Wisdom of the Heart provides reflections and resources to help you navigate life's important crossroads with clarity, purpose, and peace of mind. As a coach and spiritual director, Lisa helps accomplished, spiritually minded people in mid-late career who feel burned out, empty and stuck to reconnect with their purpose, gain clarity about what they most desire and transition to their next fulfilling career or into a thriving retirement with confidence and peace of mind.
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What a Different Rhythm RevealsHi Reader, Summer has its own way of rearranging our days. Many of us are still tending meaningful work, responsibilities, and personal priorities while also wanting to leave room for family visits, spontaneous invitations, time outside, and the experiences that make summer feel like summer. We want to keep important things moving without scheduling every hour so tightly that there is no room to enjoy the life happening around us. Even when our responsibilities remain much the same, summer can shift the pattern of ordinary life. Longer daylight changes the shape of an evening. Travel takes us out of familiar surroundings. A quieter workweek, a visit with family, or sipping your morning coffee outside can interrupt the pace we have grown accustomed to. Sometimes that change feels refreshing in the moment. Sometimes it offers something more: a different vantage point from which to see our lives. 🌀When the Familiar Pattern ChangesOur familiar rhythms help us function. Routines carry us through full weeks, keep responsibilities from falling through the cracks, and allow us to accomplish a great deal without reconsidering every choice. Yet the very patterns that make life manageable can also narrow our attention. When we move through the same schedule, surroundings, and expectations day after day, it becomes harder to distinguish what we genuinely need or want from what habit and momentum keep us doing. We adapt to the pace. We work around what is missing. We become accustomed to giving our time and energy in familiar ways, even when those ways no longer fit as well as they once did. A different rhythm creates a little distance from the norm. Perhaps you sleep more deeply during a few days away and realize how tired you have been. An unhurried conversation reminds you how much you have missed meaningful connection. Time outside awakens a sense of aliveness that has been difficult to access in your ordinary week. A less crowded schedule brings relief, while returning to one particular responsibility creates a heaviness you can no longer dismiss. These experiences do not always arrive as dramatic revelations. More often, they begin as a subtle contrast. You notice how you feel in one setting compared with another. You recognize that something you assumed you had outgrown still matters to you. You discover that an activity you once valued now takes more energy than it provides. With a little distance from the familiar, your attention becomes more sensitive to what feels life-giving, what leaves you depleted, and what has quietly been asking for more room. This is one reason a change in pace can be so revealing. It allows desire to become clearer. Desire, in this sense, is deeper than a passing preference. It can point toward something life-giving that has been neglected: more creativity, greater connection, meaningful contribution, rest, beauty, freedom, or a more sustainable way of working. It can also help us recognize what we want less of, especially when an old commitment or pattern no longer aligns with the direction in which our lives are moving. A quieter week or time away does not need to produce a major decision. We do not have to return from vacation with a new career plan or a complete vision for the future. The gift of a different rhythm may simply be that it helps us notice something true. We can recognize a need before knowing how to meet it, or acknowledge a desire without understanding where it will lead. Sometimes we sense an emerging direction long before we are ready to name a destination. My invitation to you is to resist brushing that awareness aside when ordinary life resumes. An insight does not need to become an immediate action plan, but it deserves our attention. When we stay connected to what we noticed, even in a small way, it can begin to guide the choices that shape our days. 📚 RESOURCE ROUNDUP📖 A Poem: A Blessing for the Place BetweenIn her poem “Blessing for the Place Between,” Jan Richardson offers compassionate words for the experience of leaving what is familiar without yet knowing the way ahead: “When you are traveling toward the life you know not… May it become for you a place to begin again.” Her blessing is a beautiful companion for those moments when a different rhythm helps us notice that something is changing or a new direction is beginning to emerge, even before we understand where it will lead. [Read the entire poem “Blessing for the Place Between” and view her beautiful artwork too on The Painted Prayerbook] Excerpt from “Blessing for the Place Between” by Jan Richardson, from The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief. © Jan Richardson. When a new direction is beginning to emerge, it can be difficult to know how to explore it without rushing toward an answer. Your Crossroads Compass: A 3-Step Guide to Clarify and Navigate Your Next Chapter offers a grounded process for reconnecting with what matters, clarifying what is calling for your attention, and identifying a faithful next step.
🌞 UPCOMING OFFERINGS🌅 Free Consult – Your Next ChapterIf what you are noticing seems connected to a meaningful work or life transition, you do not have to sort through it alone. Your Next Chapter: Gaining Clarity in Mid-Late Career is a free consultation for people who sense that something needs to change and would value a thoughtful conversation about what is emerging. We can explore where you are, what feels uncertain, and what kind of support might help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence. There is no pressure to have your next chapter figured out before we talk.
🗓️ Save the Date: Autumn Seasonal ResetOn Sunday, September 27, I will be leading an online Autumn Seasonal Reset: Invitation to Release and Harvest through Well for the Journey. This two-hour gathering will offer space to pause, reflect on what this season has brought, release what no longer serves you, and reconnect with the intentions you want to carry into autumn. 💛 A SIMPLE PRACTICE FOR THE MONTHThink back to a recent time when your normal rhythm changed, even briefly. Name one thing you noticed about what gave you energy, what you missed, or what you wanted more or less of. Consider what that awareness reveals about something you need or desire now. Then choose one small way to remain connected to that insight when your usual routines return. You might protect an hour, renew a practice, begin a conversation, or simply write down what you noticed and return to it later. You do not need to know where the insight will lead. For now, let it be something true that you are willing to remember.​ May a different rhythm this summer reveal what your heart has been quietly asking you to notice. Blessings, Lisa Lisa Beacham ​www.lisabeacham.com​ Hey there! You’re getting this email because you’re a valued friend, client, or colleague. You may also have downloaded a free resource of mine or attended one of my workshops. I’d love to stay in touch and share things that are inspiring and support living life with deeper purpose. You may of course choose at any time to unsubscribe with the link below. Otherwise, I truly appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you. |
Wisdom of the Heart
Wisdom of the Heart provides reflections and resources to help you navigate life's important crossroads with clarity, purpose, and peace of mind. As a coach and spiritual director, Lisa helps accomplished, spiritually minded people in mid-late career who feel burned out, empty and stuck to reconnect with their purpose, gain clarity about what they most desire and transition to their next fulfilling career or into a thriving retirement with confidence and peace of mind.
The Gift of a Spacious Path Hi Reader, As summer arrives with fuller light, warmer days, and the invitation to move a little more slowly, I’ve been noticing my own desire for spaciousness. Not necessarily a dramatic pause or a complete clearing of the calendar, but definitely more room to breathe. More unhurried time. More space to listen inward before rushing into the next thing. At the same time, I’ve been deep in the process of creating a new Career Exploration Workbook and Toolkit for...
The Quiet Pull Toward Something More Hi Reader, As we move toward the fullness of summer, I find myself paying attention to what has quietly been stirring beneath the surface these past few months. Not dramatic, fully formed plans.Not perfectly mapped-out visions for the future. It's more of a feeling. A tug. A restlessness. A growing awareness that something no longer fits quite the same way it once did. Or perhaps it's a longing for something more meaningful, more creative, more alive. Many...
Your Life is Not a Problem to Solve Hi Reader, Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a familiar pattern showing up in many of my client conversations. It often begins with a simple but weighty question: “What should I do next?” From there, it’s easy to move quickly into problem-solving mode -- mapping out options, researching roles, comparing paths, trying to figure out the "right" answer. The focus narrows to which job, which direction, which decision will finally bring clarity. And yet,...