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Are you “running” your business; are you “running” your family? Well no more, because it's time to lead!

This is your year to lead, so no more operating day-to-day or even quarter-to-quarter, no more spinning your wheels or constantly feeling behind, wondering what you need to do to move the dial.

I'm not really into the whole New Year, New You thing because it doesn't really account for all the work that's required to become an elevated version of yourself. But I am behind making a shift from stressed-out-and-spread-thin business owner and parent into the leader you're called to be.

So, today's episode is all about how to shift fully into leadership this year, how to choose to lead and what that looks like. If you are ready to step into your next level, to feel aligned and connected, to know you're in the right place, working towards the right things then this episode’s for you.

Resources:

• Show notes: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode153
• From Frazzled to Laser Focused Resource: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/focused
• True North Workbook: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/truenorth

Connect with me:

• Website: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/
• Follow along on my Sabbatical journey: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider 
• If there's a topic, a question or a guest you want to hear on the show or an idea you have for us, just reach out and share that at [email protected].
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It is time for a yearly review.

To me, New Year’s resolutions set an unrealistic expectation that things will be different just because the clock struck midnight, without acknowledging how to make them different. In a way, it's similar to the definition of insanity where we step into a new year with a new resolution, but we didn't change anything about ourselves. 

So, today's episode is one that's going to help you shift life on its axis, in the direction you actually feel called to go. You'll be able to see the fruits of your labor, you'll be able to see the change and evolution of yourself and your business by looking backwards to go forward. 

We're going to dissect last year and I'm going to teach you specific ways to peel back the layers on observing the last year so that you can actually build the year you want to live, that will take you into the long term vision that you have for your life.

This year, don’t just start planning and getting excited without making sure that you take the time to look at the last one and see how you can improve, tweak and develop in a way that is going to make the necessary turns to guide you towards where you actually want to go. And if you need some help with that, don’t forget to do the True North exercise at https://luminaryleadershipco.com/truenorth/.

Resources:

• Show notes:  https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode152
• True North Workbook: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/truenorth

Connect with me:

• Website: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/
• Follow along on my Sabbatical journey: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider 
• If there's a topic, a question or a guest you want to hear on the show or an idea you have for us, just reach out and share that at [email protected].

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As this year is coming to an end I’m sure you’re already looking ahead, setting goals for the next year and talking about all the things you're going to do and accomplish. Today’s episode is meant to encourage you to slow down a little bit. Slow down from that frame of thinking and spend a little bit more time thinking about who you want to be, and how you want to feel in this time that is fleeting. Turn off the “doing” for a second.

Do not get me wrong - I love New year, the new energy and the gift of a new beginning as much as anyone but sometimes this serves as a crutch for people, one that ultimately sets them back. I have a habit of dreaming about what's next and how this year is going to be different, what my goals are going to be and just with the shifting of the calendar, I'm reinvigorated and reinspired. But the purpose of this episode is to help you realize that just setting goals isn't going to get you there, you have to slow down and become who you need to be in this next year in order to achieve your next level.  

Resources:

Show notes: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode151    

True North Workbook: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/truenorth

Connect with me:

Website: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/

Follow along on my Sabbatical journey: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider 

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I've had something placed on my heart as of the last year, that I've been successfully ignoring until now. This has led me down the path of exploring the idea of really shifting gears and leaning into a season of rest, creativity and not being in the weeds. 

Anytime I'm encountering a new way of pursuing something I haven't done yet, I reach out to people that I know have gone there before me and figured it out, people who have had the courage to take the steps that I haven't yet taken myself. And that's what brought me to Abbey Kyhl.

Abbey is someone that I completely admire and she is here today to talk about her choice to take a sabbatical from her business and to really take space, and be present in a season of life when her kids really needed her. So today's conversation is truly beautiful. I asked some really pressing questions and Abbey was incredibly vulnerable and willing to share all the little back-end details of what it looks like to listen to your heart and take a step back. 

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode150          

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Connect with Abbey on Instagram, her website, and  on Pinterest.
• The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines 
• Follow along on my sabbatical journey https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider 
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The topic of today’s episode is not our typical topic. 

In fact, we've never had anything quite like it on the show. But it's so critical and so necessary to talk about. 

Our guest today is Cheryl Kosmerl who is a licensed clinical social worker and has decades of experience working in that field. She has extensive history working with kids and adolescents and their families who have experienced abuse, neglect or trauma. But today's focus is specifically around the dangers that come with technology; things like sexting, pornography, and the fact that our children are being raised in an era where they have this in their back pocket at all times. And it's affecting everything from their brain development to the outcomes of their futures. 

Our kids have it harder than we had it but it's up to us to scaffold and shepherd them through these incredibly new and trying times. So, Cheryl's conversation today is very relevant to every parent. And don’t worry, this is not all doom and gloom. The good news is there are things we can do and things we have control over. There are ways that we can have conversations with our kids, we can equip them, we can prepare them, and it's our job to do it. No one else is going to do it for us.

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode149       

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• For more information and resources from Cheryl, check out Sexting Solutions.
• Keep in touch with me at https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider. 

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I’m doing something I never thought I would do.

Do you ever feel like you're being hit over the head with something time and again, and you just keep ignoring it because it's not how you planned to attack that particular area of your life? Because it feels too difficult or maybe too unconventional or too crazy?

That's been my life for the last four months. I've been having all these wild signs and messages directly under my nose; so much so that I couldn't ignore it anymore. But it doesn’t mean that it felt natural. It's been kind of an unearthing and painful evolution.

So today, I'm sharing something that I never could have imagined sharing - I am taking a sabbatical. But it's not what you think. I'm not falling off the face of the earth, this is not a vacation. So if you're curious about what this sabbatical is, how I intend to do it and why, or if it sounds either dreamy or absolute lunacy to you - this is the episode for you.

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode148               

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Join the wait list for The Luminary Leadership Incubator https://luminaryleadershipco.com/incubator/ 
• Get on our email list and keep up-to-date with what I am doing during this sabbatical! https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider 

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Some big changes are coming!

If you could only be a fly on the wall of our team meetings lately, around what's brewing over here, it would make for quite the reality show! So much is changing and evolving within our company and this podcast. 

Today, we have a really important announcement to share a bit more about where we're going next and why, what we've been called to and how we're making some major changes. So buckle up, because things are going to be changing and I’m bringing you all the details in this episode.

Let's raise them up right!

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode147     

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:  

• Take a look behind the scenes at https://luminaryleadershipco.com/insider.
• Let us know what you want to hear more of at [email protected]. 
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I am absolutely blown away by the response we've received thus far for dedicating an entire month to this idea of technology! 

From the standpoint of how we're being targeted and how our kids are being targeted to how to work with tech and not give into the temptation of becoming addicted to our devices - this month is all about helping entrepreneurs be a little less tech dependent and helping entrepreneurial families weave the two and choose a path forward in technology.

For this reason, I knew I had to have Andrea Davis on the show. Andrea is a former secondary ed teacher, turned screen time navigator, and she's the founder of Better Screen Time. She shares family tested ideas from the tech trenches as a mother of five and she's on this mission to help parents worry less about technology and connect more with their children, which is a really challenging thing to do in this day and age. She is just a wealth of knowledge in this space and I’m so excited for this conversation, even though I know it might ruffle some feathers. But I invite you to keep an open mind and to take what you need for you, your family, your business and your life. 

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode146             

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Creating a Tech-Healthy Family: Ten Must-Have Conversations to Help You Worry Less and Connect More With Your Kids https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Tech-Healthy-Family-Must-Have-Conversations/dp/1734885904 
• Andrea’s online courses https://betterscreentime.teachable.com/ 
• Find amazing resources at https://www.betterscreentime.com/resources/ 
• For more info, visit https://www.betterscreentime.com/
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Today we're talking about the idea of gratitude and entitlement as well as the role that we personally play as entrepreneurs in our kids stories related to those two specific things. 

We are combating entitlement while, at the same time, we want to give our kids the world. There was a time when raising grateful kids might have been a little bit easier, but I think we are up against a bigger fight nowadays. Expectations have changed. Childhood has changed. The family has changed. And the end result? A lot of entitled kids. 

So, what are some things we can actively do to combat it? How can we play a pivotal role in our kids' lives as entrepreneurs, as leaders and as parents?

Let's raise them up right!

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode145   

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:  

1. Episode 82: Creating Legacy, Affluence, and Freedom with Mel Abraham https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode-82-creating-legacy-affluence-and-freedom-with-mel-abraham/ 
2. Check out our FREE True North Exercise to get on the same page with your kids!
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4. Connect with me on Instagram!

Right now, the average amount of time that kids are spending outside is four to seven minutes. 

But the data shows that the amount of time they should be spending outside for their brain development, for their growth, for critical thinking skills, for leadership should be four to seven hours. And the average amount of time that kids today are spending on devices is four to seven hours. We have it completely backwards and if you're an entrepreneur who is raising kids, this is an episode you have to hear. 

This is one of my all time favorite interviews on this show. My guest today is a good friend of mine, Ginny Yurich. Ginny is the Founder of 1000 Hours Outside and the entire premise of Ginny's movement, and her company is really propelling kids to get outside and experience all the beauty that nature has to offer and the benefits that it has on their growth and their leadership. In today's conversation, we go over the birth of this movement and how it came to be so organically for Ginny and how the pain in her life as a mother really propelled her into where she was being led. Ginny also gives strategic, tactical steps on how you can do this too and explains the way she brought her kids into the business and the benefits of entrepreneurship for her family. So there's practical wisdom in today's episode, not to mention the fact that she's just a wealth of knowledge around so many different things. 

Can’t wait for you to hear this one!

SHOW NOTES: https://luminaryleadershipco.com/episode144  

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Visit 1000 Hours Outside website: https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/ 
• Connect with Ginny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1000hoursoutside/ 
• Connect with Ginny on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1000hoursoutside 
• Download 1000 Hours Outside Trackers: https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers 
• Ginny's new book coming out in December: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712828/1000-hours-outside-by-ginny-yurich/
• Learning All the Time by John Holt: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-All-Time-John-Holt/dp/0201550911 
• Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom: https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Barefoot-Unrestricted-Confident-Children/dp/1626253730 
• The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil: https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology-ebook/dp/B000QCSA7C/ 
• Your New Playlist: The Student's Guide to Tapping into the Superpower of Mindset by Jon Acuff, L.E. Acuff, McRae Acuff: https://www.amazon.com/Your-New-Playlist-Students-Superpower/dp/154090248X 
• Digital Madness by Nicholas Kardaras: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Madness-Driving-Crisis-Restore/dp/125027849X 
• Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras: https://www.amazon.com/Glow-Kids-Screen-Addiction-Hijacking/dp/1250097991 
• Emotionally Resilient Tweens and Teens by Kim John Payne: https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Resilient-Tweens-Teens-Empowering/dp/1611805643 
• Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner: https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Slow-Courage-Journey-Beaten/dp/1531834337 

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