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Self-Care Menu for Sustainable Practices
We invite you to download our free Self-Care Menu worksheet to help you create your go-to plan to support your well-being when you need it most. You will discover a process that you can repeat anytime one that you can turn to in times of stress, overwhelm, anxiety, or just when you need a little
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Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
This week, Kate and Derek are joined by longtime friend, Linda Wagener, PhD, who is the Chief Culture Officer at Blink UX. With over 35 years of experience in organizational leadership, training, and research, her role with Blink is to build a resilient work culture that enhances employee engagement and productivity. Linda’s expertise in cultivating and
Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
Welcome back to Episode 2 of Season 3 of Transforming Engagement, The Podcast. This season, we’re talking about organizational identity and the role of the leader. In this episode, we spoke with Pastor Gail Song Bantum about her identity as a second-generation Korean woman and as a pastor and leader, and Quest’s identity as a
Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
We’re starting a new series on the podcast about organizational identity – a topic that, co-host Dr. J. Derek McNeil admits at the beginning of this episode – can sound somewhat dry. But here’s why it’s important: Most of us have some sense of our personal identities. But when you’re leading a group of
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We invite you to download our free Self-Care Menu worksheet to help you create your go-to plan to support your well-being when you need it most. You will discover a process that you can repeat anytime one that you can turn to in times of stress, overwhelm, anxiety, or just when you need a little
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In 1935 the United States Forest Service (USFS) instituted a policy called the “10 a.m. policy.” Already using fire suppression as the way of dealing with devastating wildfires for two decades, the 10 a.m. policy was instituted in response to particularly bad fire seasons in the early 1930s. This order mandated that “ every fire
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We invite you to download our new Self-Facilitated Retreat Guide to foster Practices of Resilience. This is not another daily devotional to add to your list of things to do. It is a flexible, self-paced mini-retreat that can be done on your own time, at your own pace, wherever you are. You can do this
Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
We’re sharing some of our favorite insightful moments from our discussions about Clergy Burnout in Season 2 of the Transforming Engagement podcast. In ten minutes or less per episode, you’ll get bite-sized words of wisdom to consider and share. You can listen to these mini-episodes and subscribe to Transforming Engagement, The Podcast on your favorite
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Did you know that October is Pastor Appreciation Month? Now more than ever, pastors need support. A number of external stressors, such as increasing job demands, financial stress, and community division, are placed on pastors that contribute to feelings of overwhelm and burnout. How can our congregations and communities step up to relieve some of
Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this final episode of our Clergy Burnout series, co-hosts Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, revisit the many rich conversations they’ve had with our guests this season. In these conversations, we heard new perspectives, learned new things, and confirmed so much of the research that’s
Transforming Engagement: the Podcast
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road, which helps organizations in multiple sectors do justice. She’s a speaker, writer, and most recently the author of Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World. She