You Can Shatter Your Own Glass Ceiling

Your weekly roundup :: July 5 – 9

As you head into your weekend, here are a few articles from the past week we thought you might enjoy.


Don’t Let a Detour Derail Your Dreams—How to Grow From Setbacks

Deborah Bradshaw, author, TEDx Speaker, and Master Certified Life Coach, gives her advice to women in the workplace who feel like their dreams won’t ever get back on track, and reminds all of us that setbacks are still a part of God’s plan.

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Listen to a Google Executive share her authentic self including her faith

Jessie Niespolo, a Senior Strategy Lead on Google’s Automotive Retail Team and co-founder of 4word: Detroit, talks about how she’s built up confidence in herself over her career, and shares her advice for sharing your worth with others in a way that doesn’t come across negatively.


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7 Ways to Shatter Your Own Glass Ceiling

Kelly Lynn Adams with Entrepreneur lists seven ways to shatter your own glass ceilings that may be holding you back.

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5 Reasons We Stay in Unhappy Friendships

Sarah Epstein with Psychology Today writes about why we stay in friendships when they clearly stop working for us and how we can break that cycle.

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Why Church Can’t Be the Same After the Pandemic

Kate Shellnutt with Christianity Today encourages all of us to remember that, as we gather again, congregants bring the weight of trauma and tensions built up over more than a year spent apart.

Catch the latest Mentoring Monday show!

Listen to the latest episode of the Mentoring Monday radio show, featuring Meg Weinkauf.


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