Hey all ๐
As a reminder, this what to expect from my personal newsletter:
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Thoughts + resources on faith, parenting and family
๐ผ Business updates + learnings (BetterLetter, Malachi Daily, Birth Ed Course)
๐ 1-2ish times a month
Today, Iโm sharing 1 idea on family, my new website, and 2 things Iโm consuming.
Family Values ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
One of my takeaways from the Mastermind in Colorado was to finally hammer down our family values.
Hereโs where weโre landing: the acronym C.H.I.L.L.
Curious + Creative:
We are always learning about God, people and the world.
We create more than we consume. And whenever possible, we create together.
Hospitality: We named our home Bethany, which means House of Welcome. We bring people into our home, provide a seat at the table, feed them, ask them their stories and invite them into ours.
Integrity: We do the right thing. We do what we say we will do.
Local: We focus on the good of our direct neighbors and our town.
Loving: We love God and each other well. We meet practical needs, sacrifice for others and pray for them in person.
Itโs wet cement at this point, but I think itโs a strong starting point.
Hereโs how we got there. We asked:
What natural gifts did God give me, Dana and the kids? Individually and collectively?
What makes us unique as a family?
Why did God place us on this street in this neighborhood in this town at this time?
What we do in practice (I believe I got this from Blake Smith):
We donโt have this hanging on a wall (yet), but practically, this is what we do.
Every night at dinner, we pick 1 family value.
We ask everyone to share 1 example of someone in our family demonstrating that value in action from the day.
Even at ages 3 and 4, Christopher and Cali are pretty good at noticing and articulating this stuff. Pretty cool.
Excited to keep building on this.
New Website ๐
The end of an era. Officially let my Lenahan Coaching website expire.
My first real business. The bridge into entrepreneurship. Allowed Dana to stop working. Paid for Bethany. ๐ซก
I looked so young
Feels good to have a new personal website that reflects everything Iโm working on right now.
Also feels good to own kieranlenahan.com again.
What Iโm consuming right now ๐ง
๐ง Listening to: Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell (link)
At a point with BetterLetter where I need to free up more time to keep building. Have a part-time employee and are in the process of hiring a FT employee.
๐ Reading: Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith (link)
What Iโve realized already: Understanding the Trinity is not for โadvanced Christians.โ Itโs way more central to what makes Christianity Christianity than what we all assume. Eye opening book.
Cheers,
Kieran โ
p.s. Dana, her mom and Judah went to the Intentional Motherhood Retreat in Bend, Oregon last week. The bigs and I picked them up from the airport and they wanted to get flowers for them ๐ฅน
