Welcome to Taking Your Third Path, the podcast where courageous stories and hard‑won wisdom help you build a life of intention, connection, and care at work and at home. In this episode, host Jessica DeGroot talks with Morra Aarons‑Mele, host of The Anxious Achiever, about creating a team at home and a team at work so you can thrive in both places instead of constantly feeling like you are doing it all alone. You will hear practical examples of family rituals like “forced family fun,” honest reflections on anxiety and capacity, and how neurodivergent leaders can lean into their superpowers by building trust and delegating well. In part two, Melissa speaks with longtime ThirdPath advocate and HR leader Judy Hughes about delegation as a growth tool, not just a way to get things off your plate, and how to avoid “dump‑truck delegation” by being intentional, collaborative, and clear about expectations. Together, these conversations offer concrete ideas you can try right away at home, at work, and with your broader community, to create strong, sustainable teams and more integrated lives. 00:00 – Welcome & Morra’s introduction: teams at home and at work 04:35 – Forced Family Fun (FFF), traditions, and modeling family time for kids 07:00 – Guilt, caregiving, and intentionally building a modern family team 13:00 – Neurodivergence, anxious achievers, and leaning on strengths at work 29:37 – Overcoming overwhelm with Judy Hughes: thoughtful delegation with collaboration 48:30 – Key takeaways, ThirdPath tools, and next steps on your Third Path For more ideas about how to put these skills into action, we have a book called The ThirdPath Leader. It has six exercises that will help you build a team at home and a team at work, with case studies of people who put these ideas into practice. Find it at Book Baby and Amazon. Book Baby: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-thirdpath-leader?srsltid=AfmBOopTE1xj0Utj2UM68v8mGIzw3qJFWK0oJE4owJGmZ-fS4e5o7txH Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ThirdPath-Leader-Reimagining-Work-Leadership/dp/1667855980/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QAD4CNJUH7EX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7TLrgG-B1oVZtRrrx5_3uw.jfaI7HSI437OIOFIyd9mWLryXmYAwaSbNC8Gk3foEOs&dib_tag=se&keywords=THirdpath+leader&qid=1768414734&sprefix=thirdpath+lead%2Caps%2C276&sr=8-1 Find out more at: https://thirdpath.org/ Join our Facebook ThirdPath Collective Group to continue the conversation with like-minded leaders, parents, and others: / thirdpathinst If you’re feeling inspired by our work, please consider donating to ThirdPath today! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we rely on donations from supporters like you to make our programming happen. You can donate here: https://argentasoftware.com/interface... Subscribe to our Newsletter here: https://thirdpath.org/subscribe/
