...and we're back, with our last episodes of the year! Part One sees Tiff and Carl look back at 2024 and give their list of favorites, memorable moments, experiences and lessons learned, while encouraging you all to do the same!

As we ring in the holidays, our present to you is a revisit to our first (and, so far, only) in-person episode. Tiff and Carl met to record after wrapping up the 2024 National Tribal TANF Institute held at the UC Davis Campus.

Stay tuned for more new content early in the new year!

Part two of our episode digs deeper into coaching and how it applies in leadership and in government service. The episode wraps up in with our hosts sharing tips to develop a coaching mindset, as well as sharing their favorite coaching questions.

Part Two of our conversation on gratitude begins with the importance of recognizing meaningful effort of their staff to help them to been seen as a valued team member, as well as understanding the power of acknowledging compliments and gratitude with a simple, heartfelt "thank you". Tiff and Carl end the episode with tips and homework to help create daily gratitude practices.

In part two of our episode on workplace wellness, Tiff and Carl further define what wellness means to them and looks at the various domains of our lives that can contribute to our feelings of wellness and stress. They then discuss how recognizing our reactions to stress can lead to us better addressing it when it raises its ugly (and life threating) head. Tiff and Carl then focus the rest of the episode on tips to improve our wellbeing, both for ourselves and everyone else around us.

If you've ever thought, "workplace wellness... is that a thing?" Well, yes it is! In this episode, our intrepid hosts will discuss the much discussed, ever elusive concept and provide an understanding of how different people, and generations, view what it means. Before that, Tiff and Carl share their favorite places to grab lunch in San Francisco and answer the questions of the week.

Part Two of our episode sees our fearless duo continue their discussion of goal mastery before providing practical solutions for those that want to maximize their focus, including SMART GROW and creating action plans.