In this episode of Leadership, Clearly, Julie Wagner introduces The Power of the Pause—a leadership discipline every high-capacity woman needs but few actually practice.

Most leadership breakdowns don’t come from bad intent or lack of skill. They come from fast minds, unprocessed emotion, and words spoken too quickly. In this episode, Julie unpacks why the pause isn’t about conflict avoidance, emotional wellness trends, or “protecting your peace”—it’s about biblical alignment, executive maturity, and leading with clarity under pressure.

You’ll learn:

• Why high-performing leaders are most at risk of damaging relationships through rushed communication

• How the 10-Second Executive Reset helps you regulate adrenaline, separate ego from strategy, and respond with wisdom

• What Scripture actually says about speaking, listening, and authority in leadership

• How the pause becomes the gateway to intentional listening and stronger teams

This episode is practical, faith-informed, and immediately applicable—designed to move you from reactive leadership to steady, grounded influence.

If you’re a woman leader navigating hard conversations, team dynamics, or high-stakes decisions, this episode will give you a Monday-morning tool—not just a nice idea.

📌 Next week: Intentional Listening—how to hear what God is saying through the people you lead.

If this episode resonated with you and you’re sensing a call to deeper leadership work in 2026, Julie invites you to join the waitlist for the Legacy Leadership Intensive—a high-touch, faith-grounded experience for Christian women leaders ready to build a legacy, not just a résumé.

👉 Join the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/legacyleadershipintensive

New episodes of Leadership, Clearly Podcast drop every Monday - so you can start your week grounded, focused, and ready to lead boldly.

If this episode encouraged you, please share it with another leader and leave a review. Your support helps this message reach more Christian women who are ready to lead with faith and clarity.

Visit https://juliewagner.co for more information!

Does leadership feel heavy—not because you’re failing, but because you’re winning?

On paper, everything is working. The business is growing, the team is functioning, and the numbers are there. But internally, you feel like you’re running underwater. You wake up bracing for the day, carrying the weight of conversations you haven’t had yet and responsibilities that have no clear boundaries.

In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on why high-capacity leadership often leads to internal overload. We explore the "Invisible Backpack"—the unnamed weight that compounds in silence—and why your brain often mistakes this weight for self-doubt or incompetence.

The Trap of the Capable: Why your greatest strengths might be the very things creating your heaviest burdens.

The 3 Hidden Sources of Weight: How "Ghost Expectations," Emotional Loading, and Overfunctioning are draining your tank.

A Biblical Blueprint for Shared Weight: What we can learn from the leadership styles of Moses and Nehemiah about organizing the "wall" and distributing the load.

The Diagnostic Gut-Check: Three questions to help you identify exactly what you need to set down today to regain your clarity.

If you don’t need more motivation, but you desperately need structure and clarity, this episode is for you. It’s time to move from internal overload to grounded authority.

“Clarity doesn’t remove responsibility; it organizes it. And organized weight feels very different than silent weight.”

Exodus 18:17–18 – Jethro’s warning to Moses about the weight of solitary leadership.

Galatians 6:2 & 5 – The divine tension between carrying one another's burdens and carrying our own load.

Luke 10:1 – How Jesus modeled the distribution of authority.

If this episode resonated with you and you’re sensing a call to deeper leadership work in 2026, Julie invites you to join the waitlist for the Legacy Leadership Intensive—a high-touch, faith-grounded experience for Christian women leaders ready to build a legacy, not just a résumé.

👉 Join the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/legacyleadershipintensive

New episodes of Leadership, Clearly Podcast drop every Monday - so you can start your week grounded, focused, and ready to lead boldly.

If this episode encouraged you, please share it with another leader and leave a review. Your support helps this message reach more Christian women who are ready to lead with faith and clarity.

Visit https://juliewagner.co for more information!

As 2025 comes to a close, this final episode of the year invites Christian women leaders to pause, reflect, and lead forward with intention.

In The 2025 Leadership Audit, Julie Wagner walks you through a faith-grounded, strategic review of the year - helping you identify what no longer belongs in your leadership, and what must carry forward into 2026.

This episode is designed for Christian women in leadership - founders, executives, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers who are ready to move beyond survival mode and lead with clarity, conviction, and confidence.

Instead of rushing into goal-setting or hustling into the new year exhausted, Julie challenges listeners to conduct a true leadership audit - one that honors faith, stewardship, and long-term impact.

- Why reflection is a critical leadership discipline—not a luxury

- The biblical principle of “numbering your days” and how it applies to leadership

- How to audit the ROI of your energy and identify hidden burnout

- Where unclear communication cost leaders the most in 2025—and how to correct it

- Why hustle culture undermines sustainable, faith-driven leadership

- How intentional, written goals increase clarity, focus, and follow-through

- What grounded leaders did differently in 2025—and why it mattered

- How to enter 2026 with confidence instead of chaos

Julie also shares personal leadership lessons from her decades in executive leadership and entrepreneurship - offering honest insight into what worked, what didn’t, and what she’s leaving behind.

- Psalm 90:12 (NLT) — “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.”

Julie closes the episode with a powerful Stop / Start / Continue Leadership Exercise, helping you intentionally define what you are releasing, embracing, and carrying forward into the next year.

If this episode resonated with you and you’re sensing a call to deeper leadership work in 2026, Julie invites you to join the waitlist for the Legacy Leadership Intensive—a high-touch, faith-grounded experience for Christian women leaders ready to build a legacy, not just a résumé.

👉 Join the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/legacyleadershipintensive

New episodes of Leadership, Clearly Podcast drop every Monday - so you can start your week grounded, focused, and ready to lead boldly.

If this episode encouraged you, please share it with another leader and leave a review. Your support helps this message reach more Christian women who are ready to lead with faith and clarity.

Visit https://juliewagner.co for more information!