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Season Five: Episode 109 Summer Health Series 2020 Goal Review As a huge goal setter, this year has thrown me.  A lot.  In some ways things are looking great and I’m actually ahead of where I’d ever thought I’d be and in other areas I’m scrapping what I was dreaming and working towards.  We are about halfway through 2020 and now is a great time to look at goals you’ve set and do three things with them:  Reevaluate, Refocus, and Reach.   Last year I talked about these three words in my 2019 Goal Review on Season One: Episode 36.  They were something I heard talked about in a podcast by Rachel Hollis and I loved the positivity around this process.  No shame if you haven’t done what you’d hoped.  And only joy for what can happen in the future.  Here’s a short run down of what this looks like when you apply these three terms to your goals: We’ll start with Reevaluate:   If there’s a goal that you don’t feel that’s worth working towards this year, let it go.  My biggest goal this year was t

Season Five Episode 108 Summer Health Series Listening In: Racism and Injustice I like to take time to process difficult issues.  In matters of politics and hard conversation topics I often feel torn because I see aspects of both sides.  Truly.  And I find it hard to work out what is true.  I spend time reading articles from a wide variety of sources and books, listening to podcasts about things I agree with and things I don’t, and watching documentaries about people I admire and people I’m not sure I agree with at all.  Time praying and asking God to help me understand.  I am not conservative on all topics, but I don’t agree with all liberal beliefs either.  It makes voting challenging.  It makes conversations challenging - sometimes I feel like I say too little and appear to not care or that I agree with everyone who is talking or I say too much and offend those sitting with me as I try to verbalize everything that I’m processing inside and outside.  And what a time to try to tak

Season Four Episode 107 Active Listening with Robert Franz Robert Franz Website Stella's Magical Musical Balloon Ride Ted Talk: Active Listening and Our Perception of Time Robert Franz Bio: Acclaimed conductor, Robert Franz, recognized as "an outstanding musician with profound intelligence," has held to three principles throughout his career: a commitment to the highest artistic standards, to creating alliances and building bridges in each community he serves, and a dedication to being a strong force in music education.  As Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony, and newly appointed Artistic Advisor of the Boise Baroque Orchestra, he has achieved success through his focus on each of these principles. His appeal as a first-rate conductor and enthusiastic award-winning educator is acclaimed by critics, composers, and audiences of all ages.  Composer Bright S