The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast

In today's podcast, Pete shares with you a message from the book of Revelation that has grounded him for years - especially in times of uncertainty. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, Pete dives into the story of Moses and explore the excuses that could have kept him from responding to God's call on His life. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast Pete and Geri address topics such as revival, anxiety, and the need for well-differentiated, non-anxious leadership. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, I explore a revelation that came to the prophet Isaiah in a time of great change. In this vision, he saw God on a throne and that a great future was going to spring out of an unlikely place. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, I share with you a sermon based on Isaiah 43 exploring God's divine purpose in a season of disorientation and how we can step into the plan of God. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, Pete addresses this concern head-on. Drawing from historical and global case studies, Pete helps us reframe how the church can thrive even when we can't gather. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, I offer a few ways for us to reframe "success" that will serve us well as we continue our journey through the unknown. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Back in June, I released  the first part  of today's topic, making a case that leaders must dramatically change the way we approach our devotional life with Jesus. In today's podcast, I recommend a new way forward.  I'll share with you four keys that will breathe life back into your devotions. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/c...

This week's podcast focuses on how we can stay anchored in God and ourselves in the midst of such continued uncertainty. Unless we find solid ground on which to stand, it will be nearly impossible for us to help others who are struggling to find their footing in the midst of storms.   Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Building on last week's podcast theme, today's episode features a deeper exploration of the church as described in Ephesians 3:1-13. We must be gripped by God's design for the church to be one body that spans race, culture, gender, and class. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Today's podcast features part one of a time-tested sermon in which Pete explores God's plan to create a new international family. Exploring Ephesians 2:1-11, we are introduced to God's vision for the church - a revelation so powerful that it dismantles complacency and burns through the sin of racism. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealth...

In this podcast I address one of the most important tasks before us as leaders – declaring the certainty of God's future in the face of the multiple crisis facing our people, our nations, and our churches.  Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

The world is reeling from three global upheavals. The coronavirus pandemic, the outrage over racial injustice, and the global recession have exposed us. They've put pressure on the church in uncomfortable ways. Today's podcast is my passionate plea to respond to God's invitation. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast, Pete addresses fundamental discipleship issues confronting the church today in the midst of the global awakening around racial injustice – grief and loss.  Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In the wake of George Floyd's death, Americans and people around the globe are expressing outrage and grief on a level I've never seem in my lifetime. It appears to be a moment in which God is doing something significant in the world and the church. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In today's podcast, Pete introduces the elements of one way to move from traditional devotions to transformative devotions through the integration of the practice of the Daily Office.  Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast I talk about one key, often overlooked, ingredient of mature leaders – prudence. As Proverbs says, "…she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.   Prov. 3:13-15 Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast, we begin with the reminder that success is becoming the person God has called us to become and doing what God calls us to do. In other words, detaching from the outcomes and circumstances we want, and surrendering to God and his will, is success -- regardless of where that takes us. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

This podcast addresses another critical biblical theme for leaders during this Covid-19 pandemic– detachment, that we might follow Jesus, allowing him to birth what he desires in and through us. God has revealed, through this present crisis, our attachment to our plans, our need for security and control, etc. and our strong self-will.   Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http:/...

Discerning what season you, your family, your ministry, and the world are in right now may be our most important leadership task. Discerning properly our season will determine our priorities, decisions, and pace – for ourselves and our teams. Failing to discern properly will result in all kinds of internal anguish and wasted energy.  That is the theme of this podcast. Learn more about the EH Globa...

In this podcast, Geri and Pete introduce a foundation spiritual practice called the Community Temperature Reading (CTR for short). This is especially relevant as so many of us are under particular relational pressures during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this podcast, Pete shares a message from Isaiah 36-37 when Israel found herself under enormous pressure surrounded by the armies of Assyria. Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

Pete is joined by his wife Geri as they address one of the great challenges we face during COVID-19  The prolonged, stay-at-home time in which we find ourselves – our relationships.   In this podcast, they introduce a life-changing skill called "Clarify Expectations." Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/conference

In this week's podcast, Pete applies John of the Cross' extraordinary work on the dark night written almost 500 years ago to the unique situation in which we find ourselves – a global, collective dark night of the soul.  We may not know what God is doing, where He is going, how He is getting us there, or when this will be over. But the truth is-God is doing something extraordinary in us....

In this week's podcast, Pete's wife Geri joins him in sharing with us four ways to transition from surviving to flourishing during this COVID-19 pandemic. Using the framework of a "Rule of Life", they share ways to structure our days amidst our involuntary isolation. May this podcast be a blessing for you during this time.   Learn more about the EH Global Leader Conference 2026...