Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
This week, Ruth and Steve delve into the topic of family of origin and its impact on leadership. Why do we need to do the messy work of untangling our childhood issues? How do we carry childhood wounds into our leadership? How can genograms help us do this work? Ruth and Steve share their thoughts on these questions and more in today’s episode.
This week’s practice invites you to sit with the following questions: What’s a family trait that was an asset to you? What is a family trait that was a liability? We encourage you to explore genograms, as well. Check out Steve's genogram key
and questions to use with the key.
Steve Cuss Resources:
Steve’s website
Managing Leadership Anxiety, Yours and Theirs by Steve Cuss
Calm, Aware, Present Journal kickstarter campaign
General Resources for Systems Theory:
Season 9 Episode 6 of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership Podcast
Season 9 Episode 7 of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership Podcast
Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry by R. Robert Creech
Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin H. Friedman
Extraordinary Relationships: A new Way of Thinking about Human Interactions by Roberta M Gilbert
Music Credit:
Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist
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Season 16: Episode 8 | Systems Theory and Leadership: Picking Up the Tools that Diffuse Anxiety
Season 16: Episode 7 | It’s a Human Thing: Systems Theory in Non-Majority Spaces
Season 16: Episode 6 | Second Order Change: Recognizing and Dissolving Stuck Patterns
Season 16: Episode 5 | The Freedom of Taking Responsibility
Season 16: Episode 4 | Calm Presence: Leadership, Anxiety, and the False Self
Season 16: Episode 2 | The Most Powerful Leadership Tool: Diagnosing and Diffusing Anxiety
Season 16: Episode 1| What’s Really Going On? Systems Theory and the Soul of Leadership
Season 15: Easter Monday | Practicing Resurrection
Season 15: Holy Week | Following Jesus All the Way
Season 15: Lent Week 6 | Living Between Two Passions
Season 15: Lent Week 5 | Out With the Old, In With the New
Season 15: Lent Week 4 | The Power of Confession
Season 15: Lent Week 3 | Seeking God While He May Be Found
Season 15: Lent Week 2 | Consenting to God’s Will Deep Within
Season 15: Lent Week 1 | Fashioning Our Own Wilderness
Lent 2022 Teaser | Lent for Leaders: With God in the Wilderness
BONUS: A Conversation with Rory Noland about Transforming Worship
BONUS: A Conversation with Aaron Niequist about Fixed Hour Prayer and Transforming Community 18
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