Insight Maximizers

Here comes a really challenging topic: forgiveness! Suze and Jenni look at what forgiveness isn’t and what gets in the way of forgiving, including looking at resentment. In their usual fashion, Jenni and Suze look to Merriam-Webster's current and 1828 to define forgiveness. They learned about the 9 steps of forgiveness from Dr. Frederic Luskin of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, which they have adapted in a handout so they, and all you Maxers out there, can become more comfortable and skilled at forgiving! Please go to www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts to download the handout so you too can do the next Maxer Method! The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

Jenni and Suze review what they know about the impact that emotions and thoughts have on each other. Suze added information about the correlation between the intensity of emotion and how that impacts thoughts, behavior, and how we feel in our bodies. To help visualize what she discussed, Suze created a handout for y’all to download for FREE at www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts!  Suze and Jenni both agreed that the most recent Maxer Method was a challenge, consolidating a lot of the information they have shared in this podcast. Jenni shared the strides she’s been making toward change that she’s proud of. Suze acknowledged how her relationship with herself has been recently impacted by stress in her life. No matter how insight was used, it was helpful for them both! The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Jenni and Suze decide to dive in a little deeper into the connection between thoughts and feelings. They look at how our beliefs are created, starting in our early childhood. Beliefs, as they learned, affect how we feel about past experiences. That’s the creation of “old stuff.”   Fast forward to today, and we have something happen that feels familiar or similar to that past experience. We have emotions about the “new stuff,” and we can have emotions resurface from our past experiences at the same time, affecting the intensity of our reaction. Long-held beliefs from our perception of the past can be a lens that we look through as we experience current events.   The good news is that we can rewrite our perception of our past experiences, and we can change our beliefs. The gift of that is less intense emotional reactions!   The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.    Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.     Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.    Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com.   Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com   Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

Jenni and Suze delve into the components of self-awareness, exploring what it means to be conscious and aware. They remind us that insight comes from awareness, particularly of what we experience in our bodies, the emotions we have, the thoughts we create, and the actions we take or think about taking. How do we become self-aware? Mindfulness is discussed, and a reminder that biofeedback helps us understand what our body is trying to tell us. Sometimes, the best thing to do is write out what we observe in ourselves. Together, they have created a worksheet to tease out the different areas of information inside each of us. This style of journaling will help even the most journal-resistant gain insight!  Download your free copy at www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts today! The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within to handle whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas who works with people across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

  Suze and Jenni reconnect to continue their investigation into triggers and activators. They remind themselves and their listeners how we tend to look at triggers as being negative, originating with the Merriam-Webster dictionary and in our internal safety system in our brains.  They decided to look for positive triggers in their lives, and boy, did they find them! It was refreshing to hear that both Jenni and Suze had so many things happen that elicited happiness and joy. Unbeknownst to the other, they both had “bittersweet” memories—where there was joy, they also felt some sadness, reminding them that we never have just one feeling about anything.  The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

Suze and Jenni return to discuss triggers or activators, the good, the bad, the ugly! They learn that Merriam-Webster denotes a trigger as causing an intense and usually negative reaction in someone, which perpetuates the bum rap that triggers get! Despite how our brains are wired, we can override the tendency to react negatively to things that used to upset us. Jenni and Suze also explain how positive triggers can elicit uplifting emotions! We can also change the way a trigger affects us emotionally, as seen in an example that Jenni and Suze discuss.  To offset the negative stigma of activators, Suze and Jenni challenge themselves and their audience to take some time to focus more on triggers that resulted in happiness.    The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

  Jenni and Suze reflect on how their project and podcast all started. They wanted to turn challenges into opportunities to improve their lives, and help others improve theirs.  In this episode, they talk about why they’ve put together skills and tools to be better prepared psychologically for those moments when we get thrown off emotionally. If you want ways to prepare psychologically for upcoming events, not just plan the logistics of how you’ll get there and what you’ll wear, then you’ve come to the right podcast. They share what they’ve learned so you can benefit and have a better life! The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Over the break of their podcast, Jenni and Suze practiced the trigger plan PAUSE. In the season opener, they discuss what PAUSE stands for, their questions for gaining insight when activated, and the gift that PAUSE has been for them both. They shared what they observed and learned from practicing PAUSE, and they hope this encourages all who listen to integrate PAUSE into their daily lives like Suze and Jenni strive to do. The handout and graphic about PAUSE are still available for free on their website, www.instightmaximizers.com/handouts.  The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within to handle whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.    Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com.   Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

As Season 3 comes to an end, so does 2023. Jenni and Suze reflect on how the approaching holiday season and new year can bring challenges. They suggest it’s a perfect time to observe ourselves and reduce the chances of reacting impulsively and regretting it. They presented questions to ask and a simple acronym to help themselves and listeners remember to observe themselves more than they observe others. They explained their concept of PAUSE, describing the meaning of each letter of the word. Find their handy tools to PAUSE at www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts. Download the graphic to your phone to have easy access to remember to PAUSE, no matter where you are or what you’re doing! Suze and Jenni hope the end of the year is loving and revitalizing, and that 2024 starts out wonderfully! The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at https://www.authenticinsights.com.   Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who works with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Suze and Jenni continue to focus on thinking, and how it is impacted by emotions. While a mild emotional reaction causes thinking to become distorted, an intense feeling will make thoughts irrational. Suze describes the work that Albert Ellis PhD has done to identify 12 irrational beliefs, which Jenni and Suze have compiled for listeners in an easy-to-use handout. Please visit the Insight Maximizers' newly renovated website at insightmaximizers.com to download your free tool to see the full list of the 12 irrational beliefs as well as disputes for each one to help make an irrational belief more rational. Once you have the handout, you’ll be ready to do this episode’s Maxer Method!   The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers

While practicing the most recent Maxer Method, Jenni and Suze realized that distorted thinking is a large part of their conditioned self. It was a good piece of insight for them that connected the coaching and therapy worlds. Suze worked heavily on jumping to conclusions, one of David Burns’ distorted thinking patterns. Jenni realized that she was thinking in should statements, despite not using the word should or ought. They both used skills from the handout insightmaximizers.com/handouts) that helped them change their thinking and in turn, what they were feeling! They hope that everyone listening realizes that we all have distorted thinking, and it can be challenged and changed!   The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

There are many tools available to help us understand how our thinking impacts our emotions, how our body feels and the actions we take or don’t take. To continue our journey into our thinking, Suze discusses one too with Jenni, the 10 distorted thinking patterns identified by David Burns, MD. This episode’s Maxer Method is more journaling, much to the chagrin of Jenni and Suze who remain journal resistant. At least this time the recommended amount of journaling is 3 days, not 5!  Suze created a handout with the 10 distorted thinking patterns that can be downloaded at insightmaximizer.com/handouts. It will be useful to have the handout to learn the coping skills available for us once we identify the distortion we’re using. That’s the message Jenni and Suze want you to know; we all have distorted thinking, and we can all change those thoughts.    The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from the external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Jenni and Suze identified differences between coaching and counseling to inform listeners. They reviewed the Authentic Self and Conditioned Self, which they were identifying in their journaling with the last Maxer Method. Suze continues to struggle with journaling, though found this Maxer Method quite useful to gain insight and feel peaceful inside. Jenni was able to see her progress as she journaled for this episode after reviewing the journaling she did three weeks prior. In the end, they both really believe that journaling is helpful!   The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Jenni and Suze continue to explore thought patterns, this time shifting from a psychological framework to looking through the lens of coaching. Jenni educates us on the mindset of the Authentic Self versus that of the Conditioned Self from her coaching work. Suze relates how self-talk is a part of the work that some therapists do with their clients, noting how the coaching information could help her better assist her clients. At the end of the episode, Suze offers the next Maxer Method for fellow insight seekers to try for more insight. Jenni and Suze agree to practice the Maxer Method themselves, despite it being journaling again—not one of their favorite things to do! To assist with the process, Jenni created a checklist to help identify when a thought is from our Authentic Self versus our Conditioned Self. Please download your free copy of the MINDSET CHECKLIST at http://insightmaximizers.com/handouts.html. The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers  

Suze and Jenni continue to practice what they preach, discussing how they both utilized the Maxer Method recommended to understand and benefit from Transactional Analysis of ego states. Suze briefly reminded us what Transactional Analysis was about before Jenni began with her experience.  Both shared intimate, emotional examples of how they identified ego states in themselves or others, and how they benefitted from thinking about this. They hope their discussion will inspire others to do the work, despite it being overwhelming or emotional. Jenni reminded us that a child-like curiosity can be helpful when trying to gain insight.    The Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this private group for fellow insight seekers to give and receive insights. Join us in changing how we do events. We’re shifting our focus from external things to preparing ourselves from within for handling whatever comes our way. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/524983982549427.  Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing in Texas and Oregon. Request a free consult to work with Suze at www.authenticinsights.com.  Jenni Hubby is a Certified Professional Coach with a team of coaches in Texas, who work with people all across the United States. To schedule a free consult for coaching, visit https://www.jhubconsulting.com/.  Find previous episodes and more about Suze and Jenni at http://www.insightmaximizers.com. Contact Jenni and Suze at Maxers@InsightMaximizers.com Join Insight Maximizers’ Community: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsightMaximizers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightmaximizers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insightmaximizers