Cynthia Johnston Turner: Student-Centered Rehearsals, Leadership, and Podium Vulnerability

So a lot of folks probably realize by this point that Chris and I do a lot of the same things and a lot of different things.

And they all got kind of mashed up into a big mixing bowl of stuff.

Right.

And we sometimes have really great conversations, kind of like thought partners do.

Right.

We're having these conversations back and forward.

And sometimes we don't agree.

The world might be shocked by this, but we don't agree.

And sometimes it can get heated in a very friendly way.

It can get tense.

That's usually where my passive aggressiveness comes in.

Like, oh, sure, Chris, that's a great idea.

Just that little bit, right? And so we've been having some of these discussions and there's been a couple of them because of just lots of things going on.

And then Chris drops this bomb on me this morning.

And he says, all it says is, I have to tell you something important.

I've been thinking about, I've been thinking a lot about this, maybe too much.

And that's it.

And so all of a sudden I'm like, oh my God, something like it's about to hit.

And I don't know why my blood pressure goes up.

Like everything just goes up and I'm having like an internal meltdown.

Would you care to share the follow-up to your message? Yes.

Maybe too much.

I'm totally okay with hi-hat.

And that was it.

That was it.

So a lot of folks probably realize by this point that Chris and I do a lot of the same things and a lot of different things.

And they all got kind of mashed up into a big mixing bowl of stuff.

Right.

And we sometimes have really great conversations, kind of like thought partners do.

Right.

We're having these conversations back and forward.

And sometimes we don't agree.

The world might be shocked by this, but we don't agree.

And sometimes it can get heated in a very friendly way.

It can get tense.

That's usually where my passive aggressiveness comes in.

Like, oh, sure, Chris, that's a great idea.

Just that little bit, right? And so we've been having some of these discussions and there's been a couple of them because of just lots of things going on.

And then Chris drops this bomb on me this morning.

And he says, all it says is, I have to tell you something important.

I've been thinking about, I've been thinking a lot about this, maybe too much.

And that's it.

And so all of a sudden I'm like, oh my God, something like it's about to hit.

And I don't know why my blood pressure goes up.

Like everything just goes up and I'm having like an internal meltdown.

Would you care to share the follow-up to your message? Yes.

Maybe too much.

I'm totally okay with hi-hat.

And that was it.

That was it.