Rest changes us.
But what happens when leadership resumes?

In this episode, we talk about the moment after rest, when responsibilities return, expectations reappear, and the pressure to lead again quietly sets in. Many leaders aren’t afraid of work. They’re afraid of returning to a version of leadership that cost them their peace, health, or closeness with God.

This conversation is about leadership clarity, not productivity, not performance, but discernment. It’s about learning how to carry responsibility without carrying unnecessary weight, and how to move forward without slipping back into striving.

Anchored in Matthew 11:28–30, we explore what it means to exchange burdens instead of accumulating them, and how Jesus invites leaders to lead yoked to Him, not driven by urgency or expectation.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why not everything you carried was ever assigned by God

• How to recognize when leadership weight is misaligned

• The difference between God’s sustaining burden and self-imposed pressure

• How discernment protects leaders from returning to exhaustion

• A simple 3-step Leadership Clarity Practice to help you pause, discern, and lead with peace

This episode includes reflective pauses, a personal leadership story, guided reflection, and prayer, creating space not to rush into answers, but to gain awareness and alignment.

If rest has awakened a caution in you…
If you’re afraid to pick everything back up…
If you’re longing to lead lighter without leading less…

This episode is for you.

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When God Calls You to Rest Before You’re Ready
Trusting God’s Timing Over Your Fear

What do you do when God calls you to rest, but you feel like you can’t afford to stop?

In this episode, we explore the tension between obedience and fear, productivity and peace, exhaustion and surrender. Many leaders struggle with rest not because they don’t value it, but because rest feels risky. We worry about falling behind, disappointing others, or losing momentum. Yet Scripture reminds us that rest is not a reward for finishing, it’s an invitation to trust.

Drawing from Mark 6:31 and real-life leadership experiences, this conversation unpacks why God often calls us to rest before we feel ready, how fear can disguise itself as responsibility, and what it looks like to trust God’s timing even when it feels uncomfortable.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why rest is a spiritual act of trust, not weakness

• How fear and control can keep leaders from obeying God’s invitation to pause

• What biblical rest looks like in seasons of pressure and responsibility

• How to release guilt and embrace God’s covering when you slow down

We’ll close with a reflection moment, prayer, and encouragement for leaders who are tired but still faithful, those who are learning that true leadership begins on our knees.

If you’re weary, overwhelmed, or wrestling with the fear of stepping back, this episode is for you.

Leadership doesn’t always exhaust us because we’re doing too much, sometimes it exhausts us because of how we’re carrying what we’ve been given.

In this episode, Resetting Your Leadership Posture, we continue our 2026 leadership reset by moving beyond who is holding us to how we are showing up as leaders. Even when we trust God, many of us still lead braced, shoulders tight, hearts guarded, and spirits tense.

This conversation invites you to pause and reflect on the posture you’ve been leading from. Together, we explore the difference between striving and surrender, the quiet ways exhaustion disguises itself as faithfulness, and how alignment with God brings stability, not urgency.

Through biblical insight, honest leadership reflection, and a guided moment of prayer and stillness, this episode creates space to soften your grip, release what was never yours to carry, and realign your leadership with grace.

If you’ve been feeling weary, tense, or quietly overwhelmed, this episode is for you.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why posture matters more than position in leadership

• How striving often disguises itself as faithfulness

• What it means to lead from alignment instead of exhaustion

• A guided reflection to help you reset how you carry leadership

📥 Resource:
Download the 7-Day Grace-Filled Leadership Reset Devotional using the link in the show notes or via christianleadershippodcast.com

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True leadership begins on our knees, led by grace, strengthened in faith, and anchored in purpose.

As a new year begins, many leaders aren’t stepping forward with excitement, they’re stepping forward braced.

In this season-opening episode of The Christian Leadership Podcast, we pause before the pressure, the planning, and the expectations of a new year to ask a deeper question:

Whose hands are you in as you begin?

This episode sets the foundation for 2026 and introduces the year’s theme, Anchored Leadership, leading with faith, clarity, and sustainability. Through Scripture-centered teaching, honest reflection, and a deeply personal story, we explore what it means to release control, place weight back into God’s hands, and begin the year with surrender rather than striving.

You’ll be invited to reflect on:

• The posture you’re carrying into this year

• The weight you’ve already picked up

• The kind of leadership that can be sustained without burnout

This episode is not about doing more, it’s about being held as you lead.

If you’re entering this year feeling tired, uncertain, or aware that something needs to change, this conversation is for you.

True leadership begins on our knees, led by grace, strengthened in faith, and anchored in purpose.

Leadership requires maturity. Discernment sharpens our calling. But what happens when the weight of leadership leaves us weary?

In this episode, Leading Through Weariness: Grace for the Tired Leader, we continue the journey from Episodes 20 and 21 by creating space for restoration. This conversation is for leaders who are faithful, committed, and still showing up, but quietly tired.

Using Matthew 11:28–30, we explore how God never intended leadership to be carried alone, how weariness is not weakness, and how grace restores leaders who feel stretched thin. This episode offers comfort, biblical insight, personal reflection, and a reminder that rest is not a reward, it’s an invitation.

As we move beyond the holiday season and toward the close of the year, this episode gently meets leaders where they are and reminds them that God sees the weight they carry and desires to renew their strength.

If you’re leading while tired, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we take a powerful step beyond emotional and spiritual maturity and move into one of the most essential qualities of godly leadership: discernment.

Discernment isn’t just the ability to hear God, it’s the ability to recognize His voice above fear, emotion, pressure, and expectations. It’s a spiritual rhythm built through surrender, stillness, wisdom, and obedience.

Join host Catrenna Dawson as she walks you through:
• What it truly means to yield your heart to God
• How to quiet inner noise so you can sense His whisper
• How to test what you feel through Scripture and wise counsel
• Why obedience sharpens clarity and deepens spiritual maturity

Catrenna also shares a personal story where God interrupted her pace to bring her into a moment of clarity she didn’t even realize she needed.

Whether you're facing decisions, transitions, opportunities, or uncertainty, this episode will help you slow down, listen deeply, and step into the kind of leadership that flows from God’s direction, not personal pressure.

If you're longing for clarity, confirmation, or greater spiritual sensitivity, this episode is for you.

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In this powerful episode, Catrenna Dawson dives into one of the most essential qualities of every great leader: maturity.Not the kind that comes with age or experience, but the kind God develops deep within us through pressure, patience, and spiritual growth.

If you’ve ever felt stretched, misunderstood,triggered, or emotionally drained in your leadership, this episode will speak directly to your heart. Catrenna shares a vulnerable personal story, walks through three transformative truths, and reveals how God uses tension to shapeus into leaders who carry wisdom, restraint, and spiritual grounding.

You’ll learn:
Why discipline must lead your emotions
How to respond with wisdom instead of reacting from impulse
How identity, not insecurity, shapes strong leadership
The biblical examples that model emotional and spiritual maturity
How God matures you through everyday leadership moments

This episode will challenge you, encourageyou, and call you higher. It’s a reminder that maturity doesn’t mean perfection, it means transformation. And God is committed to growing you into a leader He can trust with more.

Tune in and be strengthened for your nextlevel of leadership.

Every leader loves the feeling of momentum, but what happens when the motivation isn’t there? When passion feels quiet, energy feels low, and the responsibilities of leadership don’t pause to let you catch your breath?

In this episode, we explore the power of discipline, the anchor that keeps you steady when emotions fluctuate, seasons shift, and the fire doesn’t burn as brightly as it once did. Motivation may start the journey, but discipline sustains the assignment God placed on your life.

You’ll learn:
Why discipline is spiritual, not just practical.
How God uses consistency to shape your character and leadership.
The danger of relying solely on inspiration.
How to build habits that carry you through weary seasons.
What it means to remain faithful even when you don’t feel “on fire."

This episode will remind you that you are not failing, you are forming. God is strengthening you for longevity, not just short-term excitement. And when you choose discipline, you choose alignment with His purpose.

Tune in, take a breath, and be encouraged: you can stay the course, even when motivation fades.