Podcast: The Emotionally Healthy Leader

[REWIND] Put a Stop to Your Hurried, Rushed Life

⚡FREE E-BOOK: Spaciousness: Avoiding the 8 Traps That Steal Your Margin – Download at emotionallyhealthy.org/spaciousness In this powerful replay of one of our most listened-to episodes, Pete Scazzero invites pastors and leaders into a radical,…

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Monks in the Pulpit: Rediscovering the Ancient Way of Preaching and Teaching

⚡DOWNLOAD FREE E-BOOK: 8 Marks of Emotionally Healthy Preaching & Teaching – In this episode, I invite you to rediscover an ancient path of powerful preaching and teaching — one that’s been largely lost in the modern church. We’re not…

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Focus on the Few: Resisting the Temptation to Give Your Best Energy to the Crowds

In this episode of the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast, Pete Scazzero shares a powerful word every church leader needs to hear: Focus on the Few. In an age of growing platforms, endless tools, and ever-increasing pressure to cater to the crowds,…

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5 Practices to Create a Church Where It’s Safe to Be Human

So much of modern church culture encourages us to hide. Hide our struggles. Hide our doubts. Hide the messy, complicated truth of being human. But Jesus never invited us into a sanitized faith. He called us into something real. In today’s episode, I…

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Facing the Unseen: Why Discipleship Must Go Beneath the Surface

Too often, we lead others while unaware of the emotional baggage we carry. In this episode, I share why genuine discipleship must go beneath the surface—into the depths of our emotional world and the generational patterns shaping us. Using the…

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Slowing Down to Catch Up with God: How to Escape the Ministry Hamster Wheel

In today’s fast-paced world, Christian leaders are often caught on the “ministry hamster wheel”—spinning endlessly with meetings, sermons, crises, and expectations. But what if the most radical, missional act we could take isn’t to do more,…

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5 Ways Your Family of Origin Is Undermining Your Leadership (Part 2)

What if your family of origin is still running your leadership — and you don’t even know it? In Part 2 of this vital conversation, Pete Scazzero continues unpacking how the emotional and relational patterns we inherited growing up deeply shape how…

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5 Ways Your Family of Origin Is Undermining Your Leadership (Part 1)

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in patterns you can’t explain or hitting a wall in your leadership that won’t budge—there’s a reason. In this episode of the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast, I explore one of the most overlooked but…

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Good Limits vs. Bad Limits: How Wise Leaders Know the Difference

After 30 years of wrestling with the tension between vision and limitation, I’ve come to see that how we handle limits can make—or break—our leadership. In this episode, I explore the subtle but powerful difference between good and bad limits….

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The Power of Leading From Your Marriage or Singleness as a Sign and Wonder: Pt.2

👉 Download the FREE Emotionally Healthy Leader Discussion Guide at —————————————————— In today’s episode, we dive deep into one of the most misunderstood and undervalued aspects of Christian…

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