Lucid Commons

Daniel S. Elmlinger

Daniel S. Elmlinger, servant leader, discusses loss, grief, and forgiveness. We talk about the science and soul of grief, growth after loss, and how to carry the departed forward with us. We took a trip down a winding road from Kentucky, to the pandemic, to an out-of-body experience, a life-changing diagnosis, to the drive-thru at McDonald’s (for a Coke, of course), to Seattle, service-over-self, to law school, radical acceptance, to jail ministry, to the story of Frankenstein, and the transformative power of forgiving ourselves and others. If you're grieving or on a journey to forgiving yourself or others, this one's for you. Find Daniel on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielelmlinger/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielelmlinger/]

Ari J. Lester

Ari J. Lester, attorney and founder, talks about the messy middle of her career pivot from the perfect-on-paper job and lake-view office to her journey of self-discovery, values alignment, and social entrepreneurship. We talk about the hard work of self-actualization, AI and the future of work, the power of the human brain, gratitude, mortality, and gaining clarity through career moves. If you're dead inside, mid-pivot, or mid-sentence on "I'm fine," this one's for you. Find Ari on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariellejlester/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariellejlester/] Substack: https://substack.com/@kindredhorizon [https://substack.com/@kindredhorizon]