Creating a sustainable, life-giving Rhythm of Life & Leadership is only possible if you treat it as a living, moving, adaptable way of being. That means having a regular rhythm of reviewing, revising, and recommitting. While I always hope to do some kind of review regularly, I confess I hope more than I do! However,…
So many people are talking about the Enneagram these days, which may excite you or repulse you. You may be in a place where you are discovering, obsessing, reading everything you can, listening to all the podcasts, googling all the memes. Or, you may be suspicious, groaning when your friend brings it up all the…
Abbie’s Experience of the Rhythm of Life Creation Process Creating a Rhythm of Life & Leadership is something that is unique to everyone. While there is a specific framework and reflections / practices that everyone works through – the impact and experience of the journey is always different. Abbie went through the 8 Weeks of…
Last year I took time off after a significant season of loss. I got in my car with my dog and camping gear and headed south along the coast with the intention of spending time with good friends as part of the journey. There were a lot of wonderful things about the road trip, but…
Cal Fussman (Big Questions podcast) interviews Simon Sinek about his latest book The Infinite Game. What is so great about this interview is that Sinek gives us a personal glimpse into his own process and rhythm for writing each of his books — and how it was different each time. Including “taking flights to nowhere”…
This is a tool that I keep returning to and as I share it with others, they keep saying it adds a lot of value and is helpful. It’s what I call my Vocational Matrix. You can jump to the end of this post for the quick how to or keep reading to find out…
I moved 6 times over the last 10 months. My things were in storage for most of that time. A few months I was able to unpack a lot of items, but it was only temporary. When I moved into my current home, I noticed something strange for me: I felt like I needed to…
What stuck out was all the 8s. 8 days in hospice. Dying on 8/8/18. Standing hearing the nurse pronounce “time of death 6:38.” Noting to myself 6:38 EST. 3:38 PST. Knowing mom would have turned 78. I was a few days away from turning 38. It’s what happens in death and dying. You notice things.…
Prayers We Keep Praying: How Long? It’s been 251 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2019 so far… Lord, “We don’t know what we should pray.” We “wait breathless”, we feel weak and frustrated at all the suffering — and don’t know how to give expression to our inner groaning. [1] Lord we asked you to “teach us…
