Spending the weekend in Minnesota.I get to spend 24 hours with a coaching client in Minnesota who is making a big decision about her career, and then another client who is recalibrating into a new chapter of life after getting a graduate degree. I’ll love that part.I also can’t wait to lead a Friday/Saturday women’s […]
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What long-term projects are you working on?
The Duomo in Milan, Italy took 600 years to build. That means generation after generation believing in the project, sharing the vision, making a contribution, and passing it along.When we work on a long-term project, we have to do the same thing. Maybe not for 600 years, but even 600 hours or 600 days can […]
In what ways are you called to be an artist?
In adulthood, creativity comes in many forms: visual, performing, elegant problem-solving, landscaping, fashion, woodworking, choreography, photography, helping a toddler control her emotions, crafting a sermon, finding a compromise that feels good to everyone, advocating for change, making up a new game. In what way(s) are you called to be an artist?
What’s on your list of “hobbies and skills I will never attempt in public”?
What’s on your list of “hobbies and skills I will never attempt in public”?My answers range from needlepoint to juggling to the board game Settlers of Catan.But what happens when we don’t try things that would actually improve our lives, simply because we fear failure? Things like having a hard conversation with a co-worker, reaching […]
Here’s to the innovators, creators, and change-makers.
The vulnerability of innovation, creativity, and change. I’ll be talking about today with my six month online coaching group. (Want to be part of a group? Message me for a link and we’ll talk about it!)It’s always risky to step up and lead, or put something new into the world, or improve something that is […]
What’s on your current reading list?
What’s on your current reading list? My group coaching clients all committed to read and discuss “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown. One of them suggested it because it falls well within the topics we discuss during our live video chats twice a month. It turns out that living your calling takes many of the […]
What is the most joyful disruption of the past twelve months for you?
Part of my role at the Extravaganza this weekend was to interview people in the lobby for footage to weave throughout the six big gatherings at our convention for Lutherans who work with children and youth. One of my questions was, “how would you define the word disruption?”Inconvenient. Problematic. Stressful. Annoying. Being forced to find […]
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?You wait for some things because they are out of your control. (Hello, New York City subway system.)You wait for some things because they are better after a short pause (hello, boiling water poured over a tea bag.)But you wait for some things unnecessarily. You make up reason that you have […]
Everyone deserves a seat at the proverbial table.
I see time-keeping as a matter of social justice, which is why I enthusiastically agreed to be timekeeper for an all-congregational half day meeting at my church this weekend. ⛪️ Have you ever considered how when one person or group of people are allowed to spill over on their time, they are in effect silencing […]
Show your inner fiesta to scatter some happiness today.
Yesterday was 3 Kings, the day we have a piñata every year after church. It was especially fun this year after singing “The Piñata Song” as one of my production numbers in “Away in the Basement.”.The lyrics (by Drew Jansen) could have almost been a theme song for my coaching workshops:“Everyone has gifts that are […]