Episode 112: When You Are Suffering as a Leader with Ruth Haley Barton

Is anyone tired? Is anyone a tired leader? Author, teacher, and today's guest, Ruth Haley Barton, cares about you and the wellness of your soul (and so do we). But who is a leader? "If anybody is following you," Barton said, "then you are a leader and you need to pay attention to your leadership and the influence you are having on the world." This means stay-at-home parents, ministry leaders, people in the marketplace, and all of you with followers on the socials are leaders. We are tired as leaders, Ruth! She gets that, which is why we dove into how we can uplift our souls today on the podcast. Together, we explore signs to look for to see if we are edging on burnout, the effects of isolation, technology, and a lack of kindness in the world, and how women in 2020 may be feeling the pain more poignantly. (Are we?) Let's go, leaders.   //: Highlights: “To have a place to go with God that is safe, that is restful, that enables us to experience the love of God especially for us ... we must cultivate that place with God or we will not survive." --Ruth Haley Barton "Leadership is a crucible. It changes you. You cannot be the same after you have been in leadership for 20 years." --Ruth Haley Barton "Our job [as healers] ... is to find ways to open up the channels for God to do what only God can do in those deepest places." --Ruth Haley Barton //: Question of the Week for Next Week: What reality TV show do you watch that you like to observe, but think, "Nope. Never could do that." //: Do the Next Thing: Find Ruth's leadership book here. Find her site here. Check out that Transforming Center here. Find us on the ol' IG here.