Have you ever felt like you picked the wrong career? Like you had a passion you did not honor and chose your professional path for another reason (certainty, security, expectations of others...)?My guest on the Lean Out Podcast today had always wanted to be an artist. At age 16, she and her family …
Lean Out Podcast: Challenge with Melissa Vela-Williamson
“A lot of us have these little crucible moments... These hinge points where things need to change. And if we're smart about it, we move with that change instead of just ignoring it.”Melissa Vela-WilliamsonYou've done hard things in your life, and you've gone through watershed moments. But do you …
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The One Thing You Can Rely On
Change. Uncertainty. We do many things to resist them and avoid them. Yet they keep happening.Living on a large piece of property out in the wilderness has given me a unique perspective on change… a very “in your face” perspective.You see, every day we take walks and do projects on the land. And …
Lean Out Podcast: Surrender with Aman Costigan
What if you like your job, but you want to participate fully in another passion at the same time? My guest on the Lean Out Podcast is Aman Costigan, an attorney who enjoys her work in administrative law but was not satisfied with her life being about "just the law". What she's learned after 11 years …
Lean Out Podcast: Dream with Weili Gray
I heard about Dr. Weili Gray's fledgeling podcast the Dare to Dream Physician through a friend. I happened to listen to an episode where she described how she had taken a 9 month sabbatical between fellowship and her first attending physician job out of training. Not only did she slow down, learn …
A Lesson in Faith and Magic
I looked up today and noticed it was August. On the homestead, we recently moved into our new tiny house setup we had designed for over a year to fit the perfect meadow with the perfect view. The projects leading up to this, and the projects yet to come, have collided with summer kid activities and …
