Make An Impact While Healing From The Hard Things
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.

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.
Check Out More Episodes

Ep 91: Decolonizing Wealth: Confronting Exploitation and Healing Wounds with Edgar Villanueva

EP 88: Right-Use-of-Power: Navigating Leadership Dynamics with Dr. Cedar Barstow

EP 87: Authoritarianism in Cultish & High-Demand Communities with Bradley Onishi

EP 75: Leading from the Intersection of Culture, Identity, and Sustainability with Jeffrey Brown & Jennifer Chen

EP 74: Leading in Hard Times With Values and Boundaries with Kristen Campbell, DPT

EP 64: Coping is Not Healing: Making Sense of the Pain with Natalie Gutierrez Part 2

EP 59: The Transformational Power of Conversational Leadership with Daniel Stillman

EP 56: The Intersection of Leadership, Brand, and Inner Work with Nicole "Ziza" Bauer

EP 53: Leading a Sustainable Business & Life Without Burning Out with Racheal Cook

EP 49: Standing In Your Power: A Leadership Roundtable with Joon Park + Cha Barefield

EP 45: Intersection of Evangelicalism, Business, + Consumerism w Tim Gloege, PhD

EP 44: Collective Trauma: Remembering The January 6th Insurrection with Julie Tagen

EP 38: The Unburdened Leader Roundtable Sessions: ADHD And Leadership with Tara Newman and Lindsay Padilla, PhD

EP 36: Leading with Dignity: Hard On Ideas, Easy On People with Rosalind Wiseman

EP 35: Navigating Career Pivots and Identity Crisis with Dr. Lindsay Padilla, PhD

EP 34: The Unburdened Leader Roundtable Sessions: Kim Paulus, LMFT and Natalie Gutierrez, LMFT

EP 32: Committing to Sustainable Change and Giving a Sh*t About The Planet with Ashlee Piper

EP 31: Building Resiliency and a Culture of Togetherness with Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD

EP 30: Committing to Being an Engaged Leader and Engaged Citizen with Iowa State Rep. Jennifer Konfrst

EP 29: Frank Anderson, MD - Challenging the Fear of Rejection and Leading with Vulnerability - Part 2

EP 28: Leading by Speaking Up When the Stakes are High with Author Tiffany Bluhm

EP 27: Frank Anderson, MD - Challenging the Fear of Rejection and Leading with Vulnerability

EP 26: Leading an Integrated Life Over a Divided Life with Stasia Savasuk, Creator of The REVEL-YOU-TION

EP 25: The Boundary Barriers of Leadership with Psychologist and Author, Alison Cook, PhD

EP 24: Leading Visual Language featuring Social Entrepreneur and Author, Sunni Brown

EP 23: Leading and Respecting Your Whole Self with Metalsmith and Founder of Artists & Profit Makers, Megan Auman

EP 22: Clear and Decisive Leadership with Founder of Frank and Eileen, Audrey McLoghlin

EP 21: Leading With Body Resilience with Co-Author of More Than A Body, Lindsay Kite, PhD

EP 20: Leading From Your Truth with the Founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association, Chevese Turner

EP 19: Defining Your Own Version Success with Natalie Borton, Founder of Natalie Borton Designs

EP 18: Bold and Honest Beauty Activism with Content Creator, Storyteller, Self-Love Advocate Nikia Phoenix

EP 17: Community Over Competition with Co-Founder of The Rising Tide Society Natalie Franke

EP 16: Leading with Comedy as a Catalyst for Change and Healing with Digital Strategist and Business Comedian, Rachael Kay Albers

EP 15: Leading with Integrity Through Controversy featuring CEO & Founder of Dressember Foundation Blythe Hill

EP 13: Owning Your Choices To Gain Freedom & Healing with Former Congresswoman Katie Hill

EP 06: Leading & Loving Towards Beautifully Made With Intention with Arielle Estoria

EP 05: Exploring the Echoes of Past Struggles Through Creativity and Curiosity with Morgan Harper Nichols

EP 02: How Self-Leadership Saves You From The Relentless Drive To Succeed with Dr. Richard Schwartz

EP 01: Take Time For The Deep Work So Trauma Doesn’t Take You Out with Jonathan Merritt
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Are you ready to become an Unburdened™ Leader?
An Unburdened Leader does the work to release the burdens that give fuel to doubt, fear, second-guessing, numbing, and overwhelm. When you make this commitment, you embrace the pillars of an Unburdened Leader: Trauma-Informed Leadership, Shame Resilience, Bold Boundaries, Self-Leadership, and Courageous Creativity.
Updating your skills set to navigate your next big growth edge can be overwhelming. That's where I come in. Browse my offerings below to get a better idea of how we can work together and when you're ready for the next step or want to learn more, book a complimentary Connection Call with me.




