Fabric Podcast

A burnt-out bulb or drippy faucet is one thing, but a serious wiring issue or a burst water pipe needs some different tools!  Relationships have toolbox situations too. What tools are in your toolbox? And do you know how to use them? Jessi Bergh, MSW, joined Greg Meyer and with some help from moderator Katy Lesiak for this episode.

It’s hard enough in the best of times to "love one another" and not all times are the best of times. So what do you do when faced with the unresolvable, complex, over-your-head situations in your life or in the lives of those you love? There are no easy answers or tricks, but there is what we call CareIQ and you can raise yours!
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Relationships are at the center of our lives; the joy and the hurt.  When you look at your relationships, what do you most deeply want this Christmas

There are some big things that would never fit under a tree but feel like the kind of things Christmas is meant to give. That, “Peace on earth and goodwill to all” stuff, right? We might love the idea of flipping a switch on white supremacy, patriarchy, transphobia, etc. but what if it’s a process and we’re invited into it?

What do you REALLY want for Christmas? Something you could feel, see, touch, have, or use that could be a difference-maker? Tangible needs and longings can be hard to even admit to yourself, let alone making requests of others, but it’s actually part of weaving life deeply. 

Sometimes we need to focus. We need to simplify, but do we need things to be simplistic? Part of being in community requires us to see the complexity, and hopefully, find a sweet simplicity not in ignoring it, but honoring and engaging that complexity.

Creating a sense of unity through like-mindedness is pretty easy and nice. And it is a great way to build a world full of walls, mistrust, and misunderstanding. You will always have preferences, but some of them aren’t as helpful as others.

It’s great to find the gadgets, life hacks, paradigms, and people that make life a little easier, but there are places like relationships and personal growth that seem to require the long way sometimes. 
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