Yvonne Guérineau (Relationship Alchemist, Golden Catalyst): How your backstory impacts your interactions

Success on the South Coast is all about showcasing interesting people doing amazing things in the local community.

My guest for episode #16 is relationship alchemist & author Yvonne Guérineau (Golden Catalyst).

Yvonne’s unique blend of science & magic helps you navigate your working (and personal!) relationships more positively & confidently… and get gold from your interactions!

Yvonne is also the author of ‘People in Their Element: How to create positive working relationships’. 

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In this episode we discuss:

• Practical tips for getting gold from your interactions
• How people's backstories can impact working relationships
• The importance of making time to build relationships
• Yvi's view on the meaning of true Happiness & Success
• How Roller Derby taught Yvi to commit!

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00:00:00 - Guest Intro
00:01:43 - Intro ("A sunny new podcast...")
00:02:09 - Welcome… 
00:02:59 - Yvonne's Passion: Curiousity about how people work
00:04:29 - Golden Catalyst: Digging for gold in human interactions
00:06:54 - Workshops: "getting to know people better" tech free
00:08:47 - Importance of organisations being proactive, not waiting until they have an issue
00:10:39 - "Unexpectedly Therapeutic" workshops
00:14:17 - Alchemist + Author
00:16:19 - Yvonne's Backstory: Psychology degree & HR career
00:21:23 - The Book: People in their Element
00:24:54 - Your backstory & working relationships: Bringing your past to work
00:30:02 - Heuristics & cognitive bias
00:31:04 - Representativeness
00:34:57 - The better-than-average effect
00:36:34 - Fundamental Attribution Error
00:38:05 - How to combat cognitive bias?
00:41:49 - Common mistakes & challenges to good working relationships
00:46:06 - Harvard Research: 85% of job success is due to people (soft) skills
00:49:22 - Can people get better at relationships?
00:52:34 - Building relationships as a process: the importance of making time for it
00:57:12 - Applying the book's lessons to your personal/romantic relationships
00:59:19 - The link between testing relationships & social media posts
01:01:24 - The dangers of relying on AI for human communications
01:06:05 - Social risk taking & the importance of practicing communications
01:09:10 - What is happiness? A calm, still place.
01:12:53 - What is success?
01:15:14 - Happiness, Fulfilment & Success
01:15:37 - Wisdom from our elders
01:17:24 - Skills for Success - Resilience & maintaining hope
01:19:01 - Can you build resilience & train yourself to think positively?
01:20:09 - Life by Misadventure - Roller Derby & committing
01:24:45 - Thank you, guest links & wrap-up

GUEST Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonneguerineau
• Website: https://𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yviisme
• Email: 𝘆𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲@𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸

You can grab a copy of Yvi’s book ‘People in Their Element’ at https://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Their-Element-positive-relationships/dp/1739402014.

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INTRO MUSIC: 'Generator' by CALL ME ANIMAL. 

If you like the sound of it, check out 'Arron Sans' (the singer/songwriter) at https://www.arronsans.com or https://www.instagram.com/arronsans.