{"id":831,"date":"2020-10-09T19:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2022-06-30T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T00:03:46","slug":"the-sample-chapter-podcast-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/the-sample-chapter-podcast-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SAMPLE CHAPTER PODCAST READING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday I got to talk with Jason, the vibrant host of The Sample Chapter Podcast <\/em>(https:\/\/samplechapterpodcast.com\/). We shared an animated conversation and he’ll post our interview on his show in late November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the pieces I read from The FROG Blog: Learning on a Lily Pad <\/em>book. The other reading that will air is a chapter from my first book, “Life’s Too Short for Dull Razors, Cheap Pens and Worn-Out Underwear.” <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two books and my latest release, “Unthawed: Lessons from a Frozen Lily Pad”<\/em> can be found on Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Kindle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SADDLING UP SLOWLY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTalk low, talk slow, and don\u2019t talk much\u201d -John Wayne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a rise in organic food production and utilizing natural resources, I\u2019m intrigued that our communication processes don\u2019t match this growing trend. I use a flip phone (yes, I\u2019m writing and living this statement in 2018), check email and voice mail twice a day, and text only if it\u2019s one of the pre-programmed \u201cinsert quick text\u201d messages in my phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve watched so many people allow themselves to be controlled by their phones and computers. These devices are incredibly valuable and link us to opportunities that John Wayne didn\u2019t encounter when he saddled up for his day. I\u2019m concerned that these networks have become technological umbilical cords, possibly cutting off life that needs to be naturally birthed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a family mantra, \u201cIf nobody is hurt or killed, then the rest of life is simply inconvenient.\u201d Outside of emergencies, I\u2019ve discovered that my slower response time often produces organic solutions. When I\u2019m less wrinkled, options (nearly) seamlessly unfold.  The original intensity of a situation may not require permanent press as the steam naturally releases the creases of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people in my circle question if I\u2019m concerned about missing what may be coming down the pipeline. Creation wasn\u2019t designed to live in the future and I\u2019ve become more intentional about trusting God to carry me one breath at a time. I can\u2019t postdate a breath or breathe ahead of time so like John Wayne\u2019s pointed style, I hoof it one step at a time.   Others choose to gallop their race horses through life.  I\u2019ve come to prefer an ambling gait. Faster than a walk, but slower than a gallop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With wholesome food for thought (ful) paces, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I got to talk with Jason, the vibrant host of The Sample Chapter Podcast (https:\/\/samplechapterpodcast.com\/). We shared an animated conversation and he’ll post our interview on his show in late November. This is one of the pieces I read from The FROG Blog: Learning on a Lily Pad book. The other reading that will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,15,8,9,11,10,12,1,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gueststarcoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}