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Getting REAL With Phil Gerbyshak

Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

Release Date: 12/04/2025

Episode 291 - Getting REAL About A.I. and Culture with Jodee show art Episode 291 - Getting REAL About A.I. and Culture with Jodee

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In this episode of Circle Up & Get REAL, I'm exploring some thoughts about leadership (no surprise) and what pressure might do to the humans who are in those leadership roles. What role might AI have, not just in our corporate efficiencies, but in creating a culture of awareness and acceptance instead of fear? In other words, if we stay in curiosity instead of falling into certainty, what could the rise of AI mean to our corporate cultures?

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Episode 290 - Getting REAL About Owning Your Magnificence with Sue Paulson show art Episode 290 - Getting REAL About Owning Your Magnificence with Sue Paulson

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In today's episode, I chat with my friend Sue Paulson, a 2-time cancer survivor and a survivor of a near-death experience, all of which have awakened her to her own magnificence, which she now mentors others to understand for themselves. Sue is the author of several books, including her memoir, Magnificent Misery, about her health journey. In our conversation, Sue shared her personal journey with cancer, which she experienced in 2011 and 2012. She realized that her body is a communication device that alerts her to issues, and she learned to pay more attention to these signals. Sue acknowledged...

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Episode 289 - Getting REAL About Leadership with Jodee show art Episode 289 - Getting REAL About Leadership with Jodee

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In today's episode I share some ideas from books I'm reading right now, and I apply what I'm learning about leadership to current day affairs. Against advice from many, I talk today about politics, but not from a political lens, rather from a leadership one.  I refer specifically to passages from Richard Rohr's "Falling Upward," and Bob Chapman's "Everybody Matters." Leadership is not management, although both are needed to run successful organizations, from business to religion to education to government. If we all understood that leading is a sacred assignment, and we truly treated...

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Episode 288 - Getting REAL About Responsible Freedom with Jodee show art Episode 288 - Getting REAL About Responsible Freedom with Jodee

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Today I'm exploring a thought I first heard about from Steve Jobs: You can only connect the dots of your life looking backward. What have each of us learned about our lives from that perspective? And how might it shape the choices we make from today forward? We'd love to have you join us at the Enlightened Leadership Lab on Mondays from 4-5 central. You can get more information at www.emergentculturelabs.com/leadershiplab

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In today's episode you get to sit in on a conversation between two old friends who haven't connected in a while.  Phil Gerbyshak is a blogger and author, and one of the people most influential in my journey into online writing. Phil and I talk about how important friends are, whether they are near in proximity or near and dear to our hearts. He shares his journey from being an IT help desk manager to his current role as a high school teacher. Despite the fact that Phil and I have only met in person once, we have remained good friends since our intital contact in 2004ish when we both...

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Episode 286 - Getting REAL About Manifesting with Joey Pachak show art Episode 286 - Getting REAL About Manifesting with Joey Pachak

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Episode 285 - Getting REAL About Problems or Possibilities with Jodee show art Episode 285 - Getting REAL About Problems or Possibilities with Jodee

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In today's stream-of-consciousness episode I talk about how what we notice becomes our way of seeing the world. Do we see problems first or possibilities first? When we get clear about noticing what we notice, so much can shift: IF we use our power of choice. I mention the Enlightened Leadership Lab, where we practice emergent conversations on a weekly basis. You can find more information at .

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Episode 284 - Getting REAL About How Things Occur with Jodee show art Episode 284 - Getting REAL About How Things Occur with Jodee

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When we meditate or even when we are quiet - by ourselves in nature or even, potentially, at a public location but still by ourselves - it occurs to me that thoughts and feelings occur to all of us. What kinds of occurrences are you present to in your own life? What do you do with those "random" thoughts? Today I mention books by The Arbinger Group: Leadership and Self Deception and The Anatomy of Peace along with Simon Sinek's podcast interview with Bob Chapman (, Heather Cox Richardson's Tuesday, November 4 report, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's panel discussion (dialogue) on The View, also on...

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Episode 283 - Getting REAL About Unity, Democracy, and Republics with Jodee show art Episode 283 - Getting REAL About Unity, Democracy, and Republics with Jodee

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In today's episode I share some of my recent Wonders and Ponders regarding what it really means to be United, and how we came up with that name for our country. I also explore the original meanings of democracy, republic, and the motto "United We Stand, Divided We Fall." Join me as I wonder how our country has gotten where we are and whether this is what our founders intended for us. I mention the Enlightened Leadership Lab which meets virtually on Mondays from 4-5 central (more info at and also our Conscious Business meeting November 4 in Fargo:

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Episode 282 - Getting REAL About Revolution & Evolution with Jodee show art Episode 282 - Getting REAL About Revolution & Evolution with Jodee

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There's sure a lot to talk about in our world these days! Are we more committed to fighting against and resisting what we don't want or to stepping into the unknown to create something we prefer instead? If we aren't telling our own stories, someone is telling them about us. Let's step into the space we hold open for true dialogue, even if the outcome isn't guaranteed. It's worth the risk if we go together! Check out the Enlightened Leadership Lab if you'd like more opportunities to talk about these kinds of topics. 

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In today's episode you get to sit in on a conversation between two old friends who haven't connected in a while. 

Phil Gerbyshak is a blogger and author, and one of the people most influential in my journey into online writing.

Phil and I talk about how important friends are, whether they are near in proximity or near and dear to our hearts. He shares his journey from being an IT help desk manager to his current role as a high school teacher.

Despite the fact that Phil and I have only met in person once, we have remained good friends since our intital contact in 2004ish when we both started blogging.

Phil is the author of several books including his first, 10 Ways to Make it Great (https://happyaf.substack.com/p/10-ways-to-make-it-great-audio) and Zero Dollar Consultancy (https://philgerby.com/zero-dollar-consultancy/).

Follow Phil's substack: https://happyaf.substack.com/, find him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philgerb/), or he has given us permission to call or text him at 414-640-7445.