Soulful Leadership: Thriving Beyond Professional Metrics with Greg Woodard

“Few of us take time for self-reflection because we’re just caught in tyranny of the urgent”

In this episode, Dan interviews retired Navy chaplain and leadership coach Greg Woodard about his book Leadership From Within and the practices behind “soul-driven success.” Greg explains that self-leadership means aligning time and life around holistic self-care, learning from seasons when professional demands crowded out family, and leading from “overflow” rather than exhaustion through boundaries, margin, and regular evaluation.

Drawing from a seven-month Middle East deployment, he describes resilience across interconnected domains (physical, relational, spiritual, emotional) and argues many leaders—especially clergy—lack permission for self-care and say yes without limits. They discuss living in alignment with how God wired you, using self-reflection questions, personality tools (including the Enneagram), discerning calling versus assignment changes, and creating silence in ordinary moments.