Some of us, as leaders, go through a series of purpose-expressions, a series of careers, as we grow, learn and become more and more of who we are meant to be. Others find one avenue immediately after high school or college and stay with that one expression of their vision throughout much of their life. Whichever path you follow is yours, not right or wrong, just yours..
The one core truth we learn, however, is that whatever path we choose, there will be a continuous series of opportunities for growth or stagnation. For living our truth or being in self-betrayal. Choosing leadership, consciously or otherwise, requires that we be ready to grow in order to deal with all the challenges, opportunities, and expansions that happen as our vision takes on a life of its own. That choosing can support compassion, understanding, and a greater leadership skill as those around us go through their process as well.
As leaders, we are challenged at times to decide if we are ready or even want to grow to that next level, to lead at that level, to become even more of who we are.
If you are human, you will at times want to stop, to breath, to reconsider your choices. That is never a failing, or a weakness, rather it is an amazing gift you give yourself. When you have grown significantly, or when it is time to grow significantly, stopping to catch up with yourself, to integrate all that is happening, is a smart and solid way of strengthening your foundation, your connection to your Spirit, to your purpose, and to you.
Use these articles as a means to do that.
In accepting that we are all leaders, whether of major organizations, as entrepreneurs, or simply in our homes, a key factor in recognizing how well we are doing is looking at how well we are living our values. Sadly, on occasion when I have asked others what their core values are, they have had no idea: “I’ve never thought about…
Each of us has a vision, conscious or otherwise, of how we see ourselves in this world, how we imagine our family, our hometown, and/or our country. For those folks who are conscious, it can be so terribly discouraging to have those visions of who we should be, when instead we see how much ignorance, fear, and hatred still exists….
You know that moment when you realize you could live in a bubble your whole life (the pandemic has certainly conditioned many of us) and life would be much easier yet doing so would also make it so much less of an adventure? I have no use for chaos or drama but adventure???? That’s another story altogether. I can find…
In a recent webinar that I watched from the Global Wellness Institute, there was a great deal of talk about the trends taking place in health care and wellness. Two major trends revolve around first, gut health as being the precursor to health or dis-ease. It is expected that more and more online videos for maintaining or reclaiming our health…
If your life is like mine, you can feel as If you are being pulled in a hundred directions at any given moment. Regardless of how I say “This is my agenda for the day…..” it appears as if calls, Zoom requests, emails needing responses, friends wanting to connect, and simply life such as dirty dishes and pets needing care,…
For many, the difference between these two words is pure semantics. For others they are a world apart. What, for you, is the difference if there is any at all? As a follow-up to last week’s letter on Claiming our Divinity and our Health, I see the difference as one that can support inner-peace or create an environment for disease…
Each week as I prepare these newsletters, I have one defined thought or idea that inspired me the past week and that I then want to share with you. This week I had that one thing ready to go when I had a Zoom meeting with a woman who was sent as a gift from God to remind of so…
As we celebrated International Women’s Day this week, the emphasis on “international” was highly important. We each, in our own world, recognize the price we have had to pay in order to be considered almost equal, equal, or even for some in being honored as a pioneer. Yes, it is imperative that we honor ourselves, each one of us. Not…
So much of what is written about leadership focuses on needing tools, such as better communication or learning approaches, such as in collaboration with co-workers versus power-over attitudes. As someone with a background in both psychology and integrative health, for the past 12 years as a Leadership Coach, my approach in working with all of my clients, brings an…
In speaking with a friend from England today, we were both talking about how our businesses have evolved as we have evolved. That makes perfect sense. Yet as with many things that make perfect sense – when we stop long enough to think about them – we both realized we have been busy “doing” our lives and haven’t always…
“When we fear not being “enough” we have lost sight of being more than was ever imagined”. Copyright ©2018. Dorothy A. Martin-Neville, PhD, LLC
