If your work involves caring for others, you know how easy it is to become overwhelmed by the needs around you. Each week, I share stories and practices on building the capacity, relationships, and habits to sustain care over the long haul.
4 Questions to Identify Your Unique Gift: The Wednesday 1-2-3
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Hey Reader, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I refer to as “the gift percolating up from within me.” Some folks call this a “calling.” Others call it our “daimon” or reference the Japanese concept of “ikigai.” Gay Hendricks calls it our “Zone of Genius.” I think of it as the quality of living that is uniquely ours to nurture and bring forth in the world. And, when I’m present to my life, I notice this quality more and more. I notice when I’m engaging in work that doesn’t feel like work. Or when I slip into that wonderful state or experience of Flow. Those moments when I find myself embodying a posture of total openness and creativity. It's that feeling of "this is the only thing in the world right now and it is mine to do." Hendricks offers four questions for us to consider in identifying what this space is for us. I invite you to grab a journal or go for a walk with these questions this week. What is the gift percolating up from within you? ❓ Questions
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If your work involves caring for others, you know how easy it is to become overwhelmed by the needs around you. Each week, I share stories and practices on building the capacity, relationships, and habits to sustain care over the long haul.