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The Unburdened Leader is a podcast about leadership, the burdens of trauma, and the journey you take to find your biggest impact as a leader. Join me, Rebecca Ching, as I discover 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 others—even when things feel really, really hard.

The Unburdened Leader Podcast | Rebecca Ching

About The Unburdened Leader

Meet thriving leaders who have embraced their own humanity and life’s mission through the burdens they carry, how these burdens often take them down, and how they rise from them. In each episode, we dive into how leaders like you deal with struggle and growth so that you can lead without burnout or loneliness and continually make an impact for the greater good.

Why A Podcast?

I started the The Unburdened Leader podcast because it makes learning on-the-go easy. You can take this free in-depth audio content wherever you go and listen whenever you have time using apps like Spotify, Castbox, Castro, and Apple Podcasts.

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Click the play button below to hear The Unburdened Leader trailer and my own story of rising from my own burdens to realize a new role as a leader myself.

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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
Ep 92: Leadership in Transition: Navigating Life Shifts with Brigitte Lyons
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Ep 91: Decolonizing Wealth: Confronting Exploitation and Healing Wounds with Edgar Villanueva
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EP 90: Engaged Leadership with Moms Demand Action Founder, Shannon Watts
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
EP 89: Leadership Steps for Workplace Equality with Amy Diehl, PhD
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EP 88: Right-Use-of-Power: Navigating Leadership Dynamics with Dr. Cedar Barstow
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EP 87: Authoritarianism in Cultish & High-Demand Communities with Bradley Onishi
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EP 86: Integrating Grief and Lived Experience with Kathy Escobar
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
EP 85: Team Habits: Redefining Workplace Dynamics with Charlie Gilkey
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
EP 84: Recalibrating Success and Accomplishment with Martha Bitar
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EP 83: Cultivating a Practice of True Play with Gary Ware
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EP 82: Beyond Optics: Prioritizing Needs Without Judgement with Mara Glatzel 
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EP 81: Beyond Optics: Leadership and Meaningful Inclusion with Dr. Sand Chang
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EP 80: Navigating Discomfort and Cultivating Safe Spaces with Tasha Hunter
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EP 79: Cultivating Authentic Connections with Toni Herbine-Blank
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EP 78: Relational Trauma and Business Boundaries with Heidi Taylor
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EP 77: Creating Space for Neurodiversity with Jessie Ginsburg & Chris Wenger
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EP 76: Changing The Conversation on Autism with Eric Garcia
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EP 75: Leading from the Intersection of Culture, Identity, and Sustainability with Jeffrey Brown & Jennifer Chen
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EP 74: Leading in Hard Times With Values and Boundaries with Kristen Campbell​, DPT
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EP 73: The Potential of Psychedelics to Help and Heal with Victor Cabral
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EP 72: Addressing the Burdens of Individualism w Deran Young & Dick Schwartz
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EP 71: Countering The Obsessive Pursuit of Health with Jason and Lauren Pak
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EP 70: Getting out of Shame and Into Power with Kelly Diels
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EP 69: Remembering the January 6th Insurrection with Julie Tagen
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EP 68: 2022 Debrief: Slower Is Faster
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EP 66: Rethinking Self-Care and Workplace Wellbeing with Dr. Michelle Barton
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EP 67: Emotional Labor, Social Capital, and #vulnerability with Tara McMullin
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EP 65: Transparent Business Practices with Barrett Ward
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EP 64: Coping is Not Healing: Making Sense of the Pain with Natalie Gutierrez Part 2
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EP 63: How Choosing Nice Can Lead to More Harm with Jenny Booth Potter
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EP 62: Coping is Not Healing: Making Sense of the Pain with Natalie Gutierrez
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EP 61: Mental Health and Entrepreneurship with Jason Van Orden
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EP 60: Enneagram, Anti-racism, and Resilience with Jessica Dickson
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EP 59: The Transformational Power of Conversational Leadership with Daniel Stillman
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EP 58: An Ecosystem Approach to Leading with Pamela Slim
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EP 57: Toxic Proving, Gender Bias, and the Not-Enough Loop with Wendy Collie
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EP 56: The Intersection of Leadership, Brand, and Inner Work with Nicole "Ziza" Bauer
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EP 55: Embodied Leadership: Pushing Back and Speaking Truth with Lisa Gungor
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EP 54: Honoring the Fullness of Your Grief with Marisa Renee Lee
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EP 53: Leading a Sustainable Business & Life Without Burning Out with Racheal Cook
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EP 52: Charlie Gilkey: Leading With What Matters Most
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EP 51: Leading Transformational Communities with Shannon Siriano Greenwood
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EP 50: Embracing the Hot Mess: A Special Episode with Alison Cook, PhD
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EP 49: Standing In Your Power: A Leadership Roundtable with Joon Park + Cha Barefield
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EP 48: Showing Up in the Face of Racial Injustice with Y-Vonne Hutchinson
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EP 47: Leading Through Embracing Your Multiplicities with Rev. Sarah Heath
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EP 46: Leading from Enoughness with Martinus Evans
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EP 45: Intersection of Evangelicalism, Business, + Consumerism w Tim Gloege, PhD
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EP 44: Collective Trauma: Remembering The January 6th Insurrection with Julie Tagen
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EP 43: 2021 Review and Reflections
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EP 42: Leading By Owning Your Activism with Karen Walrond
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EP 41: Leading Yourself First with Moorea Seal
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EP 40: Leading Authentically After Hard Falls with Ref Rodriguez, EdD
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EP 39: Leading with Generosity and Love with Terces Engelhart
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EP 38: The Unburdened Leader Roundtable Sessions: ADHD And Leadership with Tara Newman and Lindsay Padilla, PhD
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EP 37: Leading a Life of Radical Honesty with Tara Newman
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EP 36: Leading with Dignity:  Hard On Ideas, Easy On People with Rosalind Wiseman 
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EP 35: Navigating Career Pivots and Identity Crisis with Dr. Lindsay Padilla, PhD 
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EP 34: The Unburdened Leader Roundtable Sessions: Kim Paulus, LMFT and Natalie Gutierrez, LMFT
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EP 33: Befriending Your Anger with Graphic Artist Sacha Mardou
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EP 32: Committing to Sustainable Change and Giving a Sh*t About The Planet with Ashlee Piper
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EP 31: Building Resiliency and a Culture of Togetherness with Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD
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EP 30: Committing to Being an Engaged Leader and Engaged Citizen with Iowa State Rep. Jennifer Konfrst
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EP 29: Frank  Anderson, MD - Challenging the Fear of Rejection and Leading with Vulnerability - Part 2
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EP 28: Leading by Speaking Up When the Stakes are High with Author Tiffany Bluhm
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EP 27: Frank Anderson, MD - Challenging the Fear of Rejection and Leading with Vulnerability
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EP 26: Leading an Integrated Life Over a Divided Life with Stasia Savasuk, Creator of The REVEL-YOU-TION
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EP 25: The Boundary Barriers of Leadership with Psychologist and Author, Alison Cook, PhD
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EP 24: Leading Visual Language featuring Social Entrepreneur and Author, Sunni Brown
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EP 23: Leading and Respecting Your Whole Self with Metalsmith and Founder of Artists & Profit Makers, Megan Auman
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EP 22: Clear and Decisive Leadership with Founder of Frank and Eileen, Audrey McLoghlin
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EP 21: Leading With Body Resilience with Co-Author of More Than A Body, Lindsay Kite, PhD
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EP 20: Leading From Your Truth with the Founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association, Chevese Turner
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EP 19: Defining Your Own Version Success with Natalie Borton, Founder of Natalie Borton Designs
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EP 18: Bold and Honest Beauty Activism with Content Creator, Storyteller, Self-Love Advocate Nikia Phoenix
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Community Over Competition with Co-Founder of The Rising Tide Society Natalie Franke
EP 17: Community Over Competition with Co-Founder of The Rising Tide Society Natalie Franke
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EP 16: Leading with Comedy as a Catalyst for Change and Healing with Digital Strategist and Business Comedian, Rachael Kay Albers
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EP 15: Leading with Integrity Through Controversy featuring CEO & Founder of Dressember Foundation Blythe Hill
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EP 14: Consenting to Grief as a Leadership Practice with Dean Nelson, PhD
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EP 13: Owning Your Choices To Gain Freedom & Healing with Former Congresswoman Katie Hill
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EP 12: Choosing Scrappy Hope Over Cynicism with Ramon Galindo
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
EP 11: Befriending Your Anxiety with Chef Joel Gamoran
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EP 10: Leading With Boundaries vs Over-Functioning with Krystel Stacey
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EP 09: Standing Up Against the Culture of Bullying with Gemma Went
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EP 08: Dismantling and Rebuilding with Ally Fallon

 

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EP 07: Healing Trauma and the Burden of Addiction with Andrea Owen
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Arielle Estoria
EP 06: Leading & Loving Towards Beautifully Made With Intention with Arielle Estoria
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast featuring Morgan Harper Nichols
EP 05: Exploring the Echoes of Past Struggles Through Creativity and Curiosity with Morgan Harper Nichols
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EP 04: Leading with Grace and the Power of Emotions with J.S. Park

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The Unburdened Leader Podcast featuring Jess Weiner
EP 03: How Pain Can Inspire Growth & A Lifelong Mission with Jess Weiner
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EP 02: How Self-Leadership Saves You From The Relentless Drive To Succeed with Dr. Richard Schwartz
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The Unburdened Leader Podcast with Rebecca Ching
EP 01: Take Time For The Deep Work So Trauma Doesn’t Take You Out with Jonathan Merritt
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