Leadership.  There are several different styles of leadership. What is the foundation of leadership?  What examples of leadership do we see?  What are the priorities of those in leadership?  Serving? Leading for the best interest of others or leading according to what is best for or according to said leader?  Aren't we all called to leadership.  Some thoughts on this and more and how we might up the leadership role.

The Two Broads Turn Four episode! Join Lauri and Sarah as they somewhat marvel over showing up for podcasting for four years now.  Having done 155 episodes over a myriad of topics it all feels hard to believe and it's special.  Sticking with something is diffecult especially when it is something that is not attached to ones income.  Seemingly though, the broads are catching their first big wave as this organically grown podcast has almost doubled in download activity over the past few months over what it had done in well over three years.  We will keep showing up, we still have things to start conversations over, we still have interesting, fun, smart and talented guests to have on. We still love people and we still enjoy this podcast of ours.  There is something to be said for perseverance.

Architecture, interiors, exteriors, public spaces, vehicles, clothing style all the way to food is not what it once was.  Many do not recognize the lack of detail, color, design, embellishments and varied elements as missing.  Most don't know the difference.  Most may see beauty amoungst what is now a normal standard.  Most don't feel deprived from deeper and more creative esthetics but all have been living at a lower frequency by the void that craft, artistry, reverence and detailed beauty has left us in.  Uglification, a phrase coined by Jason Christoff and a book by the same by Sylvana Seymour, examines how the grey the drab and the ugly has replaced what once was attention to detail in everything down to door knobs.  It is a fascinating concept that uglification has been slow dripped into societies under the guises of functionality, cost cutting, convenience and leveling playing fields but is it true? Could it be that our environments devoid of beauty creates mind numbing, lowered standards and lowered frequencies to make societies more manageable?  Join the Two Broads on what we think is a serious consideration for observation. 

Certified midwife Aubrey McMillan joined the Two Broads for a great discussion on childbirthing.  There is a whole lot of fear surrounding this life changing event.  Fears that are partically manufactured by a medical guideline system.  The amount of stress this brings on top of normal concerns is truly out of control and is not resulting in robust mind, body and soul outcomes for so many.  This is an important episode for anyone expecting or desiring children in their future.  Society has lost its way in trusting the perfectly designed creation process and while emergencies can and do happen, many times stress and interventions unwarrented are rising those occurances.  The good news is that many women are more in tune with what this should look like and the rise of birth preferences are on the gain.  Women need to take back what is inheriently their's to own.  I hope this episode brings the encouragment and empowerement it was intended to bring.  Share with the expectant family you know.

Our friend Lynne Taylor joined us to discuss the upcoming 250th milestone celebation for the United States. We weave around the constitution in conversation seeking for some of the long ago signs of it being off the track.  We have been watching slowly but surely ways to skirt logic, original intent, accountibilty, responsibility and down right tryanny over a slow simmer.  Are we now boiling frogs?  This episode may be a rather salty take to many but it's also possible we are not alone in feeling not in a celebration mood regarding this.  Sometimes it just feels like a mourning.

In this episode we discuss what it looks like to be job searching in todays fast moving and changing employment market.  The jobs themselves are changing along with the hiring process with the advent of AI and human resource tools.  The average time to find an early/to mid career professional  job is 2-4 months, specialized technical roles 3-5 months, director levels 4-6 months and VP and C level execs 6-9 months.  Factoring in rising costs and minimal if any savings for such time lines it does seem like a real wild west market with peoples lives on the line.  The Broads wanted to initiate a conversation regarding this with the hopes of shedding some encouragement and mostly to let people under the weight of these timelines to feel seen. 

Special guest, Jen Lefforge of the very popular lifestyle and travel YouTube Channel, Joyful Living with Jen Lefforge, joined the Two Broads in this episode where we gathered to talk about our seasons of caregiving for a parent, although the sentiment is targeted to all types of caregivers.  This topic hits home for so many right now and the number is growing.  There is an inadaquate foundational structure and cultural support in regards to caretaking and this episode hopes to aid anyone going through this season to at least feel seen.  We discussed dementia and how that presents extra layers to what is already a time when energy, resources and endurance can run thin.  Here's to all the caregivers out there. 

In this episode the Broads discuss getting a new perspective and strategy on your physical stuff.  The decisions about the importance of all of the stuff we collect that follows us through all seasons of life even when the seasons no longer require the stuff.  Swedish Death Cleaning, the act of organizing, downsizing and making a plan for your stuff so that your stuff does not become a burden to those who one day will have to deal with your belongings. There is a heaviness to stuff and a freedom to letting go.

This could be called Lions, Tigers & Bears; OH MY.  Our informative researcher friend, Lynne Taylor, AKA, Common Core Diva,  is back with the broads for more illumination on the scripts behind the stages. In this episode we get into America's AI Action Plan document, the 2027 budget, data centers & more.  It's quite the web that is being woven and it's a lot to try and grasp.  It's also documentation of how the reshaping of the world is happening and it's all written down for those who choose to see.  Rest assured though friends, nobody delivers audacious and diabolical news quite like these broads as we have many laughs throughout this episode.  Afterall, resistance and laughter is an option. Such exciting times we live in!

Somewhat inspired by the passing of Lee Estes, aka; The Man on the Mural, the broads take time in this episode to just appreciate all the regular people out here.  By regular, meaning only not famous, not wealthy and not on a stage. While the dark theater of the worlds center stages rage on there are people out here everyday touching the life of another person and holding this crazy world together.  The real stuff legacies are made of.  Tune in and thank you for listening,