Take Care & Live!

In this episode, Dr. Stephen shows us how growing into mature and healthier friendships is about being able to move forward and embrace new comrades for the season of life we are in without being emotionally critical of those relationships that have ended or those that have not ended, but shifted. Connect with Dr. Stephen V.  (Stephen V. Peters, Ed. D. ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steph...

Dr. Stephen V. provides some affirmation about what it truly means to deliver "your best self". It's not about overperforming, over-exhausting, and being excessively available. Quite frankly, delivering our best self is about stepping up and into moments where we need to reset who, what and where our energy is given so it can be redistributed to the place and relationships that dese...

While it’s ideal to have mentors you can access locally, this can be a challenge for some, especially if the guidance you need and have been looking for that fits the unique direction of your life does not exist within your current spheres of influence. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  offers a strategic approach to getting the mentorship you need without allowing geography to be a barrier.  Inste...

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  shows us how the desire for an uncommon outcome will require uncommon cooperation with what can be simple yet unsettling directions that disrupt our zone of comfort but open us up to the opportunity, breakthrough, and even the miracle that we have been desperately hoping to experience in our lives. Connect with Dr. Stephen V.  (Stephen V. Peters, Ed. D. ) LinkedIn:...

Dr. Stephen V.   concludes with part four of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go!   with an angle on a topic that will put our self-reliance and insecurities to the test - our willingness to ask for help. We all come to the table with a set of resources of our own, be they material, intellectual, and/or relational. Yet there will likely be resources you do not have acc...

So the initial plan didn’t work out. It seldom does. Realign your thinking. That’s what a pivot pushes us into – thinking differently about how we attack the goal without losing commitment and stamina towards it. Dr. Stephen V.   continues with part three of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go!   All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, a...

Our best-laid plans could fail. At the very least it will have hiccups and trip-ups to some degree.  Dr. Stephen V.  invites you to enjoy part two of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go!   All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, and professional life.  These short sprints of information are deliberately designed for you to listen to it a...

Is it time for you to execute? Dr. Stephen V.  invites you to enjoy this first part of a to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go!   All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, and professional life. The guidance in this series will help you care for the journey involved in executing your plan or strategy toward your vision,  goal(s), or project(s) no...

Waiting isn't always our preference, but waiting does not have to be a waste.  In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  helps us see that waiting is far from a passive anxiety-provoking experience. Instead, it's an opportunity to gauge the situation and genuinely determine your readiness for action as you consider four key elements: purpose, mindset, resources, and timing.    In this episode, yo...

When we ask a leader to be bold,  courageous, and innovative; to take us where we have not gone before,  it means we are liberating that person to experience our grace for their mistakes...because there will be a number of them along the way.  In this episode, Dr. Stephen gives us three worthwhile ways to demonstrate that grace that helps us avoid giving in to our inner threshold for the patience...

Historically, the word legacy was defined by its authentic definition of “an individual or group of people in action” so while leaving behind a physical inheritance is a good thing and a particularly meaningful act “legacy” as defined in those terms alone is left a bit hollow and limiting. Legacy building is something far greater.  Legacy is grounded in transformational experiences that set others...

The act of rebranding is both a move to expand your vision and rethink how you do business. But hold on... this idea is not just limited to titan companies and local community businesses. It applies to us as individuals and families too. While big corporations and mom-and-pop shops have customers, so do you and your primary customer is you. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. walks us through why your...

One of the secrets to developing our gifts,  talents and skills, as well as  uncovered or discovered, new ones is connected to our willingness to take on a new assignment– the unexpected the opportunity that may need you even more than you need it.  In this episode Dr. Stephen V.  gives us some insights and strategies for determining if you should pass on the ask, or take the risk and gain some un...

What happens to you when you are experiencing uncertainty? How do you respond? Leading in chaotic situations requires help you are often too entrenched in the weeds to see what you need on your own. You'll need to risk leaning into people you are learning to trust who have roles and access that can help you see your way through.    In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.   shares a few critical encou...

No one likes to be interrupted, especially when we've developed momentum and believe what we have given our time to is of significant value. However, not all interruptions are created equal. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  explains that when it comes to things in our lives being interrupted, there are distractions and disruptions – one of them can save you, and the other can sabotage or even...

Are you tackling everything in your life with the same level of force and focus or are your creating space for yourself to assess how you are leveraging your time, energy, and commitment to best serve each unique opportunity or need?  In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  offers some keys that help us reset the expectations we hold ourselves to and outlines how pacing ourselves to pause is a fundamenta...

Conformity is typically a way to create or establish a collective point of view or maintain particular behaviors and value systems. And often the expectation that people adapt to those norms can begin with good intentions. But what happens when times, conditions, and people change. What happened to the system that depended on people to comply with it? And what happens to the people who were buying...

There are relationships and opportunities, no matter how appealing they might be that simply require too much maneuvering to them fit who you are and what you need. Rather than supporting you, they distort you.  In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. challenges us to stop forcing what doesn’t fit –– not because you don’t have the talent, skill, will, or worth, but because “making it work” encourages you...

In every mundane ordinary To-Do List there are usually a  few things that if you give yourself the permission to execute sooner than later will actually create the energy and enthusiasm all the other priorities vying for your attention can thrive off of during the course of the day and week.  In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  shares a strategy that will you help identify your Momentum List and expl...

In this is episode, Dr. Stephen V. tackles the challenging topic of Purpose. He defines what it means, its multi-dimensional nature, and purpose's inability to be restricted to a single role, geography, or even event. He then introduces us to the concept of purpose paranoia - the limiting irrational and persistent feeling that others with similar gifts and talents who are exercising them in w...

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V.  helps us remove the cognitive baggage associated with the idea of action in faith, especially as we start a new year.  Rather than adopting the obligation to make a New Year's resolution which is often a reflection of what others want for or from us, Dr. Stephen shows us that what we authentically and personally have faith for are invitations to move in faith...

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. reminds us that people and our relationships with them are worth much more than our opinions and points of view. He offers some guidance for keeping our opinions/perspectives from damaging the quality of our interactions with loved ones during the holidays. In this episode Dr. Stephen V.: Gives a practical approach to the spiritual principle of taking our thoughts c...

In this Tuesday's Take Dr. Stephen  V.  covers the loves affair we have with rushing and how our ability to do things under pressure should actually be the result of your steady endured commitment to consistent planning over time. When we make the decision to manage our lives from that perspective, and the need to rush becomes, unavoidable we can accelerate our actions and even skip the right...

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. talks about the dangers of letting your talent rule you rather than you ruling your talent. He shows us how talent that has been exploited in public but not coached in private is a recipe for making exceptional people intolerable to follow and squanders the talent of the people they are supposed to influence for the better. He also offers some ways you can protect y...

In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. reminds us that even in our workplace, the power of simply being available to others when it counts the most to them pays huge dividends. Far more than our talent and our skill; far more valuable than our ability to get things done, and more impactful than our meeting those always approaching deadlines — as important as they all might be — is our humane gift of avai...