The Unburdened Leader

May 10 2024 14
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Meet leaders who recognized their own pain, worked through it, and stepped up into greater leadership. Each week, we dive into how leaders like you deal with struggle and growth so that you can lead without burnout or loneliness. If you're eager to make an impact in your community or business, Rebecca Ching, LMFT, will give you practical strategies for redefining challenges and vulnerability while becoming a better leader. Find the courage, confidence, clarity, and compassion to step up for yourself and your others--even when things feel really, really hard.

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EP 104: The Intersection of How We Lead, Love, and Grieve with J.S. Park

May 10 2024 82 mins  
If you love, you experience loss. Looking back over the last few years, who or what have you lost? A loved one, a friendship, a relationship, a pet, a job, your health, your community? Something else? Have you had time to reflect on and grieve your losses and find meaning and sense in all you experienced? And how do you talk about your losses with those around you, if at all?We can

EP 103: The Burden of Shoulds and Moving Towards Self-Compassion with Alison Cook, PhD

Apr 26 2024 63 mins  
Are you aware of all the expectations you hold yourself to?The day-to-day buzzing of our inner life can feel relentless, can't it? We're all too familiar with the bombardment of 'shoulds' about how we should act, dress, talk, move, etc. It's a struggle that resonates with each one of us, making us feel understood in our shared experiences. We carry so many shoulds from our family o

EP 102: Toxic Leadership: The True Cost of Workplace Trauma with Mita Mallick

Apr 12 2024 53 mins  
Many of us are familiar with the kind of person who easily earns the moniker ‘toxic’ and instills fear, rage, and frustration in those around them.What do you do when you work with a toxic leader?How do you feel when toxic leaders continue to get promoted and receive accolades?And what do you do when others make excuses for these toxic leaders, like saying their skill set or ne

EP 101: Transforming the Legacy Burdens from Relational Trauma with Deran Young

Mar 29 2024 59 mins  
Do you feel frustrated by recurring struggles with self-doubt, hypervigilance, and overwhelm?Behind many of your inner doubts, self-judgements, fears, and insecurities lie echoes from old betrayals or relational hurts.These breaches of trust in important relationships don’t necessarily lose their impact on how you lead and work just because they happened a long time ago.So when y

EP 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes: Behind the Scenes of the Unburdened Leader

Mar 15 2024 22 mins  
Have you ever done something steadily, week in and week out, for a period of time?What did you learn about yourself and the world around you in the process? Was there anything that came up that surprised you?Putting in consistent reps and hundreds of hours towards something inevitably shapes and changes you, and producing this show has been no different for me.Today I’m celebrati

EP 99: Lead & Love Beyond Differences: The Work of Building Bridges with Jonathan Merritt

Mar 01 2024 80 mins  
Have you ended a relationship to get relief from tension and conflict?Do you struggle with developing a clear sense of boundaries around what’s your responsibility and what’s not, especially when feeling responsible for how others think and feel? When relationships are toxic, abusive, and oppressive and the other person does not have the interest or capacity to work on the rela

EP 98: Ecosystems for Change: Embracing Generative Conflict in a World on Fire with Deepa Iyer

Feb 16 2024 67 mins  
What is your relationship with conflict and disagreement?Do you see conflict as bad or dangerous or simply a natural part of relationships and being in a group or on a team?What helps you move through conflict and differences of opinion when things are heavy and charged? Do you avoid it at all costs? Or do you try to be a peacemaker and help everyone feel heard? Or do you dive righ

EP 97: Releasing the Need to Prove: Arielle Estoria's Journey to Authentic Leadership

Feb 02 2024 70 mins  
Do you find yourself in a constant state of proving? Proving that you are a good enough leader, parent, partner, fill in the blank? Do you know what drives your need to prove to others and yourself? When does the need to prove you are good enough and worthy enough show up the most? At work, in your relationships with others, or maybe in your relationship with yourself?When you fall

EP 96: Rage to Action: The Leading Power of Women's Anger with Soraya Chemaly

Jan 19 2024 73 mins  
What is your relationship with your anger? How much of your stress and exhaustion is fueled by repressed anger and rage? And how do you respond when those around you express anger?Our experiences early in life, experiences at our places of work and education, and our conditioning from culture all play significant roles in how we view and respond to anger and rage within and around

EP 95: Good Trouble: A Personal Account of January 6th with Officer Harry Dunn

Jan 05 2024 64 mins  
When you experience injustice, how do you respond? Do you immediately speak up and fight back?Maybe you get introspective and go deep into reflection, weighing out different options and scenarios before deciding how or whether to take action. Or do you suppress your authentic emotions and maintain a facade until you have figured out your next move?Many factors inform how you respon