238. Planning a Summer That Feeds Us: Marriage, Family, and the Rhythms That Hold

 “If you don’t decide or name the intention, the season will decide for you.”

How do you move from chaotic, catch-up summers to ones that genuinely renew your family and your leadership? In this behind-the-scenes episode, Chanie shares the intentional framework her family uses to plan summers that serve as a map for the year ahead—grounding their values, relationships, and rhythms.

 Key Takeaways:

• Why summer can’t just be a break—it needs to be a blueprint.
• Treating summer as a time to reset isn’t enough. When planned with intention, it becomes a map that shapes your family and leadership for the rest of the year.
• The I-R-E-R method: Intention, Reflection, Experience, Rhythm.
• Anchors over goals: the power of seasonal rituals.
• Planning for joy—on purpose.
• How memory-making experiences build generational impact.

Tune in to explore this reframe and how you can design your summer with intention, reflection, and rhythm—so your leadership starts at home, not on the calendar. Want to discuss what’s next in your leadership journey? Visit: https://schoolsofexcellence.com/profit/