Navigating Change in a World of Flux

The Faith & Work Podcast

SUMMARY

Author Bruce Feiler claims that people experience 30 to 40 disruptors in their lives, which is about one every 12 to 18 months (Source). In todays conversation, we hear from authors Lisa Pratt Slayton and Michaela O'Donnell, PhD on the fluctuating aspects of life and how we can more mindfully and faithfully navigate change. Whether you're in a change in your life, just getting out of one or preparing to be in one, their new book Life In Flux is an essential resource for you as a faithful worker and leader which will prepare you with a set of navigational skills for the inner work that helps us be at home in flux.

HIGHLIGHTS

On Waking Up Moments:

"There comes a moment… in which somewhere inside of us we realize: ‘What got us here is not going to get us to where we want to go on the way forward.’ That’s what waking up sounds like. ‘I don't want to keep doing this. I want to do it differently.’ These waking up moments, we are very prime to have them when life is in flux.”

On Using Your Navigational Skills:

“That’s the knee jerk [reaction], right? Is to just start running in circles. But if we stop and cut the engine, and listen and invite maybe a couple of people to listen with us, we start to see the signs and see the things and pay attention to what’s going on so that we can begin to make very small incremental steps. And that’s the work.”

Resource Download the episode transcript.

• Life in Flux by Michaela O’Donnell and Lisa Pratt Slayton

• Companion Resource: Navigating Change with the Enneagram

• Learn More about Lisa Pratt Slayton

• Learn More about Michaela O’Donnell

• In this episode, Lisa mentions “PLF” which stands for Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation