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080: Karen Valencic

June 10, 2015 2 Comments

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This week we talk to Karen Valencic about using movement to get unstuck

Karen Valencic is the founder of Spiral Impact, an Indianapolis-based speaking, training and development company, which she founded in 1992. Valencic leverages her expertise in communication, science and martial arts to provide a distinct perspective on performance improvement. Karen is the author of the book Spiral Impact: The Power to Get It Done with Grace, and the handbook Giving Deliberate Feedback for Leaders.

As a black belt in Aikido, the Japanese art of reconciliation, Karen weaves examples from the martial art practice mat into her writing and speaking. Aikido is a martial art based on position rather than force. Prior to establishing Spiral Impact, Karen utilized her degree in Mechanical Engineering as a project engineer in the automobile industry.

In This Interview Karen and I Discuss…

    • The One You Feed parable
    • Aikido: The Japanese Art of Reconciliation
    • Position vs. Force
    • Her book: Spiral Impact: The Power to Get it Done With Grace
    • How the outer world is a depiction of the inner world
    • The meaning of the phrase “keep moving and bend your knees”
    • The power of movement
    • Learning to use Misogi breathing
    • Conflict is where all innovation begins
    • Creative Tension vs. Destructive Tension
    • The importance of remembering the bigger picture in situations
    • The power of the Spiral Impact
    • When feeling stuck, turn your statements into questions, acknowledgments or both
    • Aligning the three levels of intention
    • The components of focused energy
    • The necessity of letting things rest
    • How it’s so much harder to get out of something than it is to get into something
    • How we all need support and places we can find it
    • The profound truth that something that’s held inside grows bigger while something that’s shared diminishes

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  1. Wilene says

    June 10, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    This is a great interview and really good information! I have enjoyed Karen’s insight and knowledge. Thank you

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  2. Onja says

    June 11, 2015 at 6:57 pm

    Karen, you are a pioneer! Thanks for the practical ways to get unstuck in our thinking by intentional breathing, movement, asking questions. being conscious of body tension. Yoga and QiGong helps for me, but I need reminders!

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