Theme: Assessment Dossier, P.I.E., PB (Pink/Blue or Pomegranate/Banana), Balance/CORE

We added the “Spotlight” today, which was a little longer, deeper dive into a particular participant who might benefit from additional time/comments at this time. The plan is to continue this in future sessions.

Thank-you to all for your insightful and wise input. You/the cohort benefits from the input. 1. You all have unique experiences and perspectives!, 2. You know the behind-the-scenes Municipal Government day-to-day firsthand, 3. It offers a smorgasbord of ideas!

As you “figure out” your teams/boards/counsels/families, create your own version of a dossier! It gives a comprehensive snapshot of the perspectives.

P.I.E. - Performance !0%, Image 30%, Exposure 60%. In my humble opinion, this stat (E!) explains a lot about the 16/50 number, right? For instance, studies look at how genders spend their lunch hours. For the most part… Men: networking/out-to-lunch with peers and upper management, Women: running errands or catching up on tasks while eating lunch at their task (or skipping lunch).

Not every “talk time” needs to be problematic! Thank-you Susan for sharing your travel plans with us. It was inspiring and impressive… all part of life balance, and finding our joy.

For future reference, i’ll add any pics or models as entries on this section, towards the bottom.

If you have any questions, observations, comments, etc. please email me anytime!

P.s. Today I had it in “speaker mode” vs. gallery—i think I like gallery view better for the sake of the playback and seeing reactions. All that to say, “Maria, YOUTUBE decided you would represent today as our session video thumbnail!”

Theme: Grounding, Balance, Core Self—Vertical Energy, and Right/Left Brain Processing

As you continue your growth journey and step more fully into your “Best Self,” grounding and balance are essential. I’m hoping you find time to sneak some into your daily routine. 

As I continue to reflect on my recent off-balance workshop story (there’s a lesson in everything!), I came across this excerpt from a motivational email. It struck a chord and captured the idea of “giving away my power” in a new way:

“...others cannot vibrate in your experience...they cannot affect the outcome of your experience. They can hold their opinions against you, but it does not negatively affect you...unless you push back. It only gains power if you resist.”

I love this! They can stew in their own energy, but it wasn’t until I handed over my power that their momentum could take hold—and start to impact me. I hope that resonates!

Also—I love how amazing right/left brain awareness is! So impactful. Below you will find a visual to give you more right/left brain ammunition. Imagine someone far-right-brained interacting with someone far-left-brained... and the misunderstandings that can happen(!). Once you process and apply the “train cars" and "snow globe” metaphors, it opens up an entirely new layer of understanding.

As you go through your day-to-day, start to notice yourself. When do you get riled up or triggered, what kind of miscommunications are happening (albeit small), when do you feel like an observer (almost chuckling inside) because you can see the issue between two people who are not in sync, and what kind of thoughts are you having about your growth and/or evolving perspective? Be sure to write it down!!!

Theme: Stretching & Conflict Resolution

You are a powerful cohort of women and I am thrilled to BE with you!

Please continue be-ing with your ceiling and floor issues based on the homework prompt from 4-8-25.. More than anything, it is interesting to note how you make meaning about your topics, if you notice them (or your perceptions of them) shifting, notice them in everyday life and/or their impact, your resistance, how they benefit you (because in some way they do!!!), and even how sick and tired you are of the limitations! Occasional documentation/journaling is recommended.

During the next session, I hope to have a quick open mic convo for 10 minutes about updates over the past couple of weeks. Then I would like to share a few relevant topics. To be followed by each of you having individual coaching/sharing time. My goal is to max out the individual time as much as is possible, so please be on-time.

Your individual time is short but sweet. Optimally you have thought about it in advance and are ready to share (a situation, a concern, a question, help(!), an update, etc.). The more succinct you are, the more time I and the cohort are able to weigh in with perspective, support, and or advice. Point being, your prep will make all the difference in the world!

By the way, personally I like to do a combo… A brief update to keep everyone on the same page, my recent experience/aha, and then my big ask. Needless to say, this require prep and clear communication. No pressure, we will continue to refine!!!

A few introspective question to help you prep:

-What am I struggling with?

-Where is my resistance?

-Have I had any aha’s or “pings” and what do they mean?

-What do I want to work on? What will help me move forward?

-What exactly is it that I’m hoping to move toward? What will look like when I’ve achieved it?

-What lingering questions do I have?

-I don’t really know what I want/need to work on, and as I make that statement what pops up for me is X.

-I want to move forward, and intuitively I know I need help/support with…

-I could use help connecting the dots/making sense of these data points.

-I just want to share/use the time as a sounding board…

Since this is such a big gap in our meeting dates between April and May, I hope you have extra time to dig in and get introspective!

p.s. Thank-you all for raising your hands, to be in the program, your patience as I continue tweaking, and for processing your invoice so quickly (all have been received).

🙏🏻

SO interesting! I had AI generate a pic for me, an original Kilmann Conflict Model using silhouettes. The first version only had male silhouettes… I asked “Chad”/ChatGPT to reformat using a mixture of females and males. Interesting bias, right? p.s. FYI, this took about 12 attempts!!! It is far from perfect but it does the job.—the upper quadrants are COMPETITIVE and COLLABORATIVE.