18 episodes

It is always best to lead, than be led. Do it! Choose Safety, Find Clarity, Create Order! Host, Ria Windcaller, is an international consultant in conflict management, CEO and Founder of responsetrainings.com, non-fiction author, Aikido Sensei, and EMT. She is taking chaos head-on to find out what works when leading chaos to safety, sanity, and order. Ria is sharing tips from her crisis intervention curriculum and is interviewing authors, business and community leaders and the unknown heroes who are and have faced chaos successfully. And if that doesn't work, she will throw in jokes and free APP tips to send Chaos off your trail.

Leading Chaos Podcast Leading Chaos Podcast

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    • 4.9 • 55 Ratings

It is always best to lead, than be led. Do it! Choose Safety, Find Clarity, Create Order! Host, Ria Windcaller, is an international consultant in conflict management, CEO and Founder of responsetrainings.com, non-fiction author, Aikido Sensei, and EMT. She is taking chaos head-on to find out what works when leading chaos to safety, sanity, and order. Ria is sharing tips from her crisis intervention curriculum and is interviewing authors, business and community leaders and the unknown heroes who are and have faced chaos successfully. And if that doesn't work, she will throw in jokes and free APP tips to send Chaos off your trail.

    Cultivating Inspiratoin

    Cultivating Inspiratoin

    The goal of this episode is to affirm our ability to “cultivate inspiration”, by looking at what inspires us and what inspire others.
    This episode #69 and the lesson plan are dedicated to Jeppe de Lange.
    The word “Inspiration” has its roots in the Latin word inspiratus – meaning to Breathe into – to inspire.
    What can we do to help us breathe into a crisis?
     Exhale, (which we teach in Response) helps us breathe into a crisis. The Exhale creates a pause in action and can redirect our thoughts from one of panic to clarity and reason. The Pause and Exhale is done while asking “Am I safe?” This action encourages the intervener to take in the scene at hand and to also role model a calm, compassionate, and professional demeanor. The use of an Exhale can help motivate, encourage, and influence others – it is a form of Intentional Role Modeling. What is Intentional Role Modeling” Consciously acting in a manner that displays a specific behavior or action.
    Intention can be both benevolent and malicious, today we are working on benevolent Intentional Role Modeling. Benevolent acts can inspire us and others, making Intentional Role Modeling also Inspirational Role Modeling.
    Intentional Role Modeling with benevolence as the lead role modeled”.
    Inspiration is feeling engaged, uplifted, and motivated by someone or something you witnessed.
     
    Positive Emotions help us build upon our engagement in daily life. At a baseline level, they motivate us to get up each morning and participate in life. Inspiration at its highest level, can be transformational.
    The “Broaden and Build Theory” was developed by Barbara Fredrickson’s in the late 1990’s and is commonly referred to in Positive Psychology.
    Positive Psychology is “the scientific study of what makes life most worth living.
     
    Learn more about the Response Curriculum at http://www.responsetrainings.com

    • 24 min
    068: Getting to Certain in Uncertain Times

    068: Getting to Certain in Uncertain Times

    Certainty and Uncertainty are the yin and yang of life’s journey.
    For the most part we navigate though the unknown door of uncertainty without much fretting, because we humans are the masters of problem solving. Yes, we are! Go ahead give yourself a pat on the back! For goodness sakes, you found this podcast on leading chaos - and I know for certain that isn't easy. :)
    Life though has an uncanny way of throwing us off course. Natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and accidents, be it household, car or slipping on icy steps and throwing out our back, can throw us in a tail spin and rain uncertainty down upon us like a hailstorm in July.
    In this episode, we revisit the Response Protocol and how it helps us manage moments of uncertainty.
    And, we learn a little bit about what is going on in our brain that makes us lean towards the irrational.
    To top it off we look at the difference between asking
    “What can I do?”
    vs
    “What if?”
    The more we understand what happens when we are faced with uncertainty, the more likely we will be successful in “getting to certain”.
    And for those who work in the therapeutic milieu consider brainstorm with your team on what your site offers in terms of “Certainty” for a client in need vs “Uncertainty”
    - Role play conversations with a person in crisis that brings them from uncertainty to certainty.
    Not sure how to do this? Contact info@responsetrainings.com and set up a consult or training today and begin practicing “Getting to Certain” before Uncertainty creeps in the back door and begins the cycle of chaos.
    Ria Windcaller is the Rounder and CEO of Response Training Programs LLC. She is the author of Leading Chaos; An Essential Guide to Conflict Management.
    The Response Protocol is not only useful for "getting to certain" it provides an emotional first aid model for First Responders, educators, and anyone wishing to be prepared to lead chaos rather than have it lead you.
     
    Be safe!

    • 22 min
    067: Perfect Transitions

    067: Perfect Transitions

    The secret to life, is it's all about transitions. So why not do them well! Take hold of 3 key transitional moments that impact everyday of your life.

    • 23 min
    066- Red Canoe

    066- Red Canoe

    My Uncle Frank's old saying about not getting to heaven in a Red Canoe, if that Red Canoe don't belong to you...has had me thinking for a long, long time. What the heck does that mean? Can't get I'm not sure if Uncle Frank meant to use this saying the way I am in this podcast. I suspect he was just kidding around and doing a little ditty with us kids at the time. But that just goes to show you how something can stick in your mind for so long and then - Poof- it all comes together. In this episode we chat on the "Use of Force Policy" and how the authorization to use "restraint" as a means of force is, well, kind of like taking somebody's else's Red Canoe. We delve into the words Escort vs Restraint and how these two words have very different effects on one's mental and physical state. Your homework for this episode is to ask yourself and your team ( if that applies to you as a First Responder or PERT Team Member) "Would you rather be escorted or restrained, during a crisis?" This sounds like a worthy chat that every crisis intervener should have. Please let me know what you find out or your thoughts on this topic. Send me an email to ria@leadingchaospodcast.com What does PERT stand for? Psychiatric Emergency Response Team

    • 20 min
    065: New York State Of Mind

    065: New York State Of Mind

    The New York State of Mind.."Start spreading the News...I want to be a part of it - New York, New York!" Yes, Start spreading the news, before there's chaos, get in step with your sense of purpose and professionalism. Be a part of it like ~ New York, New York Who doesn't feel a bounce in their step when you start hearing that song. Such songs do that to us and when the song isn't there we do it ourselves. This is all part of realizing our impact on others and how it also impacts ourself. Find out more via the show notes: leadingchaospodcast.com

    • 18 min
    064- Can't Get My Goat

    064- Can't Get My Goat

    Got goat? Those two words keep rolling back to me over and over again as I contemplate exactly what is my trigger point? Or.. what's my goat? In this episode we begin with an Aikido saying from O'Sensei "True Victory is Self Victory" and explore other musings, like exactly what it is that makes us lose ourself when triggered... or give away our Goat. Baaahaaaa We are back on track with the chapter Cause No Harm from my book, Leading Chaos; An Essential Guide to Conflict Management. I chat about the story of Bully Hill Vineyard in New York state and how Walter Taylor gave it to the Coca Cola company that bought his family wine label Taylor wines. And how Walter Taylor took the saying - "Can't get my goat" to push back at Coca Cola

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

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55 Ratings

55 Ratings

A Swartz/Life Purpose Advisor ,

Nice Use of the Wisdom of Aikido

Great! Love listening to your musings and wisdom and bringing peaceful warriorism into our every day lives. I'll be back for more. As a person who practiced Aikido for a period of time, I appreciate the opportunity to experience some of the sensations off the mat. Blessings.

sweaterguy1 ,

Calm the Chaos

Great interviews and tips on chaos intervention. :)
The quality is great and I'm excited to hear more!

SallyMcC ,

Refreshing Reminders

We have choices in all situations. So helpful to be reminded that I don't have to react. I can learn to create opportunities for others, which makes life better for me.
Thanks so much, Ria.

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