2026 Calibrate Life Relaunch Trailer
Calibrate Life & Leadership
The Calibrate Life and Leadership Podcast is back and relaunching as a weekly podcast after a 5 year break. This podcast has always been about calibrating our lives because as leaders, and as Christ-followers, we must experience transformation before we can lead transformation. It’s about pressing beyond the tough stuff and discovering the joy of living, leading, and loving, because life is a great adventure that is meant to be joyfully lived. If you’ve followed this podcast before, you will notice something familiar — and something new. We are a little...
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151 Grieving the Death of Normal
Calibrate Life & Leadership
We’ve heard people talking about a “new normal” or “when things get back to normal.” It occurred to us that sometimes “normal” gives way to a new reality full of purpose, hope, and opportunity. Having lived through a deep grief process, we’ve simply recognized a grief process at work in the world around us. In this episode we are talking about “Grieving the Death of Normal.” Notes and resources for this episode:
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150 The Power of Saying “Yes” to Adversity
Calibrate Life & Leadership
Embracing adversity, being willing to say “yes” to the tough stuff gives us new lenses to see things differently, it exercises atrophied muscles needed for new adventures and callings, and it deconstructs our inferior plans to make way for God’s excellent plans. In this episode we talk about saying “yes” to adversity in expectation of the joys ahead. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/150
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149 Reflections on Living, Leading, and Loving at 60
Calibrate Life & Leadership
On David’s 60th birthday, his journal entry included 7 things he will do in the next 20 years based upon lessons learned in the previous 20. In this episode David and Donna talk about reflections on joyfully living, leading, and loving. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/149
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148 Leading in Crisis: Eight Actions of a Leader in Times of Crisis
Calibrate Life & Leadership
Those we lead have the opportunity to see who we really are when we lead them in and through a crisis. Our heart, our character, our resolve, our faith, our love, and our motivations are all revealed. In episode 148 of The Calibrate Life Podcast, we discuss 8 things for a leader to keep in focus while leading during a crisis. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/148
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147 Leading in Crisis: Spirit-Empowered Leadership
Calibrate Life & Leadership
If God has positioned you as a spiritual leader, he will also empower you to serve and lead. In this episode we are going to talk about the mantle and anointing that comes with God’s call and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to lead in times of uncertainty. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/147
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146 Overcoming Shiny-Object Syndrome
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You can do anything you want to do but you can’t do everything you want to do. Shiny-object Syndrome is the urge to chase and engage things that get your attention. The problem is, there are too many opportunities, too many shiny objects, more interesting and compelling things than we have time or resources to chase. In this episode we talk about managing our shiny-object syndrome. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/146
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145 Putting the Margin Back into Our Lives
Calibrate Life & Leadership
Margin is the blank spaces on a document that defines its borders and makes it readable and functional. We need margin in our lives. It is the spaces, the blanks, that make everything else work. REST, health, well-being, effectiveness and many other things are elusive if we don’t mind the blank spaces. In this episode of the Calibrate Life Podcast we talk about putting the margin back in. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/145
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144 The Pursuit of REST
Calibrate Life & Leadership
The “gold” of our lives comes from the ability to rest in the Presence of God, learning to zone down, learning to listen. In this episode we talk about our renewed commitment to really learn to rest, to have abiding peace in the midst of chaos. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/144
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143 Sacrifice: How Do You Know When it’s Not Enough?
Calibrate Life & Leadership
How do you know when you aren’t sacrificing enough? In last week’s episode we discussed how to know when we are sacrificing too much out of the wrong motivation, and this week we look at the other side of the coin. Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/143
info_outlineLife is simply full of sacrifices. As a matter of normal course, we often give up something we care about or love to gain something we care about or love more. Sacrifice embraces change and transition as we let go of important things to gain more important things.
Notes and resources for this episode: https://calibrate360.com/142