How I Lead as Relief Society President | An Interview with Brigette Heller

Brigette Heller was born in Alaska and raised all over the Western United States. She is a life coach and speaker, and is determined to share life-changing mindset techniques using radical motivation to women in her Strong and Capable community. Brigette and her sister also own Deco-Crate Event Design, an event planning business. She has served in a variety of church leadership positions, including as a young Relief Society president. Brigette and her husband Mike are the parents of three children and live in Phoenix, Arizona. Highlights 3:00 Her calling as a young Relief Society president in a large, established ward 5:30 A comment from a luncheon and her choice to be dedicated and supportive anyway 7:10 Authenticity in loving and supportive people is what matters * Alma 31:5 Try the virtue of the word of God instead of treats and handouts * Let people know when you are struggling * Delegate to others * 10:25 Let go of more to have more 14:00 Successful leaders need empathy * 18:45 Lawn example: sitting with someone instead of instructing them 20:20 Communication * It has to be done in every way possible, and determine what works best for your people * Communication is consideration * Commit to living by your system 25:30 Paint the vision * Finding the inspiration to bring hope of what could be * Ask the Lord what vision He wants you to paint * 27:20 Created a "journey journal" that tied in with lessons and activities * 30:15 A lot of people have not been taught how to seek personal revelation through General conference * Finding beauty in the journey 33:50 About her life coaching community and podcast 35:00 When you want to be a good leader and step into that role, you are letting go Links The Strong and Capable podcast The Strong and Capable website Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast. Note: This transcript was machine-produced. We would be grateful for help correcting errors. You can help! Simply copy/paste the transcript text into a document, make the corrections, and then copy/paste the corrected text into the comments (you will need to split it up) on the page and we will get it published!