I have a spot by my kitchen door where I put stuff that’s going to the garage. It might be recyclables, or coupons I want to keep in my car. Or the shopping bags I take with me. Most of the time there might be one or two things in that spot. The bags I just unloaded the groceries from. A few plastic containers to be recycled. But not this day. I went downstairs into the kitchen and saw this.
We live in a world of noise. Now that everyone can be their own media company, it feels like everyone is doing it. Video, podcasts, radio, streaming music. Your car and Alexa talk to you. Even banks have gotten into the act. Bank of America just announced Erica, a virtual assistant on its mobile app. And noise isn’t limited to what you hear. There’s also the noise inside people’s heads. All the things that distract them. And now you start to talk.
Will anyone hear you above the noise?
Your voice is the most powerful communication tool you have. Yet you may not be harnessing its power. In fact, your voice could be holding you back. Today we explore how you can use your voice to help you break free.
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| Subscribe in iTunes | Subscribe in Stitcher | Subscribe via RSSOur small group was talking about growing through grief and loss. We spoke of Job, and how his life was changed in an instant. As we heard his story, my mind went back to my illness in 2011. Remembering the pain and shame of not sleeping. The confluence of other circumstances that brought me down…in a big way. To the point where I could barely work or take care of myself.
I remembered just how much it took to bring me back to life.
You’re standing in your bedroom, folded clothes in hand. You open the dresser drawer to put them in, and they won’t fit. You stare at the clothes and then at the drawer. And then you ask yourself, “What if I folded these clothes differently?” All of a sudden, all the clothes fit in the same space where they didn’t fit before. And you ask yourself,
“Why didn’t I think of that before?”
You’ve heard of the glass ceiling? Something you can’t see and yet prevents women from attaining the top positions? Well, I discovered a nylon ceiling. One that is equally invisible and keeps us from reaching our potential. And what’s worse, it’s just flexible enough to let us grow – a little. If you want to grow more than that? You have to break free from that nylon ceiling. Your upper limit. On this episode, I talk about how I got caught, and what you can do to break free.
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| Subscribe in iTunes | Subscribe in Stitcher | Subscribe via RSS“You’re not crazy. You’re sick. You will get better. It will take time. And I will fight this fight with you.” My Naturopathic Doctor looked me deep in the eyes as she made this promise.
And right there, hope was resurrected.
The earth shook. The sky darkened. The curtain in the temple split. Jesus had just declared, “It is finished.” And breathed his last breath.
What brought him to the point of death?
You know that trip I took to Los Angeles where I had to make a quick change for the first two days of the trip? And those days turned out to be a blessing? Such an adventure I had! Well, the return home was an adventure too.
Though this time, not one I want to repeat anytime soon.
In my last blog post, I talked about how a crazy, mixed-up day turned into a blessing. I ended up in Santa Barbara at a perfect little hotel. I got to see the ocean, boats, and cute shops. An unexpected blessing, to be sure.
And as much as I appreciated that, I almost missed another one.
