Leading with Excellence
Lessons from Living
There has been much said about the best way to motivate and inspire our younger generations, but today we hear directly from a GenZ representative who has been carefully observing the examples of leadership she has personally witnessed. With these observations and impressions, Laura Ray Read offers listeners a fresh perspective on what it means to be a leader, and how to do it with excellence. We talk about whether everyone has the capacity to be a leader, and the importance of mentors in your life. Enjoy this unique opportunity to experience a familiar subject through innovative eyes. ...
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Healing From Leadership Injury
Lessons from Living
Have you ever suffered a psychological wound from someone in authority in your life? Sometimes we allow these events to affect us far into the future, impacting our potential success. Dr. April Minatrea says it doesn't have to be so: we can make a different decision to heal, and learn lessons from these life crises--including how to treat others with compassion. Dr. Minatrea is an articulate, inspirational advocate for becoming healthy ourselves so that we can encourage good health in others throughout the layers of our society. We can learn to treat each other with...
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Sharpen Your Priorities
Lessons from Living
Beth shares an unusual way to center oneself and focus on what is most important in life. Do you have a difficult time discerning what is important? This method which happens to be a "natural" part of Beth's life allows one to zero in with clarity on your most important priorities. No beating around the bush here! Let us hear from you about how you tend to refocus your priorities, and learn from each other.
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Taking a Life U-Turn
Lessons from Living
Faced with an exorbitant, self-accumulated debt, Isabel Varela made the brave decision to address her problem head-on. Her story is one of addiction fueled by painful negative self-image. The resulting life change required spiritual and secular work, along with an incredible persistence and determination. If you feel buried beneath your life challenges, even if they result from your own stupidity or lapse of judgement, this episode is sure to inspire you not only to hang on, but find appropriate solutions, and learn to thrive again. Make what could be a frustrating...
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Talking with God
Lessons from Living
Angee Robertson knows a thing or two about communicating with God. Having navigated some difficult trials during her life, including infertility and her husband's illness, she has become acutely aware of God's desire to interact with and support her. To that end, she has honed in on some creative ways to communicate with her Father. We discuss the power of words, and how we tend to focus on the negative, doubting God, communicating with God through journaling, having authority in Christ, tapping into the Holy Spirit, the importance of knowing God's character, different ways...
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Serving Those Who Serve
Lessons from Living
What does the most fulfilling retirement look like? Our guest Chris Marquardt offers an excellent picture of that: he has made an intentional geographical move with his wife of 36 years to a corner of the world that gives him peace and happiness. He has learned a new skill, bee-keeping, that has helped him through his own PTSD, having served in the military for 24 years. And he has found a way to share this passion and healing with other veterans. This is an expansive conversation covering how to stay married for 36 years, deciding to make a move, building a new...
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Headed Toward Heaven
Lessons from Living
What's it like to walk with someone who is dying? And what lessons can we learn from this experience of witnessing someone passing from this world into the next? Enjoy an interview with an extraordinary doctor, Reggie Anderson, as he shares these truths with us. We talk about how a horrific event in his young life separated him from God, despite having grown up in a faith-filled home. He shares how meeting his future wife and studying medicine played key roles in returning him to a relationship with God. Dr. Anderson shares what it's like to walk with the dying,...
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Growing a Family Through Fostering
Lessons from Living
When Jessica Spencer, her husband, and birth son decided to dip their toes into the waters of fostering children, they had no way to know that within days their little family would morph from 3 to 7! This is Jessica's story of the often meandering process fostering can take to grow a family. She touches on the training and evaluation required, getting that fateful call, and how parental rights can impact the possibility of adoption within a fostering relationship. If you have any interest in growing your own family through fostering, this episode is a must-listen. If...
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Surviving Infidelity
Lessons from Living
If you have ever wondered whether your spouse has been unfaithful, or even had that fear confirmed, this episode about surviving infidelity is for you. Our guest, Kate Conwell, shares her journey from discovering her husband's infidelity to moving beyond this trauma to an even stronger marriage. Today, Kate and her husband model this kind of healthy, growth-focused behavior resulting in a renewed relationship and share it with other men and women walking this same path. There is hope for marriages in crisis, and Kate demonstrates how the necessary work in her own life has led...
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When A Nobody Says "YES!"
Lessons from Living
Self-described "nobody," Barbara Demorest, describes how a personal encounter with cancer inspired her to find a solution for a common problem facing breast cancer victims. She said "Yes," when many others may have taken a pass. We talk about walking through open doors, not stressing when a door closes, the hazards of putting limits upon ourselves, how impostor syndrome impacts our ability to step forward, beginning with little steps, how to equip and inspire others, dealing with criticism, the symbiotic nature of giving/receiving, why caring is critical, humility and staying on...
info_outlineFaced with an exorbitant, self-accumulated debt, Isabel Varela made the brave decision to address her problem head-on. Her story is one of addiction fueled by painful negative self-image. The resulting life change required spiritual and secular work, along with an incredible persistence and determination. If you feel buried beneath your life challenges, even if they result from your own stupidity or lapse of judgement, this episode is sure to inspire you not only to hang on, but find appropriate solutions, and learn to thrive again. Make what could be a frustrating ending your new beginning.