The HRart of It

We are wrapping up the end of Season 3 here on the HRart of It podcast! Can you believe it? For this final episode of the season, we are taking a look back at the top 5 most listened-to episodes of the entire year. Listen along as Samm and Dave share highlights and key lessons from some of our most inspiring conversations on the podcast.

After listening to this episode, head to the show notes down below to find links to each of the full length episodes featured in this list. Thanks for a great 2022, and we’ll see you next year after a short break! Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

Melissa Ural, the HRart Center’s HR Apprentice, joins Samm and Dave to share her journey coming from burnout, disengagement and fear to finding her true self. With over 20 years experience in Human Resources, Melissa is now taking her talents in Intuitive Coaching and Medical Qigong into workplaces to help heal individuals suffering from burnout as well as working to heal whole workplace cultures. She shares her insights into the healing process as she both learns to heal others using a new modality as well as experiencing the healing within herself. Tune in for this inspiring and open discussion on this episode of the HRart of It Podcast. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

Recognizing when you are making life decisions based upon the external expectations placed upon you is actually the first step to understanding what is truly going to make you happy, and doing so led Rebecca Morrison to a big career change. Rebecca joins Samm on the HRart Of It podcast to share her journey from being a high achiever, who realized she was only fulfilling the shoulds in her life, to changing where she put her energy and ultimately finding her happiness.

Wading through those messy experiences, recognizing the season, and going deep is what led Rebecca to becoming a coach, a career which isn’t far from what she wanted to be as a child. Samm and Rebecca also chat about the benefits of having a trusted coach and the difference between needing a therapist or a coach to aid you on your healing and growth journey. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

Today’s special guest on the HRart of It Podcast is both a licensed acupuncturist and stand up comedian! The always funny Jen Mason chats with Samm about the incredible healing modality that is humor and what it can mean for creating connections, easing burnout and cultivating energy. Jen explains that along with many other positives, learning how to incorporate humor into team interactions can completely change the dynamic of the group. She’s also a huge champion of pursuing the thing that scares you most (such as performing your first stand up set) in order to break down the barrier of fear that is more than likely holding you back. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

What happens when you bring two creative and intuitive minds together? In this episode on the HRart of It Podcast, Tony Hernandez joins Dave and Samm to chat about the benefits of the right creative partnership. Tony, a Certified Points of You® Trainer and HRart Partner at the HRart Center, shares his growth journey which included meeting and collaborating with Samm. Tony's work with Points of You creates incredible moments of connection and clarity for others, which also describes a lot about his role on the team at the HRart Center. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

Is it possible that there is a meeting point between spirituality, Qigong, Christian Mysticism and the modern day workplace? Dr. Lyle Wilson is this week’s guest on the HRart of It Podcast, and in this episode he talks to Samm about what you will find in this incredible overlap. Though the workplace is most often stripped of any mention of faith or the Divine, it’s this core component that creates the connections between us and gives breath to our organizations.

Dr. Wilson and Samm also dive into the inspiring stories about a few of the female Christian Mystics. These women were oftentimes seen as troublemakers when in fact they were creating impactful change and pointing toward a new way of looking at things. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

The HRart Center’s Director of Growth Education is joining Samm and Dave on this podcast episode to share her journey to becoming one of Samm’s biggest cheerleaders and collaborators. Nancy Nicholas talks about her passion for facilitating lifelong learning which often leads to her participants experiencing some powerful ah-hah moments. As the team member who has witnessed the full evolution of Samm’s journey, which now has her fully integrating Healing Qigong and other healing modalities into leadership curriculum, Nancy explains just how potent the results have become. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

On this episode of the HRart of It Podcast, Samm interviews fellow Healer and leader in business JJ DiGeronimo. They chat about the energetic component to the working world and how things are shifting, as well as the journey energy-sensitive professionals must take to stop dissociating and to become grounded in their purpose. JJ shares her story as well as various tools to help us dive into the world of intuition and energy, including her new go-to tool – birth charts. Learn about this and more on this episode of the podcast! Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

The HRart Center’s Director of Strategy and Business Operations joins Samm and Dave to share her journey in which rethinking her career path created the opportunity for deep healing with Medical Qigong Therapy. Steph Holmes first experienced Qigong with Samm as her practitioner when she was struggling with workplace burnout at a previous job. Steph’s curiosity with this expanding definition of wellness led her to rethink her priorities, focus on caring for her energy and make the leap to a completely new career. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.

To date the Great Resignation has driven millions of people to quit their jobs, so what is the actual cause of this historic shift? On this episode of the HRart of It podcast, Samm interviews repeat guest Jeff Harry who explains that this problem has been fueled by organizations that continue to fall back into old ways of thinking. Numerous factors including burnout, toxic masculinity and leadership only focused on short term gains are just a few of the major factors at the heart of this crisis.

Organizations need to step up and show they truly care for their employees or be left behind in this new working world that is demanding respect, flexibility and genuine joy. Find the show notes at www.hrartcenter.com.