I'll go first to break the ice, like a good host. :)
1. I am currently digging the book "The Highly Sensitive Parent", which is helping me understand why I can be both a wonderful mom (I'm very attuned and empathetic) and a terrible one (I'm overstimulated! I'm overwhelmed! Everyone just shhhhhh!)
2. Work I do - coaching, team development, leadership development...and increasingly, writing and speaking, if all goes well.
3. I'm interested in shaping The Diving Board around what interests you - truly - but I know for sure that I want to explore with you the following: work-life integration, Vertical Development (it's ok if you don't know what that means yet), Enneagram, spirituality and work, plus whatever random stuff is making me go, "Oooooh, I wanna share that with someone! Is anyone listening?".
1. I'm currently digging my church and learning healthy spiritual practices! Finding the community at Mill City Church has been giving my a weekly vulnerability hangover and I'm loving it. Also spending time digging into all of the books I've had on the shelf for years: The Artist Way, The Body Keeps the Score, Boundaries, the list goes on. Is it smart to be 50 pages into 5 different books? Who's to say...
2. I'm starting a organization (someday a nonprofit) that brings after school performing arts education into schools (I'm lucky to live in Minnesota that has a beautifully developed Community Education system that's able to provide the structure to do what I do) and teaches young educators *how* to teach the arts. So far so good, but I'm still in the beginning stages. Always looking for people willing to share their expertise!
3. Oh goodness... kinda everything? I'm a sponge right now and will take all the advice I can get. I'm super interested in the logistics of gaining public speaking/coaching clientele as you dive into that! And how to structure life when you don't work a typical 9-5 schedule.
Emma, I'm so glad you're here! Love the emphasis on *healthy* spiritual practices. And you are a reader after my own heart - I also have multiple books going at a time because I just get too curious to wait before diving into a new one! And I LOVE the work you are doing in the world around performance arts for school-age kids - talk about work that matters. Ooh, and I like your topic idea of structuring life as a solopreneur vs. a company gal. I've learned a lot about that, trial and error style, over the past few years.
1. I am currently digging the podcast Hard Fork - it's about tech and AI and things I am not an expert and barely a novice at. But I love learning about areas that are way out of my scope. I find AI fascinating.
2. I too am in leadership development, and love talking to my sharp and talented sister-in-law about the subject. Though we never have as much time as we could fill! I co-lead the Lead Stories Podcast as well as the Ezer Collective leadership intensive with Jo Saxton. I am also in spiritual leadership as Lead Pastor of Mill City Church!
3. I love learning more about the enneagram. Very intrigued to learn more about vertical development after hearing you talk about it. I'm drawn to the idea of how to think holistically about our leadership in the swirling world around us!
I love that you - a pastor - are learning about tech and AI. The best pastors are just generally curious people, and you are the best pastor I know, so I think this proves my point. And yay for Lead Stories podcast - something many readers of The Diving Board would also love! Stay tuned for Enneagram and Vertical Development, coming at you soon.
Congratulations on launching The Diving Board. I'm excited to be here!
1. I am currently digging Wendy MacNaughton's 30-day Draw Together Challenge on Substack https://substack.com/@drawtogether. I've never put much time into practicing drawing so this is a big (and humbling) stretch for me. It's surprised me how regulating drawing has been for my nervous system.
I am also revisiting Ray Dalio's, "Principles" and diving deep into crafting my own principles so that I can be a more objective decision maker. Shane Parrish's, "Clear Thinking" is next on my list to dive into related to this topic.
2. I work as a web designer and consultant for small business owners. I am also a high school lacrosse coach.
3. I am interested in all things personal development, coaching, relationships, creativity, and spirituality.
Hi! Just jumping on board. I'm the Housing Specialist for the Area Agency on Aging, hopefully moving up into a more oversight and training role soon. I'm currently obsessed with PBS Masterpiece Theater movies and series. I'm here to learn and grow.
1. I am currently digging the movie "Boys in the Boat." I read the book a few years ago, which is terrific, and so was excited to see the film version. It's such a great story about perseverance, courage, teamwork, and triumph over the odds. I'm also digging this because I have gotten into the sport of rowing over the past couple of years. My wife and I have a Hydrow indoor rowing machine, and I have enjoyed learning about this activity which combines speed, strength, coordination, and mental focus.
2. Work I do: I am Vice President, Engaged Learning, at Management & Training Corporation in Centerville, UT. We are a social impact company that contracts with a variety of state and federal agencies to provide education, rehabilitation, and workforce development to underserved populations across the U.S. and Australia. We operate 20 Job Corps centers across the U.S. under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor, and over 30 correctional facilities under contract with different state and federal agencies. My team provides leadership and support to all of the academic, career & technical (vocational), and life skills (substance abuse treatment etc.) programs we offer at the facilities.
3. Your focus on work-life integration sounds interesting to me. I'd also be interested in learning more about how to navigate grief and loss in the workplace. I think sometimes we grieve over what "could have been" or "should have been" in previous positions as we move on in our careers, especially if there was prior workplace trauma. This can make it difficult for people to be confident, decisive, and resilient in their current role. I'm also interested in how grief over personal tragedy can affect work performance and leadership, since my wife and I lost our 26-year-old son to an overdose in Sept. 2022.
I look forward to learning from you and everyone here!
David, "The Boys in the Boat" is popping up all around me over the last week, so I think your nudge is a sign that I need to check it out. I have tried rowing at Orange Theory, and it did an excellent job of showing me how weak and out of shape I am.
Your work in the world sounds incredibly powerful. Wow.
And thank you for the suggestion about grief in the workplace. I am so sad to hear about your son, and I can't imagine all the ways that has shaped your last year and a half in life and work. Resource if you are interested: I know an executive coach who lost her child and may be offering some services soon on the intersection of grief and leadership. Please let me know if you'd like me to connect you with her directly. And you've inspired me to consider having her do a guest post on this topic on The Diving Board at some point!
1. I’m digging into all things attachment theory and practicing more stillness this year
2. I work in Responsible Sourcing for food and agriculture (protecting human rights, environmental sustainability and diverse supply chains)
3. All the things you listed AND how I can bring them to work - bridging the inner work/spiritual and corporate worlds so that we can be our full human selves where we spend most of our waking hours
Hi Bethany! Stillness is hard, please LMK what you learn, I need all the help I can get. And YES to bridging our spiritual natures and the business/organizational world. I'm so passionate about this and will definitely be posting on this topic.
I'll go first to break the ice, like a good host. :)
1. I am currently digging the book "The Highly Sensitive Parent", which is helping me understand why I can be both a wonderful mom (I'm very attuned and empathetic) and a terrible one (I'm overstimulated! I'm overwhelmed! Everyone just shhhhhh!)
2. Work I do - coaching, team development, leadership development...and increasingly, writing and speaking, if all goes well.
3. I'm interested in shaping The Diving Board around what interests you - truly - but I know for sure that I want to explore with you the following: work-life integration, Vertical Development (it's ok if you don't know what that means yet), Enneagram, spirituality and work, plus whatever random stuff is making me go, "Oooooh, I wanna share that with someone! Is anyone listening?".
1. I'm currently digging my church and learning healthy spiritual practices! Finding the community at Mill City Church has been giving my a weekly vulnerability hangover and I'm loving it. Also spending time digging into all of the books I've had on the shelf for years: The Artist Way, The Body Keeps the Score, Boundaries, the list goes on. Is it smart to be 50 pages into 5 different books? Who's to say...
2. I'm starting a organization (someday a nonprofit) that brings after school performing arts education into schools (I'm lucky to live in Minnesota that has a beautifully developed Community Education system that's able to provide the structure to do what I do) and teaches young educators *how* to teach the arts. So far so good, but I'm still in the beginning stages. Always looking for people willing to share their expertise!
3. Oh goodness... kinda everything? I'm a sponge right now and will take all the advice I can get. I'm super interested in the logistics of gaining public speaking/coaching clientele as you dive into that! And how to structure life when you don't work a typical 9-5 schedule.
Emma, I'm so glad you're here! Love the emphasis on *healthy* spiritual practices. And you are a reader after my own heart - I also have multiple books going at a time because I just get too curious to wait before diving into a new one! And I LOVE the work you are doing in the world around performance arts for school-age kids - talk about work that matters. Ooh, and I like your topic idea of structuring life as a solopreneur vs. a company gal. I've learned a lot about that, trial and error style, over the past few years.
1. I am currently digging the podcast Hard Fork - it's about tech and AI and things I am not an expert and barely a novice at. But I love learning about areas that are way out of my scope. I find AI fascinating.
2. I too am in leadership development, and love talking to my sharp and talented sister-in-law about the subject. Though we never have as much time as we could fill! I co-lead the Lead Stories Podcast as well as the Ezer Collective leadership intensive with Jo Saxton. I am also in spiritual leadership as Lead Pastor of Mill City Church!
3. I love learning more about the enneagram. Very intrigued to learn more about vertical development after hearing you talk about it. I'm drawn to the idea of how to think holistically about our leadership in the swirling world around us!
I love that you - a pastor - are learning about tech and AI. The best pastors are just generally curious people, and you are the best pastor I know, so I think this proves my point. And yay for Lead Stories podcast - something many readers of The Diving Board would also love! Stay tuned for Enneagram and Vertical Development, coming at you soon.
Hi Claire!
Congratulations on launching The Diving Board. I'm excited to be here!
1. I am currently digging Wendy MacNaughton's 30-day Draw Together Challenge on Substack https://substack.com/@drawtogether. I've never put much time into practicing drawing so this is a big (and humbling) stretch for me. It's surprised me how regulating drawing has been for my nervous system.
I am also revisiting Ray Dalio's, "Principles" and diving deep into crafting my own principles so that I can be a more objective decision maker. Shane Parrish's, "Clear Thinking" is next on my list to dive into related to this topic.
2. I work as a web designer and consultant for small business owners. I am also a high school lacrosse coach.
3. I am interested in all things personal development, coaching, relationships, creativity, and spirituality.
Looking forward to more posts!
Dominique! Hiiiii! So fun to see you here - thanks for joining me!
I'm definitely going to check out this drawing thing - nervous-system regulation is something I'm working on right now, so I'm intrigued.
It's also fun to hear what you do for work - just realized I never knew this! Welcome. :)
Hi! Just jumping on board. I'm the Housing Specialist for the Area Agency on Aging, hopefully moving up into a more oversight and training role soon. I'm currently obsessed with PBS Masterpiece Theater movies and series. I'm here to learn and grow.
Hi Claire!
1. I am currently digging the movie "Boys in the Boat." I read the book a few years ago, which is terrific, and so was excited to see the film version. It's such a great story about perseverance, courage, teamwork, and triumph over the odds. I'm also digging this because I have gotten into the sport of rowing over the past couple of years. My wife and I have a Hydrow indoor rowing machine, and I have enjoyed learning about this activity which combines speed, strength, coordination, and mental focus.
2. Work I do: I am Vice President, Engaged Learning, at Management & Training Corporation in Centerville, UT. We are a social impact company that contracts with a variety of state and federal agencies to provide education, rehabilitation, and workforce development to underserved populations across the U.S. and Australia. We operate 20 Job Corps centers across the U.S. under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor, and over 30 correctional facilities under contract with different state and federal agencies. My team provides leadership and support to all of the academic, career & technical (vocational), and life skills (substance abuse treatment etc.) programs we offer at the facilities.
3. Your focus on work-life integration sounds interesting to me. I'd also be interested in learning more about how to navigate grief and loss in the workplace. I think sometimes we grieve over what "could have been" or "should have been" in previous positions as we move on in our careers, especially if there was prior workplace trauma. This can make it difficult for people to be confident, decisive, and resilient in their current role. I'm also interested in how grief over personal tragedy can affect work performance and leadership, since my wife and I lost our 26-year-old son to an overdose in Sept. 2022.
I look forward to learning from you and everyone here!
David, "The Boys in the Boat" is popping up all around me over the last week, so I think your nudge is a sign that I need to check it out. I have tried rowing at Orange Theory, and it did an excellent job of showing me how weak and out of shape I am.
Your work in the world sounds incredibly powerful. Wow.
And thank you for the suggestion about grief in the workplace. I am so sad to hear about your son, and I can't imagine all the ways that has shaped your last year and a half in life and work. Resource if you are interested: I know an executive coach who lost her child and may be offering some services soon on the intersection of grief and leadership. Please let me know if you'd like me to connect you with her directly. And you've inspired me to consider having her do a guest post on this topic on The Diving Board at some point!
Thank you Claire. I'd love to be connected with your colleague. I look forward to learning from you!
Hi Claire!
1. I’m digging into all things attachment theory and practicing more stillness this year
2. I work in Responsible Sourcing for food and agriculture (protecting human rights, environmental sustainability and diverse supply chains)
3. All the things you listed AND how I can bring them to work - bridging the inner work/spiritual and corporate worlds so that we can be our full human selves where we spend most of our waking hours
Hi Bethany! Stillness is hard, please LMK what you learn, I need all the help I can get. And YES to bridging our spiritual natures and the business/organizational world. I'm so passionate about this and will definitely be posting on this topic.