{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff6a724f7-9e59-49bc-b472-963fb2bea9ea","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"#06. An Essential Link: Wellbeing and Leader Effectiveness","description":"What does wellbeing mean to you? Are you thriving? How would you know?\r\nRenee Moorefield is a dear friend, a spectacular creator and a wise woman. She and business- and life- partner, David, have developed a groundbreaking assessment for wellbeing. Be Well Lead Well Pulse\u00ae is based on over thirty years of experience in the areas of wellness, change management and leadership transformation. In this conversation, we follow the thread that began in exercise physiology, winds through Renee\u2019s own experience as a leader and has evolved into a very integrated way to assess wellbeing.\r\n \r\nAt the center of the Universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us. \r\n- Black Elk \r\n \r\nWithout a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better in the sphere of our being as human. \r\n- Vaclav Havel\r\nFollowing A Thread\r\nEarly in the interview, Renee tells us about a thread that has run through her life \u2013 \u201d a deep belief in our capacity to be well and to thrive\u201d. Her thread runs like this:\r\nThe journey begins with pursuing a degree in Exercise Physiology.\r\nWe all have threads, how would you trace yours? In my view, a thread is closely tied to our life\u2019s purpose.\r\nWellness or Wellbeing?\r\nWellness \u2013 as it is typically used in the U.S., refers to lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition, sleep, exercise, and even breath. But early on, as Renee shares in the interview, forward thinkers such as Halbert Dunn, M.D., Ph.D. were describing wellness in ways that included the \u2018spirit of man\u2019. I found an absolutely fascinating article written by Dr. Dunn; in it he says this about Knowing Thyself:\r\n\r\n\u201cPsychology tells us through laboratory demonstrations that our perceptions of the outer world are indissolubly linked with the concepts and emotions fixed in our minds and body tissues. Without a knowledge of one\u2019s inner self, understanding of the outer world cannot have breadth and depth. A mind tortured with prejudice, hate, and fear projects itself in distorted human relationships.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn reading about Dunn and the impact he had on the holistic wellness movement I\u2019m reminded of all the shoulders we stand on.\r\nIt\u2019s easy to draw a line from High-Level Wellness, as he describes, to the effectiveness and impact of a person who is leading others.\r\nMy favorite definition of wellbeing, a la Renee, is \u201cour internal resourcefulness to meet the demands of our external world\u201d. She adds another aspect to include how we are in relationship with others \u2013 that we exist in relationship. These are both in line with how Dr. Dunn considered wellness in the 1950\u2019s!\r\nHere\u2019s what the Be Well Lead Well Pulse\u00ae measures. You can see how the aspects of wellbeing we discussed, plus more, are reflected:\r\nThriving \u2013 your evaluation of your own wellbeing now, plus the optimism you hold for your future.\r\nFuel \u2013 how you energize yourself physically, mentally and emotionally; this includes diet, movement, rest + breath.\r\nFlow \u2013 aka being in \u2018the zone\u2019; engagement, presence, mindfulness and the feeling of bringing value to your work.\r\nWonder \u2013 continuously evolving your worldviews and perspectives with appreciation and awe; learning and growing.\r\nWisdom \u2013 tapping into and integrating your purpose, vision, and innate genius and bringing equanimity and lightness to life.\r\nThriving Amplified \u2013 creating the conditions where others thrive; energizing and maximizing their impact and growth.\r\nYou can tell by reading the descriptors of the dimensions of the Be Well Lead Well Pulse\u00ae that this is a thorough and generous assessment\r\nWellbeing and the Role of a Leader: Thriving Amplified\r\nI can\u2019t help but make ties to Servant Leadership in this category of wellbeing. Can you imagine the world if we all supported each other in such a fundamental, life-enhancing way?\r\nLike the ability to empathize requires us to be aware of our own emotions, supporting others\u2019 wellbeing requires that we are connected to our","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3af41857-1004-43dc-830b-e72ac4c4fb6e/rS3Q6UEc6shTrnoezHCYLq1-.jpg"}