The John Poelstra Show

The John Poelstra Show


Latest Episodes

109: Being, Doing and Enoughness with Lisa DiMatteo
December 23, 2021

Lisa DiMatteo joins me to discuss the dance between "being & doing" and "enoughness" against the backdrop of a three week solitude retreat I experienced in October 2021.

108: Nothing Might Be Something
December 17, 2021

Wherein I read another section from The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins and contemplate whether "action" is always the answer.

107: Just Scared
December 06, 2021

Maybe you aren't a procrastinator, a perfectionist or broken. Maybe you're just scared. Moving forward might be as easy as having a conversation instead of staying stuck in your head and trying to do

106: Creating Meaning (or Not) with Aaron Graham
July 07, 2021

Aaron Graham joins me to explore the meaning we give our experiences and how it affects us. We also discuss different ways to interact with our experiences and how to restart when we've lost our way.

105: Alfredo Deza–Yet
June 19, 2021

Alfredo Deza shares what it's like to be an Olympian, how he found his way to software and how others can get started there too. We also explore the power behind the word "yet."

104: Issac Roth–Experimenting with Fidelity
June 02, 2021

Issac Roth helps me explore the grim and frustrated perspective I had on the state of the world in August 2020, and redeem it aided by old memories from OpenShift & Red Hat.

103: Decomposition, Fire and Optimism with Issac Roth
May 15, 2021

Issac Roth and I cover a wide-range of topics linked to our personal lives, our work together at Red Hat and the technology world in general--all sparked by wildfires he almost lost his house to.

Questioning Your Answers (102)
April 03, 2021

I'm back in another conversation with Brad Solomon where we get into the mechanics of effective coaching.

What Do You Really Want? (101)
January 30, 2021

Brad Solomon and I continue our reflections and riffs about what's present to us. This time it's about being present, journaling, and the power (and difficulty) of getting clear about what you want.

Your Four-Year-Old Self (100)
January 18, 2021

Brad Solomon and I set off on another unplanned exploration into what's present to us in the moment, including sharing childhood pictures of ourselves.