The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast

In part 2 of this series, we will look at the journey of Job as a model of a leader who integrated his sadness, anger, and depression in ways that made him an even greater leader who continues to speak to us today.   Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast, Pete explores David's integration of great leadership with great grieving and why this is so critical for us today. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Limits are often the last place we look for God. The problem is that when we fail to look for God in our limits, we often bypass him. In this podcast, Pete considers Adam and Eve in the Garden, Jesus being tempted by Satan in the desert, and David at the height of his power and influence. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

One of the greatest spiritual challenges for leaders revolves around how we frame and respond to the limits God places around us. In this podcast, Pete begins offering a biblical framework to understand limits as gifts of grace from the hand of God and answers three of the most common questions he hears. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/confe...

In part 2 of this podcast, Pete issues an invitation to get deeply anchored in God by deliberately structuring your life in ancient spiritual practices that have stood the test of time. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Most leaders are starved for time. Few of us have a sustainable, long-term plan that answers the question: How can I live and lead in a way that is calm, relaxed, and filled with contentment in Jesus? In part one of this podcast, Pete discusses how to deliberately structure our lives around God's rhythms. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org...

In Part 3 of this 3-part series, Pete answers five FAQ's that emerge over and over again around the topic of redefining success Jesus' way and discusses the challenge of "to do the work before the work." Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In Part 2 of this podcast, Pete offers three different examples of how to redefine success in ways that look beyond numbers. He then looks closely at the three factors necessary to internalize the kind of radical change necessary to make the doing of God's will, regardless of where it leads, the measure of our success. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotiona...

Defining success as a Christian leader is one of our most challenging, vexing and difficult tasks. In part 1 of this podcast, Pete looks at two idols that dominate current Western culture and church leadership. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

One of the most important topics for any leader is how we develop other leaders. The future of our ministries depends on it. In this podcast, Pete shares the top three mistakes he has made and observed in leadership development over the decades. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Many leaders are overworked, tired, and weighed down with too much to do in too little time. In this podcast, Pete discusses two keys to creative leadership: Sabbath and silence.   Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

This podcast traces the history of Christianity and how this impacts our discipleship and our leadership today. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Embracing transitions is one of the critical leadership tasks every leader must master if we are to do God's work, God's way, and in God's timing. Sadly, endings and transitions are often poorly handled in our families, ministries, organizations, and teams. This podcast explores the inner work we must do as leaders if we are to cooperate with God in this difficult work of endings an...

How we do Christmas as leaders is critically important. Pete talks about the concept of a Blue Christmas, which offers permission for people to stop and pay attention to their losses, while at the same time remembering the power and goodness of God. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

It is hard to be a Christian at Christmas, especially if you are a pastor or leader. Pete shares five mistakes that we often make this time of year. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part two of this podcast, Pete shares the final 5 of 10 shortcuts that leaders and pastors need to avoid. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part one of this new two-part podcast, Pete expands on 5 of the 10 shortcuts that leaders and pastors need to avoid. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part 2 of this two-part series, Pete continues to share a biblical perspective on growing older and the hazards of aging we should be careful to avoid. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part 1 of this two-part series, Pete shares a biblical perspective on growing older and how this informs our understanding of "retirement" (really only a transition to the next phase of what God has for us), of work, and of how we lead people of all ages in our churches. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

How is Christian planning and decision making different from that of secular planning and decision making? Pete touches on the dangers of making plans and decisions without God, and the four characteristics of what it means to follow God's slow ways in planning and decision making. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Pete discusses what we can learn about leadership from the life of King Saul, and how leaders today can finish well. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast Pete talks about the unique dynamic of leadership and "dark nights of the soul," and how God uses these upheavals to transform us and bring us into a deeper communion with Him. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part two of this series on triggers, hot buttons, and leadership, Pete shares six steps for how leaders can become aware of their triggers and hot buttons and how they can continue to grow in discipleship. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In part one of a two-part series, Pete discusses why understanding  our personal triggers and hot buttons and those of our teammates is important for our leadership and teams. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Pete Scazzero shares his own journey to emotionally healthy leadership and the 4 inner-life issues that need to be in place in order to have an emotionally healthy leadership team. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference