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Let go, Lean In
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I'm Lisa Lewis, your transformational leadership coach. In each episode, you'll find help growing awareness of your mindset as a leader, be equipped with a tool to let go of unrealistic expectations and self limiting beliefs that get in the way of your one precious life. My goal is for you to thrive as you lean in toward the leadership call God has put on your life. Join me and other leaders as we let go and lean in together.
Episodes
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LGLI Interview with Megan Bunnell, Tantalum Coaching Episode 163
Our guest today is Megan Bunnell of Tantalum Coaching. Megan is a generous soul whose desire is for all people to unleash their 10/10 lives! In fact she is hosting a podcast summit featuring Olympians, authors, and other stellar folks beginning this Monday. Find out more at the link embedded above.
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When Grief & Gratitude Link Arms Episode 162
Loss and death is not an easy topic to discuss in toxic positivity culture we find ourselves. But reality is, grief affects everyone in subtle and time stopping ways. If you're like me, you might feel grief for a time but then "it's time to move on", right? Not so fast! Sitting with grief and...
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Think Globally, Act Locally Episode 161
Let's talk about our actions, our choices to care for ourselves, our people and the planet. The aphorisms I use often are those pithy phrases that pack a big idea into a short phrase to help remember the big idea. Think globally, act locally is one of those aphorisms.
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Grounding Thoughts from the Whirlwind Episode 160
Time and current events have been a whirlwind swirling around and within. Today I want to offer us three grounding thoughts, two resources and leave you with a blessing from John O'Donohue. My hope is that you will receive a moment of peace in the midst of the whirlwind of news in the US.
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Gifts of Clarity Episode 159
This episode is the last in our eight part series focused on self-leadership. We began in September with my book recommendation of How to Walk into a Room by Emily P. Freeman where I shared the clarity I received by reading her words. Courage, Curiosity, Creativity, Calmness, Confidence,...
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Pursue Connectedness Episode 158
This is the penultimate episode of this eight part series about the 8 C's of Self-Leadership. In past episodes we've talked about courage, curiosity, creativity, calmness, confidence and compassion. Today we turn our attention to connectedness. Connectedness in our interior world and our exterior...
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Nurturing Compassion Episode 157
Welcome dear Listener! We're in week 6 of our eight part series covering the 8 C's of Self-Leadership based on the tool developed by Foundations IFS. There will be a link to their pdf in the show notes on letgoleaninpodcast.com Today I want to focus on Compassion and specifically how do we…
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Building Confidence Episode 156
We're half way through the 8 C's of Self-Leadership series. Today we take a look at confidence. Specifically, building confidence when yours might be wonky. What does confidence really mean? How do we build it? What's challenging about it? Let's find out!
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Developing Calmness Episode 155
If there's one thing I've learned over the last four years, it's this: acting like an ostrich in the face of uncertainty doesn't get rid of anxiety. I have learned some helpful practices and have talked about many of them in previous episodes. Today, we'll look at developing calmness in your…
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Creativity and Faith Hold Hands Episode 154
We're in the middle of a series on Self-Leadership using the 8 C's of Self-Leadership Wheel from Foundations of IFS. Today's episode focuses on the fourth C which is Creativity. As a woman of faith, I view creativity as a spiritual practice. I'm hoping you will too after you consider what I share...
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Cultivate Curiosity Episode 153
Our third C from the 8 C's of Self-leadership is Curiosity. We're hardwired to be curious but our culture does not support asking lots of questions or wondering about how things work or especially how we work. Curiosity needs to be developed, practiced and cultivated like a gardener. This begins...
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Courage to Be Yourself Episode 152
Courage is our second C from the 8 C's of Self- leadership that we're exploring in this series. Where do we find courage? What does taking courage look like in our lived experiences? How do we find the courage to be yourself? This episode tackles all these questions and more!
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The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away Episode 151
This episode is both a book recommendation and personal application of the first C of the 8 C's of self-leadership: Clarity. Emily P. Freeman's recent book How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away is the book recommendation and the resource I've applied to my...
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Pick One Thing Episode 150
Welcome Welcome to Episode 150 of Let Go, Lean In podcast. This also happens to be the first episode of Year 4! I've been talking to you about leadership, development and leading through the lens of the Enneagram and sharing others' stories about their leadership journeys all this time. in…
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The Art of Letting Go Episode 149
Have you ever read a work of fiction that was so well written you experienced events with the characters? Kristen Hannah's The Women did that for me. Such an amazing writer! But this episode is not a book recommendation; it's a transparent confession of how complex PTSD landed in my life. I also...
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The Art of Living Episode 148
In which I read aloud my favorite children's book and share reflections on it's continuing inspiration.
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Some Positive Effects of Reading Episode 147
It's been more than a few minutes since my last episode 146 encouraging you to read David Brooks' latest book How to Know a Person. I've been thinking a lot about the ways books have enhanced my life. I chose four positive effects of reading to remind you of today. Whether you are leading a…
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How to Know a Person My Reading Recommendation Episode 146
I just finished a delightful book by David Brooks titled How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. It is a delightful book because it aligns with the messages of growth and listening as well as so many other points I've shared here on the podcast. Listen to…
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LGLI Interview with Holley Gerth Episode 145
Our conversation guest today is Holley Gerth. Holley is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, licensed counselor, and life coach. She imagines a world where we all become who we’re created to be, use our strengths to serve, and grow for a lifetime. Holley cofounded the groundbreaking blogging...
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Let Go, Lean In During Lent Episode 144
Establishing new rhythms for my work, life and faith in 2024 have taken longer than they used to! All of January I was discerning what to keep, what to let go and where to lean in so I was ready to really get going in February. Turns out in this season of my life I am more easily distracted than…
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Collect. Connect. Correct. Episode 143
What does it mean to connect the dots if we don't have the dots collected in one place? This adds a Why to the What and How of living a dot to dot life.
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Which Way Now? Episode 142
Please tell me I'm not alone with the kind of day I had today! Distractions that appeared like emergencies took two hours of my time and took my emotions outside my window of tolerance. Ever had that happen?
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Kristen Stockton, The Caregiver Coach Group Episode 141
Kristen Stockton is the Founder of the Caregiver Coach Group, under JASKAP Consulting LLC, where Kristen is the Principal Managing Partner. During our conversation we talk about leadership as a throughline in life. Kristen's unique background spans 30 years of working with non-profit, private and...
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How do You get to Carnegie Hall? Episode 140
It's the beginning of the third week of January and I thought we needed a joke. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice. No one knows the origin of this joke including the folks at Carnegie Hall. The reason I chose this joke is this episode is all about Practice, Practice,...
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(page turn) New Year, Same Me Episode 139
Welcome to the first episode of 2024! Ta da! (page turn) New Year! Same me. I'm guessing same you as well. This episode invites you to slow down and pay attention to what is drawing you forward rather than to the external values of other voices. There are several resources as well as a suggested...
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Musings on the Subtleties of Influence Episode 138
Ideas simmer, they don't bubble over. Reflecting on influence as a leadership value has been a simmer that took a lot of time to bring out the subtleties of influence.
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Development is the Key Leadership Value Episode 137
Learning-Growing-Changing-Sharing-Encouraging-Equipping are all elements of Development. Not the fundraising kind of Development. The leadership value of personal and professional development that is the key to lifelong learning and the key of Transformational Leadership.
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Judy M. Baker, Book Marketing Mentor Ep 136
Judy M. Baker founded Book Marketing Mentor to support authors at every stage in their journey, guiding them on the path to success and sustainable sales. Judy is the President of the Redwood Writers Club and co-hosts the Grand Authors Group. Judy and I had a lovely conversation about the...
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Honesty & Transparency as Leadership Values Episode 135
In my conversation with Dr. Jill Richardson (ep. 134) she chose Honesty & Transparency from the list of Leadership Values she was sent. We discussed these values as well as the Enneagram and her upcoming course called The Enneagram for Writers. In this solo episode I thought I would model these...
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Dr. Jill Richardson Episode 134
My dear listener, I am so happy to share this conversation with the Reverend Dr. Jill Richardson. We had a delightful time! Dr. Jill Richardson pastors in suburban Chicago, as well as writing and speaking. Her passion is to work with the next generation to create a healthy church and to teach...
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Respect: A CoRe Leadership Value Episode 133
In our series on leadership values have you noticed the overlap of some of the values? I thought I would take some liberties with word play in this solo episode. Today's leadership value is Respect. I'm putting it together with another leadership value Communication. The first two letters of...
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Molly Hegenderfer Episode 132
Molly Hegenderfer is a seasoned Project Manager -- most recently with a non-profit. Proven process design skills, development support, Email marketing (constant contact, mailchimp), CRM mangement (bloomerang, zapier), Event Management (eventbrite), technology managment for small business. Strong...
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Accountability takes Courage Episode 131
In this solo episode on the leadership value of Accountability, I talk about the courage it takes to ask for even one person to hold you to your commitments. Accountability is not easy and frivolous. Asking someone to watch your work, your words, your growth is inviting scrutiny as well as being...
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Ruthie Gray, Author & Coach Episode 130
Today's conversation is with Ruthie Gray, whose book Empty Nest Awakening launches TODAY! Ruthie Gray is a wife, Gigi, empty nester, and content marketing consultant for Christian entrepreneurs, specializing in community building for Instagram and newsletter growth. Her hobbies include Florida...
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Integrity as a Leadership Value Episode 129
"The absence of integrity erodes trust" Allison Priola Picking up from our conversation around integrity as a leadership value I share more about what Integrity looks like in the life of a leader through the ideas of identity, community and love.
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Allison Priola, Vocational Coach Episode 128
Allison Priola is a high capacity leader with over 20 years of organizational experience in creating, equipping and leading teams. As a seasoned organizational leader, developer, facilitator and coach, she helps teams bring simple solutions to complex problems through guided collaboration and...
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Passion & Commitment; The Energy and Engine of Leadership Episode 127
We are in our sixth week of this series on leadership values. If you're new here you can head back to episode 121 to hear the entire series. Today we'll take a closer look at Passion and Commitment. I see these paired values as the energy and the engine of leadership.
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Melody Box Episode 126
Melody is a cancer survivor, author, trainer, speaker, marriage counselor, comedian and professional napper. Melody and Phil live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas have been married for 44 years, have 3 kids and 5 grandchildren. A popular and frequently requested trainer, speaker and...
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Why is Resilience a Leadership Value? Episode 125
In the previous episode conversation with Andrea Stunz, she identified Resilience as an important value of leadership. Today I unpack more about Why Resilience in on the Leadership Values list.
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Andrea Stunz Episode 124
Andrea Stunz is back to have a deep conversation with us about the leadership value of Resilience. Andrea is a well-traveled, born-and-raised Texan who longs for adventure - especially if it requires a passport. As a Christ-following sojourner, she is a lover of stories and a connoisseur of...
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Styles & Values How They Impact Leadership Episode 123
Did you know that there are seven different leadership styles? The one I focus on is Transformational Leadership. There has been a considerable amount of research on leadership skills and values; this season we are going to focus on the 14 leadership values. This episode focuses on Empathy.
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LGLI Interview with Dominica Lumazar Episode 122
To kick off the 3rd year of Let Go, Lean In podcast, I had a conversation with Dominica Lumazar, business development specialist and executive coach. This is Dominica's third time as a guest on LGLI and she shares the leadership value she believes most important: Empathy.
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Three Years, Three Goals, Three Questions Episode 121
Welcome to the 3rd year of Let Go, Lean In Podcast! After taking the summer off for rest, getting out in creation and completing some creative projects, I'm excited to begin talking with you about Transformational Leadership again. Thanks for being here!
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Book Recommendation: How It Feels to Find Yourself by Meera Lee Patel Episode 120
I love to make a book recommendation when I know there is value for you in reading it. Author Meera Lee Patel has written such a book: How It Feels to Find Yourself. This is a new book and I simply love it! Listen in to hear more of why I am recommending this book to you.
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Amanda Cleary Eastep Episode 119
Amanda Cleary Eastep is not related to Beverly Cleary but wishes she were. She is, however, a children’s author, and the Tree Street Kids is her middle grade series for readers 8-12. Amanda knows kids because she’s still one at heart. When she is forced to act like an adult, she edits nonfiction...
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Investments in Your Well-being Episode 118
A few weeks ago, our pastor posed a question that I've been mulling around: how do I intentionally invest in my well-being? In light of the loneliness epidemic and the isolation that can come with the second half of life, it's important to be intentional in investing in our well-being so that we...
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Andrea Stunz Episode 117
Andrea is a well-traveled, born-and-raised Texan who longs for adventure - especially if it requires a passport. As a Christ-following sojourner, she is a lover of stories and a connoisseur of sunrises and coffee - best when served up together. When she's not supporting others by editing and...
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Simply.Be.Creative Episode 116
Creativity can feel like a lot of pressure. You might be like me; having a hard time thinking of yourself as a creative person. Listen and be encouraged (hopefully!)
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Let Go, Lean In an Interview with Hillary Bennett, Managing the Motherload Coach Episode 115
Hillary Loveland Bennett has all the credentials necessary to achieve greatness in the business world of coaching. In our conversation you'll find out why those achievements were not enough and what was missing.
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How Can We Learn to See From Another Perspective? Episode 114
It's a challenge to learn to see from another perspective! There are tools you can gather to help you. Three immediately come to mind and I identify them and unpack them a bit in this episode. Awareness Curiosity Practice Listen to learn how these three elements can help you learn to see from...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Lisa Lewis, your transformational leadership coach. In each episode, you'll find help growing awareness of your mindset as a leader, be equipped with a tool to let go of unrealistic expectations and self limiting beliefs that get in the way of your one precious life. My goal is for you to thrive as you lean in toward the leadership call God has put on your life. Join me and other leaders as we let go and lean in together.
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