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How Do I Discern the SALVES Driver in Others? Seeing and Serving at the Level of What Really Matters
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Family, Teams, and Tension in Upper Manhattan Growing up in Washington Heights, family gatherings could feel like jazz—everybody playing their part, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in chaos. I wished early on that I could “read the room”—to know what people really needed, not just…
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Washington Heights, Wounds, and What Drives Us In Washington Heights, I learned quickly that everyone’s got a “why”—a core longing that shapes what feels like winning or losing. Some chased respect on the block, some clung tight to family, others just wanted to belong.…
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Real Life: Coffee, Core Longings, and Core Stories Growing up in Washington Heights, it was normal to see family members fighting hard to be “somebody”—whether by making a name in the neighborhood, keeping us safe in little ways, or making sure we were never…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last week, a belt got looser and—surprisingly—that’s when the old cravings crept in. Here’s the honest side of my journey: after over three months of using the CHEW framework day and night (and seeing changes, not only in me but also in the high-performing men…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Twenty-three years ago this morning, I watched from my apartment window on 169th Street in Washington Heights as an F-15 screamed overhead toward the Twin Towers, responding to the unthinkable. In those moments of terror and uncertainty, something shifted in me, away from living…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. There I was, mid-prayer, mentally drafting my response to a client email. I know God’s love is sufficient, I believe Jesus is enough, yet somehow my morning time with the Father had become another item to optimize while my mind raced through today’s demands.…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Sunday mornings in my Dominican family were always about gathering—abuela’s café, the smell of mangú, and everyone talking at once about the week that was. But somewhere between building my practice and managing endless client needs, my Sabbaths started feeling more like administrative catch-up days…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Monday didn’t start with a crisis, but it sure ended like one: halfway through a Zoom call, something I said was inappropriately challenged by a senior executive. Instantly, I felt dismissed, minimized—not just personally, but like my ability to deliver, to secure things for my…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last Friday, after a particularly intense strategy session with a client’s leadership team, where the two managing partners who’ve run the company for 37 years started bickering like an angry old couple and just wouldn’t stop, someone asked how I was doing. My instinctive…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday morning, I caught myself checking my phone mid-prayer—not from insecurity about my worth, but from that familiar pressure of time slipping away and tasks mounting. As a driven personal consultant who genuinely loves helping leaders grow, I realized I was approaching even my…