Take Care & Live!

The Take Care & Live! Podcast is a personal development podcast that explore the barriers we face across various areas of life provides concrete strategies for how to transform these conflicts into capital that fuel our momentum. Each episode is designed to help you challenge your limiting beliefs and live a values aligned life so you are equipped with purposeful, increased productivity, and life changing breakthroughs personally and professionally.

Join me as we dive into insightful conversations and practical strategies that empower you to move forward with clarity and confidence to live, lead and thrive through the intersections of life.

About the Host –

Dr. Stephen V. Peters | Executive Coach & Author of The Momentum List
I’m an executive, coach, educator, and conflict transformation expert who has spent years leading complex organizations, coaching leaders, and equipping people of influence to make a positive life life-changing impact on future generations. I provide people of influence like you to leverage conflicts and challenges as capital for growth so they can thrive through the intersections of life. You’ll find that I bring a fresh take on human development, productivity, and purpose, that offers deep insight into how we thrive at the intersections of leadership, relationships, and personal transformation. I’ve written extensively on the dynamics of leadership, momentum, and the role of men as fathers and mentors in shaping the educational journeys of children.

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Episodes

Raising Kids Fit for Adventure (w/ Jan Macha)

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. connects outdoors with 𝙅𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖 for a live recording of the podcast on the Stereo App @stereo_app . Jan is a native of the Czech Republic, a father of twin biracial girls, and an educator. Jan and I connect to discuss the origin of his awe-inspiring drive and commitment to adventure and how he develops the spirit of adventure in his daughters. Jan also shares some helpful strategies he uses with his daughters to encourage bravery and fearlessness – strate...

Aug 05, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Benefits & Barriers of Detours

Most of us love GPS. Yet now and again, not even GPS can account for the unexpected detours we face. In this Tuesday Take, Dr. Stephen V. points us to the benefits and barriers of detours, both of which can be life-saving so that we can care for them strategically as we encounter them in our work and life. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: Dr. Stephen V. – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Take Care & Live Podcast – https://twitter.com/takecareandlive Consider rating and writing a brief ...

Aug 03, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 8

The Conversation is the Point

In this inaugural episode of TUESDAY TAKES — our brief insights for making our work relationship life more meaningful, Dr. Stephen V. reminds us how important it is to rediscover the value of the conversation. After spending months in isolation, as we return to work and relationships in the “new normal” remembering that people have value not for what they do but for who they are we be what matters most. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: Dr. Stephen V. – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Take...

Jul 27, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Crawling Counts

Taking small steps toward something isn't sexy but it is progress and when taken one at a time they start to add up. One of the things that keep us from taking even a single step away from where we want to leave to where we want to go are the self-sabotaging thoughts we tell ourselves that our seemly small inconsequential movement can't make the difference. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. shows how we can begin to put an end to the personal mental assault we launched on our own conscience by tak...

Jul 21, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Don't Throw Him Away: On Fatherhood w/ Paul James (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a conversation on Fatherhood with Paul James. If you missed the first part of our conversation Episode 4) you definitely want to check it out! In this episode, Paul, as an insightful and extraordinary communicator, talks about the joys and regret men may have in their journey as fathers, as he also shared his own, as well as ways men can recover from past mistakes that have challenged their relationship with their children. We also talk about the powerful role men, particularly...

Jul 09, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Make You Into My Equal: On Fatherhood w/ Paul James (Part 1)

During Father’s Day weekend I had the opportunity to sit down with a man I greatly admire and I wanted to connect with him on one of the things he knows about quite well and that is what it means to be a father. As an insightful and extraordinary communicator, this episode is part one of a two-part conversation on Fatherhood It’s warm, transparent, funny, and does not pull any punches on the topic. We talk about the importance of fathering what the role and responsibility have meant in his own l...

Jul 01, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Outgrow the Status Quo

What areas of your professional life could use some more attention and focused development? Is it time for you to engage in some professional self-care? When we are leading people, and that includes ourselves, we must prioritize our own growth. That includes dedicating time to equip ourselves with the knowledge and resources that make us an ongoing asset to the people we serve. When you and I don't own our commitment to this work, our leadership will only reinforce the status quo rather than mak...

Jun 14, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Pushing Through Belief Gaps

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. talks about pushing through belief gaps – that gap between what you believe is possible for yourself, and what other people believe is possible for you! Truth be told you and I will find ourselves in situations and circumstances where people won’t embrace our belief for what is possible and attainable no matter how simple or clear the path to it might be. We discuss strategies for maintaining your confidence and commitment for what you believe is possible even whe...

Jun 01, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Opposing the Opposition

The ability to forge ahead move from where we are in this moment to where we are looking to go and who we are looking to become in the future isn't easy. Between the pandemic and our own personal traumas, the friction you and I experience is quite real and can be overwhelming. That friction be it from within or from external forces represent the opposition. We'll need to face it and resist it if we are going to live well! In this episode, Dr. Stephen offers some support and direction for how we ...

May 18, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Take Care & Live Podcast Trailer

I am super excited to introduce you, yes, you, to the Take Care and Live Podcast! I’m the host of the show Dr. Stephen V. Peters... and no I am not a medical doctor, psychiatrist, or psychologist. But I am a Doctor of Education and I believe living is all about learning. Learning by it, in it...and through it. This show— this podcast, is all about you — and not about you all at the same time— it’s about learning and applying our life experiences - at home, at work, or at play in ways that make u...

May 08, 2021•2 min0

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