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Grows in Self-Awareness
Noticing patterns in yourself, and knowing your own triggers.
Spiritual Awareness: A Vital Step in Emotional Intelligence
We have spent months looking at the competencies that are essential for an effective leader, almost completing our series last week with a blog on self-awareness. Growing these competencies (specifically self-awareness) leads to the growth of another important, overarching necessity in leaders: emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to see, understand and manage emotions in yourself and others, and to have the humility and wisdom to rely on others when you are struggling to do so...
9 Oct 2025
Three Methods to Build Self-Awareness
Why does self-awareness matter? Throughout every individual’s journey of transformation, there are challenges, some small and some seemingly insurmountable. Without self-awareness, we cannot hope to overcome these challenges, much less lead others in facing their struggles. The sense of self can vary greatly between one person and the next: wise and healthy leaders need to be intentionally developed in this area. There have been various stages of my own life where I felt self-aware, only to look back and realise that there was much I wasn’t seeing. Self-awareness is not some epiphany that comes once in a lifetime and gives all the insight one will ever need; it is a process of continual discovery, and growth of self-awareness often leads to even more questions to ask oneself...
2 Oct 2025
My Personal Experience with the Well-Being Q Assessment
Hello, Verve Lead! For those who don’t know me, my name is Cecelia and I have been a content creator for Don’s blogs and book for the last two years. I’ve been along for the ride when it comes to the Well-Being Q since its conception; writing in detail about the five competencies and their behavioural expressions. Here’s what’s crazy ... Read More
9 June 2022
Beyond the Pitfalls of Self-Diagnosis
This blog is by Max Rankin. Max is one called to come alongside and help. He is part of the leadership of Verve Lead. His practical insights will help many. Flick a link to this to someone who would benefit. Leave a helpful comment below. “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do ... Read More
23 Feb 2022
3 reasons to increase in understanding of emotional blind spots
1. To see what you don’t see, and take actions you are not taking. Do you set a regular time for self-reflection? It that time effective? You can see effectiveness in the action you take from the insights gained. (See my last two blogs.) This practice is one of the things that separate good from great leaders. You will see ... Read More
17 Sept 2020
The biggest hindrance to constructing self-awareness
Healthy Christian leaders progressively develop and evaluate an accurate picture of themselves.
18 Aug 2020
Self-awareness promotes self-care
Early in June 2020, my wife’s mother passed. Thankfully, we were able to gain essential traveller status for compassionate reasons to enter South Australia and be with her a few days before. (The state borders were closed for COVID-19.) Mum was ready to go, clearly letting everyone know she knew where she was headed. Such wonderful faith. She was the ... Read More
11 Aug 2020
A 3D View of Self-Awareness
Healthy Christian leaders progressively develop and evaluate an accurate picture of themselves.
4 Aug 2020
2 Failures Of Limited Self-Awareness.
One of the major things for sustained emotional health is a developed and growing self-awareness.All of us have some awareness and some blindness of who we are.The Johari Window technique gives insight to this. Some areas of our life are visible to others and ourselves. We have a secrete area where things are hidden from others. We have areas we ... Read More
28 July 2020
Flourishing in ministry
Today’s video blog I am chatting with Dr Chris Adams, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Center for Vocational Ministry AZUSA Pacific University. I met Chris when he was presenting in the “Health of a Leader” D.Min class at Fuller Seminary. Chris shares from his extensive research keys to flourishing in ministry. We flourish through growing self-awareness. How to build self-awareness? ... Read More
15 Nov 2019
4 things that build self-integrity
What damages self-integrity? Burnout damaged my self-integrity. A fault line appeared in my foundations. A divide came into view between my actions and values. Like Paul in Romans 7:18 the longings to do what is right are within me, but will-power is not enough to accomplish it. My love for people and desire to engage with them was overtaken by ... Read More
3 June 2019
Seeing what you can't see
How’s your ability to bounce? How is your ability to bounce back to the bumps of life? Stuck in a rut not able to do new things? Lost the ability to innovate? A few years back that was me, approaching burnout. Resilience was damaged. Damaged resilience is one of the key indicators of emotional depletion. Depletion shows in three ways; ... Read More
6 May 2019