How to Lead Without Losing Yourself – Part 1: Abandoning Yourself vs Leading Yourself

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In this raw and honest episode, Christine Jewell tackles the dangerous trap of abandoning your post as a leader while trying to serve everyone else. Speaking from personal experience of sensing a holy stirring and divine wake-up call, Christine reveals why high performers lose themselves in the process—it's complete misalignment with your God-given identity and kingdom assignment. Drawing from recent conversations with clients who were experiencing breakthrough moments and portals opening in their lives, Christine unpacks the subtle shift that moves you from spiritually dry and mentally scattered back to leading from overflow and provides a clear roadmap back to spirit-led living and kingdom identity. If you're waking up tired and going to bed exhausted or if you're physically present but mentally and spiritually checked out, this episode will help you reclaim the territories you've been entrusted to lead starting with yourself.

This Episode Is for You If: • You feel like you've lost yourself somewhere along the line while trying to lead others and serve everyone • The life you once felt connected to now feels like going through the motions—spiritually dry and emotionally numbed out • You're carrying the weight of everyone else's needs while abandoning the post God called you to steward first • You're working at a high level as a driver and impact-driven leader but waking up tired and going to bed exhausted • You suspect there's a holy stirring happening in your spirit but you're not sure how to respond to the divine invitation • You're ready to stop being a yes-person who pleases everyone while your own vessel becomes weaker and unattended • You need to do a pit stop realignment because you've been redlining without sustainable rhythms for too long

KEY TAKEAWAYS

🔨 The Pit Stop Principle: High performers need regular realignments—you can't stay redlining without overheating, rattling, and eventual breakdown 🌊 Holy Stirring Recognition: There's a difference between burnout and divine wake-up calls—God is stirring the waters for breakthrough in this season 👂 Four Territory Leadership: You cannot lead others well until you reclaim the territories of your spirit, body, mind, and heart first 💎 Kingdom Identity Over Old Identity: Someone is always calling the shots—either an old version of you or the kingdom version you're called to step into ⚡ No Muscle Training: Protecting your spiritual time, workout time, and deep work requires building your ability to say no to good things 🏗️ Heaven's Scoreboard: Redefine your measures of success—are you performing for man's approval or God's kingdom assignments?

NOTABLE QUOTES

"We cannot fulfill our kingdom assignment when we have abandoned our post. When we have abandoned our God-given identity and we run back to one old, one that is the father of life speaking into you, trying to remind you of who you used to be."

"There's a difference between just being dissatisfied and bored and just restless and anxious versus a holy agitation, a holy stirring of the waters."

"You cannot fulfill your kingdom assignment when we have abandoned our post. When we have abandoned our God-given identity."

"If you abandon the vessel, this is literally like I'm leaving the ship without a captain, right? I'm off thinking that I need to go fight every other battle, but I've left the ship unattended."

"How can you do for others what you can't do for yourself? It's impossible. It's impossible to sustain it unless the Lord builds a house."

"Am I aiming to please man? Or am I aiming to please God? Who is the audience that you are performing for?"

FEATURED SCRIPTURES

John 10:10 - "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

Matthew 6:33 - "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

Ephesians 5:14 - "Awake, sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you."