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A Simple Exercise for Burnout Recovery

By Angela Wheeler on March 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Last summer Charlie and I led a webinar to help leaders identify and scale back burnout on their teams. The experience, and gathering so much fresh input, was enlightening to those involved — and led me to think in new ways about what precisely burnout is, and where it begins. That thought … [Read more...] about A Simple Exercise for Burnout Recovery

What Traumatic Brain Injury Has Taught Me about Self-Compassion

By Angela Wheeler on February 17, 2022 1 Comment
Last updated on February 22, 2022

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We know statistically people forget more than they think they do. Our bias is to believe that we’re mostly on target, correct, or in the right, when it comes to our memory. We tend to value rightness and effectiveness above many other things, including compassion towards ourselves. That’s … [Read more...] about What Traumatic Brain Injury Has Taught Me about Self-Compassion

Become a Stronger Leader by Embracing Your Contradictions

By Angela Wheeler on February 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

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A few years ago, I commissioned a painting from a member of our community, Cristina Kramp. In the painting, a woman is basking in the light of the sun, her face tipped back and hand stretched heavenward. The way her clothes and hair are flowing, it almost seems like she’s dancing — but at the same … [Read more...] about Become a Stronger Leader by Embracing Your Contradictions

Are You Honoring Your Seasonal Energy?

By Angela Wheeler on February 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Nature’s seasons hold many lessons, which stand out most clearly in the darkest time of year. While at a conscious level we know that winter turns to spring, and eventually summer, in the midst of it we can begin to doubt the process. Seasonal shifts present us with a great metaphor for the … [Read more...] about Are You Honoring Your Seasonal Energy?

Belonging Not Burnout

By Angela Wheeler on February 4, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on February 8, 2022

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Belonging and meaning are at the core of heart-based leadership. But I never saw clearly how belonging could directly help fight burnout, until we offered a workshop on scaling back from burnout last summer. A multitude of questions came up, including: How exactly do we know when we need to … [Read more...] about Belonging Not Burnout

Heart Knowing

By Angela Wheeler on January 24, 2022 1 Comment

At some point in most of our lives, we experience the difference between “knowing” at a mind or brain level and knowing a truth in our hearts. That difference, and the ability to recognize it, can take years of practice and soul-searching. This is one of the most important reflections that arose … [Read more...] about Heart Knowing

Empower Your Team (and Yourself) by Asking for Help

By Angela Wheeler on January 20, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on January 11, 2022

Ever since I was a child, I’ve put the needs of others before my own. I’m a Type Two on the Enneagram — the Helper — and I’ve always been highly sensitive to being a burden on others. Asking for help was simply something I didn't do. For the first part of my life, I chased success with my good … [Read more...] about Empower Your Team (and Yourself) by Asking for Help

Thinking Abundantly: Who and What Are Already Available?

By Angela Wheeler on December 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

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“What if everything you need is already available?" This is a message we kept posted on a shared whiteboard in our kitchen downstairs for the last few months. It was meant to serve as a clear reminder of the abundance which surrounds us.  Even if we know a certain truth on one level, chances are … [Read more...] about Thinking Abundantly: Who and What Are Already Available?

Taking Off the Earmuffs of Comparisonitis

By Angela Wheeler on December 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on December 13, 2021

Taking Off the Earmuffs of Comparisonitis

I consider myself an excellent listener, but there’s one area in my life where I have a hard time hearing what others say — and a few months ago, a friend put my willingness to hear to the test.  She sat me down and insisted that I not brush off or ignore what she had to say because she had … [Read more...] about Taking Off the Earmuffs of Comparisonitis

We Are All Leaders

By Angela Wheeler on December 9, 2021 6 Comments
Last updated on December 8, 2021

Our culture tends to define leadership narrowly. The word itself conjures a certain series of traits: bold, decisive, action-oriented, charismatic. It brings to mind a specific type of person. A person that doesn’t look like most of us. Many of us try to fit the mold. We take leadership … [Read more...] about We Are All Leaders

Safe at Home

By Angela Wheeler on July 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on July 21, 2021

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Breathing in: I am safe. Breathing out: I am held. As I sat in the hot tub yesterday morning enjoying the sounds of the waterfall in our backyard, the morning birds chirping, and the fresh, cool Pacific Northwest summer morning air on my face I realized that so often what I need most is a … [Read more...] about Safe at Home

This Fractured Self

By Angela Wheeler on July 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on July 14, 2021

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More expectations than can be managed. Never enough. Never hitting the mark. This fractured self. Will it ever be whole? Lying awake counting Not sheep. But the ways I didn’t measure up today. This cannot be all there is. And, yet it is too much. Far too much. Putting on a … [Read more...] about This Fractured Self

Willing

By Angela Wheeler on July 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Spirit called: Are you willing? To come home. To be you. Mind clouded. Heart weary. Soul in need. Are you ready? Lay down the armor. Take off the mask. Pause the striving. Reach no more. Rest your head On the pillow of love Universe has always provided. You will be held. Lie … [Read more...] about Willing

Scale Back or Burn Out

By Angela Wheeler on June 23, 2021 9 Comments
Last updated on June 29, 2021

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I was hit with a hard truth last week. I’d had hints of this hard truth surfacing over the last month or more; however, every time the whisper came I quickly buried it, moving to the next thing. That hard truth is that I am burnt out. Or, if not fully burnt out, so close that I don’t know how … [Read more...] about Scale Back or Burn Out

3 Ways to Overcome Business-Owner Burnout

By Angela Wheeler on April 9, 2021 1 Comment
Last updated on June 30, 2021

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Does your business look different than it did a year ago? How about two years ago? And, does it look different than it did six months ago? What about just a quarter ago? What is it going to look like next quarter? Next year? Two years out? If you’re like many business owners, the answers to those … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Overcome Business-Owner Burnout

The Reckoning: A Poem

By Angela Wheeler on March 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on March 12, 2021

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You knew a reckoning was coming. It wasn’t an if, it was a when. The tears stream when you finally allow yourself to slow. Oh, how you have lost the full picture of who you are. You’ve known for some time now that you were losing yourself. But you couldn’t find the time to find … [Read more...] about The Reckoning: A Poem

#ThanksCOVID Part 4: Building on Foundations in the Academy

By Angela Wheeler on December 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
Last updated on December 16, 2020

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This is Part 4 of our #ThanksCOVID/BigNews for 2020 series. In the last part, Charlie discussed his journey as it relates to the content he produces and shares here at PF. Just as the journey of all Creative Giants involves honoring and bringing forward all parts of ourselves, you heard from Charlie … [Read more...] about #ThanksCOVID Part 4: Building on Foundations in the Academy

#ThanksCOVID Part 2: The Future of the Anchor

By Angela Wheeler on December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
Last updated on December 16, 2020

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This is Part 2 of our #ThanksCOVID/BigNews for 2020 series. In the last part, Charlie discussed how the events of 2020 led to us hiring Steve, Osheyana, and Anthony. I’ll add my own #ThanksCOVID to his and say that I now cannot imagine a team without these three amazing people. Blessings in the … [Read more...] about #ThanksCOVID Part 2: The Future of the Anchor

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