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I'm Gail Strav and you're listening to She Explores. This is Kathleen Merrick and the biggest moments of growth from me are usually small nudges of change. When I look back now I can

clearly see them, but when they're happening it's more like a soft breeze that just

catches my attention and I'm held in that present moment.

This episode is all about those small moments of growth in our lives that can affect us in a big way.

I think listener Kathleen describes it so well.

Being a natural leader this is difficult. For example when I'm not taking the lead and I'm

sitting back allowing a silence, not stepping forward, not just doing something.

That's when I'm letting those soft breezes remind me that winds are shifting and I'm having a moment of growth.

And when they build up and build up, that's when I'm making the biggest changes of my life.

Before we jump in, I've got to say I'm really excited to be talking to you again.

It feels like it's been too long.

So much has happened in the past month.

Natural and unnatural disasters have taken the shape of hurricanes and earthquakes and

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