What is a Good Life? #175 - Closing the Gap Between Values & Life with Jennifer Garvey Berger

In this episode of What is a Good Life?, Mark McCartney sits down with Jennifer Garvey Berger - author, global leadership coach, and co-founder and CEO of Cultivating Leadership - to explore one of the most honest questions a person can ask: am I actually living in alignment with what I say matters most?Jennifer has spent decades helping leaders untangle big questions and find more courageous, compassionate ways to lead. All four of her books are Stanford University Press top sellers of the last decade. But here, she turns that same rigorous curiosity on herself.She shares the moment she realised her deepest values - generosity and curiosity - have their own shadows. She unpacks the concept of values as polarities, why rigid adherence to a single value leaves the whole system weak, and how she learned to hold temporary certainty without pretending to have all the answers.If you're interested in personal growth, leadership, values, conscious living, philosophy of life, intentional community, or a good life, this episode is for you.For more from Jennifer Garvey Berger:Company Website: www.cultivatingleadership.comBooks: Unleash Your Complexity Genius: https://www.sup.org/books/business/unleash-your-complexity-geniusChanging on the Job: https://www.sup.org/books/business/changing-job-second-editionLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-garvey-berger-7b4a264/ For more from Mark McCartney:Newsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/Website: https://www.mmcleadership.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@whatisagoodlife3875⁩  00:02  A Question Worth Following01:31  Closing the Values Gap04:01  When Values Cast Shadows08:53  Generosity and Curiosity's Dark Side13:02  Shame and the Human Condition16:29  Learning to Take Stands18:49  Standing for Love23:19  Certainty at Sea26:21  Time, Physics and Reality33:39  Rising to Love38:05  The Intentional Community50:28  What Is A Good Life for Jennifer?