{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lead Like You Mean It with Masi Willis","title":"LLYMI EP13 | Gratitude in the Gaps","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3388,"description":"This week, we’re doing something brand new... a crossover episode with Shannon's podcast! We've recorded this one conversation and are sharing it on Lead Like You Mean It and Everything Made Beautiful Podcasts… because leadership and life don’t happen in separate lanes, and this season has a way of pulling all of it to the surface.\nIn this Thanksgiving episode, we talk honestly about the kind of gratitude that doesn’t ignore the emptiness... it sits in it, breathes through it, and refuses to fake “I’m fine.” We explore the difference between thanks (a moment) and gratitude (a formation), and what it looks like to practice gratefulness even when life feels quieter, lonelier, or more complicated than you expected.\nShannon shares about becoming a new empty nester and walking through the grief of her mom’s dementia. I share the ache of holidays when your deepest hopes haven’t been fulfilled yet, and what it means to carry both pain and promise at the same time.\nWe also talk leadership:\nwhy leading yourself is non-negotiable\nhow unhealthy upstream emotions spill downstream onto the people you love\nand why GiANT’s Communication Code (especially Care and Celebrate) might just save a few Thanksgiving tables this year\nThis episode is tender, and real... from two women who love Jesus, love people, and are learning to lead our own hearts well in a season that highlights both the beauty and the gaps. If you’ve ever walked into a holiday with a full table but an aching heart, this one’s for you. Pull up a seat. Let’s talk gratitude, leadership, friendship, and the kind of hope that doesn’t disappear just because life got hard.\nChapters\n00:00 | Introduction to the Crossover Episode\n05:12 | Navigating Emptiness During the Holidays\n09:00 | The Role of Faith in Gratitude\n12:24 | Coexisting Pain and Promise\n16:43 | Entitlement and Gratitude in Life\n20:19 | The Importance of Care in Communication\n24:43 | Celebration as a Communication Code\n28:30 | The Importance of Celebration and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e5SL6HX7PByvansHEL8puQvZUJRiET3pGhLWpaqiF6Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZWEy/MTI0N2E1NGY4MWQ1/YzY1MzFkNDRjOTc3/OTk3ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}