Essential Skills for Humaning Podcast

The Calm Decision Framework: Don’t Make Big Decisions in Small States

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and Lori Muhlstein explore the Calm Decision Framework and the idea that most bad decisions aren’t logic failures; they’re state failures. When we’re exhausted, rushed, or emotionally triggered, our nervous system narrows our thinking and pushes us toward quick relief rather than thoughtful resolution. We discuss how regulating your state before evaluating options, identifying the real decision being made, recognizing whether a choice is reversible, and assigning clear ownership can dramatically improve the quality of decisions at work and at home. Because the quality of your decisions rarely exceeds the quality of the state you’re in when you make them.
For more info about Christina, Lori, or Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

Resilience Isn’t Just Mental

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and Lori Muhlstein explore the connection between physical resilience and mental resilience, and how the state of our bodies influences how we think, lead, and communicate. Drawing on research on exercise, mood, and executive function, they discuss how rebuilding physical strength can reshape perspective, improve emotional regulation, and support a growth mindset. The conversation highlights how incremental physical progress reinforces “not yet” thinking and why our physical state often shapes how we interpret challenges, respond to stress, and show up in conversations. Because resilience isn’t just mental, it’s physical, too.
For more info about Christina, Lori, or Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

The Body That Saved You with Danelle Land

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, host Christina Eanes interviews trauma-informed coach and author Danelle Land about her new book, The Body That Saved You. Written for high-functioning, silently struggling high-achievers, the book reframes overwhelm, sensitivity, and burnout as intelligent survival responses, not personal failures. Danelle shares how her LAND™ Method blends nervous system education, somatic practices, and subconscious rewiring into a practical, body-first approach to healing. Together, Christina and Danelle explore how stress and trauma live in the body, why “just thinking differently” isn’t enough, and how to move from chronic dysregulation to emotional safety and balance. If you’ve ever felt trapped in a body that won’t settle or tired of chasing peace through perfection, this conversation offers compassionate insight and real tools to help you come home to yourself.
If you’d like to learn more about Danelle, visit her website at DanelleLand.com.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

Your Energy is the Message

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and Lori Muhlstein explore a simple but often overlooked truth: your energy is the message. Long before words land, people feel the energy you bring into a room—whether that’s calm, rushed, defensive, curious, or open. We talk about how awareness of your internal state shapes connection, trust, and influence in everyday interactions.
This conversation focuses on noticing your energy in real time, understanding how it affects others, and making intentional adjustments in the moment, whether you’re leading a meeting, having a difficult conversation, teaching, or simply trying to connect. Because communication isn’t just what you say; it’s what people experience when you show up.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

Hustle with Heart with Hanna Bauer

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, host Christina Eanes sits down with Hanna Bauer, author of Hustle with Heart: 52 Mini-Shifts to Maximize Your Impact. Together, they explore how to move beyond burnout-driven hustle and instead lead, work, and live with intention, alignment, and humanity. Hanna shares practical, bite-sized mindset shifts that help individuals maximize their impact without sacrificing well-being by reconnecting with purpose, values, and heart. Listeners will gain actionable insights on redefining success, sustaining energy, and making meaningful progress one intentional choice at a time. Whether you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or high achiever seeking a healthier way to grow, this conversation offers a refreshing, practical path forward.
If you’d like to learn more about Hanna, visit her website at Heartnomics.com.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

A Life That Fits: Designing Around Being Human

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and Lori Muhstein explore what it really means to design a life that fits—one built around being human, not superhuman. As Christina prepares to release the second edition of The Secret to Super Productivity, she shares the core truth behind the system: productivity was never about doing more in less time; it was about managing energy, not time. Together, they challenge machine-based productivity myths and reframe burnout, inconsistency, and overwhelm as signs of misaligned systems, not personal failure.
The conversation focuses on productivity, habits, and change through a life-design lens, showing how energy-first work, system-based habits, and compassionate design drive sustainable progress in work, relationships, and health. This episode is an invitation to stop forcing yourself to fit broken systems and start building a life that works with you. Because you are not broken. You are human. And when you design for that, everything changes.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

Mindshifting: Conflict and Collaboration with Mitch Weisburgh

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes sits down with educator and collaboration expert Mitch Weisburgh to explore how conflict, when handled well, can catalyze stronger collaboration. Together, they unpack the five modes of conflict and examine practical, human-centered tools drawn from motivational interviewing and strengths-based feedback to help listeners navigate tension with clarity and respect. Whether you’re managing disagreement at work or in everyday life, this conversation offers actionable insights to reduce defensiveness, improve dialogue, and find shared solutions that move people forward.
If you’d like to learn more about Mitch, visit his website at MindShiftingwithMitch.com. For a free download on the strengths-based feedback Mitch mentions, visit https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u7x9odkcfzx12mxf0zdiv/Strengths-Based-Feedback-Final.pdf?rlkey=a8kiccwb9yfp1eq8qcfs082n6&dl=0
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

You Said It, But Did They Hear It?

We’ve all been there; you explain something clearly (or so you think), only to realize later that it completely missed the mark. In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and co-host Lori Muhlstein unpack a powerful truth: influence, connection, and leadership don’t come from what we intend to say, but from what others actually understand.
Together, they explore why good intentions often fall short, how assumptions undermine communication, and what it really means to put effort into being understood. Through real-life examples and practical insights, this conversation challenges listeners to rethink how they explain ideas, give feedback, set boundaries, and navigate everyday conversations: at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
If you’ve ever thought, “That’s not what I meant,” this episode will help you learn how to say it so it actually lands.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

The Infinity Within with Kris Land

In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, host Christina Eanes interviews Kris Land, author of Infinity Within: Break Through Fear, Trust Your Inner Power, and Create a Life That Reflects Who You Truly Are. Together, they explore how fear quietly limits our choices, how to reconnect with inner wisdom, and what it takes to live and lead authentically. Through honest conversation and practical insight, this episode invites listeners to move beyond self-doubt, trust themselves more deeply, and intentionally design a life aligned with who they truly are, at work and beyond.
If you’d like to learn more about Kris visit his website at KrisLand.com.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.

What Makes Influencers Influence?

Why do some people’s ideas gain traction while others, just as good, get ignored? In this episode of the Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, Christina Eanes and her co-host Lori Muhlstein explore what actually makes influence work in everyday workplace interactions.
Drawing on well-known principles of persuasion, this conversation explains how trust, credibility, consistency, and connection shape whether people say “yes,” lean in, or tune out. You’ll learn why influence isn’t about titles or charisma, how ethical persuasion shows up in meetings and collaborations, and what small shifts can dramatically increase your impact at work.
Whether you’re pitching an idea, navigating change, giving feedback, or trying to gain buy-in without authority, this episode will help you understand what makes influence effective, and how to use it with intention and integrity.
For more info about Christina and her company, Eanes Training, visit EanesTraining.com.