{"id":1538,"date":"2016-04-28T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womeninleadership.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2016-04-28T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:58:00","slug":"giving-yourself-meaningful-feedback-what-makes-your-heart-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/giving-yourself-meaningful-feedback-what-makes-your-heart-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Yourself Meaningful Feedback: What makes your heart sing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love the question, \u2018<em>what makes your heart sing\u2019<\/em> and enjoy using it as a reflection prompt when I am journaling or as part of an opening round when I am facilitating a retreat.<\/p>\n<p>When I respond to this question, I am reminded of what is important to me, of what gives me life.\u00a0 What better feedback to myself than that?<\/p>\n<p>When I am using this question, I take note of at least three things that make my heart sing. \u00a0So here is what I noted today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stocksnap-ales-krivec-tulips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stocksnap-ales-krivec-tulips-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"stocksnap ales krivec tulips\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stocksnap-ales-krivec-tulips-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stocksnap-ales-krivec-tulips-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/stocksnap-ales-krivec-tulips-1024x594.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>1. \u00a0Face time with my granddaughter Meghan, hearing her stories and seeing her enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>2. Seeing tulips in spring, all the colours.<\/p>\n<p>3. Walking through the vegetable stalls at the food store, seeing all the fresh veggies.<\/p>\n<p>Once I have made my list, I ask myself why each of these things makes my heart sing, how they enrich my life or meet my needs.\u00a0 So for today, I note that I love connecting with my granddaughter, celebrating her adventures, her openness and passion.\u00a0 Tulips in spring remind me of the joy that nature and beauty give me.\u00a0 And walking through the veggie stalls connects me to how fortunate I am to have such nourishing foods available to me.<\/p>\n<p>And those words that I have noted \u2013 adventure, connection, passion, beauty, and nourishment are some of my deepest values.\u00a0 I want to celebrate experiencing all of these, as much as is possible.\u00a0 What better feedback than that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Try it now<\/strong>\u2026Make a list of what makes your heart sing today:<\/p>\n<p>And then take note for each of them, the values or needs each of them speak to:<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to go deeper, ask yourself if you are choosing actions to meet these needs in day to day life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If this topic interests you<\/strong>, you might like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/the-potential-of-leadership-feedback-why-and-the-ways\/\">The Potential of Leadership Feedback: The Why &amp; the What<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/receiving-feedback-well\/\">Receiving Feedback Well<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/living-with-intention-and-integrity\/\">Living with Intention and Integrity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Linda McCann \u00a0 April 28, 2016<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to hear from you\u2026what makes your heart sing?\u00a0 What questions help you give yourself meaningful feedback? \u00a0Send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:info@womeninleadershiopforlife.ca\">info@womeninleadershiopforlife.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the question, &lsquo;what makes your heart sing&rsquo; and enjoy using it as a reflection prompt when I am journaling or as part of an opening round when I am facilitating a retreat. When I respond to this question, I am reminded of what is important to me, of what gives me life.&nbsp; What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[74],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}