Nicole Reilley Coaching
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The Power of Coaching Questions (opens the original)
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I never liked to ask questions. I felt like I was intruding on people’s lives and thoughts. Questions felt rude. So for many years, I didn’t ask questions. Instead, I gave answers.I talked about myself. What I thought, mostly. But when I told stories, I tried to draw out what people thought, too. Sometimes, just sometimes, people joined in and told their stories. But mostly, they did not. Mostly, they just listened. Thanks for reading Nicole Reilley Coaching! Subscribe for fre
How to Think About Change at Your New Church (opens the original)
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If you are a pastor (or even someone new at most any job), your arrival brought change. It is a huge change for the congregation and a huge change for you. Finding light switches, understanding meeting rhythms, connecting with people, and even figuring out if that smell in the sanctuary is a problem or just how this old church smells takes a ton of time, energy, and focus.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tzo1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre
Summer Reading #1 - Writing, Creativity and Soul (opens the original)
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The last 7 months of my life have had one focus: to do what needs to be done to sell my home, pack up, and move to Chicagoland. This move was in the works for a while, but the heavy lifting of updating the house with decluttering and painting, selling the house, packing, purchasing a new home, moving, and starting to unpack has taken all of my non-working waking hours this year.It had to happen, and I am glad I could give it my focus, but now, in early August, I am happy to report I am on the ot
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