{"id":6639,"date":"2015-11-23T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:11:23","slug":"monday-morning-moment-relational-wisdom-the-way-it-could-be-at-work-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=6639","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Moment – Relational Wisdom – the Way It Could Be – at Work & Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monday morning emails can be treacherous… This morning when I woke,\u00a0 my husband\u00a0told me he’d just heard from a valued colleague that he had secured another job. Dave was expecting this because of previous communications they’ve had with each other. Through an organizational re-structuring, there are many whose jobs are changing. This email was good news because this person will be a tremendous addition to any team – good news and sad news. We will miss this man on our team but we celebrate a great job match.<\/p>\n

Then another email came in. It was from the person who will be his new supervisor. It was full of respect and regard –\u00a0a courtesy email that is not necessarily company culture these days but an email that shows understanding and empathy. When change comes, even good change, there is still that adjustment, that grieving of the good that was. Those two emails speak volume about\u00a0emotional intelligence or\u00a0relational wisdom…and that’s\u00a0something we always need in the workplace…and at home.<\/p>\n

The holidays have a particular call for wisdom to soften difficult expectations,\u00a0disarm family conflicts, and personalize interactions to fit the needs of those nearest to us.<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: rw360.org<\/a><\/p>\n

One very simple way we can tune into holiday celebrations is to deal with our own stuff. Keeping our minds on the goodness of the holidays helps. It’s easy to find daily Advent readings for the month of December…depending on your favorite author or blogger, they’ve probably written some.<\/p>\n

Related to both our work and home relationships, Ken Sande<\/a>, founder of Relational Wisdom 360,\u00a0has given us a great gift, and we don’t have to wait another day for it. He has\u00a0written 33 Ways to Enjoy Highly Relational Holidays<\/a>. A fast-read blog a day\u00a0on relational wisdom, starting on November 23 to take you right through to December 25.<\/p>\n

I attended Dr. Sande’s Peacemaker course years ago during a challenging work season, and\u00a0what I learned then continues to be\u00a0a tremendous help to me today. If your work or family situation is somewhat intimidating, don’t despair. There are those in our lives (Ken Sande is one) who will come alongside and help\/mentor us, if we’re willing to take care of our own hearts and minds.\"Monday<\/a>Photo Credit: coldspringcenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n

As Thanksgiving approaches and Christmas not far behind, I hope you can look forward to\u00a0happily memorable times\u00a0together with family. As far as work goes, just like with the emails above, we can do our part to make our workplace a kind and honoring experience – our part (not someone else’s) in making it the way it could be…the way it should be…\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: GoodWorksBracelet.com<\/a><\/p>\n

What helps you thrive in stressful situations at work? What has made a difference in bringing peace and joy to your holiday celebrations? Please comment and share with those searching for that wisdom.<\/p>\n

Surviving Christmas \u2013 Advent Devotions for the Hard and Holy Holidays<\/em> – Anne Marie Miller – free ebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Advent Devotional Readings Online by Lifeway<\/a><\/p>\n

Good News of Great Joy<\/em> by John Piper<\/a><\/p>\n

Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: a Family Celebration of Christmas<\/em> by Ann Voskamp\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday morning emails can be treacherous… This morning when I woke,\u00a0 my husband\u00a0told me he’d just heard from a valued colleague that he had secured another job. Dave was expecting this because of previous communications they’ve had with each other. Through an organizational re-structuring, there are many whose jobs are changing. This email was good … Continue reading Monday Morning Moment – Relational Wisdom – the Way It Could Be – at Work & Home<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[926,1628,813,1704,2126,1705,1148,2307,1454,903,825,109,33,1732,888,353,619,1002,55,185],"tags":[2362,1346,2364,295,2359,2365,2361,1117,2363,1458,2360,2358,314],"class_list":["post-6639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attending-or-focus","category-character","category-christmas","category-communication","category-community","category-conversations","category-critical-thinking","category-emotions","category-fresh-start","category-grace","category-holidays","category-home-2","category-inspired","category-leadership","category-memories","category-monday-morning-moment","category-thanksgiving","category-transformational","category-transitions","category-workplace-or-marketplace","tag-advent-readings","tag-ann-voskamp","tag-anne-marie-miller","tag-email","tag-emotional-intelligence","tag-hard-holidays","tag-job-change","tag-john-piper","tag-ken-sande","tag-monday-morning-moment","tag-organizational-restructuring","tag-relational-wisdom","tag-workplace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-1J5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6639"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6657,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639\/revisions\/6657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}