The Fierce Negotiation of Who You Are
There’s who the world wants you to be.
And there’s who you actually are. Which voice you follow decides your destiny.
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Michael Warden
- Aug 10
- 4 min
Identity Games
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinion. Their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” — Oscar Wilde
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Michael Warden
- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
Why You Need "No-Agenda, Non-Doing" Time
When I am overwhelmed, "on a scale of 1 to 10, I’m feeling my emotions at about a 10, I'm paying attention to them at about a 5, and I...
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Michael Warden
- Feb 12, 2022
- 2 min
The Surprising Power of “Slow and Present” Leadership
“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your...
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Michael Warden
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
How to Be More Grateful Moment to Moment
“Stillness…makes space for gratitude and wonder.” — Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key Gratitude is good for you. By now I bet you’ve...
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Michael Warden
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
Waking Up
“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery...
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Michael Warden
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
3 Ways to Create More Joy in Your Life
“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that...
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Michael Warden
- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
"Grace-Filled" Leadership Isn't What You Think It Is
"Grace, she takes the blame, she covers the shame, removes the stain." — U2 I do a lot of work in churches and faith-based NPOs. In both...
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Michael Warden
- Jan 25, 2021
- 5 min
4 Keys to Becoming Your True Self in Christ
“Each has within him a secret of the Divinity; each is growing towards the revelation of that secret to himself, and so to the full...
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Michael Warden
- Jan 11, 2021
- 5 min
3 Keys to Living Wholehearted in Difficult Times
I took a walk with God yesterday. I’ve had this nagging question in my heart, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it: Why do I have this...
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Michael Warden
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
Checking Your Position (A Year-End Life review)
"All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The Big art is our life." — M.C. Richards When back country hiking through unfamiliar...
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Michael Warden
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
You Have to Live the Questions
“It is by learning the questions slowly and attentively that we are drawn into the depth of things, and, frankly, the sadness of things,...
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Michael Warden
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Now is the Time for Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) The Greek word for “peacemakers” in the quote from...
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Michael Warden
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
The BraveHeart Intensive: Why Only Courageous Men Sign Up
“Each man has only one genuine vocation—to find the way to himself....His task is to discover his own destiny—not an arbitrary one—and to...
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Michael Warden
- Jun 29, 2020
- 7 min
How to Be a Courageous Listener
What the world needs now is the courage to listen.
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Michael Warden
- Jun 1, 2020
- 8 min
What Now? The Art of Living in Uncertain Times
How do you live well when "Normal" isn't an option anymore?
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Michael Warden
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Creating A New Normal
Download this FREE Step-by-Step Guide to help you and your family design your New Normal together.
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Michael Warden
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
Now is the Time to Re-Dream the Future
Nothing should go back to normal. Normal wasn’t working. If we go back to the way things were, we will have lost the lesson. May we rise...
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Michael Warden
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Art of Lament: Honoring What's Been Lost
“As global waves of grief wash over us, we are finally waking up to the understanding that tears speak louder than words—they are not...
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Michael Warden
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min
5 Lessons on Finding Your Purpose From Ian Ruhter
“Life grants us a series of opportunities, and those opportunities come with a price.” — Ian Ruhter First, watch this 10-minute video on...
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