The Formation Practice with Dr. Ella Thompson, PhD

Before formation can be intentional, it has to be recognized.  In this episode, Dr. Ella Thompson goes back further than Episode 2's foundational distinction and asks the question every formation conversation must eventually face: who formed you before you had the language to notice it was happening? Drawing on her research into how care, availability, and responsibility get assigned to a per...

Episode 2: Formation Is Not Performance We live in a culture that rewards visibility, celebrates achievement, and often mistakes activity for growth. The pressure to produce, perform, and prove ourselves can quietly shape not only our work but also our spiritual lives. In this episode of The Formation Practice, Dr. Ella R. Thompson explores a critical distinction: formation is not performance. Whi...

The Formation Practice explores leadership formation, spiritual formation, authority, responsibility, and the inner architecture of becoming. Hosted by Dr. Ella R. Thompson, the podcast examines calling, capacity, and cost through the lens of sustainable leadership, Mission-Aligned Margin™, Integrated Authority™, and the practices that form leaders over time. For leaders in ministry, higher educat...