Fabric Podcast

Worth Living For: But Stuff Gets In the Way

In this episode, Melissa Lock and Eddie Hamilton help us take a look into the fog, inconvenience and overwhelm of what we didn’t choose. Eddie's story of getting honest about what was worth living for will inspire you to look at what is empowering, not just easiest for your own one, precious life. Eddie is a friend, partner to Jen, dad, teacher, painter and fellow Fabric “someone who wants more from life.” eddiehamiltonart.com
Find related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Worth Living For: What is Worth Living For?

What are you living for? There are no easy answers or formulas, but we recognize it when we are near it. This episode walks close enough to what is worth living for that we will each get stopped in our tracks to consider what it is for us, and how our paths may or may not lead where we want to go.
See the word cloud of people's responses to the question, "What's worth living for?" here: 
 
Find related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Care IQ Practice

Melissa Lock and Chris Tripolino role-play 3 situations that require some serious Care IQ. Thanks for Kristin Williams, Verlyn Hemmen, and Chris Lillehei for their professional reflections throughout. 
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CareIQ: Practice When It’s Easy

Knowing how to support and be supported in the stressful times of life is hard enough. Being able to do it is even harder! Everything is so real and complicated. That’s why we practice when it’s easy; so we can have the skills we need when it’s not. In this episode, Verlyn Hemmen joins Chris Lillehei and Melissa Lock to help us try out our Care IQ tools and think through what works and why.
See the printable list of CareIQ tools (bookmark). Find other related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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CareIQ: CareIQ Meets Mental Health

How is your mental health? The fact is everyone’s is a work in progress. It varies according to your stress and experiences like every other aspect of your life. When the going gets particularly tough and someone’s mental health prevents them from carrying on normally… special care is needed. Most of us aren’t mental health professionals but that doesn’t mean we don’t have a role. In this episode, Greg Meyer helps us explore where CareIQ meets Mental Health.
See the printable list of tools that Greg mentions here. Find other related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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CareIQ: It's (Not) About You

We are all care-givers and care-receivers.  It makes sense that CareIQ would be about the person being cared for, but the truth is, either way, CareIQ starts with you. You don’t need all your $#!+ figured out, but you become more available and useful as you discover more of your tendencies and capacities.  Thanks to Chris Lillehei of Fabric and chaplain at Minneapolis Children’s Hospital for leading this conversation.
Find related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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A CareIQ Playground

Melissa Lock and Chris Tripolino talk about what it looks like to share some of our scars and to get back on the playground where the CareIQ Tools we've been talking about can be put to work. 

CareIQ: What's It About?

Ever cheer up a friend, coworker or family member, walk them through a challenging situation? Sure, but when the typical ups & downs of life become crises we often have no idea what to do. It’s time to raise your CareIQ. This is an area of growth we revisit and practice often and will be exploring again this month with a special eye towards mental health.
In this episode, Greg Meyer and Melissa Lock start sharing the tools we've got to engage those tough moments. 
Find related resources, including the outline for this message, on our website. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
You can support Fabric as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at fabricmpls.com/give. Thank you!