Dive into the complexities of leadership as it transcends stages and platforms, deeply impacting personal relationships. Discover how success can often hide internal struggles like disconnection and loneliness. The hosts share insights on the importance of honesty and vulnerability, especially for high-capacity leaders. Learn why embracing feedback is crucial, and the cost of isolation that leads to burnout. Reflect on the vital need for internal alignment to match external success while prioritizing family and connection.
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volunteer_activism ADVICE
Teach Kids To Give Feedback
Teach your children to give you honest feedback and adjust your schedule accordingly.
Take intentional breaks (like nights off) to protect family priority over ministry.
question_answer ANECDOTE
Child Follows Dad To Stay Connected
Brittney shares Laney wanting to follow her youth-pastor dad because she missed him.
They made space for her to join despite inconvenience to preserve connection.
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Give Feedback To Reconnect
Speak truth in love and give feedback believing the best about one another.
Treat feedback as an opportunity to reconnect, not to punish or shame.
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Recorded live in Birmingham, Alabama, this episode is part one of a tour conversation focused on leadership, connection, and transformation. The discussion centers on the reality that leadership doesn’t just happen on stages or platforms—it shows up in marriages, families, friendships, and how leaders respond to pressure and conflict. This conversation explores why real change requires honesty, vulnerability, and presence, especially for leaders who are used to being strong for others.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Why leadership is more about asking the right questions than having the right answers
The tension between wanting transformation and resisting the process that produces it
How success can mask internal disconnection, exhaustion, and loneliness
Why high-capacity leaders often struggle to slow down and be honest about what’s really going on
The cost of isolation and why it leads to burnout and implosion
Key Takeaways:
Transformation requires honesty before it produces freedom
Vulnerability is part of the process, not a weakness in leadership
External success does not guarantee internal connection
Isolation increases pressure and disconnects leaders from themselves and others
Integration matters: who you are on the inside needs to match how you live on the outside
Join the Conversation:
Where do you feel the gap between how things look externally and what’s happening internally? Reflect on where you might need to slow down, stay present, and invite others into what you’re carrying.
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