Category: Mops
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Responding wisely
We can’t control what people do. We can only control how we respond. It’s not what you think. In my quest to cut things off my endless list, my projects list, my to list, as I succeed pulling away from some things, many flood to take their place. Monday was busy. Busy at the pool.…
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New MomCo Iris year
In my quest to clear my daily schedule, my mind, my life, I have marked many good programs for termination. I am too emotionally spent to distinguish between them. But I hope I can restart some, if they seem to have been kept on the safe column. I’m not too worried though. I feel that…
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MomCo Iris planning
Sometimes I think we are too tired and too old to start new things. We look around and others seem to have it all together and figured out. Every group needs a catalyst, or so we think. Some people are natural motivators, extroverts, good communicators, visionaries, with endless energy and ideas. But the reality is…
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MomCo June 2024
I struggled with how much credit these women gave me. Being used to low expectations, I worried about finding my comfortable place. But there was something that kept me around. Maybe the seasons of rest, of distance, of absence, they gave me courage to draw near again. It has been obvious to me that I…
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Lideri MomCo
Așa-i ca ți-e oarecum incomod sa te prezinți ca lider? In România sunt 100 de coordonatori de grupe și peste 1000 de mame care participă la întâlnirile MomCo. Am crescut foarte repede și e timpul să reflectăm puțin la rolul nostru ca lideri. “Cine vrea să fie întâi între voi să slujească “ a zis…
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In good company
Introverts don’t try hard to be part of many groups. But something they do is follow through with what they committed to do. They get stuff done but have to rely on others to see the introverts who don’t advertise their skills. In the work place we learn to document what we do, market our…
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MomCo Iris Team
When I got promoted to Lead Creative, I had been a stand-in Lead for a few months to try out the role. I was the youngest in the group. But though I don’t like telling people what to do, my colleagues and managers believed I’m the right person for the role. My enthusiasm, communication skills,…
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Talent (measurement)
The talent (Ancient Greek: τάλαντον, talanton, Latin talentum) was a unit of weight used in the ancient world, often used for weighing gold and silver, but also mentioned in connection with other metals, ivory, and frankincense. One evening I was re-telling the girls, the Bible story with the talents. They asked me what fructifying means, putting to good use, enhancing, growing,…
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Being enough and anxiety
When you don’t register at a mind and heart level that you are enough, you keep giving to the point of depletion, which state only confirms how limited you are and that in fact you are not enough. But God’s spirit in us is enough. Humility protects us from trying to be more and do…
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Women together
We simplified the decor and the drama of booking a guest speaker and focused on getting to know each other, building community sharing and listening, while learning something new in the process. We sometimes get lost on the artificial meeting focus, but hospitality is about helping women feel welcomed and safe, not through gifts or…
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Naming that small fox
This weekend I got to read and be encouraged by a blog post and it made me reflect further on my own life. A wise woman builds her house, does not destroy it with her own hands. A seed of doubt was planted many seasons ago in my heart. In darkness and humidity, it sprouted…
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Pofta de scris. Poftă de joacă.
Este o superputere sa te identifici cu alții. Sa simți ca nu ești singur si in cele mai copleșitoare trăiri. Toata viața am avut un soi de încredere înrădăcinată in conectarea interumana, care m-a ghidat in multe decizii grele. Am fost mereu convinsă ca daca eu simt într-un anume fel, si alții au fost pe…