Welcome to Embers and Wind!

In talking about his Communications Mastermind, guest Larry Kettle states: “People hear you with their ears, but they listen with their heart. In that course we talk about if you talk to a person in a language they understand they will hear you. But when you talk to them in their language, they will listen to you. And sometimes people don’t understand different one’s love languages. We don’t speak the same language even if the language we’re speaking is English. Not everybody looks at things the same way or talks about things the same way. And so learning how to listen is one of the greatest components of connection instead of just over talking. For instance one of the things we go over is that when people are listening to somebody talk how many times are they in their own minds going over what they are going to say when this person gets done. And so they’re listening to respond instead of listening to understand or listening to support. And so in this course we teach people how to listen to understand.”

I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling. 

In this episode, Larry shares his story about how he felt called by God to become a pastor. He shares his experience serving as presbyter for the Assemblies of God and being responsible for many pastors in this role and the life coach training he received through the church while in this role stimulated his interest in life coaching. He believes serving as a life coach is how God wants him to be an encourager of others. He talks about becoming a student of leadership expert John Maxwell who is also a pastor. He shares how what he learned as a life-coach helps him in pastoral counseling empower his parishioners to get a grip on their current reality. He asserts his belief that acquiring these life coaching skills could help other pastors in a similar way. He provides an overview of how he helps people he serves grip their mission, vision and values by utilizing their left hand as a metaphor. He shares stories about people he has helped through his passion to serve people. He shares tips to helps those who join this conversation such as the tip in the quote above to listen to understand and support instead of thinking about how you are going to respond.

To connect with Larry, you can reach him by phone at 719-429-7006. Due to spam phone calls, he utilizes voice mail. He will return calls within 24 hours. You can also reach Larry by email. His email address is: [email protected]..To learn more about Larry and his work, his website is listed as the website for this episode.

To learn from Larry, he offers a complimentary coaching session. He encourages those interested to utilize either his phone number or his email address to contact him. He welcomes the opportunity to answer your questions about his business and the services he provides. 

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