Getting Your Life into Balance

I often have to remind myself to "stay curious" on my morning walks with Chestnut. And I have had some amazing finds: purple wildflower with yellow center, pecked-out Robin's egg, and much more. So much more fun than scrolling.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas seems like a good time to consider the appreciation conundrum. Did you knock yourself out putting on the Thanksgiving feast and wonder if those you served appreciated it? Or did you do it, because you LOVE doing it? These are questions worth pondering. Somewhere between the black and white is probably your shade of gray. It’s up to you what you do with the information.

I'm working on this - it'll be a lifelong project, I suspect.

We only have a dozen spots for this Fall’s Purpose Circles led by Getting Your Life into Balance Author Lynn Nelson and her colleague and personal coach extraordinaire Kim Kristenson-Lee with guest appearances by the other Whole Person Leadership co-facilitators.

Our focus will be on peer coaching, accountability and feedback – we want to provide support and structure for accomplishing key goals you have set for yourself.

Here are the themes for our 6 sessions:

Setting Intentions and Goals to Fuel Your Purpose

What’s Possible? Purpose, Imaging and Affirmation

Cultivating Commitment to Fuel Your Purpose

Power of the Peer: Community Resources and Assets

Embracing Conflict Fuels Your Purpose

Gifts of the Circle

Dates: Oct. 2, Oct 16, Oct. 30, Nov 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 18

Investment is $500 for 6 sessions or 6 payments of $85 – participants will be expected to attend all sessions – this is not a drop-in program where you can attend a session or two. It requires the commitment to attend as many as you can.

Registration deadline is Sept. 25.

Here is the link to our web page for more information:
https://www.centerforpurposefulleadership.org/wpl4w-circles

This is one of the most interesting WebMD posts I've seen in a while, and I love WebMD - it's about a form of depression that's not a problem for anyone except the person who has it - since it has to do with continuing to perform when all the joy is gone - it's one I'm very familiar with and regularly work hard to overcome. Of course, the punchline is at the bottom. And it's pretty simple: find stuff you love to do and DO them. This is worth a read: https://www.webmd.com/depression/ss/cm/high-functioning-depression-8-expert-answers

My dear colleague Vivian Nelsen sent me this Balance Devotion from Luther Seminary - it is SO perfect. Thank you, Vivian.

Today’s reading takes us beyond concerns for feeding our hunger to feeding our very identity: “so you may be filled with the fullness of God.” Imagine a pie chart of your life. There are wedges for work, leisure, family, fitness, entertainment, church activities—you know your list. They all keep you busy, sometimes more than busy.

It often seems there aren’t enough hours in the day to fit it all in. And then someone says you need to include God in the pie chart. You look but can’t find anywhere to add a wedge. Still you know something is missing. There is an emptiness that needs to be filled. Now imagine you have a disc of God’s presence.

Instead of wedging it in, you ask God to occupy the center of your life, overlapping every wedge. Suddenly God becomes the center from which all your life’s aspects spring. God becomes the center of all that you are. And God fills your whole life, 24/7. Thanks be to God.

I'm excited to work with leadership to present an overview of my book this week. We'll delve into how to match your time with your intentions using the Time Diet.