Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times

A Video and Audio Podcast To Help You Forge Bold, Courageous Leadership and Flourish in a Challenging, Shifting World.Hosted by leadership coach and spiritual director Deborah Owen, this show features spacious, honest conversations with leaders across fields—from education to business, theology to the arts, and more.Each episode explores what it means to flourish in the face of complexity and overwhelm—by staying rooted in integrity, rising with courage, and leading from the inside out.New episodes weekly. Subscribe and join the journey. debbieowen.substack.com

Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times is a society podcast hosted by Debbie Owen, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Debbie Owen hosts Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, a society show with 13 episodes published.

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  What If the Problem Isn’t Them? with Shaunti Feldhahn

  Apr 14, 202648 minS0

  <p>Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, Season 1, Episode 13Small Shifts, Big Impact: Kindness, Leadership, and Human Flourishing with Shaunti Feldhahn</p><p>What if the key to flourishing leadership isn’t doing more—but changing small, everyday interactions?</p><p>In this insightful and highly practical episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, Deborah Owen sits down with Harvard-trained social researcher and bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn to explore:</p><p>✅ Why small behavioral shifts can dramatically change relationships and outcomes</p><p>✅ How hidden assumptions shape the way we lead and relate to others</p><p>✅ The surprising role of ki...

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  When Telling the Truth Could Cost You Everything, with Margaret Donovan

  Mar 24, 202644 minS1

  <p>Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times. Season 1, Episode 12.</p><p>Truth, Loyalty, and Leadership; A Conversation with Ex-JAG Margaret Donovan.</p><p>What happens when the people in charge stop leading?</p><p>In this compelling episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, Deborah Owen sits down with former Army JAG officer and Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret Donovan to explore what real leadership looks like when institutions are strained and credibility is on the line.</p><p>They discuss:</p><p>✅ Why holding a title doesn’t make someone a leader</p><p>✅ How “loyalty” without truth corrodes i...

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  Episode #11

  When “Being Helpful” Is Actually Hurting Your Leadership, with Cyd Holsclaw

  Mar 17, 202641 minS1

  <p>Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times</p><p>Leading from Secure Love: Attachment & Transformation with Cyd Holsclaw</p><p>What if the key to courageous leadership isn’t better strategy—but healing your attachment wounds?</p><p>In this deep and insightful episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, Deborah Owen sits down with spiritual director and coach Cyd Holsclaw to explore:</p><p>✅ Why attachment theory matters for leaders</p><p>✅ How healing anxious or avoidant patterns transforms how we show up</p><p>✅ How spiritual formation begins with secure love, not striving</p><p>✅ Practical ways to stay grou...

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  Episode #10

  Leadership In a Lonely World, with Dori Gorman

  Mar 10, 202646 minS1

  <p>Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough TimesWhole-Person Wellness: Chaplaincy, Courage, and Community with Dori Gorman</p><p>What does it mean to care for minds, bodies, and spirits in an era of burnout, division, and disconnection?</p><p>In this insightful and deeply grounded episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, host Deborah Owen speaks with Dori Gorman, Association Chaplain for the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, about how chaplaincy can reweave the fabric of community and well-being in unexpected spaces. Together, they explore:</p><p>✅ Leading from authenticity and vulnerability in non-traditional roles</p><p>✅ How whole-person wellness requires inte...

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  Episode #9

  How to Lead When You Don’t Know the Ending, with Karen Georgia Thompson

  Mar 3, 202640 minS1

  <p>Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times – Standing in the Doorway of Becoming; A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson. Season 1, episode 9.</p><p>What does it mean to lead faithfully in seasons of uncertainty, change, and sacred pause?</p><p>In this grounded and reflective episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, host Deborah Owen sits down with Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson—General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ—to explore:</p><p>✅ How leadership is a spiritual journey of becoming, not arriving</p><p>✅ Why liminal spaces are fertile ground for transformation</p><p>✅ Fin...

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