Alive and Engaged with David C. Jones
Alive and Engaged with David C. Jones

Alive and Engaged with David C. Jones

David C. Jones

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It’s about speaking out and looking in! A lively self-improvement series that has two features each episode. We share with you How To Emcee Your Life, talking about the transferrable skills from being an on-stage host and bringing aspects of that into your day to day interactions. Then we introduced you to experts who work on empowering and/or healing from the inside out.

Recent Episodes

Ayahuasca - Plant Medicine
JAN 10, 2022
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51 MIN
Neutral Third Party
AUG 31, 2020
Neutral Third Party

In this episode, the C is for Calm, with tips on stage fright and social anxiety as you ENGAGE audiences. 

Then at 14:15, do you know two people who hate each other? Do you wish there was some way you could resolve that conflict? marilyn lemon (she does not capitalize her name) makes a career out of being a neutral third-party which is also the name of her organization. Stepping into the middle of a war of words is what makes her feel ALIVE. You can find out more about her at https://neutralthirdparty.ca/ 

Resources Mentioned In This Episode 

Confucius
Influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure.
https://www.biography.com/scholar/confucius

Amy Cuddy (I accidentally said Ann in the podcast) -
Expert on the behavioural science of power, presence, and prejudice.
https://www.amycuddy.com/

Ali Froggatt
Improviser, actor, writer, instructor.
https://alifroggatt.com/

Jack Plotnick
Director, actor, producer, writer, teacher.
http://jackplotnick.com/
Some great videos by him Nervousness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a3WxzYXdcQ
Control Your Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlRjBX4frE

Charisma on Command
Want to be more charismatic and confident?
https://www.youtube.com/user/charismaoncommand

How to Win Friends and Influence People
80 year old book by Dale Carnegie – the title says it all.
https://www.dalecarnegie.com/en

Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
A simple, effective parallel thinking process that helps people be more productive, focused and mindfully involved. https://www.debonogroup.com/services/core-programs/six-thinking-hats/

Conflict Resolution Courses at the Justice Institute.
Equips its students with the skills needed to effectively respond to and resolve issues related to conflict.
https://www.jibc.ca/areas-of-study/conflict-resolution

Harvard University Mediation Training.
Organizations have long recognized the value of hiring professional mediators to help resolve disputes. https://www.pon.harvard.edu/tag/mediation-training/

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William L. Ury
The book made appearances for years on the Business Week bestseller list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_Yes

The Conflict Pivot by Tammy Lenski
Turning conflict into peace of mind.
https://tammylenski.com/books/conflict-pivot/

Turning Conflict into Profit by Larry Axelrod PhD MA BA, Rowland (Roy) Johnson MA C.R. Cert., Rowland (Roy) Johnson
A Roadmap for Resolving Personal and Organizational Disputes
https://books.google.ca/books?id=d9djCAAAQBAJ

Theatre For Living
Was renowned for their work creating theatre for social change.
https://theatreforliving.com/

Music Selections by Zapslat, Fesliyan Studios, Sam Chime and Epidemic Sounds
Graphics by Abbey Spracklin
Special Thanks to Steven Holmes

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53 MIN
Healing for a New World
JUL 2, 2020
Healing for a New World

In this episode, the C is for Creativity
Then I talk with Vince Gowmon ­ Healer, Speaker, Author, Poet, Musician.

He is deeply committed to the work of helping people heal, and through their healing work, positively shifting the consciousness of the world.

A Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, a practitioner of BioDynamic Breathwork, a public speaker on creative play and so much more.

Vince is also an energy healer with dynamic results.

His web-site is
www.vincegowmon.com.


Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Somatic Counselling
A body-based approach to therapy.

The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Articulates new and better therapies for toxic stress.

It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn
How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle.

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Stephen Porges
New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system

TJ Dawe monologist
Medicine – “a powerful transforming experience” The Georgia Straight
 
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A funny book, radio play, tv-series and movie. ” Inspired lunacy” The Washington Post Book World

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
A book analyzing the mechanisms of unconscious thinking, or snap judgments.

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70 MIN