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What happens when your life looks successful on the outside—but something inside keeps telling you that something is off?

In this episode of Good Talk with Tiffany Santana, I sit down with LaQuonne Holden for an honest and practical conversation about alignment, fulfillment, and the quiet friction that can develop when who we are, what we value, and how we live are no longer pointing in the same direction.

LaQuonne reminds us that friction is not always failure. Sometimes, it is feedback—a check-engine light letting us know that something in our lives deserves our attention.

We discuss the three forms of friction that can signal misalignment:

• Dissonance: the internal conflict that tells you something is off

• Dissension: the relational tension that develops around you

• Discontentment: the quiet dissatisfaction that causes you to settle for less than the life you know you were created to live

LaQuonne also walks us through his practical four-part framework for responding to misalignment:

NOTICE what is trying to get your attention.

NAME the specific source of the friction.

NEGOTIATE the boundaries, conversations, and adjustments that are needed.

NURTURE the habits and rhythms that will help you maintain alignment.

We also talk about burnout, people-pleasing, boundaries, coaching, personal development, purpose, faith, and what to do when helping everyone else begins to hurt you.

This conversation will encourage you to stop simply managing the symptoms and begin paying attention to what the friction in your life may be trying to teach you.

Because alignment begins with awareness—and when your internal and external realities begin pointing in the same direction, sustainable advancement becomes possible.

ABOUT LAQUONNE HOLDEN

LaQuonne Holden is an Associate Pastor at Change Church who provides pastoral support to Dr. Dharius Daniels. He is a content cultivator, alignment architect, coach, and consultant who helps high-performing professionals and faith-based leaders confront dissonance, dissension, and discontentment and transform that friction into sustainable fulfillment.

Through Holden Collective, LaQuonne helps leaders, teams, and organizations bring clarity to complexity, make hard easier, and move from stagnation to strategic, sustainable success.

CONNECT WITH LAQUONNE

Instagram:

/ laquonneholden

Alignment Academy:

https://teachclub.com/@alignmentacademy

Be sure to visit LaQuonne’s Instagram page and use the link in his bio to access his growth guide and learn more about his work.

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