The IntroPowered Podcast

What's good, Intropowered! We're starting our series on Habits to Break / Habits to Make. We all have habits and this episode breaks down what habits are and the power of them. Check it out! https://linktr.ee/winningdefined

People think confidence isn't arrogance but to avoid even appearing arrogant we don't move with confidence, this is one of many misconceptions we aim to challenge and correct in this weeks episode. Along with psychological theory and biblical insight, we're starting this series so we can live with confidence and step into the purpose God has called us into. Check it out!

Dr. @nedratawwab got it right. I'm convinced that we as a society are woefully #emotionallyilliterate but our culture has all but banished healthy and effective grieving. Grieving goes far beyond losing a loved one (which a few days is given), but all types of loss: loss of relationship, loss of agency, loss of health, loss of job/career, and many more must be allowed to flow or else it will cause major problems in other areas of our lives. Check out this week's episode on how we can learn effective and practical ways to address our grief and not default to the often quoted by many #introverts, #imfine #linkinbio ❤️ If you got something from this post

Learning how to grieve, believe it or not, is a needed skill for all of us. This episode ends our “Grieving Well” series but without our journey through grief, we limit the capacity for our experiencing of eventual joy and grief. My encouragement to each of you is to grieve well.

Continuing our “Grieving Well” series, we discuss all of what grief is. Grief touches every part of us! So many do not recognize the scope of grief, and our world and culture often dismisses or minimizes it, sadly to our detriment. We must be compassionate to ourselves and others while in the valley of grief.

So many of us, especially religious folks tend to put grief into a box that is often unhealthy, unwise, and not even biblical. Today's episode helps us understand better what grief is by eliminating what it is NOT. Check it out! Https://linktr.ee/winningdefined

If you're like me, 2024 has started like a world class sprinter out of the blocks! Many of us are yet to have taken time to process through all of what happened last year and not doing this will cause repeat challenges! Check out this week's episode and learn 10 ways and areas to process our challenges so we can see them again a far off this year! So healthy and wise! Https://linktr.ee/winningdefined

This is Part 1 of our “Invest in You” series where we'll dive deep into what we need to shift from where we are now to where we want to be, while becoming who we need to become! Therapy has many versions we owe it to ourselves to find out which one connects with you best. Check it out!

There are 3 forms of stress but believe it or not, there is one type of stress that is good! Check out this podcast as we break these down so we can continue to strive towards eliminating burnout but making room for resilence, growth, and the next breakthrough in our lives! Intropowered, let's lean in!

Stress is real. But more times than not we know that this current situation will be stressful but we aren't proactive to avoid and better manage it. Check out our latest podcast on ways to beat stress before it starts! #linkinbio

Check out the link to watch the full podcast episode on the 5 Stages of #burnout Burnout is real and if unmanaged potentially serious. Https://linktr.ee/intropowered

Burnout is real. But if we can effectively process our burnout we can come out the other end of it, stronger, wiser, and more emotionally intelligent! Check out tonight's podcast and share below, what helps you to process life, especially when we are burnt out.

We all want to recovery from a loss or setback the right way but must include the following to ensure we do so with excellence! Join us tonight on how to not hide from situations and uncomfort to place ourselves in the best position to move forward! ❤️ If you got something from this post

We're beginning our new series on #resilience and tonight, we'll be sharing problems that occur when are NOT as resilient as we could be to help us make it through current down seasons and whatever is to come! ❤️ If you got something from this post

In this episode, we break down realistic, practical, and spiritual ways in which to arrive at the desired destination of work/life balance and proper compensation instead of "quiet quitting", not giving half effort, average mediocre work! Buckle up!!

Quiet Quitting is now a popular trending movement in workplace culture that is fighting back against the "grind culture" where one would go "over and beyond" at work, sacrificing our work life balance. Though this is the right destination, HOW we get there is just as important! Part 1, we are exposing the problems with quiet quitting in regards to giving our average, mediocre, half-effort while at work. Check this out!

Part 3 of our "As a Man/Woman thinks" Series, speaking on how to remove these Automatic Negative Thoughts that we all experience.

Going deeper into how our poor, faulty thinking can impact anything good we want to do. Ways to fix our 'stinking thinking' for those of us who live in our heads.

Did you know the average human brain does a lot of thinking, up to 70,000 thoughts per day AND the majority of these thoughts are negative! For those of us who live in our heads, join us tonight as we break down helpful, positive, and practical ways to manage these ANTS (automatic negative thoughts) with kindness, grace, and focus! 8pm EST, see you all tonight!

Life has a way of having one or more challenges occur at the same time. Burnout has a way of making these challenges worse! Please, prioritize your care and address your burnout! Check out these 5 reasons to motive us to begin putting things in place to not allow burnout to linger any longer!

There are so many false beliefs about how we are to address (really ignore) burnout. Check our latest podcast that calls out these fallacies and gives practical tips to fight burnout responsibly! For more, hop onto https://linktr.ee/intropowered

Some of us would never equate our being nice with codependency but sadly it is. If we are emotionally enmeshed with another person, with the goal to control and or ‘help' them while negatively risking ourselves, are codependent. This is not healthy or wise…but there is hope! Https://linktr.ee/intropowered

This is our Part 2 of our Series: Addicted to Being NICE. Tonight's topic: Consequences of Codependency. Codependency (per Psychology Today is when If we're honest, many of us actually are addicted to being nice…we like the dopamine release that we judge others from getting from artificial substances but we fall into the same trap of people pleasing that births codependency and ultimately lands in burnout…time to face this directly. Check out part 2 to our series: Addicted to Being Nice: Part 2 is addressing the consequences of our codependency. Https://linktr.ee/INTROPOWERED

Let me just call this out right here, too many of us are literally addicted to being NICE! If we are not careful, we will find ourselves at the bottom of the codependency trap! Check out Part 1 of our podcast series as we break down codependency, its consequences, and what to do about it! Https://linktr.ee/oseidaniels

Our Spiritual Health is equally as important as our physical and mental health. The question is how do we optimize something that many think they know but has been hindered during this pandemic. Today's Topic is/Points to Cover are: Spiritual Health/Wellness Our Spiritual Health impacts our physical health (both positively and negatively) We need to have consistent spiritual wellness practices included in our lives or the bottom will fall out How you view yourself is a direct reflection of how you view God and will impact how you view others

Today's Topic is/Points to Cover are: What is Burnout/Spiritual Burnout (working definition) Problems that occur when we are spiritually burnt out 3 Ways to Fight Spiritual Burnout CLOSING REMINDER Thanks so much listening! Friendly Reminder, if you have not already, another way to connect with us is to like our Facebook Group, ‘The IntroPowered Tribe', where we will dive deeper into making the shift from being nice to being kind but to speak our truth, say no with a smile to make room for the BIGGER YES that God has created us for! REMEMBER: NICE PEOPLE DO FINISH LAST BUT KIND ONES RISE TO THE TOP! https://linktr.ee/oseidaniels Let's Go!

Many of us know what physical, work-related, and mental/emotional burnout are but what about spiritual burnout? I'm this 2 part series, we're breaking down what Spiritual Burnout is what ways we can fight it!

Whichever ‘VERT' we are, mainly focuses on where we gain our energy from. Vanessa Van Edwards wrote a book discussing the breakdown between being an extrovert, introvert, and an ambivert. Our goal as INTROPOWERED should be to able to flow easily between being an extrovert and introvert, while prioritizing how we recharge, with the goal always to be pulled forward by our life's magnet. If you haven't already, subscribe to the IntroPowered Podcast! Buckle up, we have ALOT more life changing opportunities coming up!

INTROVERTS... I've always been frustrated with personality assessments that tend to have an overall negative bend towards introverts… They have a negative connotation towards us…but the reality is our world today, opportunities come to those who are confident. WORKING DEFINITION OF WHO THE INTROPOWERED ARE: Gain energy from being alone or within smaller groups of like-minded people Prefer to work in the background but has one lane in which we LEAD through our gifting Confidently say NO with a SMILE (Desire to have the heart to help others and not have it stomped on) Desire to practice with the goal of mastery towards Personal Stewardship (aka self-care) Determined to be KIND by choice, not the false narratives, obligations, and expectations that being nice has taught us Helping to identify the BIGGER YES that is directly connected to our passion and life magnets (our spiritual gift) What makes this our year? There is not nor has there ever been anything wrong with us! We, like EVERYONE ELSE, do have character areas of growth: Being shy, people pleasing, not speaking our truths, speaking up for ourselves The Great Resignation has made it popular now to make a shift in our careers, but I believe it is also time to make a shift in our lives, ministries, etc Join the INTROPOWERED TRIBE on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/groups/intropoweredtribe/

We're 1/3 of the way through this holiday season. We have to be KIND to ourselves to make it through! Check out how here! HTTP://linktr.we/oseidaniels

It is time to make the SHIFT from being NICE to Being KIND, FIRST to ourselves THEN to others! We are being nice to ourselves and NOT KIND when we lie about how we're really feeling, trying to do everything on our own, and pretending we're not AWESOME at certain things so others won't be uncomfortable or feel insecure…check out how we can practically be kind to ourselves with the goal of becoming a better version of ourselves as 2022 comes upon us. We can no longer afford to continue to drag the same immature, fearful, and nice version of ourselves any longer! Time to make the SHIFT! www.kindnessdefined.com

We are our OWN WORST CRITIC! We have A.N.Ts (Automatic Negative Thoughts) that operate in our minds and words throughout our lives. We must be kind to ourselves and CHALLENGE THEM! Once we do, we must replace them with self affirming words about what we want, and who we believe God wants us to be! Check it out! If you haven't already, go to kindnessdefined.com and sign up for our newsletter, ‘Kindness Speaks' and follow us on Instagram @kindnessdefined. Remember, BE KIND, NOT NICE! Let's go!!

Do you feel exhausted after the week AND after the weekend? What do you do to feel restored, to regain what you've given away during the week? This week's podcast talks about how we all must develop ‘Systems of Restoration' into our lives on a consistent basis so we can be attuned to be kind to others and do our jobs and responsibilities with excellence! Check it out! #kindnessdefinedbook #kindnessdefined #bekind #bekindnotnice #kindness #bekindtoothers #setboundaries #masterselfcare #bekindtoyou #lifecoachingtips #cancelbeingnice #66Kind #selfcare #selfcaremastery #bekindtoyoufirst

Kindness is to boundaries like hand is to glove! True, honest, authentic, and genuine kindness must be protected by firm and appropriate parameters to ensure longevity. Being nice is always short lived, inauthentic, and will eventually cause us to explode emotionally if we have no limits in place. This episode will hit us hard and give us practical tips on how to still be kind and stay emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually whole. This episode and new upcoming book, Kindness Defined, to my late mom, Daphne Daniels. Check out more at kindnessdefined.com and follow us on Instagram, @kindnessdefined! Remember, Be Kind NOT NICE!

Some of us simply do not know how to communicate…all we know how to do is quote Bible texts but we don't really know how to listen! In this podcast, we discuss problems with being too Preachy, WHEN to give moral advice/guidance, HOW to be Kind not Preachy, and it's benefits. Do us a favor and follow us on Instagram @kindnessdefined and click the link in the bio to sign up for our weekly newsletter, also titled “Kindness Speaks”! Kdh

3. Today's TOPIC: NICE PLATITUDES TO BE CANCELED and how to replace them 4. PERSONAL EXAMPLE: 5. KEY POINTS 1. What are Platitudes? 1. A Platitude (noun) is a remark/statement that is 2. trite and often empty of meaning 3. often used as a thought-terminating cliche, 4. aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. 5. Platitudes have been criticized as giving a false impression of wisdom, making it easy to accept falsehoods 6. Platitude might be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use 6. EXAMPLES OF PLATITUDES TO CANCEL 1. Everything Happens for a Reason 2. Good things come to those who wait 3. Time Heals All Wounds 7. Reasons to eliminate them 1. They are not 100% spiritual principles 2. They are being NICE, often uncomfortably filling the empty quiet spaces with unhelpful words 3. NEGATES RESPONSIBILITY and SAFE SPACES TO VENT and be heard WITHOUT judging, fixing, dismissing, and 1. Principles on how to replace them with KIND STATEMENTS 1. (Say nothing) The Ministry of Presence and HELP 2. “I'm here to listen”. “What else is going on?” “What else do you feel about this situation?” 1. NOTE: You are not a therapist, but a friend. Friends don't try to fix, we focus on supporting and encouraging them to seek out help 3. “How can I help?” NOT ‘I UNDERSTAND' 1. Consider going with them, if requested, to attend their first session, if appropriate 2. Applaud them for making an appointment 3. DO YOUR OWN WORK! 4. If you haven't already * Working on a brand new website but for now, follow us on Instagram @kindnessdefined

What's good, My Former Nice People!” this is Osei Daniels, hosting our next Kindness Speaks!. Welcome Back! Excited to share with you these life changing principles about Kindness! It is great to back! This Podcast #9 of Kindness Speaks! TODAY'S POWER QUOTE: “Character is BOTH how you treat others and yourself with kindness” Today's Topic is: 3 Reasons why Being Nice is a character flaw Just like a when we get a crack in our windshield, the longer we go without getting it fixed, the worse it gets, making driving difficult for you and to others by being a hazard on the road! The same way that Being Nice is a character flaw. We cannot allow it to continue! Points to Cover are: 1. Being Nice is a Subtle Form of Manipulation 1. I'm F.I.N.E, its Ok, 2. Using Flattery to get what you want 2. Truth is Avoided 1. Examples: Doing a poor job at work, recipe for dinner didn't workout, someone 2. Not wanting to share the truth because we don't want to hurt the other person's feelings 3. Little White Lies…“is a well-intentioned untruth” 1. In our Upcoming Webinar, we're going to break down HOW To share potentially harmful ‘truths' to others in a kind way 3. Being Nice stifles maturity and growth and leaves everyone the exact same 1. When we do not want to BE part of the solution, then we leave others lacking of the needed truth, that they only hear well from YOU! 2. The truth is supposed to set us free! I'm not saying we IGNORE people's feelings and we must develop a stronger discernment for WHEN to share things, and this takes practice but I'd rather us tell each other, friends and family, the truth, so someone outside our home doesn't have to! I have a New Years Challenge for everyone that is listening to this. I have created 12 Kindness Personal Affirmations that I believe will help us set the tone for us personally, to focus on determined self improvement and dynamic character development! Go to KindnessDefined.com and sign up for next week's webinar, and I'll send you the PDF for free! I'll also be summarizing these 12 Affirmations beginning tomorrow morning, on instagram, follow us there @kindnessdefined Thanks for listening. NEW YEARS BLESSINGS to you and yours for 2021 and remember: NICE PEOPLE DO FINISH LAST BUT KIND ONES RISE TO THE TOP! Let's Go!

POWER QUOTE: “If You can't BE KIND, please, be quiet” Today's Topic is: Kindness, Social Media, and Christmas Points to Cover are: 1. Take a Break (give yourself a time limit) 1. SCREEN TIME On IOS 2. Begin a New Year's Audit of Your Social Media Accounts, Subscriptions, etc 3. Avoid Online Antagonism and stay positive 1. “If you can't BE KIND, please, be QUIET” 4. Leverage Technology to enjoy connecting with family and friends 5. Add a few non-digital getaways for your eyes, mind, and body 1. Get outdoors! 2. Read a physical book 3. Call family and friends My challenge is that going into the new year, 2021, you are actually refreshed, have given yourself time to re-calibrate, maybe even let go of all the stress of 2020 and make the choice to be positive and KIND to yourself so you have something MORE to give to others! Friendly Reminder, if you have not already, subscribe to Kindness Speaks NEWSLETTER! Every 100th Subscriber will get a FREE copy once the book comes out! Also, follow us on IG @kindnessdefined Thanks for listening. I send each of you listening NEW YEARS BLESSINGS for 2021 and remember: NICE PEOPLE DO FINISH LAST BUT KIND ONES RISE TO THE TOP! Let's Go!

Podcast #7. POWER QUOTE: “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis Today's Topic is: Part 3 to our Series, Selfishness, SelfLESSness, and Kindness Points to Cover are: 1. Eliminate Self-Centeredness 1. Being Self Centered is 2. Prioritizing our Self-Care 3. Create Spaces to Serve My challenge is that I am good at a lot of things, because of this, a lot of people would ask me and I would always say yes…we have to learn to Our Kindness Challenge for Today is:/Practical Suggestions * Get organized * If you're unsure, say NO! Be kind to yourself and say no, then let it marinate, then go back and say you are actually available! It is SO MUCH BETTER!

It is NOT being selfish when you put yourself first!!! Check out these top five ways we are truly being kind to ourselves with our time, money, and mental space! Check out the full top ten list at www.kindnessdefined.com

We all have selfish moments but our goal is to expose what we think of being kind but are really selfish...#kindnessdefined #kindness #bekindnotnice #setboundaries #saynowithasmile #introverts #selfcare #bekindtoyourself

In today's episode, we address key points about what we must avoid when are angry. Check out the connected blog post on kindnessdefined.con

We all get angry but what we do when we get angry is key! Find out practical ways to kindly address when we are angry.

We have NO IDEA what other people are going through in their lives. Along with this global pandemic, other negative things can be true. Job loss, relationship issues, health challenges, etc can be happening at the same time. Today we'll share 4 ways we can show kindness to others while giving them space to respond harshly to us! Kindness is needed now more than ever! R.I.P Chadwick Boseman...

4 Things Kindness is NOT! It always helps to understand something better when we know what it is not. Today we're doing the same with KINDNESS! Remember, Nice people DO finish last, but KIND ones rise to the top! Let's go!

4 Problems that arise when we focus on being nice to others. The differences, like flight courses of airplanes, are small between being nice and being kind, but before you know it, you'll be completely off course!