Learning to Lead with Heart
Chicago’s local WFWP chapter hosted a hybrid Leadership of the Heart Seminar on Saturday March 27th from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Participants joined both in person and online in a series of three sessions on the topic of being a peace leader in all areas of life. A total of 30 people joined, with 16 online, and 14 who gathered at the local Chicago Family Church. Both women and men were present to learn about how women lead with their unique qualities given to them by God.
The first session on “Discover the Leader within” spoke on what leading with the heart looks like: living a life of serving others, creating a balance between masculinity and femininity, and seeking to transform ourselves starting with finding and listening to our Divine Calling. Later sessions spoke on seeing self-worth from God’s point of view and on cultivating emotional maturity. The sessions were interactive – a guided meditation and letter writing activity allowed participants to experience the content and to practice seeing themselves from God’s point of view. Throughout the day, lively discussions and pair shares were part of the flow of the presentations. Participants were able to share their personal experience with each other and reflect on their own lives based on what they heard.
For those who participated live in Chicago, delicious food was prepared and everyone joined in warm fellowship, while participants on the screen shared lunch at home with their families.
Comments from Participants:
I never thought that the opposite of Fear is Trust! My fear might be coming from lack of trust. It makes sense. Now I feel I can step forward to overcome my fear.
...taking note of the habits of negative self-talk I have with myself was really key in understanding my limits in leading myself, and giving love to those around me.
The “Inner Child Therapy” was very healing. Please always include the “Inner Child Therapy”
...Great lectures of self empowerment. Very interactive that the time passed by so quickly.
...from trust comes the freedom to reveal ourselves and to be authentic. It gave me the tools to overcome my fears.
It definitely exceeded all of my expectations. I thought the session on self-love was very insightful to me and brought awareness of how I don’t invest in my creative energies because I feel like it was selfish, but that session gave me inspiration to invest in myself.
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