when we connect first, courage can follow
“People are actually doing this?” I was asked. Yes. Absolutely. Especially the leaders who are committed to creating a culture where people know they matter. Because when people know they matter at work, they stay.They do better work.And you actually enjoy leading
Three days of deep conversation, creativity, laughter, and community.
Here they are, the first Commerce Bank ALDP cohort to be fully trained in Courage is Built Here™! Three days of deep conversation, creativity, laughter, and community. This program, and these people, are always one of my favorites each year. They
Is this mine to carry today?
Lately, I’ve been sitting in the tension between my values and the world we’re living in. I’m a curious person by nature. I want to understand people. I seek root causes. I read the posts, listen to different voices, and yes,
We bought a church!
Some news I’ve been holding close. We bought a church! And while we’re still in the process of working through the long road of securing the proper zoning to bring Monarch Meadows Retreat to life, I was told it was time to
The moment we say they all or we all
The moment we say they all or we all, we’ve abandoned curiosity and with it, connection. When we flatten people into categories, we leave no room for their full, holy stories
The Trouble with Expectations (and What to Do Instead)
It’s something I see again and again, with the leaders I work with, the teens my friends parent, and even inside my own story, especially before all this healing courage work: We hold really high expectations.For how people should act.For how life should go.For how things should* feel. And
Clear is kind and kind is connection.
Some people live only from their own narrow and limited lens—with no curiosity, no compassion, just a persistent need to be right and to disagree. First: These are not my people.Second: I choose to meet them with what they often refuse
