories. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps6 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps6)

In this episode, my brilliant guest is Dr. Lindsey Godwin. Lindsey is a scholar and a truly global Practitioner. We talk about innovative, strength-based business education for students and business people that Dr. Godwin continues to initiate, as well as her multiple successful partnerships in linking business and education across the world. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps5 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps5)

In this episode, my special guest is Ed Jacobson, PdD, MBA. What's special about Ed is his one of a kind Appreciative Financial Planning program. He has carved a niche among Financial Advisory Companies to train and coach them to connect more deeply with their customers and strengthen sustainable relationships and partnerships. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps4 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps4)

In this episode, you'll learn about a foundational principle of positivity: when you feel good, you do good. You'll hear two stories that illustrate this core principle: a business story and a personal story. You'll take aways 3 practices to build up your own reserves of positivity. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps3 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps3)

In this episode, you'll hear about the power of the question, particularly how positive questions make a positive difference. The way we ask questions determines what comes next. Questions create movement and change. Knowing how to ask positive questions is yet another positivity strategy for you to add to your personal positivity portfolio. For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps2 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps2)

You've most likely heard the expression: "Be careful what you ask for!" In this episode, you'll become aware that what you put your attention to WILL command your energy - your emotional energy, your thinking energy and your physical energy. You may not always be conscious of it. Our positivity strategy in this episode is: What you focus on grows! For resources and links mentioned in this episode, visit http://positivitystrategist.com/ps1 (http://positivitystrategist.com/ps1)