Dancing With Skeletons

People come into our lives to teach us lessons about life, the world, and ourselves. Liz and Debi believe that our own kids are born into this world to teach us and expose our weaknesses and biases. Of course we as parents mold and guide our kids, but let’s not miss the lessons they teach us!

We boycott and cancel everything from television shows to dish soap, to coffee shops. To what end? While we may feel better about our moral high ground, we’ve got to remember that we are not an island and our actions affect so many others.

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Liz and Debi have both worked for people and organizations whose leaders regularly berate and talk down to their employees and team members. For them, that seems to work. But does that type of leadership grow a strong and healthy work environment? Leaders must figure out what kind of team members they want and how to draw those people in.

The best leaders lead with their head, heart, and hands.

Secrets always come out. The longer they’re held, the more difficult it will be when they are finally revealed. Today, we’re dancing with secrets.

We know we’ve come to the end of our rope when the smallest thing causes our emotions to tip into crazy. If you’re not the one who has lost a job in the midst of Covid-19, you know someone who has. If you’re not the one who has been sick or hospitalized, you know someone who has.

Ignoring life’s challenges and detours only puts off the inevitable. Are we at the “new normal” yet, or is there more to learn? The not knowing can paralyze us, but standing still is not an option, so we’ll keep moving forward.

When someone cries out for prayer on social media, we promise “thoughts and prayers”, but what does that really mean? I’m guessing it means different things to different people. For us, prayer means we throw positive energy out into the Universe. God knows what we need and He wants to reveal the answers to us. For us, prayer is the act of connecting to God, the Divine, and the Universe and we need connections more now than ever.

In today’s podcast episode Liz and Debi discuss the shootings in both Atlanta and Colorado. There are no easy answers, but we want to give space to share our collective sadness and grief. It is our desire to be a source of light and love.

Dancing With Skeletons is sponsored by Fresno Music Academy and Arts.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, can occur in all people, of any ethnicity, nationality or culture, and at any age. PTSD affects approximately 3.5 percent of U.S. adults every year, and an estimated one in 11 people will be diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetime. Women are twice as likely as men to have PTSD.

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2020 was a VERY difficult year for people of color here in America. Allison Lanford never imagined that racism would be a part of her regular life or that she would be faced with having “the talk” with her very young son.

Liz gets weepy in today’s episode when she discusses the beauty and hope depicted in the Broadway show, Come From Away. The show is based on the true story of the passengers from 38 planes that were diverted after the attacks of 9/11 to Gander, Newfoundland. The airspace was closed and people from all over the world suddenly found themselves in a strange place being cared for by strangers. Come From Away will remind you of who we CAN be in times of crisis.

Come From Away - Book, Music, Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein