The Secret Thoughts of CEO's Podcast Chris Yonker

This forum featured guest experts Natasha Silverbell and Jane Mintz, along with our host Chris
Yonker, CFBA to discuss mental health and addiction in the context of personal development
and family dynamics. We emphasized the importance of not merely labeling behaviors but
understanding their impacts on families and businesses. Our discussion highlighted the need
for empathy, open communication, and self-regulation, stressing that everyone—from family
members to business advisors—plays a crucial role in supporting healing and improvement.
Overall, our focus was on taking personal responsibility for wellness and the transformative
power of supportive communities.
 
Understanding Beyond Labels
We discussed how crucial it is to not to get hung up on labeling behaviors
simply as "addiction" but to look deeper at how these behaviors impact
personal relationships and business environments. Finding the right help to
get your family on a path of open and empathetic communication can help
address the root causes and effects on a family or organizational system.
The Role of Self-Regulation
Self-regulation emerged as a key theme, with emphasis on its importance
not just in overcoming personal challenges but also in fostering healthy
family and business dynamics. Managing one’s emotional responses can
greatly influence the overall health of relationships and professional
interactions.

Crafting Your Suppor System
Building and maintaining a strong support system is vital not only to
individuals, but the family as a whole. This system should include
professionals, advisors, family members, and peers who can offer
guidance and support through challenges, particularly those related to
mental health and addiction. We also talked about what advisors could
do to find the right help for their clients when there is a complex or
sensitive challenge outside of their scope.
 
1. Prioritize Empathy in Communication:
Emphasize the importance of understanding and empathetic communication within family and
business interactions to address and resolve underlying issues more effectively.

2. Encourage Regular Mental Health Check-ins:
Advocate for routine mental health assessments within family businesses to identify and address issues early, before they escalate into more significant problems.
3. Implement Self-Regulation Practices:
Find professionals to provide training on self-regulation techniques for family members and
business leaders to help manage stress, improve personal resilience, and foster a more supportive working environment.
4. Establish a Strong Support Network:
Encourage the formation or strengthening of a support network that includes mental health
professionals, experienced advisors, and peer support groups to provide necessary resources and assistance.
5. Foster a Culture of Openness and Non-Judgment:
Work towards creating an environment where family members and business partners feel safe to express their concerns and challenges without fear of judgment, thereby promoting transparency and trust.
 
The next Family Business Executive Forum, Closing the Gap and Creating Your Most
Impactful Company Culture: How Family Leaders Can Work Together to Weave Innovation and
Legacy Even When You’re At a Generational Standstill, takes place on June 25th at 12pm ET. Visit here to register.
 
Connect with:
 
Jane Mintz: Janemintz.com
Natasha Silver Bell: Silverbellglobal.com
Chris Yonker: Chrisyonker.com
fambizforum.com.
 

How to Find a Higher Sense of Flow 

with Achim Feige 

Achim Feige is a personal performance and transformation coach to the German business elite. As a transformation architect, human potential coach, and author of several management books, he enables entrepreneurs, CEOs, and top executives to access higher states of consciousness and flow, and personal growth, using the latest neuroscientific findings and techniques, aligned with ancient wisdom, from which you - having grown inwardly and equipped with a new mindset and qualities - can master the transformation into a new business world with more confidence, courage, and ease, as a person, a leader, and organization. 

His aim is to turn leaders of all kinds into self-developers, bridge builders, and architects of a new business world in which the development of human potential, top performance, and positive impact do not contradict, but complement, each other. 

With his European transformation collective, VERTICAL (Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, and Oslo), he exclusively accompanies entrepreneurs and CEOs in their personal and business transformation, without burning out. 

 

What You’ll Learn 

The causes and signs of burnout. 

How to achieve flow. 

How to balance stress and recovery. 

How to prioritize personal growth. 

Where to start with others. 

 

Timestamps 

[06:55] Achim’s background. 

[12:40] What leads to burnout? 

[19:11] Being in flow. 

[21:22] The challenge-skill equation. 

[25:00] Finding the balance. 

[30:41] The 40-hour week. 


[32:48] Forming growth rituals. 

[37:19] The North Star. 

[43:10] Resonance and flow in relation to others. 

[50:29] The role of facilitators. 

 

Memorable Quotes 

“You are in your flow channel when you have an optimal challenge.” – Achim Feige [21:30] 

“With new behavior and new habits, you will shape a new personality.” – Achim Feige [35:45] 

 

Websites 

fambizforum.com. 

www.achimfeige.com. 

vertical-development.com. 

Contact: achim@vertical-development.de. 

www.chrisyonker.com. 

Irina Serebryakova is Nurse Practitioner and Founder of You Holistic Functional Medicine and Longevity Center in Exeter, NH. She has been practicing Functional Medicine for more than 15 years.
Functional Medicine addresses the whole body and focuses on disease prevention, and considers the full picture of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
You Holistic helps patients reduce or eliminate the need for pharmaceutical medications by addressing digestive problems, inflammation, weakened immunity, and metabolic and hormonal imbalances.
They have created treatment plans to manage multiple factors that may contribute to chronic conditions, including supplements, food plans, herbs, homeopathic remedies, Intravenous nutrients, peptides, and bio-identical hormones for hormonal imbalances, treating thyroid and adrenal dysfunction, insomnia, depression, anxiety, fatigue, and osteoporosis without pharmaceutical medications.
Their Functional Medicine approach is different is tailored to each person’s specific illness or symptoms.
Irina believes in the human body’s incredible ability to heal and to regenerate. Her goal, when treating patients, is to guide and give them tools, and to empower them in restoring balance and preventing disease.
 
What You’ll Learn
●      How alternative treatments can benefit individuals.
●      How our decisions can affect our genetics.
●      Which tests are the most important to start with.
●      Preventative measures to take against ailments.
●      The function of Functional Medicine.
●      How new therapies are addressing shortfalls in medicine.
 
Timestamps
·       [05:14] The shortfalls of the medical system.
·       [09:38] How much does DNA affect health and wellbeing?
·       [13:13] DNA testing.
·       [15:05] The reliability of testing companies.
·       [16:25] Prioritizing what to test.
·       [21:57] Beethoven’s hair study.
·       [23:08] Protocol for removing toxins.
·       [26:04] Preventing heart disease.
·       [30:23] Insulin resistance.
·       [31:28] Testing for plaque buildup.
·       [34:51] Cancer screening.
·       [38:19] What is Functional Medicine?
·       [45:46] Pro-health, anti-aging therapies.
 
Memorable Quotes
·       “Genetics are not as unchangeable as we think.” – Irina Serebryakova [12:08]
·       “Screening is our best defense against cancer.” – Irina Serebryakova [36:24]
 
Websites
fambizforum.com.
youholistic.com.
Call: 603-309-2030.
Email: info@youholistic.com.
Irina Serebryakova.
www.chrisyonker.com.

Kristin Lytle is CEO of The Leader’s Edge and has significant experience in talent assessment, leadership development, succession planning, and organizational design. Over the span of her career, she has worked with top organizations, such as Vanguard, Kohler Company, Whirlpool, and Target.
Kristin has held leadership roles in business operations and human resources, in both domestic and global capacities, throughout her career. She has a proven track record for developing scalable and sustainable talent solutions that align with business priorities, while enabling leaders to unlock their full potential.
She has built a reputation for being a trusted partner to business leaders, by focusing on pragmatic solutions that drive measurable results.
Kristin is an experienced executive coach, dynamic presenter, and skilled facilitator.
 
What You’ll Learn
●      How to develop good leaders.
●      Why regulation and self-awareness are important.
●      How to navigate family business secession.
●      How to cultivate leadership skillsets.
 
Timestamps
·       [04:50] A bit about Kristin’s journey.
·       [07:37] Giving access to the right people.
·       [09:36] How to develop leaders on a limited budget.
·       [16:39] Developing self-awareness and regulation.
·       [20:20] Navigating family business secession.
·       [30:07] The benefits of 360s.
·       [35:26] Where’s the line?
·       [39:16] The top emerging leadership skillsets.
 
Memorable Quotes
·       “You have to have leaders who are capable of making good quality decisions.” – Kristin Lytle [12:11]
·       “We can’t change what we don’t notice.” – Chris Yonker [15:44]
 
Websites
fambizforum.com.
the-leaders-edge.com.
www.linkedin.com/in/kristinlytle.
www.chrisyonker.com.

Dr. Stacy Feiner is an accomplished psychologist, business leader, innovator, author, and mom. She advises private and family-owned businesses with a pro-growth, pro-health approach that ensures leaders solve emotionally charged situations, move forward, and increase enterprise value and family connection.
Curious about people and culture, Stacy has lived in 8 US cities and traveled through 9 countries. A Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), Stacy is an expert at helping complex people systems shape their desired future. Her inclusive perspective creates a competitive advantage in a world that accepts average.
Before focusing on private enterprise, Stacy served as an executive at Merrill Lynch, coaching financial advisors to scale their practices and stay confident during volatile markets, getting licensed Series 7 herself. As an HR executive at KeyBank, Stacy helped complete a billion dollar sell-side transaction, and at BDO USA, Stacy advised family businesses in all stages seeking to achieve success in all their ventures and family branches.
Dr. Feiner founded her own firm to bring a new lens that accelerates growth of privately-owned companies.
Stacy published her first book, Talent Mindset, in 2015, and co-authored the bestselling, The Sixth Level, in 2023, used by universities, businesses, and nonprofits.
 
What You’ll Learn
●      Why advisors are so important in a business.
●      Which kinds of boards to choose for a business.
●      The importance of transparent and authentic conversations.
 
Timestamps
·       [05:37] Why businesses need advisors.
·       [12:44] Dr Feiner’s advice on building an advisory board.
·       [18:01] Creating transparency and authenticity.
·       [26:47] Fiduciary boards vs advisory boards.
·       [38:12] Family councils.
·       [45:10] Advice to reluctant business owners.
 
Memorable Quotes
·       “Every business problem that you have is solvable.” – Dr Stacy Feiner [24:26]
·       “Growth is fun.” – Dr Stacy Feiner [46:40]
 
 
Websites
fambizforum.com.
www.stacyfeiner.com.
www.linkedin.com/in/stacyfeiner.

Dr. Lise Janelle is a renowned growth accelerator coach who empowers her clients with her groundbreaking Heart Freedom Method, facilitating rapid transformation by dismantling subconscious barriers to success.
She’s been featured in many radio and TV interviews, including on CBC News and CTV’s Canada AM. She shares insights on overcoming inner resistance.
A former championship rower and pioneer in women’s Ice Canoeing, Lise embraces outdoor challenges like scaling Kilimanjaro and La Haute Route in Switzerland. Her journey from a top 10% earner as a chiropractor to coaching showcases unwavering commitment to personal growth.
Founder of the Centre for Heart Living in Toronto, she authored “Conversations with the Heart,” a guide to help the reader live a truly successful life. A member of the Transformational Leadership Council, Lise connects with leaders, leaving an indelible mark on personal development.
Her story reflects resilience, passion, and an enduring dedication to guiding others toward their full potential.
Dr. Janelle is working on her upcoming book, “Unstuck,” with co-author, Jack Canfield, to be released in late 2024.
 
What You’ll Learn
●      How to use muscle testing to live more consciously.
●      How to build a higher sense of authority.
●      How to become self-aware.
●      The indicators of emotional wellbeing.
●      The process of expanding our consciousness.
 
Timestamps
·       [04:28] Dr Janelle’s background.
·       [07:39] Muscle testing.
·       [12:35] Building a higher sense of authority.
·       [18:46] Three types of bootcamps.
·       [21:17] Navigating love.
·       [26:34] Why the body stores pain.
·       [29:26] Diagnosing emotional wellbeing.
·       [33:40] The adventure of creating heaven on earth.
 
Memorable Quotes
·       “90-95% of what we do is actually pre-programmed in us.” – Dr Lise Janelle [12:09]
·       “Each time we have gratitude, we instantly increase our self-worth.” – Dr Lise Janelle [16:10]
·       “Whatever is happening, is always happening for us.” – Dr Lise Janelle [37:44]
 
 
Websites
fambizforum.com.
drlisejanelle.com.
heartfreedommethod.com.
www.chrisyonker.com.