How I Lead as Young Women President | An Interview with Lisa Valentine Clark

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Lisa Valentine Clark is a writer, actress, and the host of The Lisa Show on BYUradio. She is a founding member of the theater-as-improv comedy troupe, The Thrillionaries; a writer, producer, and actress on the film Once I Was a Beehive; a host for 3 seasons on the TV show Random Acts; and a star in the BYUtv production Show Offs. She is the mother of five and author of Real Moms: Making It Up As We Go. Lisa is currently serving as the Young Women president in her ward. Highlights 01:30 Introduction to Lisa and her background 06:00 The difference between the old and new young women’s program. The new program is more young women led. 09:15 Principle one: Belief in the purpose Know your why Talk about your purpose with your presidency Be open with the young women and ask them why they are there 16:40 Principle two: Focus on the individual Take care of each girl one by one Everyone has different needs and needs you to show up in different ways for them. It’s not a one size fits all. 21:00 Principle three: Lead by example The young women probably won’t remember all the lessons you taught or activities but they will remember how you lived your life, your kindness, and the time you took to build a relationship with them. 24:30 Lisa shared a story of her late husband and how he created connections with a group of young boys in their ward that created forever friendships 27:30 Lisa explains the dynamic between her (the young women’s president) and the bishop. 29:00 Girls camp tips 30:00 Using technology to communicate with the young women. 34:30 Lisa talks about the passing of her husband and how ward members can help in these types of situations 39:30 Kurt and Lisa discuss the help that we can get from our families versus our ministering brothers and sisters. How can ministers help best? 45:40 Getting called as Young Women’s President in what seemed like the worst timing. There is never a perfect time so you just have to jump in. Links The Lisa Show Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library

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0:07.0	Wow, this is one of the biggest issues that so many deal with in these latter days,
0:12.0	but few talk about it or even know how to talk
0:14.5	about it and when they do talk about it is usually in a private setting with a
0:19.0	leader who is expected to know how to navigate struggles with pornography.
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0:34.4	leaders be better prepared to help someone overcome struggles with
0:37.6	pornography. We cover topics like how to minimize shame in the Bishop's
0:41.5	office, how to talk with children about pornography, and even
0:45.2	how to talk about female pornography use in Relief Society.
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1:05.8	several leadership related topics. So click the link in the show notes or simply visit
1:10.6	leading Saints.org. 14. Today I'm sitting down to the powers of the internet with Lisa Valentine Clark.
1:30.3	How are you Lisa?
1:31.3	I'm well, thanks.
1:32.1	Thanks for having me.
1:33.0	Awesome now you you there's no need for introduction here. I mean especially if people can can see who you are because you are
1:40.0	I mean you're not a stranger to the microphone especially the radio or
1:46.0	podcasts and so but for those few out there that maybe aren't as familiar with you
1:50.0	how would you introduce yourself? Okay, wow, I'm a lot of things.
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