Let go, Lean In

Our lives are full of endings and beginnings. Some endings are joyful like moving from an apartment into your first home. Or completing your education and finding your first career job. Some endings are hard and challenging to navigate like finding out your company is downsizing and you didn't make the cut. Or hearing news of the death of a loved one. Sudden endings that we don't choose can be the most challenging to walk through. Learning to pause and give space for acknowledging the ending is what I touch on in this episode. 

We all have experienced so many losses over the past several years; loss of jobs, loss of revenue and even loss of loved ones. That's where I find myself today. In this personal reflection I point out the practice of being quiet, of having eyes to see and ears to hear the gifts of grace that are offered when you're hurting.

Starting this episode a bit differently with a personal reflection on my computer use; connecting this anecdote to the question What difference does a small change make? You'll learn more than you want to know about me but I also share a practical tool and the insight I've gleaned in relationship to the posture toward time.

Quiet here since August. Why? I've been practicing Discernment in the Second Half. Listen in to hear what that is and the tool that I've been using to let go and lean in.

Celebrations! My husband's birthday was this past week AND Let Go, Lean In Podcast is TWO years old! It's important to celebrate milestones but it's also important to celebrate your resilience. This episode is about just that. Listen in!

It's mid-August when schools around the country are gearing up for the new school year so your summer may be coming to a close. Perhaps you are just returning from vacation to realize those projects you thought were getting accomplished while you were gone haven't been accomplished. What ever your circumstances right now, my question to you is are you Standing Still or Moving Forward?

This solo episode is a follow on to last week's talking about a specific way you bear the imago dei through creativity. I know not everyone sees themselves as creative yet the truth is we all wear the fingerprint of God as a creative person; the question is do we see it?

I am naturally curious and I love asking questions. The title of this episode is the reflective question I'm inviting you to ponder: How do you bear the Imago Dei? If you haven't thought much about your answer to this question I hope this episode sparks your curiosity to learn your answer!

Allow me to introduce you to an amazing leader whose resume is full, yet the resume behind the resume is what this conversation focuses on.

Are you Reactive or Responsive in the face of a surprise change? What clues does your body give when you have something come out of left field? In this episode I share a quote, a resource and a tool for your growth as a leader of yourself and others.