Connect With Courage Gabriel

Ernestine Lyons (Detroit/USA) holds several political offices and she is passionate about building strong communities, supporting local businesses, and advocating for mental health. 

Listen in to this conversation and you'll learn: 

* Why it can be a good thing to fail at your first attempts
* How your network and community gives you support and purpose
* That the next big step always looks scary
* What to do when you have more ideas than you can handle 

My favorite takeaway: 

"I feel like I need to keep moving, because I'm not just working for me, I'm working for other people." 

Visit Ernestine's Website ernestinelyons.com and watch her Webshow "Quick To Politic" on YouTube

Hen Duan (Haifa/Israel) travelled the world alone as a woman, started her own business when she came back, and pivoted again during the pandemic. 

Listen in to the conversation and you'll learn: 

* How to prepare for travel so you feel safe on the road
* How travelling might change your life
* A simple strategy for meeting foreigners in your home town
* That you can be great at anything if you try 

My favorite takeaway: 

"You should try to do things that you've never done before, because you're gonna find out that you're able and capable of doing things you've never thought you'd be able to do and you're gonna be good at. You just need to try."

Today we are time-travelling to the US in the sixties. Grace Carter was among the first black women to get access to a formerly "all white" school and "all male white" college. In this conversation she shares her first moments of courage, the impact it had for her life, and draws the lessons for today's world. 

What you will learn: 

* How to stay strong when you aren't liked or welcome
* How to deflect hatred and bigotry
* How to cultivate friends and allies
* How to overcome feelings of inferiority as well as superiority

My favorite takeaways:
"Some people adapt by erasing who they are. I think it's important to embrace who you are and walk anyway."

"Whenever it is that you're sitting around thinking about how superior you are, you're probably wrong." 

Visit Grace Carters Blog at: www.gracecarteronline.com

Today I want to introduce to a great ressource, John Townsend's book "People Fuel". It will help you to make giving and getting support a lot more effective.

Learn about the 7 behaviors that either build or disrupt trust.

Here are just three things you'll take away from today's episode: * You'll see that it's possible to move from feeling dead & empty inside to feeling alive & rich. * You'll learn the specific questions, that will enable you to turn a difficult situation around. * You'll feel encouraged to start building your own courage and connection. For the shownotes visit www.gabrielpecher.com